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Hit or Miss: Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
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Seinfeld26
 Post subject: Hit or Miss: Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:03 am 
Seeing as to how people either absolutely love this album or absolutely hate it (I'm in the former catagory, lucky for Dream Theater), I thought I'd poll this board to see what everybody else thinks.

And putting this in the "Prog/Power/True Metal" forum took a little thought since whether or not Dream Theater is really a "metal band" is a little debatable.
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Anonymous
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:17 am 
How is Dream Theater not metal?

Hit, SoC = best instrumental ever, imo.
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Anonymous
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:22 am 
I think Dream Theatre's forte is melodic prog.. at this style they are one of many.
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Legacy Of The Night
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Hit. Definately.

It was a change of pace for them, but it was still a really fucking good album.
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Seinfeld26
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Husker wrote:
How is Dream Theater not metal?

Hit, SoC = best instrumental ever, imo.


Dream Theater is about as metal as Alice in Chains IMO. Which is to say, they're sort of in that gray area between rock and metal.
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death to neo-prog
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Eyesore
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Absolute hit! My favorite album besides Images & Words.
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100% hit. My first listen was a complete miss, but after about three more listens Train of Thought became one of my top Dream Theater albums.


Btw, Dream Theater are most certainly metal.
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A big-time miss for me. I could go on for ages if I described all the reasons this album has destroyed my appetite for Dream Theater, including the albums previous to it, which at one time represented the majority of my favorite music :cry:
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lizardtail wrote:
death to neo-prog


Sing it!
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For me, not really a hit nor a miss... in the grey zone.
Octavarium is a real miss.
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Definite hit for me, although I'm a Dream Theater hater. This album is the only one I can listen in full without getting bored (well i still get bored at some time). In The Name Of God is actually a great song and it didn't took me 10 listens to realize that. :lol:
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A most definite hit. Not their best album but still a great one.
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MISS MISS MISS! 70 minutes of utterly boring, self-indulgent, sleep-inducing wank bullshit. The worst fucking album from the most overrated band in metal.
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December Flower wrote:
MISS MISS MISS! 70 minutes of utterly boring, self-indulgent, sleep-inducing wank bullshit. The worst fucking album from the most overrated band in metal.


I take it that you don't like Dream Theater? :wink:
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December Flower wrote:
MISS MISS MISS! 70 minutes of utterly boring, self-indulgent, sleep-inducing wank bullshit. The worst fucking album from the most overrated band in metal.

I take it you haven't heard the album? :wink:
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The funny thing is that neoprog must fall such a statement can be neoprog gave me aids loosely applied to all neoprog makes bad chicken cordon bleu of Dream Theater's albums if retooled neoprog is the reaper of souls just a tad.
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The funny thing is that neoprog must fall such a statement can be neoprog gave me aids loosely applied to all neoprog makes bad chicken cordon bleu of Dream Theater's albums if retooled neoprog is the reaper of souls just a tad.


HAHAHAHA.
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December Flower
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Legacy Of The Night wrote:
December Flower wrote:
MISS MISS MISS! 70 minutes of utterly boring, self-indulgent, sleep-inducing wank bullshit. The worst fucking album from the most overrated band in metal.


I take it that you don't like Dream Theater? :wink:


No. As I said I find them grossly overrated, but I must admit that I & W is a good album. It has my favourite DT song (Surrounded) and theur two best epics (Learning to Live and Metropolis). But after that they got more and more boring and on ToT they just went completely off the road imo.

Eyesore wrote:
I take it you haven't heard the album? :wink:


Yes I have, several times actually. I & W clicked after a few spins, ToT just don't.
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The funny thing is that neoprog must fall such a statement can be neoprog gave me aids loosely applied to all neoprog makes bad chicken cordon bleu of Dream Theater's albums if retooled neoprog is the reaper of souls just a tad.


:lol: :lol: :lol:
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