Has anyone heard "A Dramatic Turn of Events" in its entirety yet? I've only heard one leaked song and a part of another leaked song. I'm pretty disappointed with what I heard, even though it's just one song. Not just because Dream Theater has taken a different direction, they often do that, and I'm almost always at least satisfied with the results. It seems to be lacking the musicianship that Dream Theater is known for. Even if a song is lyrically contrived or cheesy or even poorly written, there's a good solo or two to make up for it.
This is the first Dream Theater album to be written without Mike Portnoy. I had mixed feelings about Portnoy leaving the band. He left the band to tour with some guys half his age, but he filled in for a drummer who died and saw Portnoy as an idol.. He wasn't entirely clear if he'd return to Dream Theater, which to me, was sort of a slap in the face of the guys in the band. He also made it sound as though he was the driving force behind Dream Theater. I was thinking that he was a great drummer and probably was a large part of the song writing process, but cmon, did he write those exploding solos or the lyrics and structure to every song?
Maybe Mike had more of an influence in the writing process than previously thought or they're just adjusting without Mike. Could also just be this one song or a personal feeling on this new direction. There's some ratings on Prog Archives and they're pretty high.
Your opinions on the new album and Dream Theater without Mike Portnoy?
This is the first Dream Theater album to be written without Mike Portnoy. I had mixed feelings about Portnoy leaving the band. He left the band to tour with some guys half his age, but he filled in for a drummer who died and saw Portnoy as an idol.. He wasn't entirely clear if he'd return to Dream Theater, which to me, was sort of a slap in the face of the guys in the band. He also made it sound as though he was the driving force behind Dream Theater. I was thinking that he was a great drummer and probably was a large part of the song writing process, but cmon, did he write those exploding solos or the lyrics and structure to every song?
Maybe Mike had more of an influence in the writing process than previously thought or they're just adjusting without Mike. Could also just be this one song or a personal feeling on this new direction. There's some ratings on Prog Archives and they're pretty high.
Your opinions on the new album and Dream Theater without Mike Portnoy?