This needed to be posted on DTF! VOTE!!!

[obscure]

I've never seen us represented so terribly... Time to rectify!

Hi chaps 

https://perfectprog.com/site/perfectpoll/index.php

[Zyzzyva17]

*votes for The Mountain*

[obscure]

  which is a fantastic album!!!!

[Tom Bombadil]

Voted for impermanent resonance. I just enjoy it more than DT12.

[Jaffa]

Just so everybody knows, this poll seems to be ridiculously spammable.  If you vote, and then click 'vote form' at the top, it'll let you vote again.  I voted for every option once, and it seems to have counted them all.     Just thought I'd put that out there. 

Anyway, my legitimate vote went to DT. 

[Anguyen92]

I voted for Impermanent Resonance.     

Here's how it stands for now.



I know these polls mean nothing, but having a solo band member album leading over the main band's album has to hurt a little of that fanbase's pride.

[BlobVanDam]

I voted for IR too. It deserves more credit!

[Zydar]

I voted for DT but I almost went with Haken.

[JayOctavarium]

I voted for DT but I almost went with Haken.

I'd vote for you

[Zydar]

[obscure]

I'm glad that I started this thread, definitely doing the job 


that said... At least DT will lose to some fantastic albums... Don't get me wrong, I love Shant and his album, Semantic Saturation - Solipsistic (Xio wrote easily the best review of this album) and do believe he deserves a Best Newcomer of the year award ... but not the album of the year...

just throwing in my two cents 


and this

I voted for DT but I almost went with Haken.

I'd vote for you

[Onno]

Lol, no Steven Wilson?

[wasteland]

I voted for DT, but at least Riverside and Subsignal were terrific contenders!!

[obscure]

     So is Aeon Zen - Enigma

sigh   

[Sycsa]

Perfectprog.com - intelligent music for intelligent people - now that's my kind of site. 

[?]

Voted for Impermanent Resonance, although Darkness in a Different Light is awesome as well.

[Prog Snob]

It was between DT and Subsignal for me, but I went with DT.  How many FW fan boys are out there voting multiple times?       The new album is good but not THAT good, especially being up against some monster releases. 

[Viking of the Sagas]

I love Haken's album a little more than DT12. So for it my vote shall go.

[obscure]

DT12 was doing better before I posted

[The Stray Seed]

Well... actually looks like a single user can vote all the times he wants. We've won.

[Viking of the Sagas]

Thousand mark broken, let's do this!

[Evermind]

Yeah, everytime I voting it goes to 6 or 7 votes up. 
Not sure I have the patience to do it till 20k or to write a script.

[cyberdrummer]

Moved ahead of DGM.

[Dublagent66]

Tough choice for me.  I like Fates Warning, James LaBrie and Haken better than DT12.   

[rumborak]

A "Best prog album of 2013" without TRTRTS? Can't vote then.

[TheAtliator]

OMG come on!! I just don't get how anyone can think ANYTHING about IR is even close to ANYTHING from DT12?!!? Yet so many people do... I mean, IR isn't even good compared to the other JLB albums  But honestly, comparing it to DT is comparing mediocre music to the greatest music ever.

Then what especially doesn't make sense is that people even think the vocals on IR are better, which is SOOOO not true. JLB, being my favorite singer, doesn't even do much for me on that album, and yet he gives me chills on DT12.

I'm being kind of overboard now, but I had to get that out somewhere. 

[?]

A "Best prog album of 2013" without TRTRTS? Can't vote then.

It says "Progressive Metal Album Of The Year"...

OMG come on!! I just don't get how anyone can think ANYTHING about IR is even close to ANYTHING from DT12?!!? Yet so many people do... I mean, IR isn't even good compared to the other JLB albums  But honestly, comparing it to DT is comparing mediocre music to the greatest music ever.

One word: opinions. I think IR is full of memorable, well-written songs. DT12 is ok, but fails to impress me and doesn't really bring anything new to the table.

[TheAtliator]

One word: opinions. I think IR is full of memorable, well-written songs. DT12 is ok, but fails to impress me and doesn't really bring anything new to the table.

I know I know... But to me they sound like lazy opinions from people who don't have the attention span to appreciate something more subtle and thoughtful because they hold this silly pretense that if something is deeper, the song-writing suffers. As if a song and its technical make-up are at odds.

