Dream Theater Distance Over Time (CD - Inside Out, 2019) ****
Genre: Progressive Metal
Places I remember: Fopp (Covent Garden, London)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles/Gear costume: S2N
Active compensatory factors: I nearly lost faith and gave up after the bloated The Astonishing album but the pre-release reviews for Distance Over Time were encouraging.
The album is a massive return to the best things about Dream Theater for my money - and that mainly centres on the guitar players in the band. John Myung's S2N showcases that - his bass and John Petrucci drive this song and it becomes an express train!
I listened to it in the car recently on a road trip and I could hardly stay in my seat. The rest of the album speeds by too.
Where do they all belong? I sense it will rapidly become one of my favourite DT albums, along with Octavarium, Black Clouds and Silver Linings and Systematic Chaos.
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence - ROBERT FRIPP. Information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; MUSIC IS THE BEST - FRANK ZAPPA. I think we're a little happier when we have a little music in our lives - STEVE JOBS. Music in the soul can be heard by the universe - LAO TZU. Rock and Roll is fire, man. FIRE. - DAVID BRIGGS. Music grips you, gets into your soul - GEORGE MARTIN
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