Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Posted: 2007-06-06 19:45:35

As you may or may not know, I'm a huge Dream Theater fan. So when I heard the new album was released I ordered it right away. Yesterday I received it in the mailbox and after several listening rounds I can say that I really like this album.

On the bonus DVD with the documentary on making the album they state that they want the album to be aggressive and powerful throughout the whole album. Well, I can only say that they did a great job. Even the more balad songs like "The Ministry Of Lost Souls" have some sort of tension which you can feel in the music, as if you can feel something is coming up later on in the song. Anyway, I'm really happy with their latest album, it was worth waiting for. The 5.1 surround sound mix of the entire album on the DVD is a very nice bonus.

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Name: Dieter_be | Website: http://dieter.plaetinck.be | Posted: 2007-06-09 13:55:57

Hey man, seems we have both Gentoo and DT in common Biggrin icon

DT is a brilliant band, for so many reasons! Obviously of course they are all technically very skilled, but what's even more amazing - to me - is their amazing songwriting talents. If you consider all the music they have written tis far, so many hours of music, all very well laid out, and such a variety of musical styles. The songs are so rich and "full". I think no other band has every contributed this much of musical art to society.

My favorite disc is six degrees of inner turbulence disk 2. It's the perfect example of all those things I just mentioned and I recommend it to everyone Biggrin icon

I've heard the preview song for systematic chaos "constant motion" but I think it was a bit disappointing (of course we have to understand that sometimes these guys just want to have fun and make "normal" songs ;-), I hope the full album will be better though.

If you would like to know more about my musical preferences, check this out:
http://dieter.plaetinck.be/my_musical_preferences

Name: Dieter_be | Website: http://dieter.plaetinck.be | Posted: 2007-06-13 13:35:31

I've been listening to the new album. I like "prophets of war" and "the dark eternal night".

But the other songs probably need more listening before I'll start liking them. (let's hope I do ;-))

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