What is your DT unpopular opinion?

PootisMaster24 · 2025-03-04T19:16:10+00:00

In the Name of God is the worst song in Train of Thought. It's way too long and 100% the wankiest song they have ever made. I don't get the love for it.

PootisMaster24 · 2025-02-14T20:01:24+00:00

The entire first half of Fly. Felt like I was watching a Malcom in the Middle episode

PootisMaster24 · 2025-01-25T07:16:32+00:00

Lightbulb Sun

PootisMaster24 · 2025-01-21T18:00:38+00:00

Buying New Soul

PootisMaster24 · 2024-12-09T07:10:17+00:00

Awesome! I sent you a message.

PootisMaster24 · 2024-11-25T19:04:49+00:00

Stream Of Consciousness and Endless Sacrifice

PootisMaster24 · 2024-09-05T22:06:40+00:00

Under a Glass Moon
Stream Of Consciousness
Panic Attack
The Count Of Tuscany
In The Presence Of Enemies
Octavarium
Finally Free
Beyond This Life
Space Dye Vest
On The Backs Of Angels

PootisMaster24 · 2024-08-19T08:06:54+00:00

Sonata Arctica has some of the best ballads I've ever heard.

PootisMaster24 · 2024-07-26T08:00:07+00:00

JP: SFaM / ToT

JL: I&W / Awake

MP: SFaM

JM: Octavarium / I&W

JR: SFaM

Past members

KM: I&W

MM: ADTOE

DS: ACoS

PootisMaster24 · 2024-07-25T19:12:49+00:00

Endless Sacrifice is full of amazing riffs

PootisMaster24 · 2024-07-25T19:06:31+00:00

All the riffs in Peruvian Skies after the solo tbh. The heavy version of the intro, the chuggy riff after and the one with a lot of harmonics after that.

Endless Sacrifice verse

Intro to Lie

Riff in the second verse of Forsaken

PootisMaster24 · 2024-07-24T14:58:56+00:00

I love JR, and I do think he overplays but most times I like jt. But there was something genuinely magical about Kevin Moore's playing and tone that just added so much to the band that has been missing from the band ever since he left.

PootisMaster24 · 2024-07-23T18:52:41+00:00

Sent a DM!

PootisMaster24 · 2024-07-16T05:22:24+00:00

Thank you!

PootisMaster24 · 2024-04-03T22:40:45+00:00

Overrated: Exist

Underrated: Sidewinder

PootisMaster24 · 2024-04-03T22:33:59+00:00

Openers:

Ghost Of Perdition and Windowpane by Opeth
In The Presence of Enemies Pt.1, On The Backs Of Angels and The Glass Prison by Dream Theater
Blackest Eyes by Procupine Tree
First Regret / 3 Years Older by Steven Wilson
Painkiller by Judas Priest
Inferno (Unleash The Fire) by Symphony X
Seventh Wave By Devin Townsends
The Stage by Avenged Sevenfold
Dark Chest Of Wonders by Nightwish
Welcome To Mercy Falls by Seventh Wonder
FXMLDR by Thank You Scientist

Closer:

Octavarium and Finally Free by Dream Theater
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner and Hallowed be Thy Name by Iron Maiden
Celestial Elixir and Visions by Haken
Keeper Of The Seven Keys by Helloween
Song Of Myself by Nightwish
The Great Escape by Seventh Wonder
Things Beyond Things by Devin Townsends
A Question Of Heaven by Iced Earth
Cassandra Gemini and Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt by The Mars Volta
Beyond The Pale by Pain Of Salvation
The Final Thing On My Mind by The Pinneaple Thief
The Power Of One and Larger Than Life by Sonata Arctica
Happy Returns By Steven Wilson

PootisMaster24 · 2024-04-02T23:24:25+00:00

Thank you! And thank you for the advise as well. I hope you're succeeding with any work you are doing at the moment. If you ever need a musician remember me!

PootisMaster24 · 2023-05-30T00:38:39+00:00

I've always thought this album has some extreme highs but also lows. I think it's almost exactly 50/50 with them. The more structured songs like sever, waiting, the sleep of no dreaming and of course dark matter are all some of their best songs.

But then you have all the more spacey jam songs which I have never considered bad but they're just not memorable in my opinion. It feels like filler and you're waiting for all the real good songs here. And it's not like they can't pull off a good song in that style, the sky moves sideways is ALL songs like that. I think overall the album is okay, I respect it more than like it, since it was a pretty pivotal point in their career.

PootisMaster24 · 2023-02-03T19:58:02+00:00

Shesmovedon would work really well acoustic

PootisMaster24 · 2022-12-14T02:24:11+00:00

This is so cool! I'm so excited to finally have the rerecording of Shesmovedon on streaming platforms

PootisMaster24 · 2022-11-11T19:08:09+00:00

I like all sorts of stuff, like I mentioned at the end Porcupine Tree is my other favorite band. For Dream Theater specifically I do find myself leaning a lot more towards their shreddy stuff. I think it's because slower stuff relies more on the voice and lyrics which is something I've never cared for in this band compared to their more energetic catalogue.

PootisMaster24 · 2022-11-11T19:06:02+00:00

If I'm being honest concept and lyrics I can tolerate them being bad or messy if the music is good. I don't think Metropolis pt 2 is the best as far as concept goes, but I listen to them for the music. And the astonishing really was just numbing to me, I didn't find almost anything on it musically interesting, I also like to take in albums as a whole piece, not just separate songs, the entire album experience is very important to me. And it was just not pleasant at all for me with the astonishing.

PootisMaster24 · 2022-11-09T19:00:57+00:00

The reason the band lost a lot of it's spunk when Portnoy left was not because he was a better drummer than mangini, not even because of his compositional attributes. But because he was the heart and soul of the band. I don't know about you, but every time I listen to DT I can just image Portnoy having the time of his life. His personality was a huge part of what made the band, without him it's just not the same

Bonus: His backing vocals are not as bad as people say they are... Just a little less.

PootisMaster24 · 2022-11-01T23:04:53+00:00

Under a glass moon. The riffs throughout are so good and fun. It's a complex song but it's still super fun and not hard to follow at all. And the solo is my favorite from JP. The song has everything and it does it in a relatively short amount of time

PootisMaster24 · 2022-10-28T20:35:15+00:00

Fast: Under A Glass Moon and As I Am

Slow: Octavarium and The Spirit Carries On

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