excited for this

This will either go one way or the other.

this will suck

yawn

Looking forward to this

Mangini = Mangina

I don't like Dream Theater, I'm totally indifferent to this news.

Tried getting into these guys.... Is there an album anyone can recommend? Tried "Octavarium" and "Metropolis 2" awhile ago.

This will either go one way or the other. [2]

'I don't like Dream Theater, I'm totally indifferent to this news.'

And yet you graced us with your comment anyway....

This will...suck

This will either go one way or the other. [3]

This'll be a big meh, only thing I'm curious about is hearing how Mangini sounds with them.

This will be solid but uneventful

dream theater is pretty good sometimes but i probably wont bother with this unless it gets like amazing reviews which i doubt it will

Honestly, this has to be an improvement over their last two records.

they easily couldve picked a better title than that...
"A Dramatic Turn of Events"
...sounds like a big giant "LOL" from the band about portnoy leaving.

I feel like I should care. Thing is I already have this album, and so does everybody else that owns
their last 4 or 5 records. The DT formula has become a yawnfest.

@KP23
a yawnfest? thats why you rated them higher than a 4, right?

whoever wrote this is retarded

"The Twitter hype surrounding Mike Mangini's replacement of Portnoy was second only to The Royal Wedding of William and Kate."

lol biggest bullshit ive ever read

@Sonicspeed500
Yeah, those ratings have to come down. Its been a while since I last looked at them, but if you were to take any of those albums without having listened to anything else from DT then I can still justify the ratings. I guess I'm just tired of hearing a 'new' album and recognising most of it on first listen. Disagree?

yeah this'll be either great or garbage. either way the diehard fans won't like it because of portnoys absence and they'll get him back after this album. i'm calling it.

Wow. Horrible song titles, horrible album titles....let's hope the music doesn't follow suite. I thought BC&SL was pretty good (regardless your opinion on it, it was a vast improvement from Systematic Chaos), but I don't have a good feeling about this at all.

Maybe it'll be good, maybe it won't.

I hope this will be good.

9 songs. Maybe they wont have 15 minute wankfests for every song; don't get me wrong, I like that, it'll just be interesting to see if they take a more focused approach.

YESSSSS CAN'T WAIT

...is what i would've thought about this 3 years ago. Here's what i think now:

lolololololololololol

this will most likely be good or bad or average

this will probably go one way or the other or neither

You know, with one of the world's fastest drummers, they'll probably still play 15 minute songs, just twice as fast.

BC&SL was their best since 6 Degrees, so I'm pretty stoked for this. And without the slobbering metalhead on drums, it's almost inconcievable that this new album will be less than great.

"Tried getting into these guys.... Is there an album anyone can recommend? Tried "Octavarium" and "Metropolis 2" awhile ago. "

Images and Words lol.

Anyways, album title sucks, most of the song names suck. I'm kinda worried about this album

"Anyways, album title sucks, most of the song names suck"

and the lyrics will suck as well, but that hasn't stopped them from making some awesome tracks in the past.

I liked some songs by DT so I'll give this a try when it leaks.

this will most likely be really good, somewhat good, a little bit above average, average, slightly subpar, bad, or downright awful.

I wonder if the new drummer had any effect in their songwriting; that's actually what I'm really interested in.

So stoked on this. They could have at least given us some track lengths too though.

15:00 each

I'm honestly glad they have more songs this time. Bad title, but whatever. Looking forward to this either way.

The Twitter hype surrounding Mike Mangini's replacement of Portnoy was second only to The Royal Wedding of William and Kate.

Most important line in the entire news clip.

What Ving said.

I know song and album titles mean absolutely nothing, but MAN THOSE ARE SOME DULL AND UNINSPIRED TITLES.

lol

Already? I feel like Systematic Chaos just came out.

oh nice. another hour of james labrie showing us how majestic he is

hint: very majestic

Who cares who the drummer is? Any dickhead could do that. 1, 2, 3 ,4 there I'm a drummer.

yeah title sounds like its about portnoy l0l

puzzles what the fuck are you even talking about

"Who cares who the drummer is? Any dickhead could do that. 1, 2, 3 ,4 there I'm a drummer."

that made me lol

maybe there will be A Dramatic Turn of Events in which they fire LaBrie and hire a vocalist whom i can stand

I love LaBrie's vocals.

I'm aware I'm in the minority for that, but he's never bugged me apart from Falling Into Infinity and parts of Octavarium and Systematic Chaos.

This article has about as many unecessary parts as a Dream Theater album.

so all of it

The Twitter hype surrounding Mike Mangini's replacement of Portnoy was second only to The Royal Wedding of William and Kate.

^
yeah basically (both of you)

I'm curious to hear how much different this band will be without Portnoy's input. Should be better because at least it won't have those terrible 'harsh' vocals.

