Rod in Toronto Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Check it out!!!! https://www.sonicperspectives.com/news/dream-theater-reveals-new-album-distance-time-first-set-2019-tour-dates-announced/?fbclid=IwAR1UlQ_JzZZ3RLqa8Ruft-HsKW_DTz8GZ_l-VmGvVQSpBHcl0Hgb7kVGyLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I like the album cover a lot. Classy, even elegant, but with a really intriguing juxtaposition and an in exact idea Of Symmetry. It looks like the robot is reciting Hamlet! Sample sounds good, nothing mindblowing, but solid DT riffage. Also like the title, which could be simplified as either Speed or Velocity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I hate song teasers. We know the track is finished just give us the whole damn thing lol. They must really be struggling with concert attendance to bust out another anniversary themed show after already doing one last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I can't judge anything by that. i hope qw get a whole track soon. LOVE the cover though. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Not much of a teaser. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 I hate song teasers. We know the track is finished just give us the whole damn thing lol. They must really be struggling with concert attendance to bust out another anniversary themed show after already doing one last year. Maybe or just smart choice? I think they have been slowly trending downward since mp was booted/resigned. Or at least when this former fanboi checked out. Folks love sfam so it makes sense. You have to wonder how much momentum they lost with the astonishing. Like others said, that cover is awesome. I guess thats still hugh syme? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 i think the Astonishing had a hand in the numbers. And MP no longer being there is another blow. I don't as long as i enjoy the record. so we shall see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Honestly the cover is what it is. I like it but it feels a bit like a cheap YA sci-fi book cover. HOWEVER! I was digging that groove in the teaser and can honestly say that 36 second clip was better than the entirety of The Astonishing. I f***ing hate that album. I enjoyed the three albums before that one a lot. I am ready to open myself up to another Dream Theater album. I do have such a weird relationship with this band though...the oddest I have ever had with any band! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Honestly the cover is what it is. I like it but it feels a bit like a cheap YA sci-fi book cover. HOWEVER! I was digging that groove in the teaser and can honestly say that 36 second clip was better than the entirety of The Astonishing. I f***ing hate that album. I enjoyed the three albums before that one a lot. I am ready to open myself up to another Dream Theater album. I do have such a weird relationship with this band though...the oddest I have ever had with any band! your relationship with DT frustrates me more than it does you, lol. like WAY more. on paper they should be a straight Segue band, lol Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Honestly the cover is what it is. I like it but it feels a bit like a cheap YA sci-fi book cover. HOWEVER! I was digging that groove in the teaser and can honestly say that 36 second clip was better than the entirety of The Astonishing. I f***ing hate that album. I enjoyed the three albums before that one a lot. I am ready to open myself up to another Dream Theater album. I do have such a weird relationship with this band though...the oddest I have ever had with any band! your relationship with DT frustrates me more than it does you, lol. like WAY more. on paper they should be a straight Segue band, lol Mick What I really feel annoyed about is that every now and then I spin an album and I just LOVE IT! Like Sonata Arctica level love. And it's the BEST ALBUM I HAVE HEARD ALL DAY! Then I play it again with wild anticipation and...the same record...I hate it. I try another album...I hate that sound. Then I get an urge to listen to a band that album reminded me of and more often than not I become obsessed with them instead. I can't seem to really click with the band and their identity. I can't really tell you why. You know my music doesn't have to be ground-breaking to be enjoyable. But the level of skill DT has is undeniable but there is something so ridiculously ugly about them, and I can't tell you why. But then I get that random desire to spin some DT and for a short while it is PRECIOUS. Go figure. I will say though that I tend to never have any issue with Falling Into Infinity, Train Of Thought or Black Clouds And Silver Linings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78jazz Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 I wonder how much they will play from Scenes From A Memory. Too many concerts for me next March. A drive to Dallas may have to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Honestly the cover is what it is. I like it but it feels a bit like a cheap YA sci-fi book cover. HOWEVER! I was digging that groove in the teaser and can honestly say that 36 second clip was better than the entirety of The Astonishing. I f***ing hate that album. I enjoyed the three albums before that one a lot. I am ready to open myself up to another Dream Theater album. I do have such a weird relationship with this band though...the oddest I have ever had with any band! Weird is right. I go from "This is the best f'n music to ever hit my ears!" to "yuk, turn this shit off". