Complex prog rock, top of its game, best in category but not for mainstream listeners.
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great item.
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Very happy with my purchase.
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The best album from the best Progressive Rock Band!
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So pleased with cd
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Back in the early seventies King Crimson, Yes, Sky and Pink Floyd (to name but a few) explored new and uncharted regions. The everybody had been there and Prog Rock was no longer progressive. In fact the Hammond Organ and primitive synth sounds routed the genre firmly in the past. Blue Oyster Cult had a tentative go at pulling Prog Rock into the late 1980s with limited success, and Marillion managed to coax it into the 1990s but it seemed the ground had been well and truly trod and the (now stereotypical) traits of the genre were no longer cause for excitement. Then came Dream Theater. Despite being unable to spell, this group have managed to push the boundaries of rock and metal without getting shouty about it. In 'Images and Words' the band show a remarkable gift for song writing, excellent melodic vocals and superbly technical instrumentation. There are soft songs here, and rough metal, and the almost-Floyd keyboards in 'Metropolis Part 1' are a very nice nod to their predecessors. The lyrics are very nice overall, a bit obviously 'arty' in places, but the beautiful range of Kevin James LaBrie could be singing anything and get away with it quite frankly! His Glam Metal roots really show with a great falsetto (particularly in 'Under A Glass Moon')and beautiful soft tones on 'Surrounded'. The guitars move between Thrash Metal palm-muting, crystal-clear Classic Rock, classical acoustic and rhythmic scuffing to match the best Death-Metallers. Indeed it is really in the rhythm that Dream Theater truly progresses. The drumming is immense and stunning (yet not intrusive to the overall sound)and while the songs lack the symphonic quality of Opeth, with almost every song over the 7 minute mark there's plenty of time for the melody and rhythm to play around with each other, as they do. It's hard to put into words just how good this album is without listening to it so I reccommend picking up a copy right now! Having said this, there is one flaw... On my album anyway, the first track seems to cut out far too abruptly to be the intended ending in my view. Whether this is only on my copy, a universal flaw or something very arty i haven't grasped I don't know!Vollständige Rezension lesen
The beginning of modern progressive metal lies in "Images & Words". Although Queensryche, Fates Warning, and good ol' Crimson Glory were the first to "take hold of the flame" and marry Black Sabbath with Rush, Dream Theater took it to the next level with this release. Really, it'd be fair to say that all modern prog metal takes it's cues from Images & Words, Cynic's Focus, or Savatage's Streets: A Rock Opera, with the majority going the way of the flying-digits and warm melodies. For Dream Theater (DT) truly are the masters of their craft, that craft being the realm of heavy metal. DT are, to me, undoubtedly the most talented coalition of metal musicians on Earth. The technicality of their brand of progressive metal, combined with the complexity of their songs and James LaBrie’s uncanny voice make for a contribution to heavy metal that America can truly be proud of. Although they’ve made a few keyboardist changes over the year, the remaining four members of the band have consistenly performed excellent, enthralling audiences with their truly masterful approach towards metal, all beginning with this album, Images and Words. Although Images is DT’s second album, it was the first time when you could really feel the emotion and true capabilities of this band. The songs are much longer and more complex from their previous offering, churning out many of the DT classics we all know and love today. The replacement of Charles Dominici, the singer from their first album When Dream And Day Unite, proved to be one of the best decisions DT has ever made. Age-wise he hasn't fit to the band well, since he was about ten years older than his young band colleagues. I've liked his voice though, specially his amazing performance in "The Killing Hand". James LaBrie made his debut on this album, and the emotion and skill he puts into the songs on this album is a key factor what truly catapulted this album and DT in general to greatness. Of course, the amazing capabilities of guitarist John Petrucci, drummer Mike Portnoy, bassist John Myung and keyboardist (at the time) Kevin Moore are nothing to scoff at. Musically, these guys are unparalleled by metal or by artists in any other musical genres. Dream Theater albums, as far as skill and complexity are concerned, are often head and shoulders above the rest. That’s why pretty much any album to come from these guys will become an instant metal classic, but Images and Words is the album that stood before them all, and still stands pretty damn tall when compared to the rest of their works today.The beginning of modern progressive metal lies in "Images & Words". Although Queensryche, Fates Warning, and good ol' Crimson Glory were the first to "take hold of the flame" and marry Black Sabbath with Rush, Dream Theater took it to the next level with this release. Really, it'd be fair to say that all modern prog metal takes it's cues from Images & Words, Cynic's Focus, or Savatage's Streets: A Rock Opera, with the majority going the way of the flying-digits and warm melodies. For Dream Theater (DT) truly are the masters of their craft, that craft being the realm of heavy metal. DT are, to me, undoubtedly the most talented coalition of metal musicians on Earth. The technicality of their brand of progressive metal, combined with the complexity of their songs and James LaBrie’s uncanny voice make for a contribution to heavy metal that America can truly be proud of. Although they’ve made a few keyboardist changes over tVollständige Rezension lesen
This is probably one of Dream Theater's best albums. Plenty of differing sounds to get your teeth into, and John Petrucci showing all those "pretend" guitar bands how it should be done. Do yourself a favour and equip your collection with a class album.
I decided to buy it as it is one of the best progressive metal albums ever to be recorded, and I just had to have it as a part of my collection.
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