Dream Theater self titled album discussion - [SPOILER FREE DISCUSSION ONLY]

[chrisbDTM]

not sure if this has been posted:
https://www.metalsucks.net/2013/08/15/john-petrucci-says-between-the-buried-and-me-periphery-and-animals-as-leaders-influenced-and-shaped-the-new-dream-theater-album/

seeing as DT, BTBAM, and Periphery are my top 3 favorite bands. this is SICK

i know people might get uptight over the headline but what I would take away from it is Periphery and AAL = more low grooves ( I don't see Petrucci playing stuff at a Tosin Abasi level) and BTBAM influence can be anything cause they are all over the map


it's kind of incredible that Petrucci inspired Periphery and BTBAM, now they inspired him. full circle

"In related news, Misha Mansoor, Tosin Abasi, and Paul Waggoner have all been spotted walking around with ear-to-ear smiles today."

[TheGreatPretender]

Interesting stuff. But yeah, it's kind of funny that they posted his direct quote and it wasn't even close to what the headline is saying.

[hefdaddy42]

I noticed that as well.

[Dark Castle]

Metalsucks does that a lot.
So does Ultimate Guitar for that matter.

[chrisbDTM]

Interesting stuff. But yeah, it's kind of funny that they posted his direct quote and it wasn't even close to what the headline is saying.

isn't that any headline ever?

anything you hear that you like the sound of becomes an influence and shapes who you are as a musician writing music."

not exactly but close enough

[TheGreatPretender]

Metalsucks does that a lot.
So does Ultimate Guitar for that matter.

Well, it's a good thing that Blabbermouth has enough integrity to actually coax the headline they're looking for out of the artist, even if they're only quoting a small fragment of the overall statement.

[Mosh]

Metalsucks does that a lot.
So does Ultimate Guitar for that matter.

Ultimate Guitar is the worst. Most of the times their headlines have absolutely nothing to do with the story.

[Dark Castle]

Metalsucks does that a lot.
So does Ultimate Guitar for that matter.

Well, it's a good thing that Blabbermouth has enough integrity to actually coax the headline they're looking for out of the artist, even if they're only quoting a small fragment of the overall statement.

On the flip side, Blabbermouth has an atrocious comments section. And even if Metalsucks does have misleading headlines from time to time, they usually get the info out that's needed, and have a lot of awesome 3rd string writers.

[Mosh]

You can easily avoid the comment section though.

[Dark Castle]

You can easily avoid the comment section though.

Not when you're an active member of discussion in them.

[Mosh]

Yea but why would you want to be a member of discussion on a website like that? 

[aprilethereal]

I'm not overly familiar with AAL, but since Periphery and BTBAM are amazing, this might be interesting.

[Nefarius]

Anyone have a hi-res picture of the album cover art for a desktop background?

https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.rr.roadrunnerrecords.com/94d3d3b0-a1c7-44c6-913a-725a17b9a18a-1373443824/DT.New.WEB.Cover.jpg (Current version)

Why did I have to look at this? The top left corner original J. J. Abrams lense flare from behind the planet™ is still cut off diagonally.
I wouldn't dare to deliver unfinished material like that, at least not for anything that's supposed to be beyond a very rough preview.
That makes me one very sad panda design & graphics guy. Why isn't there an emoticon for that? A crying pixel or something.

Greetings...
Nef

[serrano]

Not seeing it but my monitor should be darker than the average user's.

[noxon]

I'm pretty sure it won't be noticable in print - which is the important part. The things i've gotten away with because I know the printing process would wash out the artifacts...

[TheGreatPretender]

I don't even notice it as it is, and I'm tilting my LCD screen back and forth to change how light the pixels are displayed.

[Nefarius]

I'm pretty sure it won't be noticable in print - which is the important part. The things i've gotten away with because I know the printing process would wash out the artifcats...

I know it won't be visible. But it's there. And I've seen it. And it cannot unsee it.

I wasn't all too serious about it, at least it's something to talk complain about.

Greetings...
Nef

[Whatsername]

Haha. I had SFAM on my mp3 player, but I didn't understand the idea of a concept album and just threw it into my mix playlist, so I was getting songs out of order and disconnected, so obviously I didn't connect to it. Thankfully I've seen the error of my ways!

In the "old days" when I would discover a new band, I used to preview all the songs from every album on iTunes, then buy one from each album that I thought I liked most based on the preview. The one I got from SFAM just so happened to be TDOE so I didn't get any funky out of place story, thankfully.

Haha, you got lucky there! I feel like that and TSCO would be some of the few you could listen to out of context and not be completely confused...

...though in all fairness I've listened to SFAM multiple times and I'm still completely confused.

Edit: NEW BOOKLET ART.

https://instagram.com/dtimages

[Edson Wilton]

[wolven74]

[aprilethereal]

I like it better than the last one

[mikeyd23]

Yeah thats pretty cool, not too bad!

[?]

I like it better than the last one

[liran95]

I like it better than the last one

[aprilethereal]

Still, Syme's usual sloppy job: to me the boy looks like he's hovering over the sand instead of really touching it.

[dparrott]

Now someone needs to make a REAL one of those!  Even better: on Hawaii's black sand beach! 

[bosk1]

It's the same bird as on the Greatest Hit cover! 

[Zydar]

I quite like it.

[Lucien]

Now... What song is this for? 

[fllnsprrw]

Still, Syme's usual sloppy job: to me the boy looks like he's hovering over the sand instead of really touching it.

The rake looks even worse. And isn't this perspective of the majesty logo the same one the cover of BC&SL?

[adastra]

I don't know .. IMO it looks kinda copy/paste clipartish...  Rake looks like shit.. But i don't know. I'm not a professional photomanipulatorwizard

[Whatsername]

My only complaint would be the perspective on the rake. It looks a bit off. Otherwise I think this is nice and clean and quite nice!

[dparrott]

Yea, the rake looks like it was an afterthought.

[JayOctavarium]

ACOS?

[Kotowboy]

Now... What song is this for? 

False a RAKE-ning