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Honestly the cover is what it is. I like it but it feels a bit like a cheap YA sci-fi book cover. HOWEVER! I was digging that groove in the teaser and can honestly say that 36 second clip was better than the entirety of The Astonishing. I f***ing hate that album. I enjoyed the three albums before that one a lot. I am ready to open myself up to another Dream Theater album. I do have such a weird relationship with this band though...the oddest I have ever had with any band! Weird is right. I go from "This is the best f'n music to ever hit my ears!" to "yuk, turn this shit off". Haha read an above post of mine lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 (edited) DT......still a huge fan and always be. but they are so all over the place and there are no inbetweens i have albums i love than ones i loath. LOVE Images and WordsFalling into Infinity ( Well i love it, lol.)ScenesSix DegreesTrain Of ThoughtOctavariumA Deamatic Turn of EventsDream Theater HATE When Dream and Day UniteAwake (Sorry really am but.......Lebrie ruins it)Systematic ChaosBlack Clouds and Silver LiningsThe Astonishing so i love more then i hate. but both emotions are pretty Absolute here, lol now do i enjoy dongs in isolation from the albums i hate......yes. but i'm talking about the albums as complete projects here. Mick Edited November 3, 2018 by bluefox4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 (edited) both emotions are pretty Absolute here, lol now do i enjoy dongs in isolation from the albums i hate...... You may want to edit the post above...or not, no judgment here. Edited November 3, 2018 by laughedatbytime 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 both emotions are pretty Absolute here, lol now do i enjoy dongs in isolation from the albums i hate...... You may want to edit the post above... Nah... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 both emotions are pretty Absolute here, lol now do i enjoy dongs in isolation from the albums i hate...... You may want to edit the post above...or not, no judgment here. but dongs are amazing. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 both emotions are pretty Absolute here, lol now do i enjoy dongs in isolation from the albums i hate...... You may want to edit the post above...or not, no judgment here. but dongs are amazing. Mick AMEN TO THAT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Didn't listen to the sample, but I'll pop it in the CD player when it's released and I'll catch a show in April. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 album will suck but I'll try and see them in april if they're doing SFAM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 I know people here really dig ADTOE and the self-titled but I just don't hear a lot of staying power in any of the post-portnoy stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 I know people here really dig ADTOE and the self-titled but I just don't hear a lot of staying power in any of the post-portnoy stuff There's not much staying power with about half the stuff on their last couple of releases with Portnoy either. I think a change did need to be made in the band and Portnoy leaving was really the only one to be made. The band needed a shake up and they couldn't have had a bigger one happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 it just seems like we've ended up with the john petrucci experience now. at least it's been proven that portnoy wasn't the only guy in the band with his head up his ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 but yeah, I don't think there's a record after SFAM that's good all the way through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 album will suck but I'll try and see them in april if they're doing SFAM It' weird that they're doing SFAM now, since in 2013/2014 they also celebrated 15 years of the same album, and played a huge chunk of it, on the "self-titled" tour. But whatever...I never got the chance to see Scenes in full when it came out, so count me in. They'll be in Toronto on April 4th, and I'll be there. Someone in the inner circle of the band said in their forum that the setlist will not be a rehash of what they did on the SFAM tour, so I'm curious. DT is one of those bands that I love, but also agree with a lot of the criticism towards them. The only time my interest level was so low that I missed the tour was when The Astonishing came out. I saw the Images, Words and Beyond last year, and while the setlist was great and the guys seemed energized on stage, I couldn't help but feel that they did this due to how unpopular The Astonishing was - it seemed they needed to cut their losses and do a tour that was more appealing then. Either way, it was a good chance to catch certain rare tracks live, some of which will NEVER be played ever again. These guys are like my superheroes - MP, Kevin Moore and Derek Sherinian included, and I support them to the extent that I can. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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