It will still have those terrible "vocals" though.

I like his voice, so that's not really an issue for me.

tracklist sounds like a mashed list of Rush songs.

pfft dream theater wish they were even the tiniest bit like the genius that is RUSH

Looking forward to it

maybe there will be A Dramatic Turn of Events in which they fire LaBrie and hire a vocalist whom i can stand[2]

this will probably suck but i still really want to listen to it.

going to be bad. hopefully it won't be but it probably will be.

Puzzles made me lol.

gay

Oh man, not Dream Theater again. While they have some technical skills, they completely lack any soul in their songs. Boring, boring showing off of skills, nothing more to see here. Next.

If only they had a song "feat. Mike Portnoy" just to add to the lolz

BaselineOOO I couldn't agree with you more. Man, I've tried to get into DT so hard my ears bled, but nothing. Just too boring.

a dramatic turn of suck

fuck the haters. this will rule.

pretty egotistic band. first they make a documentary (!) about a change in their lineup. opeth didnt do that when they announced that per was leaving... and then the name of the album is obviously a reference to that. plus they made the most unimaginative choice for the replacement drummer. so in a nutshell this will suck ass with a straw.

fuck the haters. this will rule. [2]

It has more songs so hopefully a more structured approach, Myung is writing lyrics again and no growls from Portnoy. Plus mixing from Andy Wallace. That sounds pretty positive to me!

Apparently, though, many people will judge this before any release of a music sample whatsoever. Sad IMO.

"whoever wrote this is retarded

"The Twitter hype surrounding Mike Mangini's replacement of Portnoy was second only to The Royal Wedding of William and Kate."

lol biggest bullshit ive ever read"

looks like a mod altered it. whatev, it was true. It's on the goddamn site (which was deleted too)

Looking forward to hearing Mangini blow everyone away!

Everything everything after train of thought sucks

^^^ Okay, Octavarium sucked (and I used to love it), but Systematic Chaos was pretty good, despite a couple clunkers. Haven't gotten back to BC/SL objectively, but I don't expect it to beat SC.

Not stoked. Sounds like they're pulling a Nightwish

lol @ album title, but should be interesting nonetheless

Good band, hopefully better now. BCSL was alright but I only really liked TCOT on there. Their last great album was probably Octavarium.

TCOT was awesome. And seeing as that is the most recent piece of new DT music on our plates. Induction is one the side of this album being great.

The lyrics are most likely going to suck like in black clouds. I'm still really excited like I am for every DT album. As a drummer I can't wait to hear what Mangini will do

BC&SL was a step back to better form but still not great.

Hopefully Myung is writing songs again now Portnoy is gone. To be honest, I think him not writing was an issue in their decline into the shredding/metal fest. More songs like Learning to Live and Trial of Tears will make me pick this album up.

Can't wait! This and the new Opeth are the albums I'm most looking forward to the rest of this year.

This, Opeth's album and Devin's two albums are worth the wait.

^^i just listened to all of ghost and it kicks ass

This will either be awesome or utter trash...I'm actually anxious to hear it.

I hope this album will be good , this guys are skilled but is time to see how is the new drummer

This is going to be a bunch of wanking, psuedo-Christian bullshit.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

^ Hope not

The fact that Mike isn't in DT is still a problem.

Can't wait!

Titles bring memories of Snakes and Arrows

Meh

New song will be streaming tomorrow at 11am EST on the Roadrunner site.

I might wake up for that

Titles bring memories of Snakes and Arrows

Anybody? Pretty good song...

Listened to about 3 minutes of it then went back to Boards of Canada.

Sounds like a DT song. :/ Also, is it just me, or have LaBrie's vocals gotten worse??

still in shock

Sounds like a DT song. :/ Also, is it just me, or have LaBrie's vocals gotten worse??

Nope it's not you.

Hate to say it but his vocals have gotten worse.

LIKE A LAAAMB TO THE SLAAAUGHTER
lol

I can tell already that this is going to painfully be absent of not necessarily Portnoy's playing, but his songwriting.

Song was kinda boring. The keys were pretty cool but the rest of it was just...boring.

I dig it pretty good.
Keep in mind they usually release the weakest song first as was the same case with Rite Of Passage in 09'. The vocals are too loud in the mix though.

Song's pretty good. It sounds a lot more like their 90's stuff than their last few albums have.

"Song's pretty good. It sounds a lot more like their 90's stuff than their last few albums have." - Ties

Im gonna go off on that limb and say that On the Backs of Angels is like a new age Pull Me Under, with that old New Millenium song sandwiched in. It's got qualities from both songs.

Reminds me of Falling Into Infinity and Scenes From A Memory era Dream Theater which isn't too bad at all.