Dream Theater in God of War III

[TL]

Raw Dog is sick, definitely a different style of DT, but cool nonetheless.

I want to see more.

Meh, I think that between SC, BC&SL and now Raw Dog, I'm about ready for DT to try something different and move back in the Prog direction of their Prog--Metal pendulum.

I totally know what you mean, but dang. The stuff JP's been doing with downtuned guitars lately has been really good. I need my heavy metal sludge injections!!!!

Their next album should be two discs, with one disc focusing on a very prog oriented direction, and the other being heavy and balls to the wall. It's just too bad that they've already used the title "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", because it would be perfect for such an album.

[tri.ad]

The drums sound fantastic on this song. Just the right amount of attack and reverb on the snare and toms, and the kick drum is crystal clear.

As for the song itself... It surpassed my expectations. I wasn't expecting a high-quality song, to be honest, but I surprisingly enjoyed it all the way through. I think it's safe to say that DT did a very good job with this song.

[Zydar]

Gaaaah I need to hear it!

[ReaPsTA]

Raw Dog.

Raw Dog!

RAW DOG!!!

RAWWW DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kirbywelch92]

It is an excellent addition to DT's instrumental archives and I welcome it gladly. It also is undoubtedly heavier than anything else DT has ever written. The opening riff is straight up death metal, but it really opens into a great instrumental track that is 100
% appropriate for DT and God of War simultaneously. JP's solos are also . One thing to be noted is that this is not DT trying to be extremely heavy metal, it's DT proving that they are more than capable and succeeding at pulling off extremely heavy metal. I think it's a great track and a very very worthy addition to the DT discography.

[ReaPsTA]

One thing to be noted is that this is not DT trying to be extremely heavy metal, it's DT proving that they are more than capable and succeeding at pulling off extremely heavy metal.

Good point. Raw Dog sounds almost effortless in its relentless thrashing of your senses.

I seriously want more of this on the next album.

[Zydar]

Yeah I understood ya. After only one listen it didn't do that much for me. As always it needs repeated listens, especially when it's an instrumental. But it sounds good, lots of heavy riffs and drumming. Some heavy stuff indeed.

[Mladen]

So insane. Unbelievable track, brilliant solos and some incredibly heavy riffs. A big thumbs up.  

Their next album should be two discs, with one disc focusing on a very prog oriented direction, and the other being heavy and balls to the wall.

I would really like this. 

[cookienut]

This is a great Prog-core band...are they new?

[ariich]

Plasmastrike and especially kirbywelch, consider this a warning. It is against the rules to hint to where to find pirated material, and it always has been, so I don't know why either of you thought this would have changed.

[Bombardana]

Can anyone hear Harpejji?

[ReaPsTA]

Can anyone hear Harpejji?

At the beginning and the end, when Petrucci is playing the purely rhythmic riff, there's a sort of dirty chord that plays behind it. Those could be distorted Harpejji chords. They don't really sound like guitar or organ, so it's a very legitimate possibility.

[Bombardana]

Oh yes I hear that! Reminds me of Meshuggah-Future Breed Machine

[ZKX-2099]

Pretty awesome tune. Pretty much what I expected. YAY DREAM THEATER

This won't hold me over till their next release though.

[Rafael Guerra]

So cool...And I actually think Mike described it pretty well in his interviews, "Brutal" is the word for it!

[TheVoxyn]

Pretty cool, pity about the fade-out though.

[AcidLameLTE]

Listening to it now. FUUUU! They weren't kidding about it being heavy.

Edit: Need more time to listen to it properly but damn, that was awesome. Pity about the fade out though.

[TimmyHiggy]

Anyone heard the new Opeth track on AOL radio yet? I can't cos of being in the UK...

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

Man this song seriously kicked my butt so hard it's still red. DT really outdid themselves.

[Dark Master Of Sin]

Yeah, the song is roughly 6 minutes (idk, estimating off of what I remember) of pure ass kicking.

[tri.ad]

Am I the only one who doesn't mind the fade-out? I think it doesn't affect the ending. I don't say that it's the best solution to end the song, but it's really not that bad imo.

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

I just listened to it again and imagined it in a God of War situation and was pleasantly surprised, This song is so stellar that I assure you that whoever is playing the game will say something like "HOLY CRAP THIS SONG IS AWESOME" while playing an awesome and bloody sequence in the game or something like that.

[hefdaddy42]

Good to see all the positive response.  Can't wait to hear this track.

[Plasmastrike]

Plasmastrike and especially kirbywelch, consider this a warning. It is against the rules to hint to where to find pirated material, and it always has been, so I don't know why either of you thought this would have changed.

1) It's 2010, man.
2) How is posting [where to find] a copy of a legal stream, against the rules? The shit is legally streamed.

That being said, won't happen again.

[OperantChamber]

So I ran into an mp3 of a 10 minute song tagged as Raw Dog that actually sounds kind of like DT and makes a blatant refrence to the God of War score.
Anyone know anything about this?

(Sorry if this is crossing the line on file sharing).

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

So I ran into an mp3 of a 10 minute song tagged as Raw Dog that actually sounds kind of like DT and makes a blatant refrence to the God of War score.
Anyone know anything about this?

(Sorry if this is crossing the line on file sharing).

It''s probably a coincidence. Raw Dog is roughly 7 minutes long.

[antigoon]

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of JR's solo spots. He must have drank some rock juice before he recorded

[Perpetual Change]

It's like DT saw the other metal bands on the list and were like "we have to do the heaviest song on the album."

[OperantChamber]

So I ran into an mp3 of a 10 minute song tagged as Raw Dog that actually sounds kind of like DT and makes a blatant refrence to the God of War score.
Anyone know anything about this?

(Sorry if this is crossing the line on file sharing).

It''s probably a coincidence. Raw Dog is roughly 7 minutes long.

I'm inclined to believe that it's a cover band's take on the idea.
It's not nearly as aggressive or polished as the real thing, but it's actually pretty good.

Anyway... RAW DOG = 

[Mladen]

It's like DT saw the other metal bands on the list and were like "we have to do the heaviest song on the album."

Well, they certainly won't make The Spirit caries on part 2 for the occasion. 

[Nic35]

OMG. The beggining is meh, but for the rest, this song kicks serious ass.

[Dimitrius]

Well this song is all kinds of awesome!

[j]

I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of JR's solo spots. He must have drank some rock juice before he recorded

This was my first thought as well.  Rudess does some really cool stuff in this song.

-J

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

Well this song is all kinds of awesome!

I just imagined Castiel saying that in his traditional non-expressive fashion.


I laughed.

[ariich]

Plasmastrike and especially kirbywelch, consider this a warning. It is against the rules to hint to where to find pirated material, and it always has been, so I don't know why either of you thought this would have changed.

1) It's 2010, man.
2) How is posting [where to find] a copy of a legal stream, against the rules? The shit is legally streamed.

That being said, won't happen again.

1) I fail to see what relevance the year has.
2) What do you mean by legal stream? Unless it has been uploaded by Roadrunner then it is not official.