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Title: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Renzo on February 28, 2017, 07:07:00 AM
Hi everyone,
I am new here.. I first heard of DT about 2/3 years ago, but it was last year, when I listened to my first DT song (Illumination Theory) that I fell in love with this band. I got to see them this year in Padova and it was absolutely an amazing experience. Plus, Images and Words is my favourite album of all time.

In this thread I will describe every DT album with an adjective.

-WDADU: Classical
-IAW: Poetic
-Awake: Dark
-FII: Light
-SFAM: Mysterious
-SDOIT: Introverted
-TOT: Heavy
-8VM: Philosophical
-SC: Evil
-BC&SL: Gothic
-ADTOE: Epic
-DT12: Depressive
-TA: Dramatic

-Next album: I would personally like to hear a more dark, jazz-influenced album something like Awake, with the epic orchestral arrangements of ADTOE and BC&SL. Or an album like TOT. And you?
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Bertielee on February 28, 2017, 07:24:22 AM
Nice thread. Btw, welcome to DTF. Here is my list :


-WDADU: old
-IAW: landmarkish (yes, I invent adjectives)
-Awake: brooding
-FII: destabilizing
-SFAM: metropolisian (I said I invented adjectives, goddammit)
-SDOIT: orchestral
-TOT: in-the-face
-8VM: half-good
-SC: clinical
-BC&SL: long
-ADTOE: returntoformish
-DT12: badly produced
-TA: cinematic

As for the next album, I expect nothing really. That prevents me from being disappointed.

B.Lee
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Renzo on February 28, 2017, 07:32:30 AM

-SFAM: metropolisian


That actually made me laugh hard :lol
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: rumborak on February 28, 2017, 07:42:06 AM
-WDADU: incubatory
-IAW: revolutionary
-Awake: furrowed
-FII: open-windowed
-SFAM: masterful
-SDOIT: transitory
-TOT: chunky/ballsy
-8VM: SDOIT-y
-SC: sterile
-BC&SL: good
-ADTOE: prove-y
-DT12: safe
-TA: overwrought
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Evai on February 28, 2017, 07:44:16 AM
-WDADU: Yngwie-ish
-IAW: Proggy
-Awake: Gritty
-FII: Poppy
-SFAM: Pretentious
-SDOIT: Informative
-TOT: Boring
-8VM: Amazing
-SC: Chaotic
-BC&SL: Foreboding
-ADTOE: Reaching
-DT12: Interesting
-TA: Astonishing
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: MirrorMask on February 28, 2017, 07:46:38 AM
-SC: Chaotic

-TA: Astonishing

Damn, there goes my ideas for the thread  ;D
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Renzo on February 28, 2017, 07:47:35 AM
-SC: Chaotic
-TA: Astonishing

Touchè :tup
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Samsara on February 28, 2017, 08:10:41 AM
Cool thread. Here's mine:

-WDADU: Forgettable
-IAW: Classic
-Awake: Stirring
-FII: Soulful
-SFAM: Energetic
-SDOIT: Expressive
-TOT: Heavy
-8VM: Derivative
-SC: Disappointing
-BC&SL: Exasperating
-ADTOE: Hopeful
-DT12: Meandering
-TA: Surprising
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 28, 2017, 08:59:22 AM
-WDADU: foreshadowing
-IAW: groundbreaking
-Awake: potential-realizing
-FII: disappointing
-SFAM: rejuvenating
-SDOIT: experimental
-TOT: grueling
-8VM: uneven
-SC: shallow
-BC&SL: change-needing
-ADTOE: spirited
-DT12: fun
-TA: outside the box
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on February 28, 2017, 09:49:44 AM
-BC&SL: change-needing

so right lols
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Bertielee on February 28, 2017, 09:51:34 AM

-SFAM: metropolisian


That actually made me laugh hard :lol

Glad you liked it!  :biggrin:

B.Lee
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Mark Levinson Jr. on February 28, 2017, 10:34:10 AM
OMG, what a fun thread!

