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**Parama** · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 5870

http://richwilson.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-kevin-moore.html
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**urikobb3** · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject:

I need this new album so bad; I've been spamming A Rite of Passage for most of the night

...and most of Systematic Chaos
...and Octavarium
...and Images and Words

Shame I don't play CoD in any way, shape or form; it would've been awesome to speak to the band. Can't wait for the new album, I'm hoping the 'epics' are as good as usual (In the Presence of Enemies is probably one of my favourite songs currently).

I'll see if anywhere in town has the album tomorrow (changing bank turned out to be convenient!)
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**Nubnut** · Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 2078 Location: Denver, CO

Bruce Dickinson radio interview with Mike Portnoy regarding Black Clouds and Silver Linings.

http://www.mrdrum.com/files/mp_bd_radio_prog_190609.mp3

I love Bruce. "I listen to it even in the bath that's how good I think it is!".
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**Confury** · Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 1099 Location: Lincoln, NE

ROFL.
Bruce: "This next track is Wither, do you know what this one is about Mike?"
Mike: "It's about 5 minutes"

XD! That's the second time I've seen him do that, once on his forums and now on this interview.

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**ScreamingEvil** · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 726 Location: Leeds, UK

Just got home to find the album waiting for me

I'm gonna fire it up soon, and then I'll post my thoughts, can't wait.
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**Tbad556** · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 925

I just took a listen to the full album yesterday. Heres my opinion:
I've decided to listen to a bunch of albums over the summer to give more bands a chance/hear more music by bands I like. Yesterday I decided that I would give DT a try with their new album. Before I listened to it the only DT songs I had heard were: The Glass Prison, Constant Motion, Panic Attack, and Pull Me Under. I never bothered to give them a chance, mostly because they are labeled Progressive Metal from most people and I'm am not a Metal fan. So yesterday, when I listened to the album I was surprised. I was very happy with the music and enjoyed all of the epics and the 2 non-epics as well. The music was great, the solos were awesome, the drums were intense and the songs were just amazing. All I can say is I am now a DT fan. You guys won't be disappointed.

TL;DR- Didn't care for DT, this album turned me into a fan. I liked the album a lot.

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**Tbad556** · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 925

I just went on the Video Marketplace for 360 and they had 4 new DT vids. They were a video showing the drum setup and Portney describing it, a video showing the guitars, a video of them discussing the tour and a video of describing the making of an album. I only got to see the drum and guitar one and thought it was really cool.

**xboxpro57** · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Virginia Tech

Think there is a chance I could find the album in store tomorrow? I didn't think to preorder

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**Nubnut** · Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 2078 Location: Denver, CO

Well I'm tired right now, so I won't really go in depth. And the only one that I've had the chance to listen to a few times over is The Shattered Fortress, and I have one thing to say in short:

Holy Sweet Mother of Jesus!

In longer form: this song just grabs you by the balls and does not let go until it settles down into the re-dub of the repentance riff (about 7 minutes in). The song is easily on par with The Glass Prison, which IMO was the best song of the entire suite, The re-use and re-done versions of the old riffs and lyrics just fit perfectly to make this almost like on giganticly epic reprise, and in a good way too.

EDIT: Also, the last minute of the song is so simple, yet so damn cool.
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