Written by Mindheist on 23.09.2011 at 23:35




Now comes the part where I actually disagree with you. Whether we like it or not, our community is becoming less and less interested in conquering new territories, and by that I mean discovering and exposing unknown bands instead of roaming through the rusty classics or the big guns' deliveries. And it's going to inevitably affect the forums and the site as a whole. Here, Let's look at the statistics of the same reviewer:

Daniell has so far written 22 reviews: While Dream Theater's A Dramatic Turn Of Events has rolled up 119 comments (and still counting), Argus (a relatively unknown band but with a tremendous talent) has only collected 8 comments with Boldly Stride The Doomed (a record that blows Dream Theater's latest delivery out of the water). Let's face it, most people, and I'm not just talking about Metal Storm but all the metal webzines, rarely make an effort to read an entire review, be it official or non-official. They basically just read the first line from each paragraph and hurriedly leap to the comment box to post away. That being said, Metal Storm has many members (Staff and non-staff) who passionately read the reviews and always look for new bands to discover, and as opposed to you, I think they are the minority .

Written by Mindheist on 24.09.2011 at 01:05

Yeah I couldn't agree more with you man.

EDIT: BTW, I never heard of Mitochondrion. Do you think I should check them out?

Written by malaikat on 24.09.2011 at 01:19

Written by Mindheist on 24.09.2011 at 01:05

Yeah I couldn't agree more with you man.

EDIT: BTW, I never heard of Mitochondrion. Do you think I should check them out?

you and me man http://www.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs2/1299704_o.gif

I'm currently listening to their latest release, "Parasignosis", and I am blown away. In a nutshell, it's dark, progressive, atmospheric, disturbing and esoteric, one of those albums that should really be listened as a whole, in peace, with lyrics in front. Stunning expirience. If you need any more reccomendation, their label is Profound Lore (Agalloch, Alcest, Krallice, Portal, Wolvhammer), so they are deffinitely that good

Written by Mindheist on 23.09.2011 at 23:35
Now comes the part where I actually disagree with you. Whether we like it or not, our community is becoming less and less interested in conquering new territories, and by that I mean discovering and exposing unknown bands instead of roaming through the rusty classics or the big guns' deliveries. And it's going to inevitably affect the forums and the site as a whole. Here, Let's look at the statistics of the same reviewer:

Daniell has so far written 22 reviews: While Dream Theater's A Dramatic Turn Of Events has rolled up 119 comments (and still counting), Argus (a relatively unknown band but with a tremendous talent) has only collected 8 comments with Boldly Stride The Doomed (a record that blows Dream Theater's latest delivery out of the water). Let's face it, most people, and I'm not just talking about Metal Storm but all the metal webzines, rarely make an effort to read an entire review, be it official or non-official. They basically just read the first line from each paragraph and hurriedly leap to the comment box to post away. That being said, Metal Storm has many members (Staff and non-staff) who passionately read the reviews and always look for new bands to discover, and as opposed to you, I think they are the minority .

Written by Angelic Storm on 24.09.2011 at 01:54

Written by Mindheist on 23.09.2011 at 23:35
Now comes the part where I actually disagree with you. Whether we like it or not, our community is becoming less and less interested in conquering new territories, and by that I mean discovering and exposing unknown bands instead of roaming through the rusty classics or the big guns' deliveries. And it's going to inevitably affect the forums and the site as a whole. Here, Let's look at the statistics of the same reviewer:

Daniell has so far written 22 reviews: While Dream Theater's A Dramatic Turn Of Events has rolled up 119 comments (and still counting), Argus (a relatively unknown band but with a tremendous talent) has only collected 8 comments with Boldly Stride The Doomed (a record that blows Dream Theater's latest delivery out of the water). Let's face it, most people, and I'm not just talking about Metal Storm but all the metal webzines, rarely make an effort to read an entire review, be it official or non-official. They basically just read the first line from each paragraph and hurriedly leap to the comment box to post away. That being said, Metal Storm has many members (Staff and non-staff) who passionately read the reviews and always look for new bands to discover, and as opposed to you, I think they are the minority .

Well first of all, I was simply agreeing with your assertion, that some people will automatically agree with a review by a staff member, purely because it was written by a staff member, and therefore, must be of more worth and validity than a review by an ordinary member.

I really would have to disagree that every person here who are what I described as being a "follower" in my first reply to you, are all people who aren't discovering and exposing unknown bands all the time. I've talked about this sort of thing on here more than once, so here I go again... People who listen to mainly, or exclusively, underground, unknown bands are not any less prone to the group think mentality, or trying to fit in with their peers, than people who mainly just listen to well known, popular bands. Whether it's the mainstream metal fanboy who blindly praises everything that the mainstream metal media proclaims as "the new metal bible", or the underground "tr00" metalhead bashing popular bands/albums just to retain some "cred" within the underground community, the behaviour is no different, and the outcome is also just the same. I have seen a few posts on here over the time Ive been on MS, of people claiming an album to be terrible/great before they've even heard it. Which is just an example of blind praise/bashing. Some people have made up their minds before they even hear an album that it sucks/is great, and so whether or not they actually listen to the album is of little consequence.

