@@neurosin This sounds like most of the other tracks on the last two albums. Sounds like you're less of a fan of DT and more of a fan of Mike Portnoy. There's nothing more inherently special about this track vs the last two albums lol, just your confirmation bias
@@mrfahrenheit677 It's not wrong to enjoy the band more with Mike Portnoy in it, than without. He plays a part in the writing process which will obviously impact the outcome of the album differently to Mangini. Distance over time had some good tracks on it, but it's incorrect to think Portnoy writing the songs with the band wouldn't turn out differently than if Mangini did. I think it says a lot that the last album I really enjoyed all the way through was 'A dramatic turn of events' and that wasn't with Portnoy. However it also wasn't with Mangini either
@@mrfahrenheit677 while I agree it’s still very similar to their past few albums, I honestly do think Mike’s drumming does make it more special. I’m still a fan of Mangini era DT, but having Portnoy back really just makes them sound complete again imo. Drums make a massive difference to the overall feel of a song and I just vastly prefer how Portnoy’s playing feels
As someone on the Dream Theater subreddit pointed out, even the doorknob in the art for the single IS ON THE WRONG SIDE. Hugh Syme has made some iconic covers, namely a lot of Rush's most famous albums, but this? Man has sunk to a new low.
Not every song can be Metropolis. This one to me seems like a song that grows on you because I'm liking it more and more the more I listen to it. Some of you expect a bit too much maybe.
usually songs that i don´t like at first listening starts to grow on me. then you like those songs a lot and long periods perhaps forever. if you instantly like a song you can get bored with it also as fast.
The Nightmare album by A7X may have sounded like Portnoy, but 95% of the drums were already laid out by The Rev. So that drum fill in Nightmare is still The Rev, just played by Mike.
The skeleton of the drums tracks was laid out by the rev, but they were not finished and there were barely any fills, Portnoy added most of the fills, especially in the song Nightmare
I unironically liked the radio edit more than the album cut. Less faffing about and it feels like it moves. Then again, Distance Over Time is one of my favorites for that reason.
I mean... The AI art to me it's ok for very small bands that are starting and can't afford a designer. But for a band as big as DT i think it's less... Acceptable.
The problem is AI art that you can notice is AI art, It reflects an actual lack of taste and interest on showing something truly yours... I prefer a creative photography taken with the phone cause it's more sincere and you are not contribuiting with the massive theft around how AI is built. Paying for midjourney can even be more expensive than just trying to make something unique and more interesting
Aside for The Enemy Inside and On the Backs of Angels, DT’s first single of an album is usually one of the weaker songs on the album. I’d say this song is a solid 7/0, so hopefully that trend continues and we get some 9/10s and masterpiece-level songs on the album. I didn’t like The Alien when it released and I still really don’t like Invisible Monster at all. I would put Night Terror and Untethered Angel right in the same category
On the Backs of Angels is definitely solid but it’s still a very similar kind of song. It has that same kind of safe, somewhat generic DT sound and structure. I saw someone point out before that it’s literally just Pull Me Under with different riffs and lyrics and I can’t stop thinking about that every time I listen to it now lol So yeah I definitely agree, I think the album will have some much more interesting stuff on it. I’m hoping for an album around the quality of Systematic Chaos and Black Clouds, which both have some very forgettable songs but also some truly great ones. I’m thinking this new song is just one of those more forgettable ones, which would be a good sign because I still like it quite a bit
IMHO, The Alien is DT's magnum-opus. And Mangini era kind of underrated, he is so good and intresting when Portnoy uses a lot of cliche. I say this as MP fan
To me it feels like the whole band phoned it in. One of their worst songs. I expected something inspired, but this is not it. They are capable of so much more, which is why the ultra safe mediocrity is so incredibly frustrating.
This song feels like Mangini-era DT song, but with the Portnoy-style drums injected. It doesn’t exactly feel like golden-era DT (I&W up to Octavarium for me), but I can’t say it isn’t super sick. One may be likened to call this the silver-era of DT? I dunno. I’m a random kook rambling incoherently.
@@crusher0427 It sounds a lot like the formulaic, DT by numbers songs we've had on the last two albums. I like the new song, and I like the last two albums. But they are not anything new. It sounds JUST like Mangini era DT
It’s just not exciting anymore. The impact they had on modern day Prog cannot be understated, but I’ve heard this song before, again and again and again, but if they went a drastically different direction they’d piss of their fans. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
The path that decides would've been such a sick song if it had the production of distance over time, it's still great, but it just doesn't hit the same
@@BrofUJuMaybe I’m being too harsh, but is it even fun? Lacks any humanity to my ears. Could easily an AI conjuring something like this up with a Dream Theater prompt.
