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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7805 on: January 28, 2016, 03:29:12 PM »
The album is now available on Spotify


Really? Can't seem to find it yet over there!
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7806 on: January 28, 2016, 03:30:04 PM »
The album is now available on Spotify


It's NOT on Spotify in the UK

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7807 on: January 28, 2016, 03:32:42 PM »
It will be at Midnight...

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7808 on: January 28, 2016, 03:37:47 PM »
My CD's been dispatched. Should hopefully get here tomorrow. I can't believe this is finally happening! :caffeine:

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7809 on: January 28, 2016, 03:52:31 PM »
https://www.metalsucks.net/2016/01/27/review-dream-theaters-the-astonishing-will-astonish-the-bands-fans-and-non-fans-alike/

Very funny review... the guy didnīt like DT too much, but he has a pen and a pencil... I mean, he loves The Astonishing.

God, itīs so silly I canīt stop laughing... but itīs good at the same time.  :loser:

4.5 out of 5.

But if you are a DT fan (like all of us), itīs 5 out of 5, and you must buy the album twice!  :rollin

This was actually the only review I saw before TA's release, because I'm subscribed to this guy's regular channel.  :biggrin:

OMG, sorry, but this review annoys the crap out of me, almost makes me angry. Those images and sound effects.. dude you're not doing a kinds show, this is for music fans, who want to hear information and honest opinions. And this is not funny, I think it's just annoying. I almost lost it.

Speaking of losing it.. I can't wait for tomorrow. It's 10 mins to midnight here in Germany and I should go to sleep.. otherwise I won't be able to resist listening to it in 10 mins. Night fellas, tomorrow is gonna be one astonishing day.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7810 on: January 28, 2016, 03:55:16 PM »
Just for grins I checked Apple Music to see if they had it yet.  They don't, but the description says, "An epic concept album, like Game of Thrones gone metal."  Hmmm...not from what I've heard folks say upon hearing it, but whatever.  :metal

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7811 on: January 28, 2016, 03:57:28 PM »

OMG, sorry, but this review annoys the crap out of me, almost makes me angry. Those images and sound effects.. dude you're not doing a kinds show, this is for music fans, who want to hear information and honest opinions. And this is not funny, I think it's just annoying. I almost lost it.


Dunno. I found the review pretty enjoyable because it was so over the top, definitely something refreshing.

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« Reply #7812 on: January 28, 2016, 03:58:03 PM »
I can t understand how a inteligent music fan can dislike astonishing. TA is a synonymous to inspiration

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7814 on: January 28, 2016, 04:16:50 PM »
Mike Portnoy's website is down.   Probably putting up a new theme for TA

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7815 on: January 28, 2016, 04:23:32 PM »
Did you order the album from Platekompaniet?

Nope. Cdon!

Edit: It`s available on Spotify in Scandinavia aswell!  ;D

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7816 on: January 28, 2016, 04:27:15 PM »
Guitar solos and/or prominant leads are in all of these tracks:

Dystopian Overture
The Gift of Music
A Better Life
A Savior in the Square
When Your Time Has Come
Chosen
A New Beginning
Moment of Betrayal
Begin Again
The Path That Divides
Our New World

I know there is one more on disc 2 but I forget where. Some of these songs have more than one solo (Our New World, A New Beginning). I wouldn't consider that a lack of guitar solos.

Like I said, I would probably notice more on repeat listens. Would say though that that's only about one third of the songs on the album. There's plenty of significant songs on this where he does not take a solo which is almost unheard of.

I have heard much more tasty stuff from JP on second run through though. Just getting up to end of Act 1 and am enjoying the album at least 3 times as I did on first listen. Three Days is particularly awesome, especially the "Bow down to Nafaryus" bits.

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7817 on: January 28, 2016, 04:28:06 PM »
If you burn the HDtracks FLAC's to a CD; do they lose something or do they still sound better than the released CD?

In a nutshell: Whether that will sound better than the released CD depends whether they used a more dynamic master for the HD Tracks FLACs. Otherwise, you will lose some resolution (16 instead of 24 bits and 44.1kHz vs. 96kHz). However, whether you can hear the difference in resolution is a matter of big dispute. Hardly no-one seems to dispute the difference between masters of different dynamics.

You can certainly burn them on an audio CD. However, first you need to convert the files from 24 bit to 16 bits and from 96KHz to 44.1 KHz first. I personally use the command line tool SoX to do this, but there are lots of alternatives.

Next you burn the resulting WAV files to CD, just be sure no 2 second gaps are added by the burner software.

