Sons of Apollo (feat. Portnoy & Sherinian)

[MinistroRaven]

This is how the album starts: https://youtu.be/1JJuffjeSro

Who hears a touch of DT's New Millennium?

Time stamp? Not listening to a 20 min thing

It's only 40 seconds

[gzarruk]

This is how the album starts: https://youtu.be/1JJuffjeSro

Who hears a touch of DT's New Millennium?

Time stamp? Not listening to a 20 min thing

It's only 40 seconds

The link he posted is to the 20 min interview with Bumblefoot

[The Letter M]

https://youtu.be/485KSA6A_zw

Here is the teaser.

-Marc.

[ReaperKK]

That sounds very similar to new millennium

[Fritzinger]

I think that sounds terrible  And is it just me or are they out of sync?

[eric42434224]

Yeah I thought the same.  I cant believe that is an official teaser.  It sounds horrible....like a keyboardist is working out some ideas for a song.

[cramx3]

It doesn't sound much like anything to me, I'm not sure what's terrible about it though, it just doesn't sound like anything to get "teased" about

[eric42434224]

It doesn't sound much like anything to me, I'm not sure what's terrible about it though, it just doesn't sound like anything to get "teased" about

Yes I think that is more of what I meant to say.  On its own, like as an isolated keyboard track on a song, it isn't horrible.
Like you I think it is a horrible teaser for an album.  I kept waiting for the rest of the band to join in....but never does....

[cramx3]

Nor does it really lead to anything, like sometimes these teasers are a highlight part of the song or sometimes its the beginning right up to where it gets interesting, ya know, leaving you wanting more.  A tease.  I'm not sure what this does.  Either way, the song will be out soon enough it seems. 

[Adami]

I mean, as a keyboard riff I thought it was fine.

Didn't make me feel anything good or bad. Just kind of...there. Maybe not the response an artist wants though.





I say that as a musician who mostly gets apathy as the response lol

[KevShmev]

Yep, sounds a little like New Millennium, but without the annoying vocals.

[cramx3]

 

[Stadler]

Yep, sounds a little like New Millennium, but without the annoying vocals.

Haha.

[MirrorMask]

Seems just an intro, for all we know the song goes completely into a different direction. We'll see.

[Northern Lion]

I thought it sounded pretty good.  At least it made me interested enough to hear the rest of the song.  I guess there is a NM feel?

[bosk1]

I guess there is a NM feel?

I wouldn't say there is a "NM feel."  But where people are getting NM is from the fact that the note progression is similar to the chord progression (I say "similar" because I believe it is in a different key) in the heavy, half-time part of the intro just before the vocals kick in (and keeps going underneath the vocals for a bit).

[Samsara]

I'll always get a FII vibe, just because Derek's tone is distinctive. At least to me.

[cramx3]

So I just realized I never got the Plovdiv blu-ray, as much as the MP talk has been entertaining, does anyone know where I can just get the blu-ray?  It seems amazon only has the CD/Blu-Ray/DVD pack which is just overload.  I only want a blu-ray and don't want to pay for the extras (I absolutely hate when they package a DVD and Blu-ray together, very redundant).  I remember someone shared that walmart sold this but I didn't buy back then since I wasn't going to be home for a bit to receive it.  Now I can't find it, including even in the inside out store. 

[romdrums]

A single star behind me, a red sky burns ahead.

[DTA]

If MMXX is just a rewrite of FII then I'd probably actually like it.

[bosk1]

If MMXX is just a rewrite of FII then I'd probably actually like it.

It's a tricky balance, and I think they need to be very careful in walking that line.  On one hand, if there are subtle callbacks to FII, I generally love that kind of thing and think it can be clever.  But more than a nod or two will definitely feel too much, and feel to me like they are relying too much on Mike's and Derek's connection to a more well-known brand (DT) than on their ability to forge their own identity as a band.  To give an example, when Queensryche did their s/t album after Tate was dismissed and LaTorre took over, there were a coupe of subtle references to their prior work, and I thought that was pretty cool and pretty fitting.  But, at least lyrically, that trend continued on Condition Human, and I felt like it crossed the line and actually detracted.  That line is very different for different people, and I think it's dangerous for them to even approach it, because it may alienate fans who just write them off as relying on their past and not having anything to say musically.

[RodrigoAltaf]

This is how the album starts: https://youtu.be/1JJuffjeSro

Who hears a touch of DT's New Millennium?

Time stamp? Not listening to a 20 min thing

It's only 40 seconds

The link he posted is to the 20 min interview with Bumblefoot

LOL... I'm sorry man! I was also sharing the interview with some of my friends and got confused!

[Samsara]

If MMXX is just a rewrite of FII then I'd probably actually like it.

It's a tricky balance, and I think they need to be very careful in walking that line.  On one hand, if there are subtle callbacks to FII, I generally love that kind of thing and think it can be clever.  But more than a nod or two will definitely feel too much, and feel to me like they are relying too much on Mike's and Derek's connection to a more well-known brand (DT) than on their ability to forge their own identity as a band.  To give an example, when Queensryche did their s/t album after Tate was dismissed and LaTorre took over, there were a coupe of subtle references to their prior work, and I thought that was pretty cool and pretty fitting.  But, at least lyrically, that trend continued on Condition Human, and I felt like it crossed the line and actually detracted.  That line is very different for different people, and I think it's dangerous for them to even approach it, because it may alienate fans who just write them off as relying on their past and not having anything to say musically.

