Advantages: It's another live Dream Theater cd! Disadvantages: None
...Prog rock masters Dream Theater's live offering from Budokan in Tokyo is, as expected, stunning!!
The American 5 piece (James LaBrie - vocals, John Petrucci - guitar, Mike Portnoy - drums, John Myung - bass and Jordan Rudess - keyboards), just shy of their 20th anniversary when this was recorded in 2004, serve up approximately 3 hours of live entertainment.
Dream Theater are one of the most commercially successful progressive rock bands in recent generations despite remaining somewhat unknown in mainstream rock circles. They are undoubtedly one of the most technically gifted bands out there, each member being highly regarded for their technical wizardry of their instrument. Indeed, drummer Portnoy has won several "Drummer of the Year Awards", guitarist Petrucci was recruited for G3 tours with fellow virtuosos Joe Satriani and Steve...
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Advantages: Mind Bashing, Briliant, Intense Disadvantages: Not quiet as good as Images and Words
...Awake really does pick up where Image and Words left off. Awake is the 3rd Studio album from the "without doubt" daddy's of progressive rock / metal. Dream Theater's early years, "when dream and day unite", "images and words", and this, "Awake" manage to d something that I have never heard form a bands before. They not only please, but can convert people. It has a draw to metal heads, yet also to people who are more attached to Clapton and Extreme. It can draw the rock funk fans, and even some nu metallers. Its all there....the melodies, the tunes, the heaviness, the lightness, the riffs, licks, jams, instrumentals. It's all brilliant
Awake has alot more of a seasoned, intense emotion than that shown in Images and Words. The heavy melody musician ship and inginious lyrics are blasted through in the form of Lie, 6 O Clock (6...
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