Can we have a conversation about Awake while not resorting to calling DT "prog-metal-by-numbers"? Seriously, whatever-the-fuck that is supposed to mean is outside of my understanding. Frankly, I can't think of one other prog metal band that sounds remotely like the DT we hear on SC or BC&SL (like those albums or not), and I'd love to hear someone try and draw a comparison between a typical prog metal band and anything on them. Say what you want about them, but they're certainly not typical prog metal outings and it's no surprise that most people who espouse that tired criticism are people who admittedly don't listen to much prog metal.
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That being said, Awake is a great album with tons of highs. However, the lows (The Mirror, Lie) are just about as low as DT gets for me. It was my first album and an album I still listen to regularly but I think that it's experimentalness is pretty hit or miss. Kevin Moore's sounds in the beginning of Caught in a Web are a fail, but in Erotomania his playing makes John's chromatic scale actually sound good. Kevin's lyrics on Lie are some of the worst the band's written, but John's on Voices and Kevin's on 6:00 are among the best. James' voice sounds horrible on 6:00, The Mirror, and the first half of Scarred, but he sounds fantastic on Innocence Faded, Voices, and the second half of Scarred. And so on.