-WDADU: Revealing
-IAW: Confident
-Awake: Angry
-FII: Incomplete
-SFAM: Complete
-SDOIT: Varied
-TOT: Methodical
-8VM: Defining
-SC: Safe
-BC&SL: Technical
-ADTOE: Classic
-DT12: Spiritual
-TA: Important
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Architeuthis on February 28, 2017, 11:31:51 AM
I have been a DT fan since 1992 and still haven't bought or listened to WDADU. I've seen some of the live versions on DVD of the songs with JLB singing. I just haven't really cared to buy it for some reason. Maybe because of the absence of JLB..   Other than that, I own their entire discography.
 So technically I can't put an adjective to "all" of their albums.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: gzarruk on February 28, 2017, 11:58:03 AM
This is a very interesting thread!

-WDADU: Classical
-IAW: Poetic
-Awake: Dark
-FII: Light
-SFAM: Mysterious
-SDOIT: Introverted
-TOT: Heavy
-8VM: Philosophical
-SC: Evil
-BC&SL: Gothic
-ADTOE: Epic
-DT12: Depressive
-TA: Dramatic

I think you nailed it here!. At first, I didn't understand why you said depressive with DT12, since I like the album a lot and the music doesn't sound depressing at all  ??? I do care much more about the music than the lyrics, so that was my first impression.

However, after thinking about the lyrics and themes a bit more, I see why you put it that way. TEI, for example, talks about not being able to scape the voices of regret and pain inside you, TLG is about someone so self-centered that only cares about himself, BTV about someone desperately asking for help.

Never thought of these themes before  :o

This is mine:

-WDADU: Explorative
-IAW: Melodic
-Awake: Atmospheric
-FII: Different
-SFAM: Perfect
-SDOIT: Experimental
-TOT: Pointless
-8VM: Weird
-SC: Technical
-BC&SL: Aimless
-ADTOE: Uplifting
-DT12: Focused
-TA: Ambitious
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Architeuthis on February 28, 2017, 12:11:29 PM
IAW: Monumental
Awake: Solidifying
ACOS: Epic
FII: Risky
SFAM: Refreshing
SDOIT: Diverse
TOT: Virtuostic
8VM: Clever
SC: Dark.  but in a good way
BCSL: Stormy
ADTOE: Promising
DT12: Uplifting
TA: I admit I'm intrigued
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: hefdaddy42 on February 28, 2017, 12:14:46 PM
-BC&SL: change-needing

so right lols
:tup
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Renzo on February 28, 2017, 12:29:54 PM
However, after thinking about the lyrics and themes a bit more, I see why you put it that way. TEI, for example, talks about not being able to scape the voices of regret and pain inside you, TLG is about someone so self-centered that only cares about himself, BTV about someone desperately asking for help.

Exactly! :tup
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: RoeDent on February 28, 2017, 12:49:49 PM
I&W: Classic
Awake: Gritty
FII: Commercial
SFAM: Epic
6DOIT: Experimental
TOT: Heavy
8VM: Proggy
SC: Fantastical
BC&SL: Dark-to-Light
ADTOE: Refreshing
DT12: Light
TA: Engrossing

Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: TheCountOfNYC on February 28, 2017, 01:30:41 PM
WDaDU: Flawed
IaW: Groundbreaking
Awake: Dark
FII: Trying
SFaM: Perfect
SDoIT: Experimental
TOT: Heavy
8VM: Defining
SC: Bloated
BC&SL: Gothic
ADToE: Revitalizing
DT: Cohesive
TA: Epic
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Mladen on February 28, 2017, 03:29:56 PM
-WDADU: Classical
-IAW: Poetic
-Awake: Dark
-FII: Light
-SFAM: Mysterious
-SDOIT: Introverted
-TOT: Heavy
-8VM: Philosophical
-SC: Evil
-BC&SL: Gothic
-ADTOE: Epic
-DT12: Depressive
-TA: Dramatic
Brilliant.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: DragonAttack on February 28, 2017, 05:17:39 PM
-WDADU: vocalpainfulish
-IAW: brilliant
-Awake: followupitic
-FII: scattered
-SFAM: secondbestus
-SDOIT: schizophrenic (in a GREAT way)
-TOT: trashthrashish
-8VM: favoritorium
-SC: black-ish
-BC&SL: boring
-ADTOE: reawakened
-DT12: undistinguishable
-TA: ahh…stoun….SAY IT…..uh, overdone-ish
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: soupytwist on March 01, 2017, 04:10:57 AM
-IAW: Clean.
-Awake: Disjointed.
-FII: Tampered.
-SFAM: Fable.
-SDOIT: Unhinged.
-TOT: Metal.
-8VM: Minic,
-SC: Fantasy.
-BC&SL: Gothic
-ADTOE: Soaring.
-DT12: Default.
-TA: Disney.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: JediKnight1969 on March 03, 2017, 09:56:01 AM
-WDADU: original
-IAW: sublime
-Awake: shocking
-FII: refreshing
-SFAM: majestic
-SDOIT: dark
-TOT: heavy
-8VM: simple
-SC: energetic
-BC&SL: disappointing
-ADTOE: great
-DT12: unnatural
-TA: epic
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Rammstein on March 13, 2017, 09:33:26 AM
WDADU - unheard
I&W - Trigger
Awake - moody
FII - lucid
SFAM - joyful
SDOIT - dramatic
octavarium - circling
SC - tasty
BC&SL - Long
ADTOE - frickly
ST - basketball-snarely ( WHAT  :laugh:)
TA - musical
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: TAC on March 13, 2017, 03:51:11 PM
WDADU: Promising
I&W: Greatest
Awake: Interesting
FII: Weak
SFAM: Fantastic
6 D's: Thoughtful
TOT: Intense
8V: Confused
SC: Fun
BC&SL: Cocky
ADTOE: Familiar
DT12: Average
TA: Epic
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Adami on March 13, 2017, 03:58:16 PM
WDADU - good
I&W - great
Awake - amazing
FII - good
SFAM - great
SDOIT - great
octavarium - good
SC - awful
BC&SL - meh
ADTOE - goodish
ST - awful
TA - good
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: King Postwhore on March 13, 2017, 08:20:16 PM
-WDADU: Foundation
-IAW:  Adversarial
-Awake: Dark
-FII: Straightforward
-SFAM: Expanding
-SDOIT: Visionary
-TOT: Ballsy
-8VM: Complimentary
-SC: Disappointing
-BC&SL: Melodic
-ADTOE: Begins
-DT12: Muddled
-TA: Adventurous.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: TAC on March 13, 2017, 08:28:10 PM

-ADTOE: Begins
 

Begins is a VERB! Not an adjective. Read the instructions. :P
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: King Postwhore on March 13, 2017, 08:35:51 PM
Beginnings jerks face. :lol
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: TAC on March 13, 2017, 08:36:58 PM
That's a NOUN! :lol
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: King Postwhore on March 13, 2017, 08:41:17 PM
No.  It expresses something new jerks face. Begin is used as a verb, noun and adjective.  Roll with it bro.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: TAC on March 13, 2017, 08:45:15 PM
No.  It expresses something new jerks face. Begin is used as a verb, noun and adjective.  Roll with it bro.
A for effort, young man.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Adami on March 13, 2017, 08:51:18 PM
No.  It expresses something new jerks face. Begin is used as a verb, noun and adjective.  Roll with it bro.

This post is SO beginnings.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: TAC on March 13, 2017, 08:52:09 PM
No.  It expresses something new jerks face. Begin is used as a verb, noun and adjective.  Roll with it bro.

