Octavarium

well it's not exactly hard considering you don't like dream theater.

[quote=Bj Blaskowitz]there's other stuff out there. Don't get me wrong, DT is good, but try to branch out a little or something.

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You are immensely stupid.

it's a pity you don't listen to any of those cds that you own, aside from the DT ones.

you're a scrawny little prick with gay hair :)

Whatever it is, I hope they change their style from ToT, I didn't really like it that much. I miss the more SfaM-type of songs.

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Mesento/octovarium.jpg[/IMG]

I'm just going by the "now playing" thread.

and whoever this is needs to be shot http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/h22s/

What the shit. Did you look at the statistics?

which equates him to lameness

[quote=Bj]it's a pity you don't listen to any of those cds that you own, aside from the DT ones.

And you'd know? I ordered Therion's Crowing of Atlantis, Agalloch's Pale Folkore and Ayreon's The Human Equation a few days ago. And I may well actually listen to Fleetwood Mac a good deal more than dream theater.

[quote]you're a scrawny little prick with gay hair

You are a self-righteous skinhead who picks fights for no particular reason :)

And you can all thank me for more or less introducing the DT phenomenon to VGC. You're welcome/sorry.

Personally, I'm looking forwards to it. I just hope it sounds as good as their previous works, which I'm sure it will.

I listened to a few songs from Images & Words and then some from Train of Thought. I don't really care for this current vocalist, so I don't know if I'll buy this CD. I'll just have to wait and see.

Hey stfu :mad: I happened to get my DT albums in around the time I fixed my WinAmp. And really, I have nothing else worth listening to besides RHCP and some other ones that I have somewhere in a folder I forgot about.


On topic:


I'll probably get this one eventually. Maybe not release day, but soon after.

Shut up BJ, he has 3 Doors Down in there. Therefore, he rocks.

Yeah, I've found that out. And now I feel like a retard for that post. :3

12 steps? hell no, that's inefficient. Use my 1-step plan instead: Don't drink. Period.

Simple as that.

Edit: What I meant to say here was that I recently discovered the joy(s) of Dream Theatre, although I doubt I'm ever going to be such a diehard like, well, most of you. It's good stuff.

Please spell it Dream Theater. Please. :)

I hope this goes on eBay soon after release so I can pay via Paypal. No stores around here will have it and I can't pay via Credit Card directly.

WMP and iTunes only turn up searches for "Dream Theater", not, "Dream Theatre." Well, at least from searches I've done, anyway.

hey, I like the band. I like their music. I like knowing about their origins, and those silly little things that happened on tour! even I think that knowing the number of stains on portnoy's vest and what the medical term for whatever bowel condition their manager's brother has is a tad excessive.

I don't see what the problem is. how does the fact that something is popular mean that it's bad? we don't consider ourselves superior in any way.

...yay

Hm, beautiful cover art. It's so surreal and distinctly Pink Floydish.

I'm so sad you had to use it as your avatar though.

I'm glad that most places I go to on the internet have ignored this splendidly :)

[quote=Raptor]I'm so sad you had to use it as your avatar though.

What makes you say that?

I was also immediately reminded of Floyd's covers when I saw it, even more so than Train of Thought's cover... Maybe I just like surreal things.

Saw it a while ago; when it first appeared. A great improvement on the original draft - but I still really dislike the black box at the bottom. I like it otherwise, however. I smell a very Images and Wordsy, proggy release coming out. yay!

I haven't seen the original draft. Pics?

No texture on the black bar, black bar didn't stretch right across, no hooks on the balls, Majesty logo slightly sharper, position of fourth ball different, different font for the word Octavarium.

I originally thought that the black bar was just there to cover something up which they'd unveil at a later date, but now that they've put texture onto the bar I'm extremely disappointed, seeing as it would seem the ugly bar is there for good. Now the only possible hint that it may just not be permanent is the fact that it's not yet been submitted as the official image on amazon.co.uk.

samples!

http://www.bol.de/shop/bde_homestartseite/artikeldetails/ID6387133.html

I already love the album.

