I picked up "Dream Theater - A Train of Thought" this morning, and I am not impressed. From mark 0, every other album i was in shock at the virtuosity and how awesome it was...this one is so...ordinary.
Where are the soaring heights? Did James loose his voice and turn into a n00b singer? I thought he was an operatic tenor! The huge baroque influence is gone, the solos are mindless crap, and the riffs sound like regurgitated 7-string nu-metal crap. This is commercialism gone wrong.
On the scale of music as a whole at least the album is above the rest, just not up to DTs standard.
My Advice - wait until a mate buys it and listen to it then to see if you might like it.
A Train of Thought
Moderator: Edi
Errr, is James the singer DT had before, or have they changed recently? If it's the same guy it's always been, I was never really impressed with his singing in the first place. His voice, yes. His singing style, no. I thought he always sounded like he was majorly cheesing it up, like he was stuck in the 80's or something. Reminiscent of Foreigner to me...
"On the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics." -Richard Feynman
DT can get carried away with themselves sometimes--often the shredding and frantic keyboard solos become like white noise (someone once described it as sounding like lawnmowers). Their best stuff is the more simpler, melodic bits. I had heard that Train of Thought was a more restrained album...havent heard it yet.
Just got the Scenes From New York DVD a little while ago--if you love DT you have to see this (what a fucking album that was too!).
Just got the Scenes From New York DVD a little while ago--if you love DT you have to see this (what a fucking album that was too!).
I'll swallow your soul!