Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events
| Release date: | 7 September 2011 |
| Style: | Progressive metal |
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01. On The Backs Of Angels
02. Build Me Up, Break Me Down
03. Lost Not Forgotten
04. This Is The Life
05. Bridges In The Sky
06. Outcry
07. Far From Heaven
08. Breaking All Illusions
09. Beneath The Surface
02. Build Me Up, Break Me Down
03. Lost Not Forgotten
04. This Is The Life
05. Bridges In The Sky
06. Outcry
07. Far From Heaven
08. Breaking All Illusions
09. Beneath The Surface
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Lyrics Notes:
* The limited Deluxe Collector's Edition of A Dramatic Turn of Events includes a second disc with instrumentals of all the tracks.
* "Bridges in the Sky" was originally titled "The Shaman's Trance".
* A Dramatic Turn of Events is the first Dream Theater album to feature lyrics by bassist John Myung since "Fatal Tragedy" from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory.
* Paul Northfield is credited for the spoken words in "Breaking All Illusions".
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It seems that something like that must have happened eventually. Mike Portnoy is gone, and A Dramatic Turn of Events is the first occasion for the metal community to find out how Dream Theater fares without their co-founder and co-leader. Let me tell you straight away that it sucks. It sucks much more than I feared it would having heard the first song off the album, whose name I won't even bother to mention. Why would I want to waste time typing names of crappy songs? Read more ›› |
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There is no denying Dream Theater has been an enormous influence on progressive music for the last two decades. Every new release of theirs usually generates a buzz among fans and media alike. But since founding member, natural leader and revered drummer Mike Portnoy left the band unceremoniously last year, the free press the band is getting has been off the charts. After an overly publicized series of auditions whence drumming instructor Mike Mangini came triumphant, expectations were at an expected all-time high. A lot of doubts and uncertainties were lingering in the air. So what? You ask. Well, it all depends who's giving you the answer. Reviews have been split across the internet spectrum. But since you're stuck with me, here are my thoughts. Read more ›› |
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Dream Theater is my favorite band. They've been for a while now. However, a lot of people classify their music as mindless wankery and dislike them because of that, and while it's true that their 2000's releases to some extent fall in that category, for a long time I never really could understand what made that so unappealing to some. However, after hearing this album, I instantly knew what they meant. Following the pretty good Black Clouds And Silver Linings, which was a huge step up from the very mixed Systematic Chaos and Octavarium, it seemed like everything was going great again for Dream Theater. However, the departure of founding member Mike Portnoy left them in quite a weird spot; he had been one of the lead writers for two decades and was one of the pillars behind their success. The band now had to prove themselves capable of writing great stuff without him, using their new drummer Mike Mangini. And I'm gonna be honest, they did anything but succeed. Read more ›› |
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| Darth Mitchell Mitchell Posts: 84  |
Yeah a new DT album!!! Really hope they have found a good drummer. 
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| BloodTears ANA-thema elite Posts: 11835  |
Only in December? Bleh
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| TemplarLS Posts: 48  |
They found an awesome drummer thats for sure! But who is it, thats killing me 
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| nana.MD Star-Queen Posts: 2052  |
Written by Guest on 25.03.2011 at 00:09 me too...their last albums haven't been as great as usual...hope this one's better, sadly they are starting to loose me 
---- Live how you want just don't feed on me, if you doubt what I say I will make you believe...
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| x-avier Posts: 46  |
This is a great chance for them to at least try to play something like images or awake or scenes. Their direction will follow for sure without MP that eventhough I´m so sad that he left, this could let the band get out of that kind of tyranny they had with him.
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| Cynic Metalhead Paisa Vich Nasha Posts: 6814  |
Oooooo...Excited!!!
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9 songs? this could be a good thing, that means shorter songs, I'm looking forward to that 
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| BloodFireDeath Posts: 182  |
Im excited of course. It won't be very difficult for them to make a better album than their last one. BCASL was WEAK
---- Goodspeed on the Devils Thunder
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| Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1115  |
The tracklist on Metal Storm is out of date. Here is a brand new sample of track #5
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| strade Posts: 677  |
I almost can't believe how good this album is compared to recent years. I love how catchy it is and the more varied song times; compared to the spectacle of boredom that Black Clouds produced, this is a masterwork.
---- My lo-fi synth project: http://luciddreamer.bandcamp.com
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| Metal_4Ever Posts: 876  |
Written by whitepawel on 04.09.2011 at 01:02  this album is 77:05 minute of shit 
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| farfaramir Posts: 128  |
Not their best, not their worst... It's ok, it's enjoyable, I will give it 7/10
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071  |
Not good at all. black clouds was vastly superior on all fronts.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One admin Posts: 15250  |
Written by Guest on 13.03.2011 at 14:24 clearly you are yet another user whose votes are dubious at best... and boom goes the dynamite.
---- get the fuck off my lawn. Beer Bug Virus Spotify Playlist crafted by Nikarg and I. Feel free to tune in and add some pertinent metal tunes!
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