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Falling into Infinity vs Octavarium

Started by Ruba, July 17, 2012, 09:56:46 AM

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Which is better?

Falling into Infinity
41 (46.1%)
Octavarium
48 (53.9%)

Total Members Voted: 89

Ruba

Yeah.

Both are softer than their predecessors. Maybe the are even the softest DT albums.

FII for me.

SeRoX

FII, as a whole, is more consistent album where Octavarium song itself is pretty epic but other songs are disjointed.

54_diplomats

Octavarium. I like Falling into Infinity, but it has too many songs that I either don't care for or don't like. The only track I skip sometimes on Octavarium is Never Enough (I finally grew to like I Walk Beside You! yaaaaaay).

OsMosis2259

Octavarium because of the title track!

SomeoneLikeHim

Octavarium is my favourite DT song but I had to vote for FII. As a whole it is just better. Both are relatively inconsistent albums though.

Adami

Root of All Evil is a very cool song. 8VM is pretty decent.

However Trial of Tears kills 8vm for me and FII has more better songs, better production, better everything.
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BanksD

This is really close for me. But 8Vm has more nostalgia value for me as it was one of my first DT albums...so I had to go with that one

Nekov

Octavarium is my least favorite DT album, so yeah.

TheGreatPretender

Octavarium, absolutely. I think it's the most well rounded DT album ever. It's got heavy songs on par with Train of Thought, light songs on par with FII and the title track, which, quite frankly, is pretty on par with A Change of Seasons. You get every side of DT with this album.

Scorpion

FII. 8VM is just to inconsistent, imho.

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Evatallica

Sorry but Octavarium is better. I mean it has the title track lol. Trial of Tears/Lines in the Sand are nearly perfect but Octavarium imo is DT's greatest achievement. Plus The Root of All Evil and Sacrificed Sons are really good as well. I do not care for most of Falling Into Infinity

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DebraKadabra

Quote from: 54_diplomats on July 17, 2012, 09:59:35 AM
Octavarium. I like Falling into Infinity, but it has too many songs that I either don't care for or don't like. The only track I skip on Octavarium is Sacrificed Sons

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Syzzle

Octavarium alone is better than all of FII.

Dr. DTVT

Quote from: Adami on July 17, 2012, 10:01:39 AM
Trial of Tears kills 8vm for me and FII has more better songs, better production, better everything.

Adami said it for me.

KevShmev

Quote from: Evatallica on July 17, 2012, 10:26:47 AM
Sorry but Octavarium is better. I mean it has the title track lol. Trial of Tears/Lines in the Sand are nearly perfect but Octavarium imo is DT's greatest achievement. Plus The Root of All Evil and Sacrificed Sons are really good as well. I do not care for most of Falling Into Infinity

Yes, but that's all it has, as far as great songs go.  Sure, some of the other songs are good, but if I never heard tracks 1-7 from OV ever again, I probably wouldn't care.  FII has probably 7 or 8 songs that are better than OV's 2nd best song, IMO.  That says it all.

Plus, the best three songs from FII are all better than Octavarium's title track, so this makes this even more of a rout!

BlobVanDam

Both have plenty of amazing songs, although FII is more consistent overall, and flows better as an album. Octavarium's worse songs are perfectly spaced to disrupt the album entirely, despite how much good material is on the album.

TheOutlawXanadu

Octavarium is terrific, but Falling into Infinity's highs are just too damn high.

FlyingBIZKIT


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FII. Octavarium has some boring songs.

Implode

Agreed. FII's worst is worse than anything on 8vm, and 8vm's best beats everything, but over all, FII is more exciting. 8vm gets kind of stale.


Fourth Horseman

FII has better top songs like ToT, Hk, LitS, but too many weak songs, so its Octavarium for me.

wolfandwolfandwolf

I effing love 8VM.  One of my favorite records.

Phoenix87x

Well, I love Falling into Infinity and its one of my favorite albums. And I haven't listened to Ocatavarium in over 6 years.

   So FII for me.

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MetropolisWatches

Falling Into Infinity.... Octavarium has some great tracks (Root of All Evil, These Walls, Sacrificed Sons, and Octavarium) but was a bit too wishy-washy and derivative (Panic Attack, I Walk Beside You and Never Enough) in spots.

jjrock88

This is close as well but I'll go with FII

Metrovarium

Octavarium by far. It's kind of funny - everyone seems to be saying that FII is more consistent overall, yet I couldn't agree less. To me, Octavarium doesn't really have any low points other than Never Enough, while seemingly every other song on FII is pretty bad. FII is a decent album, but 8VM is much better.

wolven74

Honestly there should be a "tie" option here. But--since I had to choose--I went with Octovarium. I can listen to more tracks more often on that one. 9 times out of 10, when a track from FII comes on, I skip it. There are three tracks I can listen to with some regularity on FII (Peruvian Skies, Hell's Kitchen, and Trial of Tears) Whereas with Octovarium, I can listen to the whole album. I think Jordan brought a lot to that album and it is some of JLBs tenderest vocals. It's not a great album as a whole, but It's definitely the lesser of two evils in my book.

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Both albums have a few not-so-great songs but I go with Octavarium.