This post is SO beginnings.
Just the beginning of it.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 14, 2017, 05:04:33 AM
-SFAM: metropolisian (I said I invented adjectives, goddammit)

Uh, metropolitan?
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: romdrums on March 14, 2017, 09:02:48 AM
WDADU: aspirational
I&W: inspirational
Awake:eye-opening
FII: tentative
SFAM: assertive
SDOIT: exploratory
TOT: frantic
8V: overrated
SC: meandering
BCSL: repetitive
ADTOE: refreshing
DT12: muddy
TA: overwhelming
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: RaiseTheKnife on March 14, 2017, 06:40:50 PM

WDADU:  Archetypal
I&W:       Revolutionary   
Awake:    Brooding
FII:          Commercial
SFAM:      Risky
6DOIT:     Introspective   
TOT:        Chunky
8V:          Symmetrical
SC:          Fictitious
BC&SL:    Biographical
ADTOE:    Formulaic
DT12:      Pedestrian
TA:          Ambitious
DT14:      Flawless
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: gzarruk on March 14, 2017, 09:48:47 PM
DT14:      Flawless

 :huh:
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: NOMAC2107 on March 15, 2017, 02:17:08 AM
WDADU: Bricklaying
I&W: Groundbreaking
AWAKE: Dark
FII: Regressing
SFAM: Defining
SDOIT: Orchestral
TOT: Intense
8VM: Inspirational
SC: Fantastical
BC&SL: Concluding
ADTOE: Revitalising
DT: Aggrevating
TA: Disnified (I believe I made this up, but it's taking a Source and turning it very Disney)
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: RaiseTheKnife on March 15, 2017, 12:26:45 PM
DT14:      Flawless

 :huh:

haha, caught that, did you?  Just a hopeful projection.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 15, 2017, 08:53:27 PM
DT14:      Flawless

 :huh:

I mean, if it doesn't exist, it can't really have flaws.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Tony From Long Island on March 16, 2017, 09:43:48 AM
-SC: Chaotic
-TA: Astonishing

Really going out on a limb there!   Why not say Octavarium was "eight-sided"?   :-P
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: gzarruk on March 16, 2017, 09:49:40 AM
DT14:      Flawless

 :huh:

I mean, if it doesn't exist, it can't really have flaws.

It's flaw is it doesn't exist yet  :biggrin:
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: King Postwhore on March 16, 2017, 10:30:32 AM
No.  It expresses something new jerks face. Begin is used as a verb, noun and adjective.  Roll with it bro.

This post is SO beginnings.

Only the beginnings................


