Interesting to see how different people's reactions have been. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the title, but I don't think it's bad either. And, a couple things which keep me hopeful that it'll be better than the last two records: 1.) Myung is writing lyrics again 2.) there will be no new music related to the 12SS (not that the 12SS is bad, but it was definitely starting to feel stretched out) 3.) by extension, no tough-guy Mike Portnoy vocals and finally 4.) 9 songs, to me, means much more manageable song lengths and hopefully less "fluff" within individual songs.