I flat-out refuse to listen to them. I'm quite content with the six-second sample myself-- I want a surprise. It sounds dark from what little I've heard.

and what's more is that I've never seen a ".rm" file. what?

Awww, I was hoping that it would sound more like what Images & Words did. Oh well. :(

I hope that the song, "Octavarium", isn't a dissapointment. Then that'd be a waste of 24 minutes, which would suck.

If I had or cared to download Real Player I'd listen to these songs. I'll just wait until the album is out.

I was about to go back and see what TROAE was, but the samples were removed. Blast that vile internet!

Symphony X is back on the tour!

http://mikeportnoy.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=863806

:o
I will be there.

So I've heard These Walls and Panic Attack tonight.

My first impression is yeah, I think I'm going to enjoy this album quite a lot. Panic Attack was quite heavy and a lot like Train of Thought, which of course is my favorite DT album. These Walls was also a good song with a nice build, and I approve.

Ok, so I just listened to the CD all the way through for the first time. Here's my thoughts. I should also mention for all you who CANT OMG HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT to avoid this, as im going to spoil left and right here.

-The Root Of All Evil is the sequel to This Dying Soul and The Glass Prison.
-I Walk Beside You is very ballady, not the best Dream Theater ballad I've heard though.
-These Walls is a very great song. Thats about all I can say.
-I Walk Beside you is RAGHHHH TERRIBLE. Seriously, I hate this song.
-Panic Attack is probably my favorite song, very heavy and very forceful. Just what I look for.
-Never Enough has a nice part at around 2 minutes. I'll need to listen to more of it to really get a feel fo rit.
-Sacrificed Sons builds up very slowly, but the last few minutes is a huge payoff, and simply awesome.
-Octavarium started out kind of slow.. and slowly built up. Those people who didnt like a certain part in Honor Thy Father will definately hate a part in this song, as James tests out his screams.

Overall, its nothing like Images and Words, which I'm very thankful song as I simply don't like that album. The best word I have to describe it is simply.. Atmospheric. Especially songs like Never Enough and Wait for an Answer. There are a lot of vocal effects, and James doesnt get all high like he used to, something which I'm also thankful about. I'm definately impressed with this album, although I still hate I Walk Beside You. A lot.

I'm also not sending it to anyone, so don't ask

Edit: On further listens, I walk beside you sounds freakishly a LOT like a U2 song. Maybe thats why I dont like it!

what is "wait for an answer"?

AND IS IT A CONCEPT ALBUM?

I recently got the album...It's decent, but nowhere nearly as good as their previous stuff. I was greatly disappointed. :(

I really enjoyed the album. Not as much as Awake, Scenes and ToT thought but I enjoyed it a lot.

I thought it was brilliant. The second half of the CD is a lot better than the first half, but all the tracks were enjoyable. LaBrie's screams surprised the **** out of me the first time I heard them, though. And 18:40-19:30 approximately = megadethly

Oh dear ***. This was like aural sex. This is, without a doubt, my new favourite album, and Sacrificed Sons is my new favourite song. The artwork on the album is excellent (the picture with the octopus was great)... though I can't help but begin to wonder precisely what the woman on the back of the lyric book is there for.

This is some good shiz :)

aural sex
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[quote=Sabredog]though I can't help but begin to wonder precisely what the woman on the back of the lyric book is there for.

that would be myung dodging a ball of some kind suspended from some kind ofsky

looks like him to me...

Tried looking at the face? Definitely a woman.

"Produced by Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci
for JaM Progductions"

Not sure what that's about. But anyway, amazon shipped it to me in one day and I didn't have to pay for it. :-*

And did anyone notice that the spider can't get out of the maze? :cool:

I can't choose a favourite track. On first listen my favourites were Sacrificed Sons and Octavarium, but after some listen The Root of All Evil, These Walls, Panic Attack, and Never Enough were added.

And it's true that I Walk Beside You is very U2-like.

The lyrics to Never Enough are interestingly directed at certain fans who are living in the past etc. Very neat.

I Walk Beside You touches my heart, a lot. But These Walls is by far my favorite.

IMO, Dream Theater's only CD that's better than this one is Images and Words. Awesome stuff.