Tag: Dream Theater
Thanksgiving Turkeys – 2016’s Fowlest Flops
Stand back, because I’m about to drop an idea bomb that you’ll never believe: Some albums are really good, but some albums really suck. Like, really, really, really suck. I know it’s hard to fathom, …
Zach Duvall’s Top 20 Albums of 2011
What. A. Year. Can’t say much else. I probably had 30 albums to try to squeeze into 20 spots and 15 into the top 10 this year. There was just so much wicked stuff I’d …
Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events Review
When Black Clouds & Silver Linings hit back in 2009, we (meaning Zach Duvall and Lone Watie) reviewed it as a panel of critics / long term fanboys of Dream Theater. We had already spent …
90s Essentials – Volume Four
Considering the album that sits atop this list, Volume 4 of MetalReview’s 100 Most Essential Albums of the 90s could very well just be titled EPIC WEEK. With major classics of folk and Viking metal …
James LaBrie – Static Impulse Review
One gets the sense listening to James Labrie sing that he takes his work very seriously. Not so much the pinpoint-focused craftsman, nor the humorless artisan, but just that he lets no sung note hit …
00s Essentials – Volume Five
Take a quick peek ahead. Think Volume 5 is a bit heavy on the death metal? Look closer. Also included are two of Norway’s all-time kings, career albums by masters of grind and prog, and …
Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings Review
This is a special dual review. The entire review is a collaborative effort between Lone Watie and Zach Duvall. Their record sales won’t show it, but Dream Theater is a band in crisis. Before they …
Dream Theater – Systematic Chaos Review
Originally written by Jon Eardley Systematic Chaos marks the 9th studio album from this New York based group of phenoms and is a record that puts the band back on track with the heavier structured …