@@jonathanmarkham1998 lol, fair. I liked the middle instrumental section, some of the grooves. They always tend to do a track like this with the big chorus, and they tend to be lower on my list of faves. But honestly haven't been a huge DT fan since the late 2000s
@@BrofUJu I haven’t listened to anything properly after Systematic Chaos. I think Six Degress and Octavarium are decent albums. Images and Words is genuinely a great album imo. Otherwise I’ve never really cared for them.
To me, this song is formulaic, but in the best way possible, like they've ironed out all the kinks. This is basically how I'd want DT to sound in 2024.
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Geez, the gatekeeping 'fans' in the comments just highlight the elitism that I can't stand in metal. It's DT. Anything they do is going to be generic to a degree because they're the pioneers. So what. It's a song full of tasty riffs, it generally has a headbangingly ending and James actually sings to suit his voice now.
This is like my 3rd time hearing the song now, and actually as you point out different bits I am starting to like it more. The first time I was kind of waiting to be impressed and didn't really get that interested until the Shred at 7 minutes. Honestly when they did that meter change and then James sang over it, I felt bad for him haha One other cool thing is that I'm pretty sure I can hear that Portnoy's backing vocals are back, and in the video in some sections you can see that he and Petrucci are mouthing the lyrics which I think it meant to imply they are also doing vocals for those parts. It's really cool to have that sound back.
Portnoy said the new album sounds like they picked up right after BC&SL. I don't really think the new single does. It sound's pretty close to AVFTTOTW. Honestly this single was pretty dissapointing. I was expecting something new now with Mike back but it just has that recent Dream Theater, paint by numbers feel. I had high hopes for Mike's drumming which is in now way bad but it's also the same drum parts he always plays, also, how many times did he do that same fill? The chorus sounds like a typical underwhelming modern Dream Theater chorus, and to me it sounds like a bad version of the chorus of Scarred. It also has that over-processed, over layered chorus that they always do nowadays to make James sound passable. The song has a classic Dream Theater instrumental which had some decent parts but nothing really memorable either. Best part was probably JP's slow, emotional solo which is one of his greatest skills. The intro with especially the keys has a cool feel but then it goes into that main riff that sounds like a recycle of the first riff in The Alien, especially since the drums sound like the intro fill to The Alien as well My favourite part is probably the rhytmic change to the main riff at 3:49 which is also a verse. That riff is waay better like that. This song hasn't changed my stance on modern Dream Theater, I'll give it a few more spins to see if my opinion changes. I'll still happily listen to the rest of the album once it comes out. Hopefully they released a song that was easier to digest and more "radio friendly" and the rest of the songs are more interesting.
The song has an ominous intro and the lyrics could be interpreted to be about a disturbing experience in one's life, so that way one could see the influence coming from BC&SL. But this is a stretch.
This song has all the Dream Theater tropes we've heard before. It's the same ideas, same riffs, same melodies, same grooves and Jordan's motives, and same composition style. Nothing has changed. It's like a comfort zone, the opposite of being progressive.
Definitely has some of the vibes from "Rite of Passage" and "The Count of Tuscany". A perfect way to begin this next chapter of Dream Theater. I can't wait to hear the rest of the album! 🤘
Lots of people saying like "oh, DT is back, oh Portnoy made all the difference, oh it's like continuing right were BC&SL left of, etc", and the song's just a perfect continuation of the sound we've been having on all the last albums...the compositional style, the melodies, the song structure...if it weren't for the obvious difference in drum sound and style, everything else about the song, makes so that you could've had this song on the last album and it wouldn't have felt even a tiny bit out of place.
@@DiegoDeschain The only passage that sounds like the last 5 albums is the little bridge before the chorus (very similar to the bridge before the chorus of On The Backs Of Angels) Oh yes before I forget, Never Enough was written for the toxic and snobbish part of the fanbase, you should listen to it more often
@@Ziri0615 you seem to have inferred that because I said it sounds like a continuation of the sound of the last albums, that I don't like the song, except I never said I dislike the last albums. Stop projecting and leave me alone, you believe whatever you wanna believe, I don't care.
@@DiegoDeschain There is no passage on Night Terror that resembles the last 5 albums except the bridge before the chorus you all repeat the same thing like sheep, stop playing it different guy you're just a stranger on the internet
I have NEVER been a Dream Theater fan, but I really enjoyed this song. It’s got me intrigued to hear what the rest of the album sounds like. And I never thought I’d say that
If this thing excites you then I'm shocked you're not a fan already. You really should revisit the classics like Images & words, Metropolis, Six degrees or Awake, it's like everything that this song has but 10 times better
Honestly, I really love it. I mean it’s not like my favorite Dream Theater song by any means, but it was just a very enjoyable song. The only thing I don’t care for is the first verse of the song.
I like it enough. There's some great instrumental parts and it's definitely better than anything off The Astonishing. That's all I expect from DT at this point.
6:55 the masculine urge to show that you can “do that part” On a different note, as a band coming back after years and years, the best thing you can do to excite fans is go back to what you originally did, and i think dream theater did just that. Im getting Iron Maiden Brave New World vibes, mike portnoy being bruce dickinson in this comparison
"I liked Untethered Angel more tbh" Completely sums up how I feel about the song lmao. But when The Alien released, I had the exact same opinion about it, and now it's one of my favorite DT songs, so I might just have to give Night Terror some time. Still enjoy it a fair bit though
Untethered Angel is one of the best modern DT songs tho. I really like this song tho and feel very optimistic about James he sounds like he did back in ADTOE and he was amazing live in 2011 but they should stop overproducing the choruses. Overall it sounds like Systematic Chaos mixed with Distance Over Time with 2011 James. Im optimistic.
@@nicolasgarciaaguilo8074 Yeah, I mean I gotta give it some props, since the first single on the last Portnoy album was Rite Of Passage (even though I also really like that song), and the album turned out to have 2 of the best DT songs on (A Nightmare To Remember and The Count of Tuscany) so I can't really make full-fleshed comparisons yet.
@@spelunkymonke yeah fair but I am cautiously optimistic about its not going to be as good as the 90s albums but if it matches A Dramatic Turn of Events Ill be happy cuz that album is awesome and James during that tour was amazing
I don't absolutely love the track, but it sounds a lot more like the Dream Theater that I enjoy than anything else they've done since their last decent album, which was A Dramatic Turn of Events. The sound and tone sounds very much like something from Train of Thought or Systematic Chaos. Overall a decent track, I am definitely more interested in the new album now.
Beautifully and extremely chaotically, in your own way, you described Dream Theater. I love the return of Portnoy because Train of Thought is still the best album for me. Dream Theater is Petrucci-every album and how it turns out is based on what Petrucci feels and has in his head, and that always translates into the whole album. A good solo, fast as always, but now it’s more than just a middle pickup and lots of bass with fast tremolo. I once again feel the urge to play what he plays. Brie seems to be the most in the background, no complaints though. I’m waiting for more!!"
" He´s wearing a wig.." No, he´s not If he were, why would why would you pick that one.." 😂Man, I laughed like a maniac hearing that and had to rewing several times to laugh some more.
For me personally, no any other Dream Theater song could ever match the glorious Metropolis Pt.1 : The Miracle & The Sleeper, one song that can describe what truly is Dream Theater
This song sounds like its made of parts we've all heard before. Especially Portnoys fills in the beginning lol. Hopefully rest of the album has something refreshing in it
I really enjoyed this new single. I'm hearing a strong Awake influence, mostly because Jordan's keyboard work sounds like Kevin's from that time period. Especially the Hammond organ textures.
I know a lot of people will dislike it, however, I am very new to Dream Theater so the fact how they released a song while I'm getting to know them is a great experience. And overall, I like the way it sounds in the end. I don't care what anyone else says.
I don’t even pay attention to the album art, I’m here for the music. I don’t know why so many people seem to expect another Octavarium or another Images and Words when Dream Theater is 40 years into their career. It’s not realistic or reasonable to expect something mind-blowing from a band that old. The new single is pretty good, I’d say, I don’t care if it’s formulaic, the formula works for me.
I’m don’t even like DT other than a couple of classic singles. But I also don’t really care whether the cover is AI or not. I think IA art should at least be edited by a real artist and should only be one of many tools to achieve an end result. But I guess there’s no money in music anymore so if bands want to save money by not paying top dollar for the best art available then I totally understand. I don’t buy physical copies of albums anymore anyway.
What's with these modern era choruses? Other than that, the song's alright. They're not going to blow my mind after this many albums, but I don't expect them to, either.
@@travis8180 😂 Another one who clearly hasn’t even listened to the album. If it were Portnoy who were the drummer for that album people wouldn’t shut up about how good it is. You cant even tell me thats not true bcs it is.
@@travis8180Maybe Dream Theater isnt for u that much, the new song is good also. i agree i wanted it to be better but thats where the rest of the album comes in
My favorite is seeing mike portnoy and Billy rymer of Dillinger escape plan had a drum off. Portnoy on a five piece kit, although limited still killed it but really think Billy out did himself, very underrated drummer
One of my favorite bands. I don't believe Portney was on Dramatic Turn of Events either which I think had some pretty sick songs on it. First time I have heard this song. Definitely digging it
It amazes me, how musicians of this calibre can be content with vocal lines which are that predictable. There's not one interesting note, hardly any rhythmic variation, no unusual chord progression, no surprise at all - only some very basic, generic melodies. There was a time, when DT knew how to write exciting vocal lines. Obviously, these days are gone. Great reaction, by the way! That was highly entertaining.
It's weird that huge band like DT must has marketing team, right? But they choose this track as introduction to the new album? Like, is this the old DT..?
06:48 "....random spazzy bits that don't really have anything with one another.... but they're just fun!" Man, that's an excellent summation of Dream Theater's mid-current career stylistic element, the 'instrumental madness section'. I agree completely that there's an element of copy, paste and insert with some of the instrumental concepts that make their way into any 'crazy section', but the musicians pull it off so well and throw themselves so sincerely into it that it most certainly IS fun, especially for us musos in the audience.
For me this is the ONLY artist where I would buy there albums before listening to them, yes I agree nothing new about the new song, doesn't need to be for me, it's a good song and I know the album will be KILLER ❤
I don't like 5:36 specifically. What is this, Mary had a little lamb while she was going through a nightmare and now we're happy that she's awake? 7:59 If you've listened to Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare album, you'll instantly recognize this. The instrumental section sounds sick, no complaints. I have many things to say about this song and my own expectations of the album after listening to this single, but I would rather wait till the whole thing is out. Maybe it's part of a bigger picture or something, I do not know. All I know is that my first listening to this song felt like I've already listened to it 50 times.
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I hate AI
I don't know about other fans, but I just genuinely enjoy the new single.
Same. This the first track I've enjoyed since 2010
@@neurosin If you only like the band because of Portnoy, then are you really into DT?
@@neurosin This sounds like most of the other tracks on the last two albums. Sounds like you're less of a fan of DT and more of a fan of Mike Portnoy. There's nothing more inherently special about this track vs the last two albums lol, just your confirmation bias
@@mrfahrenheit677 It's not wrong to enjoy the band more with Mike Portnoy in it, than without. He plays a part in the writing process which will obviously impact the outcome of the album differently to Mangini. Distance over time had some good tracks on it, but it's incorrect to think Portnoy writing the songs with the band wouldn't turn out differently than if Mangini did. I think it says a lot that the last album I really enjoyed all the way through was 'A dramatic turn of events' and that wasn't with Portnoy. However it also wasn't with Mangini either
@@mrfahrenheit677 while I agree it’s still very similar to their past few albums, I honestly do think Mike’s drumming does make it more special. I’m still a fan of Mangini era DT, but having Portnoy back really just makes them sound complete again imo. Drums make a massive difference to the overall feel of a song and I just vastly prefer how Portnoy’s playing feels
As someone on the Dream Theater subreddit pointed out, even the doorknob in the art for the single IS ON THE WRONG SIDE. Hugh Syme has made some iconic covers, namely a lot of Rush's most famous albums, but this? Man has sunk to a new low.
Lmao yeah it's very questionable
@@leeDs718 That's AI art for you sadly
So the title is Night Terror.....and the album title may explain why that is on the wrong side.
@@AliensWanted It actually looks like a sliding door which would mean the knob is on the right spot, and that there is another one on the other side.
Also the logo at the top of the windowsill looks different
Not every song can be Metropolis. This one to me seems like a song that grows on you because I'm liking it more and more the more I listen to it. Some of you expect a bit too much maybe.
yup, only thing I hate is this type of chorus
Metropolis is not that good honesty.ages and words has some way better written songs.
usually songs that i don´t like at first listening starts to grow on me. then you like those songs a lot and long periods perhaps forever. if you instantly like a song you can get bored with it also as fast.
No, you expect too little
@@Fuudlam I also noticed that. Crazy
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The Nightmare album by A7X may have sounded like Portnoy, but 95% of the drums were already laid out by The Rev. So that drum fill in Nightmare is still The Rev, just played by Mike.
but Portnoy was also Revs favorite drummers and Portnoy could recognize his style on those demos as well so yea..
The skeleton of the drums tracks was laid out by the rev, but they were not finished and there were barely any fills, Portnoy added most of the fills, especially in the song Nightmare
I unironically liked the radio edit more than the album cut. Less faffing about and it feels like it moves. Then again, Distance Over Time is one of my favorites for that reason.
I mean... The AI art to me it's ok for very small bands that are starting and can't afford a designer. But for a band as big as DT i think it's less... Acceptable.
The problem is AI art that you can notice is AI art,
It reflects an actual lack of taste and interest on showing something truly yours...
I prefer a creative photography taken with the phone cause it's more sincere and you are not contribuiting with the massive theft around how AI is built.
Paying for midjourney can even be more expensive than just trying to make something unique and more interesting
No no the doorknob is from Australia that’s why it’s on the wrong side.
Aside for The Enemy Inside and On the Backs of Angels, DT’s first single of an album is usually one of the weaker songs on the album. I’d say this song is a solid 7/0, so hopefully that trend continues and we get some 9/10s and masterpiece-level songs on the album. I didn’t like The Alien when it released and I still really don’t like Invisible Monster at all. I would put Night Terror and Untethered Angel right in the same category
On the Backs of Angels is definitely solid but it’s still a very similar kind of song. It has that same kind of safe, somewhat generic DT sound and structure. I saw someone point out before that it’s literally just Pull Me Under with different riffs and lyrics and I can’t stop thinking about that every time I listen to it now lol
So yeah I definitely agree, I think the album will have some much more interesting stuff on it. I’m hoping for an album around the quality of Systematic Chaos and Black Clouds, which both have some very forgettable songs but also some truly great ones. I’m thinking this new song is just one of those more forgettable ones, which would be a good sign because I still like it quite a bit
Even The Alien as first single of an album was stronger and more powerful than this song..
Untethered is much more interesting
Bro what are you talking about the alien is like one of the best Dream Theater songs ever… I’m serious
IMHO, The Alien is DT's magnum-opus. And Mangini era kind of underrated, he is so good and intresting when Portnoy uses a lot of cliche. I say this as MP fan
To me it feels like the whole band phoned it in. One of their worst songs. I expected something inspired, but this is not it. They are capable of so much more, which is why the ultra safe mediocrity is so incredibly frustrating.
They stopped being a band a long time ago and are just a franchise now delivering the same boring cookie cutter nonsense album for album.
Agreed! So thankful of your videos btw @CCKaraoke
This song feels like Mangini-era DT song, but with the Portnoy-style drums injected.
It doesn’t exactly feel like golden-era DT (I&W up to Octavarium for me), but I can’t say it isn’t super sick.
One may be likened to call this the silver-era of DT?
I dunno. I’m a random kook rambling incoherently.
it sounds like mangini dream theater era + systematic chaos + black clouds
This sounds nothing like Mangini ear DT. It sounds like Rite of Passage...
@@crusher0427 It sounds a lot like the formulaic, DT by numbers songs we've had on the last two albums. I like the new song, and I like the last two albums. But they are not anything new. It sounds JUST like Mangini era DT
@@crusher0427yes. It sound nothing like mangini. Its like all these years went to nothing
This song def could’ve been on BCSL
Heard it all a million times since Systematic Chaos and FUCK AI 'ART'
Yeah, it's just old dream theater songs cut up and parts from multiple stuck together.
@@n1nj4l1nk to me it sounds fresh for what it is
@@domen6398 yeah but what it is is old songs cut up and glued together.
So the title is Night Terror.....and the album title may explain why that door knob is on the wrong side.
Yet not Ai.
Inspiring ai?
It’s just not exciting anymore. The impact they had on modern day Prog cannot be understated, but I’ve heard this song before, again and again and again, but if they went a drastically different direction they’d piss of their fans. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
Hot take: The Astonishing has some of the best writing, but the worst execution. If it wasnt in "musical theater" format, it would be great.
It was ambitious as fuck, that's for sure
The path that decides would've been such a sick song if it had the production of distance over time, it's still great, but it just doesn't hit the same
Its too long to really listen to. In this time you can probably Listen the whole Discography of some death Metal bands
@@bigsnacks2350 *the path that Divides*, agree that was a great impactful song, all so the "Three Days" was so good
@@EvilDeadthe2nd too long isnt the issue. The issue is that the songs are too short
I just feel like they've done this song many times before.
Yeah, reminds me of the Systematic Chaos stuff. Sounds like DT, it's fun, it's not particularly original though.
@@BrofUJuMaybe I’m being too harsh, but is it even fun?
Lacks any humanity to my ears. Could easily an AI conjuring something like this up with a Dream Theater prompt.
@@jonathanmarkham1998 lol, fair. I liked the middle instrumental section, some of the grooves. They always tend to do a track like this with the big chorus, and they tend to be lower on my list of faves. But honestly haven't been a huge DT fan since the late 2000s
@@BrofUJu I haven’t listened to anything properly after Systematic Chaos.
I think Six Degress and Octavarium are decent albums.
Images and Words is genuinely a great album imo.
Otherwise I’ve never really cared for them.
@@jonathanmarkham1998 yup, Metropolis is good too, but Images and Words will always be the goat album for them
To me, this song is formulaic, but in the best way possible, like they've ironed out all the kinks. This is basically how I'd want DT to sound in 2024.
Yeah for me this is defo not the sound id want for 2024 DT, very boring and unimaginative. Feel like they did this thing alot of times
@@n1troni today i listened Take the Time, it`s amazing how creative the were, they've been stagnant from like 2007
my initial impression was like if you asked AI to generate Freezing Moon x Deliverance in the style of Dream Theater
Missing an ominous silhouette of big chungus
millenial humor is so much fucking worse than boomers’
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Geez, the gatekeeping 'fans' in the comments just highlight the elitism that I can't stand in metal. It's DT. Anything they do is going to be generic to a degree because they're the pioneers. So what. It's a song full of tasty riffs, it generally has a headbangingly ending and James actually sings to suit his voice now.
terrible take, and I don't see the gatekeeping? I alongside others are critical of the song for valid reasons
A sane response, sadly missing whenever Dream Theater comes up.
When criticism misjudge as elitism..
the song reminds me of freezing moon by mayhem
Immdiately where my mind went.
Finally someone says it
I commented this exact thing under the music video 😂
Huh lmaooo
or "Rats" from "Ghost"
This is like my 3rd time hearing the song now, and actually as you point out different bits I am starting to like it more. The first time I was kind of waiting to be impressed and didn't really get that interested until the Shred at 7 minutes. Honestly when they did that meter change and then James sang over it, I felt bad for him haha
One other cool thing is that I'm pretty sure I can hear that Portnoy's backing vocals are back, and in the video in some sections you can see that he and Petrucci are mouthing the lyrics which I think it meant to imply they are also doing vocals for those parts. It's really cool to have that sound back.
you forgot Mike in METAL ALLEGIANCE come on mate!! that's where I got to meet him :)
Metal Allegiance are awesome!
This song is like if Nik Nocturnal made a generic Dream Theater song
Great to have them back!!!
I'm not really expecting this to be Metropolis Pt. 3 or anything, I'm honestly just glad it seems like they're friends again.
Portnoy said the new album sounds like they picked up right after BC&SL. I don't really think the new single does. It sound's pretty close to AVFTTOTW.
Honestly this single was pretty dissapointing. I was expecting something new now with Mike back but it just has that recent Dream Theater, paint by numbers feel. I had high hopes for Mike's drumming which is in now way bad but it's also the same drum parts he always plays, also, how many times did he do that same fill?
The chorus sounds like a typical underwhelming modern Dream Theater chorus, and to me it sounds like a bad version of the chorus of Scarred. It also has that over-processed, over layered chorus that they always do nowadays to make James sound passable.
The song has a classic Dream Theater instrumental which had some decent parts but nothing really memorable either. Best part was probably JP's slow, emotional solo which is one of his greatest skills.
The intro with especially the keys has a cool feel but then it goes into that main riff that sounds like a recycle of the first riff in The Alien, especially since the drums sound like the intro fill to The Alien as well
My favourite part is probably the rhytmic change to the main riff at 3:49 which is also a verse. That riff is waay better like that.
This song hasn't changed my stance on modern Dream Theater, I'll give it a few more spins to see if my opinion changes. I'll still happily listen to the rest of the album once it comes out. Hopefully they released a song that was easier to digest and more "radio friendly" and the rest of the songs are more interesting.
The song has an ominous intro and the lyrics could be interpreted to be about a disturbing experience in one's life, so that way one could see the influence coming from BC&SL. But this is a stretch.
This song has all the Dream Theater tropes we've heard before. It's the same ideas, same riffs, same melodies, same grooves and Jordan's motives, and same composition style. Nothing has changed. It's like a comfort zone, the opposite of being progressive.
Typical long time fan that dislikes it at first but will be salivating and losing their mind when they see it live (probably)
DT is a prog rock band who have quit progressing.
There's a song called Never Enough for fans like you who spend their time whining
Definitely has some of the vibes from "Rite of Passage" and "The Count of Tuscany". A perfect way to begin this next chapter of Dream Theater. I can't wait to hear the rest of the album! 🤘
Lots of people saying like "oh, DT is back, oh Portnoy made all the difference, oh it's like continuing right were BC&SL left of, etc", and the song's just a perfect continuation of the sound we've been having on all the last albums...the compositional style, the melodies, the song structure...if it weren't for the obvious difference in drum sound and style, everything else about the song, makes so that you could've had this song on the last album and it wouldn't have felt even a tiny bit out of place.
Sounds like A Rite of passage meets Home with the intro of The Count of Tuscany so yeah it's a continuation of the MP era
@@Ziri0615 if you reach a little more, you're gonna touch the moon.
@@DiegoDeschain The only passage that sounds like the last 5 albums is the little bridge before the chorus (very similar to the bridge before the chorus of On The Backs Of Angels)
Oh yes before I forget, Never Enough was written for the toxic and snobbish part of the fanbase, you should listen to it more often
@@Ziri0615 you seem to have inferred that because I said it sounds like a continuation of the sound of the last albums, that I don't like the song, except I never said I dislike the last albums. Stop projecting and leave me alone, you believe whatever you wanna believe, I don't care.
@@DiegoDeschain There is no passage on Night Terror that resembles the last 5 albums except the bridge before the chorus you all repeat the same thing like sheep, stop playing it different guy you're just a stranger on the internet
I have NEVER been a Dream Theater fan, but I really enjoyed this song. It’s got me intrigued to hear what the rest of the album sounds like. And I never thought I’d say that
If this thing excites you then I'm shocked you're not a fan already. You really should revisit the classics like Images & words, Metropolis, Six degrees or Awake, it's like everything that this song has but 10 times better
The song is killer. stop being haters. welcome back, MP.
YES! It was SO worth the wait!
How do you guys rate the new song then??
8 to 10... the singing part is kinda boring... but the instrumental 👌👌👌 10/10
I like it. Definitely not up there with DT's best stuff, but it feels like the most they've been into it for a while.
Its great but i’m hoping the rest of the album is even better. Sounds like classic Dt is back
6,5/10 for me, not great, but not bad at all, this is what i've been hoping they sound with Portnoy back
4/10, being nice.
The Astonishing slender shall not be tolerated.
James LaBrie will appear in your room at the 12:00 of midnight.
the background music is driving me insane
You look like OG Devin Townsend when he was on cocaine and create amazing music. You are have his iconic BALDNESS!
Honestly, I really love it. I mean it’s not like my favorite Dream Theater song by any means, but it was just a very enjoyable song. The only thing I don’t care for is the first verse of the song.
I like it enough. There's some great instrumental parts and it's definitely better than anything off The Astonishing. That's all I expect from DT at this point.
4:32 my actual first reaction, this part is 100% portnoy
4:32
everyone’s first reaction to that part
portnoy definitely has a big impact on dream theatres writing
6:55 the masculine urge to show that you can “do that part”
On a different note, as a band coming back after years and years, the best thing you can do to excite fans is go back to what you originally did, and i think dream theater did just that. Im getting Iron Maiden Brave New World vibes, mike portnoy being bruce dickinson in this comparison
"I liked Untethered Angel more tbh"
Completely sums up how I feel about the song lmao. But when The Alien released, I had the exact same opinion about it, and now it's one of my favorite DT songs, so I might just have to give Night Terror some time. Still enjoy it a fair bit though
Untethered Angel is one of the best modern DT songs tho. I really like this song tho and feel very optimistic about James he sounds like he did back in ADTOE and he was amazing live in 2011 but they should stop overproducing the choruses. Overall it sounds like Systematic Chaos mixed with Distance Over Time with 2011 James. Im optimistic.
@@nicolasgarciaaguilo8074 Yeah, I mean I gotta give it some props, since the first single on the last Portnoy album was Rite Of Passage (even though I also really like that song), and the album turned out to have 2 of the best DT songs on (A Nightmare To Remember and The Count of Tuscany) so I can't really make full-fleshed comparisons yet.
@@spelunkymonke yeah fair but I am cautiously optimistic about its not going to be as good as the 90s albums but if it matches A Dramatic Turn of Events Ill be happy cuz that album is awesome and James during that tour was amazing
I'm an artist. That's not AI art. That looks like an artist photobashing elements that don't belong together and failing to match the lighting.
For someone that knows very little of their catalog, I liked the song.
The song does rock. 🤘🏽
Rudess is killing me with the sheet music. 🤣❤
It sounds like... Dream Theater
I don't absolutely love the track, but it sounds a lot more like the Dream Theater that I enjoy than anything else they've done since their last decent album, which was A Dramatic Turn of Events. The sound and tone sounds very much like something from Train of Thought or Systematic Chaos. Overall a decent track, I am definitely more interested in the new album now.
