I'm just sitting here thinking that whether or not I like this album will decide whether or not I go see them this first leg of the tour. I mean, I already dislike the major part of everything they did from and including Octavarium up to this point, so that's legitimately almost half of the setlist, add another album they'll be promoting that I'm not sold on and it'll probably be pointless to travel to another country (even if it's relatively close and I get to meet DTFers and I technically speak the language
) and give up a shitload of other shows in this period just to see them.
Even if they do play for three hours or play LTL or SDV or whatever, they've been straying from what I like to listen to since before I even started listening to them, at some point you gotta admit a band and you are going separate ways.
Of course, if the album is as good as everyone says it is, no worries; I'll be sure to approach it with an open mind and eager to like it, just like all other albums. But it wouldn't be the first time something like this happened to me