Whether this will sound better than the released CD depends on the dynamic range of the HD Tracks version. We don't seem to know yet whether the HD Tracks version is indeed more dynamic; On the previous Dream Theater releases (SC, BCaSL, ADToE, DT) this was the case, however "Breaking The Fourth Wall" has exactly the same Dynamic Range as the CD.

Therefore, provided the HD Tracks version of The Astonishing is more dynamic than the CD version, it will still be more dynamic after the conversion process to 16/44.1.

In fact I created mp3 versions of the previous four studio albums' HD Tracks versions in 16/44.1, and in my opinion they sound noticably better than the CD version.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7818 on: January 28, 2016, 05:03:56 PM »
Like I said, I would probably notice more on repeat listens. Would say though that that's only about one third of the songs on the album. There's plenty of significant songs on this where he does not take a solo which is almost unheard of.

I have heard much more tasty stuff from JP on second run through though. Just getting up to end of Act 1 and am enjoying the album at least 3 times as I did on first listen. Three Days is particularly awesome, especially the "Bow down to Nafaryus" bits.

That part in Three Days is awesome, as is the ending.
What is interesting is of the 4 times Jordan has some sort of synth lead solo, 2 of them are on songs where JP does not have a solo.
I would say more than 1 3rd considering there are 5 nomac tracks. But I agree there are important songs with no real solo. There are only 1 or 2 places I really think a solo could fit though, a lot of the songs would sound odd with a guitar solo added to them IMO. Like Three Days for example, I just don't know where one could go.

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7819 on: January 28, 2016, 05:05:26 PM »
LISTENING NOW  :metal :corn :corn

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7821 on: January 28, 2016, 05:10:22 PM »
 :biggrin: I like the West Side Story section in Dystopian Overture

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7822 on: January 28, 2016, 05:13:12 PM »
Mike Portnoy's website is down.   Probably putting up a new theme for TA
Not sure if serious.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7823 on: January 28, 2016, 05:14:27 PM »
Mike Portnoy's website is down.   Probably putting up a new theme for TA

Makes sense, given Lord Nafaryus was very inspired by Mike Portnoy.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7824 on: January 28, 2016, 05:20:38 PM »
People online are complaining that the album is mostly softer songs.

:dunno:

I could not care less about that.

I'm on " A Better Life " and I love it so far :)

Much better production that DT12.

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7825 on: January 28, 2016, 05:23:25 PM »
omfg.

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 :metal This album is amazing so far !

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« Reply #7826 on: January 28, 2016, 05:24:12 PM »
MP is probably crying cuzz JP never had this idea with him.
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7827 on: January 28, 2016, 05:25:17 PM »
A Saviour In The Square.

DAT INTRO  :'( :'( :'( :'(

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« Reply #7828 on: January 28, 2016, 05:30:30 PM »
For me, the track that completely stands out is Our New World. That is DT at its best. Like, easily beats anything they've done in the last 5 years. And more.
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« Reply #7829 on: January 28, 2016, 05:30:43 PM »
A Saviour In The Square.

DAT INTRO  :'( :'( :'( :'(

What, is it so bad it made you cry?
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7830 on: January 28, 2016, 05:34:24 PM »
noooooooo

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7831 on: January 28, 2016, 05:35:09 PM »
Act of Faythe now.

Ahhhh. When a 4th is played and it resolves to a 3rd. :lol


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« Reply #7832 on: January 28, 2016, 05:35:30 PM »
A Saviour In The Square.

DAT INTRO  :'( :'( :'( :'(

What, is it so bad it made you cry?
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7833 on: January 28, 2016, 05:35:52 PM »
noooooooo

What's wrong Kotow, revenge of the sith????
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7834 on: January 28, 2016, 05:36:05 PM »
The album is now available on Spotify


Not for me! :(

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7835 on: January 28, 2016, 05:36:23 PM »
Is it midnight in your country ?

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7836 on: January 28, 2016, 05:37:02 PM »
Act of Faythe now.

Ahhhh. When a 4th is played and it resolves to a 3rd. :lol

That's been one of my criticisms. This album is a bit "death by plagal cadence".
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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7837 on: January 28, 2016, 05:37:23 PM »
People online are complaining that the album is mostly softer songs.

:dunno:

I could not care less about that.

I'm on " A Better Life " and I love it so far :)

Much better production that DT12.

Just wait.... It is pretty mellow

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7838 on: January 28, 2016, 05:38:48 PM »
this album is fucking amazing, best since SFAM IMO

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Re: Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)
« Reply #7839 on: January 28, 2016, 05:39:55 PM »
For me, the track that completely stands out is Our New World. That is DT at its best. Like, easily beats anything they've done in the last 5 years. And more.


If that track is not going to break into radio stations i'll lose any hope in human kind (the very little i still have)