Yes, I just called your opinion short-sided 


But seriously, I respectfully INTENSELY disagree.

[Sycsa]

I think IR is full of memorable, well-written songs. DT12 is ok, but fails to impress me and doesn't really bring anything new to the table.

Which is your favorite song on IR? I wouldn't mind if others who like the album answered this as well, I'd like to give it another spin, because it all sounded pretty same-y and generic the first time I listened to it.

I don't expect or want DT to 'bring anything new to the table', I just want great music, which they delivered with every single album (even more so with the last two). When was the last time they truly brought anything new to the table anyway?

[?]

I know I know... But to me they sound like lazy opinions from people who don't have the attention span to appreciate something more subtle and thoughtful because they hold this silly pretense that if something is deeper, the song-writing suffers. As if a song and its technical make-up are at odds.

I've heard all the songs on DT12 at least ten times and I've tried to love it, but I just don't feel connected to the music. The songs on IR have been built with simple ingredients, but they speak to me (pun intended) more.

Which is your favorite song on IR? I wouldn't mind if others who like the album answered this as well, I'd like to give it another spin, because it all sounded pretty same-y and generic the first time I listened to it.

My favorite song is Slight of Hand - not for any particular reason, but it just sounds so awesome The intro with the effect-laden guitar (thanks to Matt for the facts!) is really cool and the chorus is one of the catchiest I've ever heard.

[Anguyen92]

I think IR is full of memorable, well-written songs. DT12 is ok, but fails to impress me and doesn't really bring anything new to the table.

Which is your favorite song on IR? I wouldn't mind if others who like the album answered this as well, I'd like to give it another spin, because it all sounded pretty same-y and generic the first time I listened to it.

Amnesia.  Destined to Burn and Lost in the Fire are a close 2nd as well.

[TheAtliator]

I don't expect or want DT to 'bring anything new to the table', I just want great music, which they delivered with every single album (even more so with the last two). When was the last time they truly brought anything new to the table anyway?

This is another thing I don't get. On EVERY ALBUM there's stuff on it that DT has NEVER sounded like before. Yet people love them or hate them for always doing the same thing. Makes no sense to me.

-There's not a single other song in their entire career that sounds like Enigma Machine with that secret agent/ spy/ detective movie feel.
-The Looking Glass. It sounds a lot like mid-new Rush, but when else has DT ever had that style?
-ITPOE part 2 intro. I've never heard anything so eerie in my life. Find something on the first 6 DT albums like that. Closest thing might be in Train of Thought, but still way different.
-BMUBMD and Outcry. They've used the electronic drum sound in ITNOG for two seconds, but other than that- totally new side to DT that is unique to those two songs. And it's only in that one little AWESOME part of Outcry. Totally rare
-The freaking EVIL RAGTIME in TDOE. Is there anything they don't do?!!??

it all sounded pretty same-y and generic the first time I listened to it.

That's because it was, and still is. Listen to Mullmuzzler- Keep it to Yourself, and that is the LAST thing you'd ever say about it. Not saying it's the greatest album ever, but from what I've listened to on it, it's everything I'd want from a JLB album- Things DT has never done yet, a gigantic dose of his voice (HAH) with the harmonies mostly or all done by him, extreme notes in all directions (not just range but emotion too), and NON-cookie-cutter song and chord structure.

[cyberdrummer]

I'd agree that IR is quite samey, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, especially when the music contains some of the catchiest vocal hooks I've heard for a long time.

In my opinion, DT12 is nowhere near "the greatest music ever" - it's certainly stronger than two of the last three albums, but it doesn't reach the heights of DT's earlier material. I don't really like comparing it with IR, because the styles are completely different. Why not just enjoy them both for what they are?

[Sycsa]

This is another thing I don't get. On EVERY ALBUM there's stuff on it that DT has NEVER sounded like before. Yet people love them or hate them for always doing the same thing. Makes no sense to me.

Agreed, but people usually talk about this in the broader scope, music in general, not just DT's music. When WDADU came out it was pretty much unique, there wasn't really anything else out there that sounded like that (not talking about the production ). With the latest DT albums, you can easily pinpoint the influences from where these new ideas might have come from. A huge reason why I loved ADTOE is because much of it sounded like classic prog.

[kirksnosehair]

I'm surprised that Semantic Saturation album is performing that well. 


Nice to see Riverside getting a little love.