I'm surprised to say it, and some people here will be even more surprised, but I enjoyed the song. Gave me some SFAM-vibes, and I think it will fit even better in the context of the album. I know some people are disappointed by the fact that we probably won't have an epic (unless they fool us), but that's actually the main reason I'm excited for this album. Look at the best albums DT has done, SFAM and Awake are my personal favorites, but even I&W which is generally regarded their best, those albums doesn't really have epics. Sure, songs like Voices and Home clock in at over the 10 minute mark, but there's no Octavariums or Illumination Theories. I feel like when DT shifted focus to write longer songs, the albums suffered. The epics were usually good, but it felt like they focused so hard on writing the epics, that the rest suffered, like Octavarium, which for me is a very uneven album, but the title-track is good.
I still have very lukewarm hopes, because I thought DT12 was both underwhelming quality-wise, but also rather uninspired, this however feels like DT shifting focus to writing an album-album (first time I get that feeling since SDOIT really) and I guess in the end it could turn out a really pleasant surprise. It could be great, it could be mediocre or it could be bad, but the fact that it's 34 songs and hearing this first single makes me more positive than I was before.
Topic: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!) (Read 1197983 times)