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mandan
January 13th 2026


14075 Comments


Lol.

Intro of Met Pt. 1 is hard to beat.

e210013
January 14th 2026


6526 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Agreed.

mandan
January 14th 2026


14075 Comments


Maybe, just maybe, my fave from 1992.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
January 14th 2026


121515 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Same.

e210013
January 14th 2026


6526 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Lol.

mandan
February 11th 2026


14075 Comments


This might end up as one of my top 10 albums of all time. One of those unique, irreplicable albums.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
February 11th 2026


121515 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Agreed.

Rowhaus
February 11th 2026


7616 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Jizz and Turds

Demon of the Fall
February 11th 2026


39824 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

what % of this band’s existence can we attribute to Rush?

I just need to know where the blame lies

Titan
February 11th 2026


26942 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

haha not 1 but 2 horrendous takes on one post!

Demon of the Fall
February 11th 2026


39824 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I aim to please.

Titan
February 11th 2026


26942 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i never understood the comparisons as the 2 bands sound ~nothing~ alike

Confessed2005
February 11th 2026


7890 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Good album.

mandan
February 11th 2026


14075 Comments


I mean you can hear some influence for sure, but tempos and instrumental emphasis are very different. (On Rush and DT)

el_newg
February 12th 2026


2438 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I really hear Portnoy trying so so so hard to be like Peart and also they have been using Hugh Syme for every single album cover for like 20 years

musically it's a bit harder to find a link but even then it's not an outrageous claim

e210013
February 12th 2026


6526 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I agree with Titan. We cannot compare the sound of those bands because are completely different.

Demon of the Fall
February 12th 2026


39824 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I'm not seeing percentages as requested. Please showing your working.

el_newg
February 12th 2026


2438 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

o yea I forgot the original name Majesty was inspired by a Rush song and singles from the first album were produced by Terry Brown and the tracks on WDADU are very Rush sounding, so probably like 69% their fault

peartnoy
February 12th 2026


2457 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

They are indeed pretty different. But you can't tell me some Dream Theater stuff isn't heavily inspired by Rush. The soft bridge in Learning to Live, Trial of Tears, The Best of Times, Barstool Warrior, The Looking Glass, Transcending Time, literally all the times they use the Natural Science riff. And yeah most of the first album (or the Majesty song Another Won).

Titan
February 12th 2026


26942 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Rush is my all time favorite band - I'm what you call a fanatic. A fanboy, if you will. I also love Dream Theater to a lesser extent, but they are one of my faves growing up. With that, I have NEVER correlated the two bands - not once. Hugh Syme doing cover art is irrelevant - he's done cover art for many. Are they inspired? Sure they are as some of them are Rush fanboys themselves - they openly admit it. But never once have I said boy this sounds like Rush or vice versa. Not once. In 40 years.



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