 
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: kaos2900 on March 17, 2017, 12:00:15 PM
WDADU: Curious
I&W: Mindblowing
AWAKE: Perfection
FII: Underrated
SFAM: Life Changing
SDOIT: Thoughtful
TOT: Metal
8VM: Retrospective
SC: Disappointing
BC&SL: Personal
ADTOE: Reassuring
DT: Forgetfull
TA: Long
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: RaiseTheKnife on March 17, 2017, 01:28:21 PM
^ I strongly agree with the above adjectives ^
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Devin Townsend on March 19, 2017, 04:43:59 PM
WDADU - Rushed
IAW - Majestic
Awake - Psychoanalytic
FII - Yes
SFAM - Mindcriminal
SDOIT - Bloated (sorry)
TOT - Metallician
8va - Cyclic
SC - Deceptive
BC&SL - Tired
ADTOE - Preliminairy
DT - Confused
TA - Disneymaniacal
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: Metropolis Pt. II on March 20, 2017, 09:06:37 AM
Can someone compile the adjectives for each album and list them all together?
It would be cool to see the general consensus on each album.
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: IDontNotDoThings on March 21, 2017, 12:06:33 AM
-WDADU: A classical, old, incubatory, Yngwie-ish, forgettable, foreshadowing, revealing, explorative, flawed, vocalpainfulish, original, unheard, promising, good, aspirational, archetypal, bricklaying, curious, rushed foundation
-IAW: A poetic, landmarkish, revolutionary, proggy, groundbreaking, confident, melodic, monumental, groundbreaking, brilliant, clean, sublime, trigger, great (x2), adversarial, inspirational, revolutionary, groundbreaking, mindblowing, majestic classic (x2)
-Awake: A dark (x4), brooding, furrowed, gritty, stirring, potential-realizing, angry, atmospheric, solidifying, gritty, disjointed, shocking, moody, interesting, amazing, eye-opening, brooding, perfect, psychoanalytic follow-up
-FII: A light, destabilizing, open-windowed, poppy, soulful, disappointing, incomplete, different, commercial (x2), trying, scattered, tampered, refreshing, lucid, weak, good, straightforward, tentative, regressing, underrated, Yes-inspired risk
-SFAM:  A mysterious, metropolitan, masterful, pretentious, energetic, rejuvenating, complete, perfect (x2), refreshing, epic, secondbestus, majestic, joyful, fantastic, great, expanding, assertive , risky, defining, life-changing, mindcriminal fable
-SDOIT: An introverted, orchestral, transitory, informative, experimental (x4), varied, diverse, schizophrenic (in a GREAT way), unhinged, dark, dramatic, thoughtful (x2), great, visionary, exploratory, introspective, orchestral, bloated (sorry), expression
-TOT: A heavy (x5), in-the-face, chunky/ballsy (x2), boring, grueling, methodical, pointless, virtuostic, trashthrashish, metal (x3), intense (x2), frantic album
-8VM: A philosophical, half-good, SDOIT-y, amazing, derivative, uneven, defining (x2), weird, clever, proggy, minic, simple, favorite, circling, confused, good, complimentary, overrated, symmetrical, inspirational, cyclic retrospective
-SC: An evil, clinical, sterile, chaotic, disappointing (x3), shallow, safe, technical, dark, fantastical (x2), bloated, black-ish, fantasy, energetic, tasty, fun, awful, meandering, fictitious deception
-BC&SL: A gothic (x3), long (x2), good, foreboding, exasperating, change-needing, technical, aimless, stormy, dark-to-light, boring, disappointing, meh, melodic , repetitive, biographical, concluding, personal, tired album
-ADTOE: An epic, prove-y, reaching, hopeful, spirited, classic, uplifting, promising, refreshing, revitalizing (x2), reawakened, soaring, great, frickly, familiar, goodish, beginning, refreshing, formulaic, reassuring, preliminairy return to form
-DT12: A depressive, badly produced, safe, interesting, meandering, fun, spiritual, focused, uplifting, light, cohesive, indistinguishable, unnatural, basketball-snarely, average, awful, muddled, muddy, pedestrian(?), aggrevating, forgetful, confused default
-TA: A dramatic, cinematic, overwrought, astonishing, surprising, outside the box, important, ambitious, intriguing, engrossing, epic (x3), overdone, Disney-esque (x3), good, adventurous, overwhelming, ambitious, long musical
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: WheyWaffles on March 21, 2017, 10:26:33 AM
WDADU: Raw
IAW: Great
Awake: Perfect
FII: Boring
SFAM: Good
SDOIT: Boring
TOT: Dark
8VM: Boring
SC: Pseudodark
BC&SL: Lame
ADTOE: Unexpectedlygood
DT12: Boring
TA: Cheeshitty
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: bill1971 on March 24, 2017, 01:06:37 PM
WDADU: raw
I&W: ground breaking
Awake:brooding
FII: commercial
SFAM: perfection
SDOIT: uneven
TOT: straight forward
8V: okavarium
SC: brooding part 2
BCSL: a mistake
ADTOE: rebirth
DT12: diverse
TA: masterpiece
Title: Re: An adjective for every DT album..
Post by: RaiseTheKnife on March 24, 2017, 06:51:12 PM
IDontNotDoThings, you've never heard something described as being pedestrian?  In this context it means lacking excitement or dull.