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.
