So far they've done, with Mangini:
- Back to the roots
- Shorter songs, but a bigass epic
- Rock opera
- Heavier and shorter songs
I'd like them to spread out a little more on this one, like with Dramatic. I mean, On the Back of Angels could have either been on the self titled or on d/t... but both Bridges in the Sky and Outcry couldn't have been on the self titled, because all the songs were meant to be shorter with a single exception. And since the mindframe for d/t was "heavier stuff", we only got Out of Reach - there couldn't have been This is the life AND Far from Heaven AND Beneath the Surface all on the same d/t-esque album.
This time around I hope we can get a little bit of everything: heavy stuff, long stuff, short stuff, very mellow stuff, and some little surprises here and there!