SFAM > 6DOIT > IAW > TOT > Awake > FII > WDADU > ACOS




So far I'm guessing 8VM would be in between Awake and FII, but like I said I haven't had a genuinely thorough listen yet.

SFAM > IAW > 6DOIT > ToT > Awake > ACOS > WDADU > FII

octavarium will probably end up in between 6 degrees and ToT

ToT was the first DT album I heard so maybe that's why I like it so much. I was expecting them to be a regular metal band, and that album just completely blew me away
If you listen to it as a metal album, not as a prog album, then you realise it is amazing
Personally it is one of my all time favourite metal albums, up there with Master of Puppets and what not

got Octavarium..THE day it came out, second one left :D

Images & Words/Octavarium > FII > SFAM > ToT > 6DOIT > Awake
and the live albums..
Live Scenes > Budokan > OIALT

Awake > Scenes From A Memory > Images & Words > Octavarium > Train of Thought > A Change of Seasons > Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence > When Dream and Day Unite > Falling Into Infinity

/rates [i]Awake[/i] much higher than most DT fans

Hmm... I find it pretty hard to compare them... I like different things about each album. I reckon that for me the order would have to go...

SFAM = IAW = AWAKE > TOT >(=) Octavarium > 6DOIT

Haven't really give FII a proper chance yet, and as someone said before ACOS is an EP yet one of the best works they're ever done.

I really like Octavarium. I think as an album it works exceptionally well. I can understand that some people are annoyed at how similar some songs sound to other bands (Muse, U2, Coldplay etc), but meh, it works for me. Petrucci's restrained playing here really works for me too, we've all seen that he can shred like the best on TOT, but this album proves those people who said he was devoid of emotion wrong (check out ending on title track). The songwriting here is immense as ever, and the Intervals section of the title track is one of those moments that sends shivers down my spine. The only other record I have that does that is Frances The Mute. But yeah, that's just my opinion.

I seem to fit in with what most people are saying... I'd rate Octavarium above than 6DOIT (I feel disc two lets it down, great song, but they could have done better) and below or maybe equal to Train of Thought.

[QUOTE=clearvision]What appeals to you abvout ToT and 6 degrees? i sense they are pretty similair in their sound...[/QUOTE]


i don't think they're similar at all. 6DOIT isn't anywhere near as heavy as ToT and to me seems more like SFAM only without the regression story.

i'd rank them as:

I&W
SFAM
6DOIT
Awake
Octavarium
ToT


i don't have the first album, or FII, although i do have 7 mp3s from it, and ACOS isn't really an album. but still, just because ToT is last, doesn't mean i don't like it, there's not one album by them i dislike, i just like the others more.

I change my mind. I love parts of the new album, but still some parts just seem really really lame (the 2nd track being the main one, and the chorus of I Walk Beside you).

Haven't listened to all of the title track yet, but Sacrificed Sons blows me away.

[QUOTE=Kaden]I change my mind. I love parts of the new album, but still some parts just seem really really lame (the 2nd track being the main one, and the chorus of I Walk Beside you).

Haven't listened to all of the title track yet, but Sacrificed Sons blows me away.[/QUOTE]

SS is a great song isn't it?

Octavarium will blow you away even more.

[QUOTE=The JoZ]SS is a great song isn't it?

Octavarium will blow you away even more.[/QUOTE]
I'm looking forward to it.

EDIT: Anyone else notice that the beginning of Octavarium sounds [i]exactly[/i] like shine on you crazy diamond?

[QUOTE=Kaden]I'm looking forward to it.[/QUOTE]

Hello, there, Kaden. I sure haven't seen you in a long time.

[QUOTE=Kaden]I'm looking forward to it.

EDIT: Anyone else notice that the beginning of Octavarium sounds [i]exactly[/i] like shine on you crazy diamond?[/QUOTE]


i noticed that exact thing too

so whats everyone favorite song on octavarium??
i saw that a lot of people mostly liked the root of all evil which i really dont think is the best... the one i listen to more than the other is never enough. sounds like metal mixed with infected mushroom psytrance at the beggining. and sacrificed sons is pretty good too.

anyone else notice at 14:15 on title track the lyrics are "lucy in the sky with diamonds"? :p

I like Panic Attack and sacrificed sons the best.

Can anyone tell me what cd Glass Prison is On?

[QUOTE=Suicide_Punishment]I like Panic Attack and sacrificed sons the best.

Can anyone tell me what cd Glass Prison is On?[/QUOTE]

That would be Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. I'd upload it for you, but I honestly recommend getting the whole album.

Dude, the orchestra stuff on the title track is reminding me of Nightwish.

[QUOTE=Cain]Hello, there, Kaden. I sure haven't seen you in a long time.[/QUOTE]
I think you're hawt.

Really, I like all the songs on Ocatvarium...although I Walk Beside You is the weakest link.

I need to listen to Never Enough again, because honestly I don't remember how it sounds.

I will say that I really like Root of All Evil, These Walls, SS and 8vm

[QUOTE=The JoZ]I Walk Beside You is the weakest link.[/QUOTE]
What about the second track?

I wish I remembered what it's called.

The piano ballad one.

That song is teh suk.

Favourite song is "Pull Me Under"

I have Images and Words, Awake, Scences From A Memory, and Train of Thought, what album would you suggest next?

[QUOTE=Kaden]I think you're hawt.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, you don't remember who I am, do you? :)

This album has an abundance of extremely catchy choruses

[QUOTE=The Stapler]This album has an abundance of extremely catchy choruses[/QUOTE]
Hah, awesome.

Anyone notice the intro to the album sounds a lot like welcome to the machine, and that they actually used some Muse riffs and vocal melodies?

I am not bashing, I think it's kinda cool actually.

Yeah, there are a whole bunch of influences in the album, such as Queen, Pink Floyd, Rush and U2

I'm starting more and more to think that this might secretly be some sort of tribute album.

EDIT: I thought I downloaded The Root of All Evil but it was some other 6:01 song.

I love DT's mix of heavy riffing and lovely keyboards on Images & Words, so I look forward to getting Octavarium when it comes out here on the 20th.

Panic Attack is the continuation song, not Root. And there's no need to "preorder", as the album has already been released.

Really? Oh, I read that it was Root (hehe, root) earlier in the thread.

I guess I'll try downloading Panic Attack then (I just want to hear the continuation because its the best thing DT have ever done, besides Stream of Consciousness).

Well, don't quote me on it for sure, as I'm no DT expert. It's just what I heard, and when I listened to it it seemed to make sense.

Cecilliane says in his/her review that its The Root of all Evil. I'm 100% sure I got the wrong song, but still, Root is only 8:39? Seems like a pretty dodgy continuation, considering how epic the other ones were.