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Picked this up last Tuesday while on vacation and this is my first chance to sit in front of a PC and give it a review.
'Train of Thought' took about 3 spins to hook me and after 10 spins, it simply is a magnificant album. 7 songs, 77 minutes - and these are some of their shortest songs in four years.
The amazing thing about Dream Theater is they have yet made the same album twice. Each new release has brought us something different from the last, yet there is no denying that your hearing a DT album. Four years ago, they made a progressive CD that was basically one 77 minute song (or story), then two years ago a 2-CD set, one CD had 6 songs over 60 minutes in total time and the other CD was one 6 part song about the same length.
I think many people forget that "progressive" music should be about changing, taking from all genre's and making something magical happen. "ToT" features colorings from Nu-Metal, Aggro, Thrash, Prog Rock and touches of Fusion to create some exciting new music.
This album has some extremely thought-provoking lyrics, beautiful dark melodies, and some of the best shredding JP has ever done. From beginning to end it is a non-stop roller coaster of brutal riffs, insane drums, keys and solos. The only breather here is the song 'Vacant' which is a slow melodic track. There is no weak point on this album. So, if you like the metal side of DT, you will love this. If not, don't rip them for being too heavy because it was DT's intent to produce a classic metal album, and that they have done, brilliantly.
In simple terms Train of Thought is DT with a loud splashing of Metallica and a dash of early Rush.
I'll give this one an A - highly recommended.
'Train of Thought' took about 3 spins to hook me and after 10 spins, it simply is a magnificant album. 7 songs, 77 minutes - and these are some of their shortest songs in four years.
The amazing thing about Dream Theater is they have yet made the same album twice. Each new release has brought us something different from the last, yet there is no denying that your hearing a DT album. Four years ago, they made a progressive CD that was basically one 77 minute song (or story), then two years ago a 2-CD set, one CD had 6 songs over 60 minutes in total time and the other CD was one 6 part song about the same length.
I think many people forget that "progressive" music should be about changing, taking from all genre's and making something magical happen. "ToT" features colorings from Nu-Metal, Aggro, Thrash, Prog Rock and touches of Fusion to create some exciting new music.
This album has some extremely thought-provoking lyrics, beautiful dark melodies, and some of the best shredding JP has ever done. From beginning to end it is a non-stop roller coaster of brutal riffs, insane drums, keys and solos. The only breather here is the song 'Vacant' which is a slow melodic track. There is no weak point on this album. So, if you like the metal side of DT, you will love this. If not, don't rip them for being too heavy because it was DT's intent to produce a classic metal album, and that they have done, brilliantly.
In simple terms Train of Thought is DT with a loud splashing of Metallica and a dash of early Rush.
I'll give this one an A - highly recommended.
