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Phrike
April 6th 2010


1691 Comments


awesome

NeutralThunder12
May 11th 2010


8742 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

The Root, These Walls and Panic Attack are awesome. Rest is pretty meh. Even the title track has tons of shit material in it. Not one of their better records but its still solid. Good review. Pos!

NeutralThunder12
May 11th 2010


8742 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Has anyone else noticed this? Here is the key each song is in:



The Root of All Evil - F minor

The Answer Lies Within - G minor

These Walls - A minor

I Walk Beside You - B minor

Panic Attack - C minor

Never Enough - D minor

Sacrificed Sons - E minor

Octavarium - F minor



A complete scale! Fits well with the whole "octave" and "everything ends where it began" theme, I think.



WHAT THE FUCK? I never noticed that. Thats fucking cool.

Parallels
May 11th 2010


10154 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

dude the whole album is littered with those things

everything revolves around 5 and 8 too

Octavarium is the 8th studio album

5 natural + 3 flats = 8 keys

if you open the entire booklet there are 8 pendlums, and 5 birds

5 current members of dream theater

8 members in bands history

band formed in 1985

5 live albums at release of octavarium



every piece of every single song off of the album revolves around the numbers 5 and 8.

check it out: http://dt.spatang.com/octtheme.doc







tiesthatbind
May 11th 2010


7441 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Here's how I'd rank the album, best to worst:



Octavarium

Panic Attack

These Walls

Root of All Evil

Sacrificed Sons

I Walk Beside You

Never Enough

The Answer Lies Within

Parallels
May 11th 2010


10154 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

my turn:

Octavarium

Sacrificed Sons

The Root of all Evil

Never Enough

I Walk Beside You

These Walls

The Answer Lies Within

Panic Attack



but from my listening standpoint i favor panic answer

remember, i love all the songs like you wouldnt believe. so when i say panic attack is the worst, i still freaking love it to death.



Locrian
May 12th 2010


1003 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I'll jump on the bandwagon here:



Octavarium (of course)

Panic Attack

The Root of All Evil

I Walk Beside You

These Walls

The Answer Lies Within

Sacrificed Sons

Never Enough



But like Sonicspeed500 said, they're all great.

Ire
May 12th 2010


41944 Comments


shut up, progmaster

Scheumke
June 1st 2010


2633 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

For me:



Octavarium (probably the best song i've ever heard)

Panic Attack

These Walls

Never Enough

Sacrificed Sons

I walk Beside You

The Answer Lies Within

The Root of All Evil



Somehow 'The Root of All Evil' always seems a bit boring and repetitive to me, but that's just taste :P

Dryden
June 1st 2010


13585 Comments


i walk becide u ='[

Phrike
June 1st 2010


1691 Comments


aww ur so sweet

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
June 1st 2010


32289 Comments


Has anyone else noticed this? Here is the key each song is in:

The Root of All Evil - F minor
The Answer Lies Within - G minor
These Walls - A minor
I Walk Beside You - B minor
Panic Attack - C minor
Never Enough - D minor
Sacrificed Sons - E minor
Octavarium - F minor

i thought everyone knew that

Locrian
June 1st 2010


1003 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

A lot of people are tone deaf and couldn't tell a key from their assholes. It;'s

Locrian
June 1st 2010


1003 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

*It's a shame, really.

MO
September 20th 2010


24025 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Yea I wasn't too impressed with this cd. It was kind of a drag for Dream Theater standards.

Spec
September 22nd 2010


39507 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Love the last song.

qwe3
September 22nd 2010


21836 Comments


"Has anyone else noticed this? Here is the key each song is in:

The Root of All Evil - F minor
The Answer Lies Within - G minor
These Walls - A minor
I Walk Beside You - B minor
Panic Attack - C minor
Never Enough - D minor
Sacrificed Sons - E minor
Octavarium - F minor"

lol that's so fucking gay

Cryogenix
September 22nd 2010


114 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

One of the few albums of DT that aren't simply wankering...and probably the last.

Whispered4tw
October 7th 2010


931 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

The title track makes me think higher of this album than I probably should.

Yazz_Flute
December 25th 2010


19174 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm not as big a Dream Theater fanboy as I was 4-5 years ago but I still go back and give the title track from this a spin every once in a while. Still think it's one of, if not the greatest song i've ever heard. Song makes me feel feelings that I can't describe. Coming from a band not exactly known for palpable emotions, that's saying something.



Also merry christmas sputfuckers.



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