DT in the studio again!

[liran95]

I've only been on here for a couple of weeks, and I can already tell that all the people on here are slightly insane. Anyway, welcome Nef 

If you're not insane, you're not DTF material.

[Cyclopssss]

So, like, are they LIVING in this studio, or what? It must have been like six months already!

[?]

DT are taking the time to make the album sound good!

The writing also took longer, because this time they didn't know the structures for 2/3 of the songs in advance

[wasteland]

Welcome Nef If you lived through the past 20 pages you have good chances to settle down here!

[Nihil-Morari]

Hi!

[Nefarius]

...If you lived through the past 20 pages...

Well, they had speculation, facts, bad puns, DT comics, chocolate cake... what's not to love?


About the new album, since the moment I've read it's going to be self titled I've had this image in my mind... a somewhat minimalistic cover with an angled 3D Majesty symbol glistening and gleaming with a background made of stormy clouds, heavy rain and lightning. But not done with any super fancy and probably cheesy and bad CG rendering but solely as a pencil scribble in a rough sketch style with some detailled shading done by a good pencil artist. Predominantly medium to dark greys, some light greys and lightning whites, some deep black shadows, the Majesty symbol with a silver sparkle and the band's name in white in one of the corners.

It's been years since my last attempts at pencil art so I won't try anything that couldn't compete with the image in my head anyway, but the description should be enough for everyone to get the imagination going.

Greetings...
Nef

[serrano]

...If you lived through the past 20 pages...

Well, they had speculation, facts, bad puns, DT comics, chocolate cake... what's not to love?


About the new album, since the moment I've read it's going to be self titled I've had this image in my mind... a somewhat minimalistic cover with an angled 3D Majesty symbol glistening and gleaming with a background made of stormy clouds, heavy rain and lightning. But not done with any super fancy and probably cheesy and bad CG rendering but solely as a pencil scribble in a rough sketch style with some detailled shading done by a good pencil artist. Predominantly medium to dark greys, some light greys and lightning whites, some deep black shadows, the Majesty symbol with a silver sparkle and the band's name in white in one of the corners.

It's been years since my last attempts at pencil art so I won't try anything that couldn't compete with the image in my head anyway, but the description should be enough for everyone to get the imagination going.

Greetings...
Nef

That would look also great on a t-shirt.

[puppyonacid]

...If you lived through the past 20 pages...

Well, they had speculation, facts, bad puns, DT comics, chocolate cake... what's not to love?


About the new album, since the moment I've read it's going to be self titled I've had this image in my mind... a somewhat minimalistic cover with an angled 3D Majesty symbol glistening and gleaming with a background made of stormy clouds, heavy rain and lightning. But not done with any super fancy and probably cheesy and bad CG rendering but solely as a pencil scribble in a rough sketch style with some detailled shading done by a good pencil artist. Predominantly medium to dark greys, some light greys and lightning whites, some deep black shadows, the Majesty symbol with a silver sparkle and the band's name in white in one of the corners.

It's been years since my last attempts at pencil art so I won't try anything that couldn't compete with the image in my head anyway, but the description should be enough for everyone to get the imagination going.

Greetings...
Nef

That would look also great on a t-shirt.

......or a onesie

[jonnybaxy]

When i said about no more TGP I didn't mean that they would never play a song with MP vox in it, there is just too much in it to pull it off IMO

[Zook]

Nef VS Hef

War on Heaven has begun

[TAC]

Nef VS Hef

War on Heaven has begun

They even look alike! (if Nef's avatar is him)

[Ad134]

https://twitter.com/Piratecjs/status/349965583019802624

I know someone mentioned it, but no one linked to it so here it is! Confirmation from the pirate!

[mallorier]

Yaaaay another long time lurker takes the plunge! Hi Nef!

https://twitter.com/Piratecjs/status/349965583019802624

I know someone mentioned it, but no one linked to it so here it is! Confirmation from the pirate!

[hefdaddy42]

Nef VS Hef

War on Heaven has begun

lol

[Lucien]

Yaaaay another long time lurker takes the plunge! Hi Nef!

https://twitter.com/Piratecjs/status/349965583019802624

I know someone mentioned it, but no one linked to it so here it is! Confirmation from the pirate!

"JUST US AND THE FANS"!!!! THERE WON'T BE ANY OPENERS OH MY GOD YEEEESSSS

[Perpetual Change]

That works for Europe, I wonder if it can translate to the US though. I really hope it does.

[Ad134]

As someone who never saw DT doing "An Evening With..." before, I am excited beyond all previous definitions of excitement. Even if the new album blows (I'm expecting greatness, but you never know), I cannot wait to see them do SO MUCH MUSIC.

