REVIEW: DREAM THEATER - SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE

 

DREAM THEATER - SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE (Elektra, 2002)

Produced by Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci

Recorded at Bear Track Studios

Artwork by Dung Hoang

Tracks: CD 1: 1- the Glass Prison; 2- Blind Faith, 3- Misunderstood, 4- The Great Debate, 5- Dissapear.

CD 2: Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (I: Overture, II: About to Crash, III: War Inside My Head, IV: The Test that Stumped them All, V: Goodnight Kiss, VI:Solitary Shell, VII: About to Crash (reprise), VIII: Losing Time/Grand Finale)

I remember some 12 years back in time buying the first Dream Theater album "When Dream and Day Unite" and thinking what a great band they were despite the recordings lack of good sound. Then came "Images and Words" and that album blew my brain !!! IN fact, Dream Theater is one of my favorite bands because they can mix perfectly the more melodic passages with some that are really heavy and they have great technical skills whioch allows them to add a lot of interesting passages and breaks to the songs that other bands can´t. I didn´t like that much "Falling Into Infinity"...but then came "Metropolis Part.2...." and the change of keyboardist and I thought they had returned to the good path !!. This new album, "Six Degrees..." is in the vein of "Metropolis" but a little bit heavier in some places. As always, this guys have a lot of imagination and incredible solos....this time Jordan Rudess shines more than on the previous album. This is a two CD pack where the second CD is comprised of only one 42 minutes long song (the title track) divided in eight parts where this guys show why they are one of the best bands in the world. Favorite tracks: As always Dream Theater delivers the best....the whole album is a masterpiece. Contact: www.dreamtheater.net