The Drums Are Done!!!!

I'll do what I'll always do: approach the next CD with the least amount of excitement possible (although I'm thinking it will be very hard).

ok now i'm just like HOLY SHIT!!!!

 EPICS!

Ummm. Bring it on?!?!!!!!!!! Fricken awesome. Can't wait...another 7 months.

Sounds like another classic DT album on the way!

ORIGINAL: Solitary Glen

Can't wait! So much (more) anticipation now!

Ok, Mike, spill the beans and tell us about your plans for the new touring kit including the new 8" snare if it works out.

A BIG +1 for this!!!

OMG, I can't handle the wait right now Mike, but I know I will handle that kind of album


Time for that 80's song that comes to my mind everytime I hear or read news from an upcoming DT album or tour:

I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it, I'm about to lose control and I think I like it

i love this time of the year, THE DT ANTICIPATION BEGINS!!!

With that description I think we are in for a more prog rock album ala Octavarium, I cant wait! I enjoyed SC but I love a change of pace from time to time 

I have a feeling this will be an awesome 10 year anniversary album like SFAM 

Yep. I'm getting cranked for new DT again. Mike pushed a few "happy buttons" of mine with his post.

All this analyzing is seriously funny as hell.

Some of you are getting all frothy over a few words and completed drum tracks. Keep rolling it over and over in your heads and by release day you will have painted a picture in your mind's eye of what the new CD will be like, and the actual disc will "never" be precisely what you had anticipated. So you'll be disappointed. Don't do that to yourself.

Wait patiently until drop day. Go into it without any unrealistic expectations or preconceived notions and just take it for what it is. And be blown away by it. 

thats fast!

Fold?  Me coming back into the?  Sounds like I may be doing just that.  Yay!

I CAN'T WAIT!!!! I NEED NEW DT NOW!!!! I indulged on some DT today by watching the making of SC. This was indeed the icing on the cake. Thank you Mike.

awesome.

Im so bummed. Mike promised I could come in and do a nasty triangle solo on the next record.
 

NUMBER 10 is on the way people !!!
 
Can't wait !
 

Another reason to be thankfull today.
Thanks for the update Mike!
 

DT New album tracklist:

Track 1 - 20 minutes  (Acos)
Track 2 - 7 minutes    (PMU)
Track 3 - 13 min.       (TGP)
Track 4 - 11 min.       (LTL)
Track 5 - 25 min.       (O8)

DREAM THEATER continues to raise the bar every time out... and we should all know full well by now that good ol' MP never steers us wrong... so if Mike is already personally excited about this new record I suspect it will BLOW EVERYBODY AWAY... it will be a pleasure to get this when it comes out.  !!!
 
Now MP... WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT BATCH OF YTSE's? [please] !!!

 
I CANT CONTROL MYSELF RIGHT NOW!!!!!!
 
THIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE INSANE!!!!!
 
NEEEEEED NOOOOOOOWWW!!!!!!!!!!

ORIGINAL: Portnoy

Imagine a DT album with A Change Of Seasons, Octavarium, Learning To Live, Pull Me Under and The Glass Prison....all on one album....
  

 
 
Awwww...not another greatest hits album.
 

 
Just kidding....sounds fucking awesome!!!!!

I don't care about the album.

What's the verdict on the hair?!?!

Just kidding.

Simply Wow!

This is the only certain thing we can conclude from his post:

He knows how a lot of people feel regarding their last three albums (ie quality of writing is down; they're too formulaic; it's all about the shred; and so on). Furthermore, he is fully aware of the comparisons between the latest albums and the songs in his list (Note: 8V is within the latest albums). He is also painfully aware of the criticism he and the band receive here.

So,

There is no way in hell that he would say those things unless he was sure that the forum would liken this new album to those songs as well; otherwise, the backlash would be huge!

In conclusion, . I can't wait!

There...now i've gone and soiled myself. I hope you're happy Mr. Portnoy!!

