Dream Theater

Dream Theater

Dream Theater: Part 12

Oh fuck, I forgot I was doing Dream Theater. When was the last review? April 16? Oh. Well, let's start this review of what a very mid-album looks like. It would be a self-titled album from a well-known prog metal band, it would have their logo on it, and a dramatic looking setting with some sort of planet being shown. Oh dammit! Yeah, this album is very mid. I don't hate it but I don't like it. "False Awakening Suite" is an okay opener and has cool moments, I ... read more

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favourite track: illumination theory
least favourite track: false awakening suite

because aoty won't let you rate tracks on this yet, here are ratings in order without song names

65/100
85/100
75/100
90/100
85/100
75/100
85/100
90/100
100/100

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favourite track: illumination theory
least favourite track: false awakening suite

because aoty won't let you rate tracks on this yet, here are ratings in order without song names

65/100
85/100
75/100
90/100
85/100
75/100
85/100
90/100
100/100

This is one of the most consistent, solid, great sounding, well writing Dream Theater albums and I don't even know what to say.
I don't really get why it started to have so much hate after Portnoy left. They basically sound as good as they ever sounded, and I'm starting to think they don't even have a bad album at all, the closest thing being Falling into Infinity, and it's because of its weird sounding production, yes, they sound like always, but it has been that way since their 2nd album, for ... read more