I live in the US but I finally got to buy this album today (the 6th). Which also happens to be my birthday...pretty dam[B][I][/I][/B]n good birthday present. :thumb:

[QUOTE=The JoZ]:rolleyes:

Yes, because Dream Theater writes nu metal.

NU METAL DOESN'T EVEN EXIST.[/QUOTE]

now, now JoZ...

Octavarium 17:50, the best lead lick i have ever heard petrucci play....

....It screams to be repeated...

..He plays it once...

....Why? :upset:

If you guys want to do a cover, you should get ahold of speedy_fingers for the keyboard parts, he's already in a dream theater cover band, and he's amazing

The Glass Prison is amazing the guitar at 2:12 just :o

The AMG review is... interesting, to say the least.

[url]http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47E17DC4AAF7620C19E3B4BCAA07CE029D153EE81102C435BD9FB3F4D991155D46DFBBA8CC3A039B266A9E02CA45A0A9FCEE457F8D665352DED93&sql=10:fpen97yfkrdt[/url]

I'll just wait until tomorrow to see if what they say is true.

[QUOTE=Chu]
Edit: 2 days for me, will it be released the 7th in US or Australia, does anyone know? I'm assuming US :([/QUOTE]

On Sanity's (Aussie music store... crud) it says that we're getting it on the...

(you'll be disappointed, don't read below)

20th. Yes, us Aussies have to wait weeks for it, and ye yankish folk have already got it. Argh.

That sucks.

i have never posted in here before but i am a big dream theater fan. i really hope that review was joking about the cemicel romance thing...i would be very saddened if dream theater went that direction.

im goin to see them megadeth symphony x and a bunch of other people at gigantour

[QUOTE=Werny]On Sanity's (Aussie music store... crud) it says that we're getting it on the...

(you'll be disappointed, don't read below)

20th. Yes, us Aussies have to wait weeks for it, and ye yankish folk have already got it. Argh.[/QUOTE]

Don't get it at sanity, sanity sucks. Go Tracks music :thumb:

[QUOTE=FaceInTheSky]Hey, I just recently purchased Train of Thought amd when I put it in the computer it says "go to [url]www.dreamtheater.net[/url] for bonus material using this as a cd key"

So, I did, but I don't know where to go. Any suggestions?[/QUOTE]


they disabled it ages ago. i think there was some footage you unlocked that they decided to use on the budokan DVD, which is why they decided to disabled it a while before the DVD was released.


i've got the new album on now anyway, got it in the post from amazon not long ago, and it sounds like it'll be one of my favourites from what i've heard so far

Mine didn't arrive this morning :(
hopefully tomorrow...

[QUOTE=demon_LLAMA]Don't get it at sanity, sanity sucks. Go Tracks music :thumb:[/QUOTE]

In this town, I only have Sanity and Leading Edge. Leading Edge is brilliant but they're 15 minutes away from here, arg.

[url]http://www.voicesuk.net/forum/viewthread.php?tid=2817&page=3[/url]

Go down a little, and there will be MP3 download links to an hour and a half interview with Portnoy on XM

"these walls" has an awesome intro and chorus dammit. I listen to it like 4 times a day now

Yeah, These Walls is a great song.

Everyone go buy Octavarium. Now.

It is, IMO, their best album to date.

It has the perfect mix of heavy/light/epic. Jordan and JP remind everyone what emotional solos sound like, and Myung actually stands out in several spots.

I'll review it in the next day or two hopefully, assuming no bastard has beaten me to it :mad:

Is it out in britain yet? Im too lazy to see myself.

Such an amazing album

So far my favorite tracks are Panic Attack and Octavarium, but I've only had it for an hour and a half so I'll probably be saying totally different songs tomorrow.

At 4:25 Panic Attack really sounds like Muse to me.

[QUOTE=Werny]In this town, I only have Sanity and Leading Edge. Leading Edge is brilliant but they're 15 minutes away from here, arg.[/QUOTE]
What about JB?

*Maybe JB only exists in Canberra, but I would have thought otherwise.

[QUOTE=The JoZ]Everyone go buy Octavarium. Now.

It is, IMO, their best album to date.

It has the perfect mix of heavy/light/epic. Jordan and JP remind everyone what emotional solos sound like, and Myung actually stands out in several spots.

I'll review it in the next day or two hopefully, assuming no bastard has beaten me to it :mad:[/QUOTE]
I walk beside you isn't a good song imo though.

But it is VERY good.

Im getting paidf tomorrow so After that I am going to thge store. I cant wait to listen to it.

[QUOTE=magicaltroll834]I walk beside you isn't a good song imo though.

But it is VERY good.[/QUOTE]

That's the weakest song on the album.

The other 7 more than make up for it though.

[QUOTE=The JoZ]That's the weakest song on the album.

The other 7 more than make up for it though.[/QUOTE]

Wait, is it out officially? I've been in stores recently and they don't have it. :/

[QUOTE=The JoZ]Everyone go buy Octavarium. Now.

It is, IMO, their best album to date.

It has the perfect mix of heavy/light/epic. Jordan and JP remind everyone what emotional solos sound like, and Myung actually stands out in several spots.

[/QUOTE]

I'd have to second that statement. Now that I LEGALLY own the album (have had the leak for 2 weeks or so) I'm sure enough of it that I can say that. The title track is simply jaw-dropping. On that note, has anyone noticed all the 5:8 symbolism in the cover art (and the fact that Octavarium is divided into 5 parts?) I guess it's supposed to stand for 5 musicians, 8th album. Also, someone on the official forums noticed that in Part IV. Intervals, each set of lyrics before the "trapped inside this octavarium" part sum up each song on the album. Pretty cool.

To me, the first two tracks were lacking compared to the rest of the album. And, I also believe that "Never Enough" is the weakest track in the album. Anyone else agree?

[QUOTE=Monstar1790]I'd have to second that statement. Now that I LEGALLY own the album (have had the leak for 2 weeks or so) I'm sure enough of it that I can say that. The title track is simply jaw-dropping. On that note, has anyone noticed all the 5:8 symbolism in the cover art (and the fact that Octavarium is divided into 5 parts?) I guess it's supposed to stand for 5 musicians, 8th album. Also, someone on the official forums noticed that in Part IV. Intervals, each set of lyrics before the "trapped inside this octavarium" part sum up each song on the album. Pretty cool.[/QUOTE]



*Warning*

Possible Album spoiers:






It has to do with octaves. Each octave on a Piano contains 8 white keys and 5 black keys. As well, the keys on the back of the album go from F to F. There is all sorts of 5:8 symbolism inside. The cover itself has a piano layout from F-F with 8 balls and 5 birds.

Also note: Each key of the piano that the songs are printed on on the back is the relative minor of the keys shown with each song in the liner notes.









*end*

[QUOTE=3rdplanet]At 4:25 Panic Attack really sounds like Muse to me.[/QUOTE]

I was thinking the EXACT same thing. (I love Muse)

[QUOTE=Cain]Wait, is it out officially? I've been in stores recently and they don't have it. :/[/QUOTE]

It just came out today :thumb: