cbhoyhern

A friend made me listen to a Opeth track earlier today, it made me feel dirty. I had to wash.

Tekn50

Moreclaw, you buy Train of Thought yet?

Tekn50

Joke's on you, they're really quite good.

I don't particularly like them but a mate does (guitarist, think they're a guitarist's wet-dream-type band) I appreciate them.

retired_jennifer89889

No, I was in MVC the other day browsing and thought of your reccomendation. I thought you said Train Of Thought but opted for Octavarium instead (also because it was cheaper). And yeah, I liked that quite a bit (especially These Walls and I Walk Beside You), so may very well move onto Train Of Thought when I next go and buy some stuff (monday).

retired_jennifer89889

Should probably point out to make it clear that I wasn't sure which one you said, not deliberately going against your suggestion :cool:

come_on_poolies

Majalo, you're a bit like a stuck record aren't you? :p

Tekn50

No, I was in MVC the other day browsing and thought of your reccomendation. I thought you said Train Of Thought but opted for Octavarium instead (also because it was cheaper). And yeah, I liked that quite a bit (especially These Walls and I Walk Beside You), so may very well move onto Train Of Thought when I next go and buy some stuff (monday). </BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah Octavarium is damn good but since every DT album has a slightly different sound I think TOT would suit your tastes (Metallica but with keyboards, more virtuoso playing and generally better stuff as good as Metallica are)

Octavarium is more of a Muse-style album with a few commercial (read: sh!t) ballads. The first track 'Root of all evil' is actually the last of a series of 7 cool metally tracks about Mike Portnoy (the drummer, and my god)'s alcoholism.
The title track is really a nod to old style prog, but everything from the full circle section onwards is pure awesomeness, the crazy instrumental bit between full circle and the next bit is just classic DT.

So, yeah, you'll love TOT.

Tekn50

Shiny, round, and groovy?

retired_jennifer89889

Ahh, I shall take that into account :thup:

retired_charlene

heh, the guy next to me at work LOVES dream theater and is constantly on john petrucci's forums, and i always just assumed he was weird and no-one else liked them :*)