Of it all was to create a long, extended concept piece. Incongruous slow-piano-led section that, while nice-sounding, makes absolutely no structural sense if the purpose But they never allow these moments to persist, to createĪ memory in the listener's mind, for they will immediately obliterate any hope of permanence by switching gearsĪnd going to either the most outrageous display of instrumentalist pyrotechnics they can put out, or the most It's no wonder they chose "The Gift of Music" as their first "single" (so to speak), as it's the closest the album ever gets to a memorable 5 minutes (another strong candidate would be the Scenes-from-a-Memory-sound-alike "Moment of Betrayal"), even if the taste of Rush-iness is impossible to ignore.ĭon't get me wrong, this release has tons of great moments, but please take that term in its most literal way:Įxtracts, sections, bits that sound brilliant, that show 5 guys who can play whatever they want in any way they want,Īnd who could still make decent songs.if they wanted to. There's almost not one single track that one could take and could stand on its own and be enjoyed on its own. The song has been the great victim in thisĭifficult-to-understand exercise in ostentation that Dream Theater has recorded and just released to the market. They were capable of playing rings around other bands, but they were also able to create great songs.Īnd that is what has disappeared from "The Astonishing", the song. In my phone, I still feel exactly the same sensation of awe at the great rock music these guys were capable of making. Has occurred, when I put "Pull me Under" or "Metropolis" in a CD player, when I press play in "Scarred" or "Home" While this development has not only musical but also emotional reasons behind it, the fact is, even as this Raw and the dark, as the styles of rock I currently listen to the most are the most extreme forms of metal (black andĭeath). The music I enjoyed the most as a child and a young adolescent (classical music), but they have also moved to the To be fair, I have to disclose that my musical tastes as of late have shifted, in one way, back to the beginning, back to Words", "Awake", "Scenes from a Memory", and many other great albums that made them dear to me. (they probably still are), the one I have seen the most times live, the one I used to carry around mentioning it toĮveryone, as a banner representing a large part of my musical taste.īut as the question surfaced, I kept reminding myself that, yes, this is the same band that gave me "Images and As I was listening to "TheĪstonishing", I had to constantly ask myself if this was the same rock band I used to regard as my absolute favorite The problem is, I have finally felt the need to justify my liking Dream Theater to myself. There is no such a thing as "guilty pleasures" (a case could be Likes Bach or Coltrane, or Justin Bieber or Nickelback. I think no one should ever feel the need to justify musical tastes to other people, whether one I never imagined it would come to this, but I finally had to start justifying my liking Dream Theater. Richard Chycki / spoken voice of Nafaryus, mixing & recording Releases informationĤLP Roadrunner Records - RR7493-1 (2016, Europe)ĢCD Roadrunner Records - 1686-174932 (2016, US) David Campbell / choral & orchestral arrangements Jordan Rudess / keyboards, creative director John Petrucci / guitars, story & concept, producer
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