ORIGINAL: Frameshift88

DT New album tracklist:

Track 1 - 20 minutes  (Acos)
Track 2 - 7 minutes    (PMU)
Track 3 - 13 min.       (TGP)
Track 4 - 11 min.       (LTL)
Track 5 - 25 min.       (O8)

OK, people... length ain't everything, you know. (Insert joke here.) He's referring to the actual musical direction of the album. Or at least I hope so.

ORIGINAL: Dobe the Drummer

ORIGINAL: Frameshift88

DT New album tracklist:

Track 1 - 20 minutes  (Acos)
Track 2 - 7 minutes    (PMU)
Track 3 - 13 min.       (TGP)
Track 4 - 11 min.       (LTL)
Track 5 - 25 min.       (O8)

OK, people... length ain't everything, you know. (Insert joke here.) He's referring to the actual musical direction of the album. Or at least I hope so.

Actually, knowing MP, he's probably toying with us, and he literally does mean an album with the exact same song lengths as those songs.

Strange that he includes PMU with those other songs. IMO, it's a much weaker song when compared to the other 4, in terms of just about everything (except air time in the 90's)

Man this is gonna be a long few months, waiting for this C.D.to drop.From what Mike said,this album should kick some major ass!!!!!

Strange that he includes PMU with those other songs. IMO, it's a much weaker song when compared to the other 4, in terms of just about everything (except air time in the 90's)

I think he is only saying one or more of the songs will be more traditional (in the sense of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, solo, chorus), but at the same time will also be metal and possibly have interesting/cool interludes between verses and choruses.

Either way, he is saying the spirit of the music will be akin to PMU.

Or, I could be way off

When I saw the title, the first thing I thought was that Mike's new drum kit was finished and ready to be shown off.

It's cool that the man is so pumped about what they've been working on. I'll be looking forward to hearing this!

Holy...fucking...shit!!!!! I cannot wait, although the countdown to the album's release is half the fun. I am super psyched. DT has yet to disappoint me, and everything they have put out from Scenes onward has been absolutely kick ass (I love the pre-Scenes albums, but at this point DT is a well oiled machine guaranteed to deliver something truly awesome, and this has happened consistently enough for me to make such an assumption). I KNOW the new album will absolutely rule. This is great news.

OMFG!!
And stupid me was thinking they would be still writing or even warming up... CAN'T WAIT!! Any hints on the release date?

ORIGINAL: Portnoy

Imagine a DT album with A Change Of Seasons, Octavarium, Learning To Live, Pull Me Under and The Glass Prison....all on one album....

another best-of????

ORIGINAL: absolutezero

Strange that he includes PMU with those other songs. IMO, it's a much weaker song when compared to the other 4, in terms of just about everything (except air time in the 90's)

I think he is only saying one or more of the songs will be more traditional (in the sense of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, solo, chorus), but at the same time will also be metal and possibly have interesting/cool interludes between verses and choruses.

I hope that's the case.  I love when songs have odd structures and arrangements.

Re-read MP's post: The drums are done. Nothing was said about the rest of the instruments. He could be strictly talking about his drumming on each song.

This sounds F*#KING AMAZING!!!!!!!

I CAN HANDLE the album, but the wait it´s gonna be TORTURE

 Can´t waiiiiit.

(I usually hate to do this but..... CONSIDER touring to MONTERREY,
please)

thanks for sharing the news, Mike

This is the BEST news I've had all day. And... it's been a good day!!!

Cannot wait for this!!!!!!!!!!

could be possible that these guys do not kill me for the emotion ever??????

I'm extremely anxious for the next album. with that description (including my favorite songs as ACOS & LTL & PU ) .... and of course hoping to return to Venezuela to hear the third best concert of my life (the previous two were in the 05 & 08 at the Octavarium and the systematic tours respectively )

mike thanks for this information. worth the wait to hear you say something about the new album!!!

THANKS THANKS AND THANKS!!!!