Very good band. I'm actually starting to add them to my collection. John Petruci is outstanding.

I remember reading a lot of hype about them online in the late '90s so I ended up buying Falling Into Infinity and Metropolis Pt. 2. I became bored by them very quickly and discovered progressive rock/metal was not really my cup of tea. They have a number of great songs but their albums are snoozers to me but I have to admit I picked up Black Clouds & Silver Linings out of curiosity (and in part because of the great special edition exclusives) and enjoyed it.

I'll be seeing them this summer with Iron Maiden, which will be cool, but I'd be just as fine if they weren't there at all.

I love these guys. I don't have the whole catalog, but I have a few of their discs. Love the Kevin Moore era.

Images and Words: Great sophomore effort. James La Brie's addition to the band is perfect.

Awake: My favorite album of theirs by far. It has some amazing songs on their. Last of the Kevin Moore era; I do miss his playing.

Some other albums of theirs I do enjoy:

Six Degrees: Good album, need to give it another spin though.

Train of Thought: This is a very heavy album. Almost straight forward metal. I think they wanted to make that one album that was really heavy.

Octavarium: Some really good (Panic Attack, The Root of All Evil) and some OK.

I could go on forever. Need to give the DS era a chance. Jordan is very good but Kevin Moore I think was a better fit.

But what do I know - I'm just a civil engineer.

DT are one of my favourite bands, and I'd agree that Kevin Moore brought something incredible to the band which has been lacking on recent albums. That said, Scenes from a Memory is a fantastic concept album which gives the band room to try some new ideas and paradoxically focused their sound. It's my equal favourite with Images and Words. Six Degrees... is another favourite, and whilst the last two have been good, they haven't been exceptional. The Score DVD is gobsmacking, though -each member is firing on all cylinders. I have the discography bar When Dream and Day Unite. One day!

I like all of Dream Theater's stuff, but my top favorites would have to be:

1. When Dream and Day Unite

this is just a phenonimal debut! You can really hear Dream Theater's traditional metal roots in this one, which is why I think I prefer it so much.

2. Train of Thought

though looked down upon by many fans at first, this album in hindsight has proven to be quite a landmark for the band. like someone said earlier in this thread. HEAVY! This was Dream Theater's heaviest album (and almost my favorite!!!)

3. Images and Words

4. The rest

Train of Thought is definitely my fave. never thought traditional prog could get that heavy.

Dang dude, you sure know how to make a fella feel jealous.






LOL J/K bro!!! That's freeking awesome!!!

Love DT and even though they started to loose me a little after Scenes From A Memory, the won me back with their latest masterpiece. I know many people don't like James' voice but he is one of my top vocalists. Also Petrucci is one of my all time favorite guitarists and Mike one of my all time favorite drummers. I'd go for more detail but I'm saving that for when I review their entire discography when my time comes up in the Complete Works thread.

John Petrucci's solo album Suspended Animation is freakin' great! I'm a huge DT fanboy. Have all their studio plus many of their live and bootleg collection. My favorite DT album is Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.

1.Images & Words 10/10
2.Awake 10/10

Too bad their tour with Maiden isn't playing anywhere near me!

I'm waiting to see if a friend of mine wants to go, if he doesn't I'll just order a ticket for myself and have a good time (too bad I didn't know about it sooner, I could have better seats that what I'm going to have).

Listened to Octovarium on the way in this morning...it was like hearing it for the first time...amazing stuff.

I thought that this was pretty cool:


I always thought that Charlie sounded like John Elefante, I guess it's just me that hears that or no one else knows who John Elefante is.

I maintain that "A Change Of Seasons" (as recorded/released by the band in 1995) is the BEST individual song the band has ever put out.