Octavarium's okay, I enjoy listening to the album all the way through. With respect to the individual songs, Sacrificed Sons is great. Panic Attack is a fun metal song, as is Root Of All Evil, though to a lesser extent. Never Enough is fine, the lyrics don't really bother me. These Walls is almost there.... the Linkin Park homage/ripoff (Lying From You on Meteora) is a bit wacky though. I Walk Beside You and The Answer Lies Within are both meh, but neither really bothers me.
Finally, I actually agree with Mr. Goo-goo here. Octavarium the song is.... not my favorite epic, for exactly the reasons he listed. I still like it, but for me, The Count Of Tuscany blows it out of the water. I trust I didn't ruin anyone's Christmas.
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*Goes looking for my How To Ruin Christmas kit*