AVFTTOTW First Single - The Alien 👽- Friday the 13th! (Pre-Orders as well!)

[Trav86]

Definitely the artbook for me.  I've been extremely impressed with the artbooks for LTE3 and Distant Memories.

Same here. I’m not a vinyl guy, so these are nice to have for the display case without having to spend a ton of money vinyl I’m not going to use.

[hefdaddy42]

Definitely the artbook for me.  I've been extremely impressed with the artbooks for LTE3 and Distant Memories.

Same here. I’m not a vinyl guy, so these are nice to have for the display case without having to spend a ton of money vinyl I’m not going to use.

Well, I did recently get a record player, but I'm more interested in jazz vinyl than metal vinyl.

[faizoff]

Sweet, artbook it is for me. Can't complain about any of the artbooks I've bought the past few years.

[Another_Won]

Definitely the artbook for me.  I've been extremely impressed with the artbooks for LTE3 and Distant Memories.

Same for me including the artbook for DOT!  Artbooks FTW!

[GasparXR]

I wish there was a way to get the vinyl and Bluray together that wasn't the box set D:

[wolfking]

Still don't own a blu ray player.  Probably not going to change now though.

[Eroma]

At what time will it be available?
Will this be the same time all over the world or differt for every timezone?

[IDontNotDoThings]

At what time will it be available?
Will this be the same time all over the world or differt for every timezone?

Presumably midnight in wherever the person's time zone is. If I can stay awake for another 5 hours I can confirm or deny that assumption

[erwinrafael]

At what time will it be available?
Will this be the same time all over the world or differt for every timezone?

Presumably midnight in wherever the person's time zone is. If I can stay awake for another 5 hours I can confirm or deny that assumption

I have 6 and a half hours to go in my timezone. 

[Eroma]

At what time will it be available?
Will this be the same time all over the world or differt for every timezone?

Presumably midnight in wherever the person's time zone is. If I can stay awake for another 5 hours I can confirm or deny that assumption

I have 6 and a half hours to go in my timezone. 

OK, time to change my VPN location 

[Kotowboy]

Oh yeah. I wonder if the single will be on Spotify at 00:01 in the UK.

I hope so cause i'm at work until 23:00 then it's a 30 min ride home and by the time i've changed and settled down - it'll be after midnight

[Eroma]

With a program like 'tunnelbear' you can 'change' the location from where you are surfing the net. Just saying ...

[DreamerTV]

20 minutes for Aukland, New Zealand, to switch to Friday.
Any Kiwis in here?

[Imacer]

It's out in New Zealand, listening to it now

Edit: Not really digging it on first listen

Edit 2: Growing on me but Rudess does seem very buried in the mix

[jadiggerdt]

the middle section is ok but its reminds me of raw dog song. Not good and not bad. The mix is more Petrucci Solo then DT.

[wolfking]

the middle section is ok but its reminds me of raw dog song. Not good and not bad. The mix is more Petrucci Solo then DT.

Mother of God!!

[Kotowboy]

With a program like 'tunnelbear' you can 'change' the location from where you are surfing the net. Just saying ...

If you go to iTunes and change your locale to NZ you can get a 1:30 snippet of the song.

[Dream Team]

Sounds similar to the first song from LTE3 "Hypersonic".   Which is a good thing. 

With faster drums.

Will Mangini do something like the holy s**t moment in this video

https://youtu.be/AUD7VRgDFfs

Looked like he was feeling it there!...

Just for a change of pace I hope this new album has a section or 2 that fast.

[Peace and Love]

Upon first listen, reminds me of Bridges in the Sky, but not as good.

Mix wise it's very good, bass loud and clear, guitar tone amazing as always, drums sound loud enough but not overpowering. Vocals buried more than I'd prefer.

Love the energy of the song, the outro was atmospheric yet heavy in the best way.

[jadiggerdt]

Like Mangini said in the latest post. You need a couple of times Song is fast.

A 3/4 of 6.

[Kotowboy]

Like Mangini said in the latest post. You need a couple of times Song is fast.

A 3/4 of 6.

from the preview i give it 16/19

[TAC]

the middle section is ok but its reminds me of raw dog song. Not good and not bad. The mix is more Petrucci Solo then DT.

Mother of God!!

No, Mother of Dog!

[Bertielee]

the middle section is ok but its reminds me of raw dog song. Not good and not bad. The mix is more Petrucci Solo then DT.

Mother of God!!

No, Mother of Dog!

Motheraw Dog rather.

B.Lee

[gzarruk]

the middle section is ok but its reminds me of raw dog song. Not good and not bad. The mix is more Petrucci Solo then DT.

Mother of God!!

No, Mother of Dog!

Motheraw Dog rather.

B.Lee

Rehtom Dog.

[Dedalus]

the middle section is ok but its reminds me of raw dog song. Not good and not bad. The mix is more Petrucci Solo then DT.

Mother of God!!

No, Mother of Dog!

Motheraw Dog rather.

B.Lee

Rehtom Dog.

 

[hefdaddy42]

OK, that's just about enough reference to Raw Dog.

[TAC]

OK, that's just about enough reference to Raw Dog.

Geez, you don't have to be so raw, dog.

[hefdaddy42]

OK, that's just about enough reference to Raw Dog.

Geez, you don't have to be so raw, dog.

*do not ban TAC*

*do not ban TAC*

*do not ban TAC*

[TAC]

 

[ReaPsTA]

There's a lot of raw feelings in this thread, hot diggity dog!

[wolfking]

the middle section is ok but its reminds me of raw dog song. Not good and not bad. The mix is more Petrucci Solo then DT.

Mother of God!!

No, Mother of Dog!

   I love the rawness of this joke.

[Trav86]

Doggone it! Enough already.

[Revenge319]

I've still got over five hours until I can listen to this single... I'm getting very excited for this one!

[adamack]

DT songs ALWAYS need a few listens to grow on me. Here are some notes so far:

First listen: Meh. Not the worst, but nothing spectacular. Honestly a bit disappointed

Second listen: Much better already. The chorus resonated more with me this time. Not my favorite JP solo, but not bad. MM sounds great! Some of JLB's melodies are a bit uneventful, but I suppose some more monotone lines fit the theme of the song.

Third listen: Didn't improve since the second listen, but in the context of the album I very well may start to like this song a lot.

How would I rank it against the songs on DOT?

Untethered Angel > The Alien
The Alien > Paralyzed
Fall Into the Light > The Alien
Barstool Warrior > The Alien
The Alien> Room 137
S2N > The Alien
At Wit's End > The Alien
The Alien > Out of Reach
Pale Blue Dot > The Alien

And counting the bonus track, I'd say The Alien > Viper King

As of now, I would have The Alien in that 7/10 range.

If the rest of the album is better than this, I'd say we are in for an excellent time!

[GasparXR]

My first impression is that it's the most bizarre DT single ever. Not only does it not sound nearly as accessible as any of their previous singles, I wouldn't have guessed it starts the album if I didn't know already.