As for what I'd like to see musically, I'd like to see:
- Longer, more progressive songs (which in general they do, I'm just worried that they'll continue with the ~6 min songs again after the success of the s/t. As good as that release was, they've made that point now and it'd be nice to get more proggy again!
)
- More use of jazzier sounds and/or other influences mixed in with the metal sound (perhaps some flute sounds would be cool?)
- Crazier Jordan Rudess stuff. I don't mean AROP solo wank, I mean unique and varied work like on his recent LMR release - WAY better than anything he's contributed to DT in the last 10 years.
- Better choruses/lyrics in general. On the recent albums, it feels the choruses try too hard to be anthemic/epic. I'd love to see deeper, more thought out lyrics again like those up to 6DOIT, dripping in metaphors and where you have to dig deep to find the meanings.
As for in general, I'd like to see more/better crowd interaction live and better thought out "jibba jabba" (as some call it round here
) rather than seemingly random talking to the crowd that happens right now haha.
Probably sounds really picky, I am in general VERY happy with the band atm and the last 2 albums are the best they've released in a while. I can't think of many bands 25+ years into their career that are as consistently good and put as much effort in as DT.