Author Topic: Falling into Infinity vs Octavarium (Read 2056 times)

Ruba · « **on:** July 17, 2012, 10:56:46 AM »

Yeah.

Both are softer than their predecessors. Maybe the are even the softest DT albums.

FII for me.

SeRoX · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2012, 10:59:25 AM »

FII, as a whole, is more consistent album where Octavarium song itself is pretty epic but other songs are disjointed.

54_diplomats · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2012, 10:59:35 AM »

Octavarium. I like Falling into Infinity, but it has too many songs that I either don't care for or don't like. The only track I skip sometimes on Octavarium is Never Enough (I finally grew to like I Walk Beside You! yaaaaaay).

OsMosis2259 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2012, 10:59:48 AM »

Octavarium because of the title track!

SomeoneLikeHim · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:01:13 AM »

Octavarium is my favourite DT song but I had to vote for FII. As a whole it is just better. Both are relatively inconsistent albums though.

Adami · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:01:39 AM »

Root of All Evil is a very cool song. 8VM is pretty decent.

However Trial of Tears kills 8vm for me and FII has more better songs, better production, better everything.

BanksD · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:01:55 AM »

This is really close for me. But 8Vm has more nostalgia value for me as it was one of my first DT albums...so I had to go with that one

Nekov · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:02:39 AM »

Octavarium is my least favorite DT album, so yeah.

TheGreatPretender · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:09:50 AM »

Octavarium, absolutely. I think it's the most well rounded DT album ever. It's got heavy songs on par with Train of Thought, light songs on par with FII and the title track, which, quite frankly, is pretty on par with A Change of Seasons. You get every side of DT with this album.

Scorpion · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:12:34 AM »

FII. 8VM is just to inconsistent, imho.

Pelata · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:24:13 AM »

FII

Evatallica · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:26:47 AM »

Sorry but Octavarium is better. I mean it has the title track lol. Trial of Tears/Lines in the Sand are nearly perfect but Octavarium imo is DT's greatest achievement. Plus The Root of All Evil and Sacrificed Sons are really good as well. I do not care for most of Falling Into Infinity

Zydar · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:32:06 AM »

To Infinity and beyond.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #13 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:33:03 AM »

Quote from: 54_diplomats on July 17, 2012, 10:59:35 AM

Octavarium. I like Falling into Infinity, but it has too many songs that I either don't care for or don't like. The only track I skip on Octavarium is Sacrificed Sons

FTFM

Syzzle · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:37:26 AM »

Octavarium alone is better than all of FII.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #15 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:39:48 AM »

Quote from: Adami on July 17, 2012, 11:01:39 AM

Trial of Tears kills 8vm for me and FII has more better songs, better production, better everything.

Adami said it for me.

KevShmev · « **Reply #16 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:41:20 AM »

Quote from: Evatallica on July 17, 2012, 11:26:47 AM

Sorry but Octavarium is better. I mean it has the title track lol. Trial of Tears/Lines in the Sand are nearly perfect but Octavarium imo is DT's greatest achievement. Plus The Root of All Evil and Sacrificed Sons are really good as well. I do not care for most of Falling Into Infinity

Yes, but that's all it has, as far as great songs go. Sure, some of the other songs are good, but if I never heard tracks 1-7 from OV ever again, I probably wouldn't care. FII has probably 7 or 8 songs that are better than OV's 2nd best song, IMO. That says it all.

Plus, the best three songs from FII are all better than Octavarium's title track, so this makes this even more of a rout!

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #17 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:44:34 AM »

Both have plenty of amazing songs, although FII is more consistent overall, and flows better as an album. Octavarium's worse songs are perfectly spaced to disrupt the album entirely, despite how much good material is on the album.

TheOutlawXanadu · « **Reply #18 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:45:41 AM »

Octavarium is terrific, but Falling into Infinity's highs are just too damn high.

FlyingBIZKIT · « **Reply #19 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:45:47 AM »

FII, easiest poll ever.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #20 on:** July 17, 2012, 11:48:38 AM »

FII by far.

Ħ · « **Reply #21 on:** July 17, 2012, 12:04:18 PM »

FII. Octavarium has some boring songs.

Implode · « **Reply #22 on:** July 17, 2012, 12:10:51 PM »

Agreed. FII's worst is worse than anything on 8vm, and 8vm's best beats everything, but over all, FII is more exciting. 8vm gets kind of stale.

Jarzombek · « **Reply #23 on:** July 17, 2012, 12:37:14 PM »

Quote from: Pols Voice on July 17, 2012, 11:48:38 AM

FII by far.

Fourth Horseman · « **Reply #24 on:** July 17, 2012, 01:11:09 PM »

FII has better top songs like ToT, Hk, LitS, but too many weak songs, so its Octavarium for me.

wolfandwolfandwolf · « **Reply #25 on:** July 17, 2012, 02:08:05 PM »

I effing love 8VM. One of my favorite records.

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #26 on:** July 17, 2012, 02:09:57 PM »

Well, I love Falling into Infinity and its one of my favorite albums. And I haven't listened to Ocatavarium in over 6 years.

So FII for me.

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 17, 2012, 03:06:54 PM »

Tomislav95 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 17, 2012, 03:29:29 PM »

It's close but I voted FII.

MetropolisWatches · « **Reply #29 on:** July 17, 2012, 05:12:15 PM »

Falling Into Infinity.... Octavarium has some great tracks (Root of All Evil, These Walls, Sacrificed Sons, and Octavarium) but was a bit too wishy-washy and derivative (Panic Attack, I Walk Beside You and Never Enough) in spots.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #30 on:** July 17, 2012, 08:53:18 PM »

This is close as well but I'll go with FII

Metrovarium · « **Reply #31 on:** July 17, 2012, 10:59:01 PM »

Octavarium by far. It's kind of funny - everyone seems to be saying that FII is more consistent overall, yet I couldn't agree less. To me, Octavarium doesn't really have any low points other than Never Enough, while seemingly every other song on FII is pretty bad. FII is a decent album, but 8VM is much better.

wolven74 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 18, 2012, 12:06:45 AM »

Honestly there should be a "tie" option here. But--since I had to choose--I went with Octovarium. I can listen to more tracks more often on that one. 9 times out of 10, when a track from FII comes on, I skip it. There are three tracks I can listen to with some regularity on FII (Peruvian Skies, Hell's Kitchen, and Trial of Tears) Whereas with Octovarium, I can listen to the whole album. I think Jordan brought a lot to that album and it is some of JLBs tenderest vocals. It's not a great album as a whole, but It's definitely the lesser of two evils in my book.

? · « **Reply #33 on:** July 18, 2012, 02:39:47 AM »

Both albums have a few not-so-great songs but I go with Octavarium.

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