Dream Theater Survivor 2021 - Black Clouds & Silver Linings - Round 1

[The Letter M]

Black Clouds & Silver Linings
A Nightmare To Remember
A Rite Of Passage
Wither
The Shattered Fortress
The Best Of Times
The Count Of Tuscany

And here we go with the first round for the last album with Portnoy!

-Marc.

[TheCountOfNYC]

A Rite of Passage.

[DTA]

Rite

[Destiny Of Chaos]

My Ranking

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. Wither

[MirrorMask]

I am responsible

[jammindude]

I need a 4 sided die to decide anything in the middle of the album. 

This album is an improvement over SC, but it's kindof a "meh sandwich" with the two epics being reasonably good, and the whole middle of the album being just...kindof...there.   

Every time I think I'm going to pick one, I find myself asking what makes it any worse than the other 3, and I just can't come up with a single reason why any one of them is any worse than the other.  They just sortof exist. 

AROP and Wither just feel very bland
TBOT was a disappointing execution of a beautiful ideal
and TSF works really wonderfully as a part of the entire 12SS, but feels more like more of a collage on its own rather than an actual separate song. 

I guess I'm going with AROP

[Shalev Amir]

I can't remember the last time I listened to this album as a whole. Why would you? There are about two worthwhile songs here.
AROP

[krands85]

The Best Of Times

[IDontNotDoThings]

I like this album a lot

#1.
#2.
#3.
#4.
#5.
#6. The Best Of Times

[CharlesPL]

The Best Of Times

[pg1067]

TBOT

[Adami]

Rite of Passage.

Though if it goes first, I imagine I'll be voting for The Count of Tuscany every round after in vain.

[jammindude]

Rite of Passage.

Though if it goes first, I imagine I'll be voting for The Count of Tuscany every round after in vain.

I’ll probably join you for the final round. The two epics are pretty much tied, but TCOT loses gets docked a point for that atrocious “sucking on his pipe” line.

That will go down in history along with “I AM THE TABLE” for one of the stupidest shouted lines in metal.

[Eldomm]

The Best Of Times

[Dublagent66]

TBoT