I don't really get a rewrite or a call back to Falling Into Infinity. It's just Derek's tone and style. It naturally sounds that way. Now if the new SOA record has lyric lines that copy or call back to FII repeatedly, then I'd feel differently. But if their first record didn't have those, I don't think the second one would. What would be the point then, ya know? Unless I missed the call backs on the first SOA record.

[ProfessorPeart]

So I just realized I never got the Plovdiv blu-ray, as much as the MP talk has been entertaining, does anyone know where I can just get the blu-ray?  It seems amazon only has the CD/Blu-Ray/DVD pack which is just overload.  I only want a blu-ray and don't want to pay for the extras (I absolutely hate when they package a DVD and Blu-ray together, very redundant).  I remember someone shared that walmart sold this but I didn't buy back then since I wasn't going to be home for a bit to receive it.  Now I can't find it, including even in the inside out store.

Laser CD. The US outlet for Inside Out.

https://www.lasercd.com/dvd/live-plovdiv-psychotic-symphony-blu-ray

[DTA]

If MMXX is just a rewrite of FII then I'd probably actually like it.

It's a tricky balance, and I think they need to be very careful in walking that line.  On one hand, if there are subtle callbacks to FII, I generally love that kind of thing and think it can be clever.  But more than a nod or two will definitely feel too much, and feel to me like they are relying too much on Mike's and Derek's connection to a more well-known brand (DT) than on their ability to forge their own identity as a band.  To give an example, when Queensryche did their s/t album after Tate was dismissed and LaTorre took over, there were a coupe of subtle references to their prior work, and I thought that was pretty cool and pretty fitting.  But, at least lyrically, that trend continued on Condition Human, and I felt like it crossed the line and actually detracted.  That line is very different for different people, and I think it's dangerous for them to even approach it, because it may alienate fans who just write them off as relying on their past and not having anything to say musically.

I don't really get a rewrite or a call back to Falling Into Infinity. It's just Derek's tone and style. It naturally sounds that way. Now if the new SOA record has lyric lines that copy or call back to FII repeatedly, then I'd feel differently. But if their first record didn't have those, I don't think the second one would. What would be the point then, ya know? Unless I missed the call backs on the first SOA record.

I was kidding mainly. I love FII and don't like SoA/Psychotic Symphony, so the only way I'd probably like it is if it was a complete FII ripoff.

[cramx3]

So I just realized I never got the Plovdiv blu-ray, as much as the MP talk has been entertaining, does anyone know where I can just get the blu-ray?  It seems amazon only has the CD/Blu-Ray/DVD pack which is just overload.  I only want a blu-ray and don't want to pay for the extras (I absolutely hate when they package a DVD and Blu-ray together, very redundant).  I remember someone shared that walmart sold this but I didn't buy back then since I wasn't going to be home for a bit to receive it.  Now I can't find it, including even in the inside out store.

Laser CD. The US outlet for Inside Out.

https://www.lasercd.com/dvd/live-plovdiv-psychotic-symphony-blu-ray

perfect, thank you.  Ordered that and the Devin Townsend Plovdiv Blu-Ray, only had that one on CD/DVD since I couldn't find the blu-ray last year    now I know better, but I personally find the blu-ray to be totally worth it over the DVD.

[Spiritus]

Yep, sounds a little like New Millennium, but without the annoying vocals.

I loled

[ReaperKK]

Yep, sounds a little like New Millennium, but without the annoying vocals.

[IDontNotDoThings]

If MMXX is just a rewrite of FII then I'd probably actually like it.

Maybe this time it'll be actually good.

[KevShmev]

If MMXX is just a rewrite of FII then I'd probably actually like it.

Maybe this time it'll be actually good.

Woah, woah, woah! Simmer down there, sparky.  Falling into Infinity is damn good as is. 

[Northern Lion]

If MMXX is just a rewrite of FII then I'd probably actually like it.

Maybe this time it'll be actually good.

Woah, woah, woah! Simmer down there, sparky.  Falling into Infinity is damn good as is. 

Well FII is one of those controversial albums.  You either like it or you don't.  Although it seems that more folks on this forum view it more favorably now than they did 10 years ago when I first started lurking.

I for one like it and I think NM is an awesome song.

[gzarruk]

If MMXX is just a rewrite of FII then I'd probably actually like it.

Maybe this time it'll be actually good.

Woah, woah, woah! Simmer down there, sparky.  Falling into Infinity is damn good as is. 

Well FII is one of those controversial albums.  You either like it or you don't.  Although it seems that more folks on this forum view it more favorably now than they did 10 years ago when I first started lurking.

I for one like it and I think NM is an awesome song.

I like it, but don’t love it, and it’s definitely a bottom 3 album from the DT catalog for me. Still quite good tho.

[cramx3]

I feel the same, its bottom tier DT for me but has good songs and isn't a bad album at all.

[bill1971]

First tour date Jan 24th 2020
Live album to be released Jan 30th 2020





Yes, I am kidding

[bill1971]

Yep, sounds a little like New Millennium, but without the annoying vocals.