Sure there are tracks where the well-known Petrucci massive heavy guitar sound shines through (first single “The Enemy Inside” is a good example of this), but generally there is much more prog rock feel to his sound. One of the important aspects to the sound is the layered quality to it, but besides that the guitar sound is not as massive as we’ve know it from Train of Thought or Black Clouds & Silver Linings. Sound wise the album is on familiar grounds, but there are some new aspects to the sound that was associated with Dream Theater over the past 3 albums. That’s not to say that the songs don’t fit together, because most certainly do, but just not in a way we know from many other Dream Theater albums.Īnother new aspect worth mentioning is theatrical feel, of number of the tracks as well as what feels like more layered music and arrangements. That focus makes the songs less focused on the album as a whole.
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On top of that the songs themselves are more song/songwriting oriented, concentrating more about the very skeleton of the song idea. But as mentioned above there are some new aspects to music of this band.įirst and foremost there is just one long epic song on the album while the rest are for the most part somewhere between four and six minutes long. Generally the approach on this album resembles that from the earlier Dream Theater albums, with most obvious emphasis on their over two decades old Images and Words.
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They might not be the most dominant, but they are very distinctive Few spins after it seems that musically this album is not a bold new move for the band, because Dream Theater, for sure sounds like Dream Theater.īut then again, there are some fresh aspects to the band’s music.