Written by Mindheist on 24.09.2011 at 03:39
I actually agree with pretty much everything you said. Sorry if I gave you the wrong impression .

Written by Daniell on 23.09.2011 at 08:18

Written by jhook on 23.09.2011 at 02:09

Written by Guest on 22.09.2011 at 21:18

I get the impression that the guys from DT have become victims of their own work ethic. I mean this is their 6th studio album in the last decade, right? Add to that touring after each record, some 5 or six lives/DVDs in that period, and all of those guest work for other bands and side-projects. They're bound to run out of ideas, and and fill the gap with emotionless instrumental proficiency. I feel that they need to take a longer break between albums, to get some creative ideas again.

I personally fell a certain "saturation" ( is that the right term? ) with Dream Theater realeases.

hmm, well i actually read in an interview with the band that they actually had too many creative ideas and the problem was sorting through them to make an album

Or so they said.
Reviews are widely known to be a comprehensible, 100% honest sources of information about what goes on inside bands.
Try to spot a splash of sarcasm hidden somewhere in this post.

Written by Bugman on 22.09.2011 at 17:56

I was sort of feeling that the review is a bit on the harsh, and at points unfair, side and then i found out that I agree with the ratings. I really don't think that DT could provide us with a bad album on the performance and production side. The originality is not really a strong point, not since Train of Thought, so I don't get the surprise on that side. Well, i was surprised that this time I found myself saying "this really looks like Symphony X or Aina" in two tracks instead of the usual 7 tracks of "oh here's DT copying DT again.

I don't think you could solve what's wrong with DT by bringing Mike back. You could probably do it by doing what Mike wanted, let them take a break, lose the need to provide us yet with a reshuffle of something they made before and then come up with something really original. Mike left when he had to, with the 12 Steps Suite. maybe the band members should consider more time with their side projects...

Totally agree on the Rudess need to stand out!

Written by Doc G. on 23.09.2011 at 01:02

Written by Scorpyin on 23.09.2011 at 00:51

The reason this review sucks is because I have NO clue what to expect after reading it other than 'too much keyboard' and 'its missing mike'. It doesn't even talk about the music, just how much it sucks. It would be nice if you could tell us WHY you didnt like it, maybe. Now personally I hate dream theater, hate their vocalist and hate the songs they write, but whatever who cares, I dont need to listen to them. But honestly, this review is horrible!! It's alright to hate a cd and say its terrible, but without legit reasons for not liking it seems futile (In regards to reviewing a cd).

Ah, the joys of actually reading:

Quote:

The rest of the songs are a gray mass containing craploads of forced, uninspired instrumental wankery, multiple showoff passages, incredibly drawn out fragments, boring singing and flat, lifeless choruses.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 26.09.2011 at 10:00

This review thread is a fucking joke.

Written by Mariocalin on 26.09.2011 at 20:00

Giving a 5.8 to this album means that you don´t know ANYTHING about Dream Theater. You thought that Mike Portnoy is equal to Dream Theater... but i´ts not.

With your last phrase I understand what kind of fan you are.

This albums diserves an 8, is the best album since Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence.

Very poor review

Written by Daniell on 23.09.2011 at 12:40

But let's wait for another new album which should be out in about 3 years. If it's great, we will know that Portnoy's influence wasn't so big after all, and "A Dramatic Turd of Events" was just a singular thing.

Written by Daniell on 26.09.2011 at 20:11

Written by Mariocalin on 26.09.2011 at 20:00

Giving a 5.8 to this album means that you don´t know ANYTHING about Dream Theater. You thought that Mike Portnoy is equal to Dream Theater... but i´ts not.

With your last phrase I understand what kind of fan you are.

This albums diserves an 8, is the best album since Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence.

Very poor review

The review is my opinion.
You forgot to add that your post is your opinion.
It's that simple, very poor person.

Written by Mariocalin on 27.09.2011 at 11:00

I´m giving my opinion, the same as you.

I consider this review a poor review, you don´t have to take this like a kind of attack, it´s just my opinion.

Written by Daniell on 27.09.2011 at 16:15
OK, now I know it's your opinion, not an absolute truth
I understood that you attacked me for not liking the album as much as you do. The review may (may not) be poorly (well) written language-wise, and that's a completely different thing. But if you call my review poor only because I hate the album that you happen to love, it's just a childish thing to say. There are no poor opinions.

Written by Daniell on 27.09.2011 at 20:02

If only everyone respected others' opinions like you do

Written by malaikat on 23.09.2011 at 11:10

Written by jmz on 23.09.2011 at 04:28


oh man, excuse my English then if it makes you feel i'm aggressive because i didn't mean to. it's my 2nd language.

i had nothing against you on the scores of the past albums as all the fans of this band all over the world know it's their best so far, they are my top favorites too. and ok, you told me i'm wrong to imply MS guys don't like >6 minutes songs from your experience then i got it and nothing against them or you.

whatever you're feeling towards me it's your choice and i'm not here to attack MS or you. in the end i just say it's my "personal" feeling that this album is not too bad (and that doesn't mean it deserves 9 or 10). i come here as a friend who shares the same passion to heavy music, and my point is not going to attack or being aggressive to whoever.

Ok then, no hard feelings - I'm sorry for my senseless agressivenes