[mallorier]

That works for Europe, I wonder if it can translate to the US though. I really hope it does.

Oh man me toooooooo...I would be so so sad if they finished with the European tour and then said "Ummmm yeah that was a terrible idea" and then brought out a supporting band in the states. Don't get me wrong I thoroughly enjoyed Crimson Projeckt last time, and I personally think Trivium is decent, but the opener for BC&SL was not enjoyable for me and besides...I don't wanna see that stuff at a DT show...I just want mah DT!

[Perpetual Change]

Black Clouds should have been better. DT fans would have enjoyed PoS more than... BigElf.

[gmillerdrake]

When i said about no more TGP I didn't mean that they would never play a song with MP vox in it, there is just too much in it to pull it off IMO

Huh?  4 of the 5 current members WROTE the song and Mangini is MORE than capable of learning that song. Actually I'd love to hear him drum TGP because in all the live versions I've seen online MP takes some 'breaks' on the bass drum parts here and there. Hey, he wrote the song and that was his prerogative...but he didn't play the 'studio' version of the drums on a lot of the recordings out there.
  I think Mangini would nail that song note for note and sound killer doing so. To me it's silly to think they couldn't pull that song off.

[dparrott]

Prog Nation had good support bands, but the other tours...no.  We gave them a few minutes, then waited outside. 

[Lucidity]

Could someone explain to me exactly what "An Evening With" means?

[Zook]

Could someone explain to me exactly what "An Evening With" means?

No opening bands. The time the opening bands would have taken up goes towards Dream Theater's show.

[Lucien]

Could someone explain to me exactly what "An Evening With" means?

The concert goes from 2 hours to 3 hours long.

Just a longer concert.

[lonestar]

Could someone explain to me exactly what "An Evening With" means?

It's DT's nice way of saying "prepare your anus, we're going in dry."

[mallorier]

It's DT's nice way of saying "prepare your anus, we're going in dry."

[GasparXR]

Could someone explain to me exactly what "An Evening With" means?

It's DT's nice way of saying "prepare your anus, we're going in dry."

[jonnybaxy]

When i said about no more TGP I didn't mean that they would never play a song with MP vox in it, there is just too much in it to pull it off IMO

Huh?  4 of the 5 current members WROTE the song and Mangini is MORE than capable of learning that song. Actually I'd love to hear him drum TGP because in all the live versions I've seen online MP takes some 'breaks' on the bass drum parts here and there. Hey, he wrote the song and that was his prerogative...but he didn't play the 'studio' version of the drums on a lot of the recordings out there.
  I think Mangini would nail that song note for note and sound killer doing so. To me it's silly to think they couldn't pull that song off.

Of course they can play it, I'm talking about MP's vocals!

[TheAtliator]

Could someone explain to me exactly what "An Evening With" means?

The concert goes from 2 hours to 3 hours long.

Just a longer concert.

doesn't it also imply an intermission and is there a possibility of even exceeding 3 hours? Also, what did we call the shows last year in South America? Those didn't have an opening act and they were almost as long as Score or Budokan, but they weren't called Evening With, were they?

[KevShmev]

JLB could easily do all of the vocals in the first verse of The Glass Prison.  They would sound hurried, given the furious nature of the song, but if he can do the pre-chorus part of The Dark Eternal Night all by himself, he can do the first verse of The Glass Prison.  And the shouting vocals later in the song ("Run!") could easily either be omitted or done by JP.  Shouting a word or two isn't exactly difficult.

[jonnybaxy]

JLB could easily do all of the vocals in the first verse of The Glass Prison.  They would sound hurried, given the furious nature of the song, but if he can do the pre-chorus part of The Dark Eternal Night all by himself, he can do the first verse of The Glass Prison.  And the shouting vocals later in the song ("Run!") could easily either be omitted or done by JP.  Shouting a word or two isn't exactly difficult.

Yeah but later on when it's back and forth between MP and JLB (example when labrie says: BELIEVE) wouldn't be so easy

[The Stray Seed]

This wait is killing me. I didn't know how to kill the time, so I went for a killer whale.

https://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/5//3970/3970473_sprite198.swf

I hope it will be useful, I actually think it's killer.

...and yes, next album will kill.

[GasparXR]

This wait is killing me. I didn't know how to kill the time, so I went for a killer whale.

https://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/5//3970/3970473_sprite198.swf

I hope it will be useful, I actually think it's killer.

[Another_Won]

This wait is killing me. I didn't know how to kill the time, so I went for a killer whale.

https://img0.liveinternet.ru/images/attach/c/5//3970/3970473_sprite198.swf

I hope it will be useful, I actually think it's killer.

...and yes, next album will kill.

Between this and Google's doodles - I never get anything done

[wasteland]

@Marco: there goes my evening.