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

[TAC]

Slayer deserves respect.

[Kotowboy]

not true

[Lucien]

not true

stop

[TheCountOfNYC]

I will give Slayer this: Angel of Death is awesome. When I think of thrash metal, that's the first song that comes to mind and it gets me pumped every time I hear it.

[hefdaddy42]

Kotowboy, we get it, you don't like Slayer.

Fuck, get on with it, people.

I have half a mind to just lock the thread until there IS actually some news.

[Kotowboy]

Kotowboy, we get it, you don't like Slayer.

Fuck, get on with it, people.

I have half a mind to just lock the thread until there IS actually some news.

INB4 LOCk

[mike099]

Kotowboy, we get it, you don't like Slayer.

Fuck, get on with it, people.

I have half a mind to just lock the thread until there IS actually some news.

You cannot lock it until the thread reaches 100 pages.

[JediKnight1969]

I have half a mind to just lock the thread until there IS actually some news.

Yeah. I would lock it as soon as we have news so we can start a real DT13 thread from fresh. In the meantime I'd leave it open so everybody can catharsis.

[Kotowboy]

To speed up the locking process :


Slayer SUCK.

[Dani Helios]

ahem *shouts* oh, moderator, your attention is required

[Kotowboy]

IT'S VLASTO DAY !!!!!!!!!!

[BlobVanDam]

This is why we can't have nice things.

[fadetoblackdude7]

Lock it when it gets to the last comment of the 99th page

[pcs90]

Lock it when it gets to the last comment of the 99th page

Genius.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

IT'S VLASTO DAY !!!!!!!!!!

Have a great Vlasto day, everyone!

[Kotowboy]

IT'S VLASTO DAY !!!!!!!!!!

Have a great Vlasto day, everyone!

THIS

[YtseJamittaja]

Bet how many pages over 100 we reach until the actual news?

[CDrice]

So about the last picture John posted, it would suggests that there will be electric guitars on the new album. Or maybe it's only to trick us and there will be no guitars at all.

They did said that the album would be a bit different, so it's totally plausible!

[Train of Naught]

Okay, stay with me on this one, we can't be 100% sure, but I think that's John Petrucci on the picture, so maybe he is a guest feature on the new album?

[Kotowboy]

Laaaaaast Christmas ( actually two years ago ) - they gave us a free live album.

But the very next year ( or two - 2015 dependant ) - they did nothing.

[sfam2112]

That's not entirely true. They did give us a desktop background. Big deal, I know. But, it's something.

[Kotowboy]

Thiiiiiiis year - to save us from tears - please god give us an update.

[Lucien]

just lock this thread and make a new one when actual news happens; until then this place is simply a shitpost magnet

[pcs90]

Okay, stay with me on this one, we can't be 100% sure, but I think that's John Petrucci on the picture, so maybe he is a guest feature on the new album?

Yeah, and since Jordan Rudess was working on sounds for it, I guess he's playing on it too. Hard to believe they're both going to play on the same album, it has to be great!

[Crow]

i don't understand the appeal of slayer, at all 

[goo-goo]

I have the feeling this is going to be an awesome album. They have taken their time in the studio with this one. I hope they revisited during the summer tour, the material they had written and made a few changes...

[Kotowboy]

I have the feeling this is going to be an awesome album. They have taken their time in the studio with this one. I hope they revisited during the summer tour, the material they had written and made a few changes...

What was the longest *actual studio time* ( not time between albums ) previous to this ? Which album did it produce ?

Shortest studio time was probably Train of Thought ? I know it only took 3 weeks to write the entire album.

[jammindude]

I have the feeling this is going to be an awesome album. They have taken their time in the studio with this one. I hope they revisited during the summer tour, the material they had written and made a few changes...

What was the longest *actual studio time* ( not time between albums ) previous to this ? Which album did it produce ?

Shortest studio time was probably Train of Thought ? I know it only took 3 weeks to write the entire album.

I think it was still FII.   I mean, I don't think all those demos were done at someone's house.   But it's been too long since I dug up that info, so I don't remember.

[Kotowboy]

Common sense says it should be Six Degrees for obvious reasons... ?

[GasparXR]

Common sense says it should be Six Degrees for obvious reasons... ?

Probably, unless you take into account FII as jammindude said.

[Kotowboy]

Yes. My post was just an aside...


Wiki said they actually recorded FII very quickly. The studio time was taken up with the writing.

[Anguyen92]

Kotowboy, we get it, you don't like Slayer.

Fuck, get on with it, people.

I have half a mind to just lock the thread until there IS actually some news.

This wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing at all.

[ronnibran]

I think time to make the album is completely irrelevant. It all has to do with the amount of inspiration and creative flowing of juices. That said most of my favorite albums have been the ones not hyped up so I'm hoping this one as well will be something awesome. And to stick with the theme of this thread, i couldn't name a single slayer song and so i assume they are an overrated band lol.

[pcs90]

And to stick with the theme of this thread, i couldn't name a single slayer song and so i assume they are an overrated band lol.

This...

[Rodni Demental]

" I tried a triad with F#, C and D#

Sounded horrible. "

Those are 3 of the 4 notes in a dominant V7 in G major. It works. The fifth of the chord is simply omitted, which is fine in part-writing

edit: read that as a D at first, this chord (*C, Eb. Gb) functions as a weak vii to Db major. Still works

Or as the top of a Vb9 in Bbm 

Aren't you guys over-complicating it a bit? Looks like a C minor (2nd inversion) with a flattened (diminished) 5th. Or at least that would be a simplified enhamonic equivalent of those notes.

i don't understand the appeal of slayer, at all

I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it all the time, but I think it's sometimes undercredited by some people for what it actually is and represents.. It definitely doesn't appeal to everyone and even to the people it does appeal to, you probably have to be in the right mood. But pretty much the music is just "fun", "chaotic", "energetic", "dis ordered wankery" perhaps? As DT fans I figured we'd be able to recognise some of the appeal in these qualities even if we don't personally resonate with it. One thing I can confidiently say about Slayer is that they have some of the funnest songs to play on Guitar Hero as far as crazy rhythms and unpredictable leads go.