TOT meets 8VM? Hell yes.
Well not really. This album is still a different beast altogether.
Would you say it's heavy like Train Of Thought but varied like Octavarium ?
I like when they do varied. Octavarium is my favourite album by far.
The style of songs is varied. The song structures don't vary a great deal. I'd say it's as heavy as ToT, but not so much in terms of the riffage. It's a different kind of heaviness, brought about by its unrelenting nature, and in part by the loudness of the mix itself.
Can you give an approximate length to each track (just from what you remember of course)?
Would you say that the album as a whole is as long as most of their other albums?
Thanks!
I can confirm that these track times are correct:
False Awakening Suite - 2:42
The Enemy Inside - 6:17
The Looking Glass - 4:53
Enigma Machine - 6:02
The Bigger Picture - 7:41
Behind the Veil - 6:53
Surrender to Reason - 6:35
Along for the Ride - 4:45
Illumination Theory - 22:18