In The Presence Of Enemies 'appreciation Thread'!

[krands85]

Always loved this song. Still a top 10 DT track for me, but I don't seem to listen to it as much as it deserves if that makes sense.

[IdoSC]

Since you've compared it to the other epics post-SFAM, personally I don't consider it better than Octavarium, Illumination Theory, or Six Degrees - but it is a great song indeed.

[hefdaddy42]

I was a fan before I was the admin of this site, so...yeah. 

Heck, I even got temp. banned once from the official DT site back in the day. 

Heck, I remember you banning yourself once upon a time.

[fadetoblackdude7]

I love ITPOE, I think it's the saving grace of SC (which I find to be the weakest album with JLB). It's so original and stands out among the other epics, with its evil/fantasy theme. I find myself listening to it quite frequently, and it's always stuck in my head, mainly Pt. 1.

I just wish it wasn't broken up, although it makes sense why they did it.

[NoseofNicko]

Definitely one of their best songs. So many parts give me goosebumps. I fucking love it! I prefer Octavarium though.

[LordCost]

This song it's definitely in my DT top 10. The only part I don't like much is the first minutes of part 2, which starts maybe a bit too slow, but the ending of Part 2 is fantastic.
I prefer Octavarium too even if I listen more to ITPOE, maybe I have to change my ideal ranking 
Illumination Theory and The Count Of Tuscany are not in the same league of ITPOE in my opinion, talking about the last album epics

[Pragmaticcircus]

After The Astonishing has melted into my mind, I gave this another listen and I like 'part 2' more than 'part 1', It has fantastic development in it, this epic deserves another spot in the setlist, come on DT!

[pantsofeternity]

Love this track.  A great JLB performance and a song where they take themselves just the right amount of unserious to pull off the outrageous lyrics.

SCENE: INT., KITCHEN:
Me [unprompted, cooking]: "MY SOUL IS MY OWWWWWN NOWWWWW"
Girlfriend: "please stop singing"
Me: "I DO NOT FIIIIIIIIGHT FAH YAAAAAAAOU!"
GF: [regrets life choices]

[pcs90]

That's when you continue singing some more!

[DragonAttack]

Love this track.  A great JLB performance and a song where they take themselves just the right amount of unserious to pull off the outrageous lyrics.

SCENE: INT., KITCHEN:
Me [unprompted, cooking]: "MY SOUL IS MY OWWWWWN NOWWWWW"
Girlfriend: "please stop singing"
Me: "I DO NOT FIIIIIIIIGHT FAH YAAAAAAAOU!"
GF: [regrets life choices]

My best laugh of the day (and I've had some good ones).

[RAIN]

A great track...and I edited the two parts together as it should have been, and I use it to open the album.  Now, opening an album with a 25 minute epic strong song is ballsy....and that's what they failed to do. Thank goodness for the digital world, where we can make things better.