Dream Theater The Astonishing
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Titan
December 9th 2018


24926 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

i think their latter material has been ~pretty good~.....lots of great tunes in there

chug73
December 9th 2018


4649 Comments


yeah nah it has not

Davil667
December 9th 2018


4046 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Apart from this one their later material still had some really enjoyable tracks to offer, but the new track lacks any emotion and feeling. The fact it only consists of warmed up parts already used on earlier records clearly shows their creativity has reached an all time low. Due to that, Distance Over Time is running the risk of ending up even more desolate than this one. Not feeling anything when listening to a new track might be the worst thing that could happen and that’s exactly my issue with Untethered Angel.

Davil667
December 9th 2018


4046 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

And hey Titan bro, good to see you around here again :]

Titan
December 9th 2018


24926 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Davil bro i hope you are well my friend.....and from the last few albums, all great tracks:



Illumination Theory

Enemy Inside

Looking Glass

This Is The Life

Breaking All Illusions

Nightmare To Remember

Tuscany

Best Of Times

Gift Of Music

Our New World



teamster
December 9th 2018


6220 Comments


Titan bro...

Titan
December 9th 2018


24926 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

have you honestly given those songs a chance bro



at least illumination, enemy, looking, breaking, nightmare, and tuscany

Sabrutin
December 9th 2018


9642 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

s/t is definitely overhated, I'm far from a DT fan and yet I can enjoy that one with more ease than a lot of their other stuff. The Bigger Picture for instance, I like that one.



ftr the only DT songs that I can say I really ~love a lot~ are basically Surrounded and Take the Time. Oh and a soft spot for Space-Dye Vest

Toondude10
December 9th 2018


15184 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

the s/t was pretty good, though the production was pretty generic

kalkwiese
December 9th 2018


10403 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

the drums were so compressed, but overall it was enjoyable

Ebola
December 9th 2018


4514 Comments


this album is such a meme

kalkwiese
December 9th 2018


10403 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Disney Theaters best album STFU

dante1991
January 3rd 2019


764 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I would say their last truly great album was ADTOE (their best since train of thought if you ask me). That had a really great balance and mix of melody and progressive craziness while still keeping a dark edge (to most things).



The self titled was good but is slightly too saccharine in parts and it missed some key DT ingredients for me (crazy instrumental sections/'wankery' for a detractor) and also offered nothing much new.



Astonishing was also good IMO, but deeply flawed. It's got some of their most inspired music in years, but they spread themselves too thin and the story is akin to a good first draft at best. I can live with the cheese in the context of this, but it was all a bit underdeveloped.



New song also doesn't really offer anything new, but I do enjoy it much more then most of the last 2 albums and the instrumental/solo section puts a smile on my face.



Meridiu5
January 3rd 2019


4165 Comments


this is gunna make the new album look like a masterpiece

kalkwiese
January 3rd 2019


10403 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

I'd say dante is spot on

OmairSh
January 5th 2019


17609 Comments


Probably listened to 10% of this before giving up

GhandhiLion
January 5th 2019


17641 Comments


why? its a masterpiece. Do you play an instrument?

OmairSh
January 5th 2019


17609 Comments


Air guitar, air drums, air keyboards occasionally

Xenorazr
January 11th 2019


1466 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

New song is up on Spotify (Fall into the Light). Getting a Systematic Chaos meets self-titled vibe, specifically Constant Motion, The Bigger Picture and Enigma Machine.



I'm honestly feeling slightly optimistic about the new album...

Meridiu5
January 11th 2019


4165 Comments


I'm honestly feeling slightly optimistic about the new album...

samesies. even rudess is sounding good there



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