TOP 3 Prog and Heavy DT moments

[Estiui]

Since DT is a perfect mixture of prog and metal, let's list the best bits of each one. For me, it would be:

Best proggy moments:

1. UAGM pre-solo
2. TTT pre-keyboard solo section
3. The Mirror intro

Best metal moments:

1. The Mirror intro (yeah, also in this list, it has awesome prog and metal  )
2. ITNOG riff pre-1st verse
3. TSF last verse's riff (I aaaam responsibleeeeeeeeeeee...)

[Outcrier]

Can we extend this to more than just 3?

[Sycsa]

The Mirror doesn't display any prog vibe to me, it's just one note, simple time signature and a standard synth line above it. As for heavy, hell yes. It's the type of heavy I can't stand (too much distortion, thin guitar sound). As for my picks:

Prog:

Octavarium Moog solo - that's the most classic prog DT ever sounded and one of the sweetest Moog solos I ever heard (just behind Wakeman's Starship Trooper solo on Keys to Ascension and Omega's Nem Tudom a Neved).
The Dance of Eternity, until after the ragtime solo
Beyond This Life solo section - classic vibe again, my favorite part is when the Zappa section goes back to the Deep Purple groove. Damn, so sweet.
Breaking All Illusions solo section - it's got everything, piano, organ, drum/bass breaks, Floyd-ish guitar solo(with lovely organ chords in the background), epic resolution

Heavy: basically going for the riffs here

The Glass Prison - the whole thing, highlights are the wah-wah riff and the band coming in after bass break before the solo trade section. (also love it when the middle riff comes back in The Shattered Fortress under the keyboard solo)
As I Am - what a kickass way to start off Live at Budokan
ITPOE pt2. - "Don't bother trying to find him" section
A Nightmare to Remember - first few minutes again, lots of energy, great guitar sound, powerful drumming

[Estiui]

My proggy choice on The Mirror made reference to that time and drum changes over the same killer riff in the intro. It's just perfect, very interesting and proggy for me.

[RoeDent]

Prog:

- Instrumental break of Metropolis

- Instrumental break of Outcry

- The Dance of Eternity. All of it.

Heavy:

- When the drums/guitar comes in at the beginning of The Glass Prison

- The "dirtiest, sludgiest" riff at the end of The Dark Eternal Night

- Again, another drums/guitar moment: As I Am.

[mikemangioy]

Proggy:
3.ITPOE Part 1 intro/reckoning
2.Outcry instrumental section
1.Metropolis instrumental section

Heavy:
3.The riff before The Mirror reprise in Lie
2.The Great Debate 8:42-8:57
1.Honor Thy Father

[serrano]

In no particular order:

Proggy:

Metropolis instrumental section
Most of LTL
BAI instrumental section
BTL Zappa section
8v Moog solo

Metal:

ITPoE part 2 Slaughter of the Damned
The Mirror
BITS First JP riff
TGP Alt picked arpeggios


And many more, but these stand out.

[Tom Bombadil]

Prog:
LTL instrumental section
Blind Faith instrumental section
Overture 1928 (all of it)

Heavy:
The Home Riff
Honor Thy Father Intro
The Mirror Intro

[Elite]

The Mirror [...] (thin guitar sound)

Does not compute.

[m0hawk]

I'm just going to limit this to instrumental passages. Verses/Choruses need a whole new topic, baby!

PROG
- Learning To Live (5:30 - 7:40)
- Overture 1928
- The Ministry Of Lost Souls (ending solo)
- Octavarium (Ruddess keyboard solo at the end of Medicate + Razor's Edge Petrucci solo)
- The Best Of Times intro
- The Count of Tuscany (Oh my god, the intro, the the mellow section, the ending)


- "DON'T CROSS THE CROOKED STEP"
- The Glass Prison's first guitar solo, fuck me senseless
- This Dying Soul's reiteration of the CBBB riff from TGP
- Bridges In The Sky outro
- A Nightmare To Remember intro
- Slaughter of the damned
- Fatal Tragedy's intrumental intro riff

Yeah, so apparently I can't count.

[Whatsername]

Heavy:
Honor Thy Father Intro

PROG
- Octavarium (Ruddess keyboard solo at the end of Medicate + Razor's Edge Petrucci solo)


- "DON'T CROSS THE CROOKED STEP"
- A Nightmare To Remember intro

[Ruba]

Prog:
1. The middle section of Lines in the Sand
2. The instrumental section of Learning to Live
3. The outro of Innocence Faded

Metal:
1. The second pre-chorus in ITPOE (Angels fall...)
2. The doom section of The Great Debate
3. The intro of A Nightmare to Remember

Proggy:
3.ITPOE Part 1 intro/reckoning

Oh yes, Reckoning is underrated. One of the best proggy sections in Rudess-era.

[DeanTheater]

Proggy"

Instrumental section of The Dark Eternal Night

Erotomania

Metropolis


Metal:

Voices Chorus

Forsaken Open Riff

The Glass Prison open.......amazing!

[Outcrier]

PROG

- Octavarium (Rudess keyboard solo at the end of Medicate)
- Rudess solos in Beyond This Life (8:24)
- The Dance Of Eternity (yeah, the entire song)

METAL

- Fatal Tragedy's intrumental intro riff (it's fucking badass)
- Petrucci solo in The Test That Stumped Them All
- The Glass Prison intro, then that riff 

[wolven74]

Octavarium Moog solo - that's the most classic prog DT ever sounded and one of the sweetest Moog solos I ever heard

This moog solo is one of my favorite solo's in any DT song. I always think of Styx when I hear it. if Styx were more metal. Definitely one of Jordan's best solos ever.

So...

PROG

1. Moog solo from 8VM
2. Outcry's instrumental section
3. LTL instrumental
4. When the drums kick in on TEI.

METAL

1. TEI, all of it.
2. Honor Thy Father
3. The Dark Eternal Night
4. 3:26-3:55 of Voices

[Tom Bombadil]

Prog:
3. The outro of Innocence Faded

Ahh that's a good one. Forgot all about it.