Dream Theater entered the studio in February v. No News is Good News

[GasparXR]

Lets pretend Chaos in Loltion doesn't exist.

No way, that's one of their best DVD packages. Some of the material is a bit rough, but most of it is awesome. 

DOES NOT COMPUTE

I will agree, but because of the non-live material. I think it's more than worth the purchase for the documentary and backstage stuff etc.

[Mladen]

Yeah, the release is worth getting for the bonus footage alone. As for the live performances, they're great. LaBrie isn't in his best shape, and the production is hit-and-miss, but it's a collection of raw footage, it even says so on the package. It's great to have a DVD like that in the era where everything is overproduced and polished. It's weird how fans get excited about messy fan recordings on youtube, yet this feels unacceptable.

[cramx3]

Yeah, the release is worth getting for the bonus footage alone. As for the live performances, they're great. LaBrie isn't in his best shape, and the production is hit-and-miss, but it's a collection of raw footage, it even says so on the package. It's great to have a DVD like that in the era where everything is overproduced and polished. It's weird how fans get excited about messy fan recordings on youtube, yet this feels unacceptable.

Well one is by a fan in the audience for free and the other is a paid product put out by the band.  It's easily the worst DT DVD, but that's not to say it has no value.  The audio/video is terrible for most of the songs, but for a diehard, it is definitely cool and has a bunch of songs that aren't on other DT live releases.  And of course, the backstage footage and extras are great.

[hefdaddy42]

It's weird how fans get excited about messy fan recordings on youtube, yet this feels unacceptable.

No it isn't.

[AboutToCrash]

Rudess posted a video of him using that new seaboard keyboard.. Saying he was building a sound and preparing to play some seaboard lead in the upcoming album... Also stated it was out after the new year. Not much info but should generate 5-10 more pages of speculation 

[Kotowboy]

Seabord ? See : "bored".

[Rodni Demental]

Oh man, the Seaboard is awesome. I want one so bad but couldn't justify the price atm. I think he didn't use it enough on the last album.

[JayOctavarium]

I almost forgot they were working on an album.


*almost*

[pcs90]

I love the seaboard...I don't even play keyboard and I want one.

[Nihil-Morari]

Oh man, the Seaboard is awesome. I want one so bad but couldn't justify the price atm. I think he didn't use it enough on the last album.

I've ordered a Seaboard Rise, much cheaper, same thing!

[Train of Naught]

Yea, I saw that Seaboard video on his Facebook, it sounded awesome, looking forward to the new album even more now!

[the keyboard wizard]

Hey guys, you wanna debate over something really substantial ?
In his live report of the gig in Arles, Stéphane Auzilleau (creator of the former French Fan Club Your Majesty and reporter for the French Hard Rock magazine) said that the album was about to be a "rather special concept album"

Here's the article for those who understand French (click on the picture to get the full article) :



Now you got the info, unleash your ideas!!!!!

[Zydar]

Hmm what's his source on that? Did the band say it right at the gig?

[BlobVanDam]

96 pages, and we're still hanging on scraps from translations.

[the keyboard wizard]

Hmm what's his source on that? Did the band say it right at the gig?

I have no idea but you can be sure that if Stéphane Auzilleau (who's been close to the band since a real long time) says that, it's the truth. I think he got to interview or at least talk to the band members and they revealed it to him. Had the band said it out loud during the gig, it would have leaked sooner. In the article, he says : "a few leaks are talking about a rather special concept album".

[Zydar]

Thanks

[JediKnight1969]

Raw dog Pt. 2: Supper's ready.

Special guest: Peter Gabriel as The Dog.

[GandL]

Then again, my first language is French, and the way I read it, it is still not definitive.

There's the word ''évoque'' that I would translate to ''which suggest'' and then  ''un concept album un peu particulier''. I wouldn't translate that to ''rather special concept album'' but into ''some kind of unusual form of concept album''.

So for me the complete sentence would be: The singer (JLB) informed us that the band has worked on a new album that will be available early 2016 (some indiscretions suggest that it could be some kind of unusual form of concept album).


Vague, ambiguous, unclear.......

[BlobVanDam]

That appears to be consistent with what DT have said, which is that the new album is something a bit different that they haven't done before, but not necessarily a concept album. Maybe it's something more along the lines of an Octavarium style "concept" album, where it all fits together in a grander concept, but not in a traditional way?

[Cyclopssss]

It's a concept of an album of some sorts! 

[Stadler]

I know it's fun to speculate - it's what we do - but for me, I've heard all this before in so many permutations that, well, I've got a fever, and the only prescription is... actually hearing the music.   

[Kotowboy]

It's a bit different to the "concept" of a traditional album.

[Lucien]

As long as it's completely new, not some metropolis pt. 3 bullshit, I'm fine with it

[BlobVanDam]

As long as it's completely new, not some metropolis pt. 3 bullshit, I'm fine with it

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't do a Metropolis pt 3, especially at this point. It would be a bad idea on so many levels. If they do a concept album, it would be something new.

[Calvin6s]

Star Wars Ep 3.5:  Darth Vader throws down

It all lines up.  (Sheesh.  I honestly will not be into new news album until the first music clips or single is released)

[Lucien]

So sequels, no dumb Pt. # memes, none of that. Just a solid, narrative album with an extreme variety of musical styles. That is what I want.

[Onno]

So sequels, no dumb Pt. # memes, none of that. Just a solid, narrative album with an extreme variety of musical styles. That is what I want.

Yes!

[Kotowboy]

I just want a good produced album with 60 - 75 minutes of the best material they've written in the last 2 years.

No contrived genre or direction.

Just record the absolute best ideas you've had in the last two years and put it out.

if it's a double - so be it.

If it all confirms to a concept - fine.

What I place above anything else is well written songs.

[hefdaddy42]

Star Wars Ep 3.5:  Darth Vader throws down

It all lines up.  (Sheesh.  I honestly will not be into new news album until the first music clips or single is released)

TransImperial Rides Again!

[Rodni Demental]

Just a solid, narrative album with an extreme variety of musical styles. That is what I want.

Just sayin, you're definitely setting yourself up for disappointment with those expectations

I'm with Kotow on this one, I don't want it to try too hard to achieve a specific sound or style, but if it succeeds in doing something new then cool. Pretty much so long as DT feel they've put their best in. We'll see what comes out of it...

[ErHaO]

I would really like another DT album with a clear narrative, like with SFAM. Musically I have no real preferences, as long as they do it up to their own par. Since I enjoyed basically every DT album with Labrie, I am not too worried. Production wise I am a bit worried though, I think the main problems of the last two albums are how they sound. I actually think ADTOE would be higher in my ranking if it sounded different. And LALP is also significantly worsened by the sound production.

[JediKnight1969]

Memorable songs. That's all I ask for.

[GasparXR]

Memorable songs. That's all I ask for.

I know they will accomplish that for me, they never really fail in that department. I never get tired of hearing a new direction from a band/artist though, maybe that will happen.

[emtee]

The music is always good for me. No concerns about that. All they have to do is get the sound quality back in order.

JP said this will happen. I'll trust him but verify before I make the album purchase.

I expect grandiosity, pomp and deep nugget filled story lines with artwork that will blow the mind.

[AboutToCrash]

It's amazing that a band in their 50's (well 3 of them) after a 30+ year career and 12 studio albums that people can still believe they can put out a masterpiece and get so excited for new material. That mindset is so rare for other bands of this longevity. That's what makes this band truly special, you still feel that they can release something incredible and rival some of their best work if everything clicks into place this time around.