Beautifully and extremely chaotically, in your own way, you described Dream Theater. I love the return of Portnoy because Train of Thought is still the best album for me. Dream Theater is Petrucci-every album and how it turns out is based on what Petrucci feels and has in his head, and that always translates into the whole album. A good solo, fast as always, but now it’s more than just a middle pickup and lots of bass with fast tremolo. I once again feel the urge to play what he plays. Brie seems to be the most in the background, no complaints though. I’m waiting for more!!"
when the reaction video is shorter than the song itself
At first I thought the Misfits logo was like a mirror or reflective, but then I realize it's actually OLED.
" He´s wearing a wig.." No, he´s not If he were, why would why would you pick that one.." 😂Man, I laughed like a maniac hearing that and had to rewing several times to laugh some more.
For me personally, no any other Dream Theater song could ever match the glorious Metropolis Pt.1 : The Miracle & The Sleeper, one song that can describe what truly is Dream Theater
This song sounds like its made of parts we've all heard before. Especially Portnoys fills in the beginning lol. Hopefully rest of the album has something refreshing in it
It doesn't exactly tread new ground for the band buts its unmistakably dream theater in all the right ways
I'm going to see them in Boston next year on their reunion tour, gonna be a great show with Portnoy back!
I must say, it’s not to bad, I don’t love it, but it’s pretty good
Last time I saw James, his hair was jet black...which just makes him look older, to be honest. (cuz you know there's no way...)
"where nipples are coming out..." (bye guys! i have died laughing)
I really enjoyed this new single. I'm hearing a strong Awake influence, mostly because Jordan's keyboard work sounds like Kevin's from that time period. Especially the Hammond organ textures.
Cream theater
A Girl Can Dream Theater
I know a lot of people will dislike it, however, I am very new to Dream Theater so the fact how they released a song while I'm getting to know them is a great experience. And overall, I like the way it sounds in the end. I don't care what anyone else says.
I don’t even pay attention to the album art, I’m here for the music. I don’t know why so many people seem to expect another Octavarium or another Images and Words when Dream Theater is 40 years into their career. It’s not realistic or reasonable to expect something mind-blowing from a band that old. The new single is pretty good, I’d say, I don’t care if it’s formulaic, the formula works for me.
I thoroughly enjoyed this song tbh.
The metric modulation part and your (Bradley's) reaction made me laugh and scare my young children.
Atrocious cover art aside, I haven’t been this excited for a new DT album in a long time. I’m so happy that Portnoy is back
I never liked the singer much from Dream Theater, but the music is great on this new DT song.
Hugh Syme is not A.I.. He is one of the best illustrators in the music business.
Some parts reminds me invisible monster tbh
I’m don’t even like DT other than a couple of classic singles. But I also don’t really care whether the cover is AI or not. I think IA art should at least be edited by a real artist and should only be one of many tools to achieve an end result. But I guess there’s no money in music anymore so if bands want to save money by not paying top dollar for the best art available then I totally understand. I don’t buy physical copies of albums anymore anyway.
What's with these modern era choruses? Other than that, the song's alright. They're not going to blow my mind after this many albums, but I don't expect them to, either.
View from the top of the world slander not accepted, its not “mid”
You're right, it's sub par. Low.
@@travis8180 😂 Another one who clearly hasn’t even listened to the album. If it were Portnoy who were the drummer for that album people wouldn’t shut up about how good it is. You cant even tell me thats not true bcs it is.
I thought it was kinda mid. Too much prog meandering during some of the songs. DoT felt like it moved.
@@Dylan-sx4mt bro I think their new song is trash too.... WITH Portnoy.
@@travis8180Maybe Dream Theater isnt for u that much, the new song is good also. i agree i wanted it to be better but thats where the rest of the album comes in
My favorite is seeing mike portnoy and Billy rymer of Dillinger escape plan had a drum off. Portnoy on a five piece kit, although limited still killed it but really think Billy out did himself, very underrated drummer
In their defense, their art has ALWAYS looked like AI art
finally deam theater sound like themselves again!
One of my favorite bands. I don't believe Portney was on Dramatic Turn of Events either which I think had some pretty sick songs on it. First time I have heard this song. Definitely digging it
Your honesty was so refreshing 😂
These videos are unwatcheable with all the pauses and jumps. I guess I have to watch the stream to enjoy the content.
John Fertucini of Cream Theater writes sick riffs.
It amazes me, how musicians of this calibre can be content with vocal lines which are that predictable. There's not one interesting note, hardly any rhythmic variation, no unusual chord progression, no surprise at all - only some very basic, generic melodies.
There was a time, when DT knew how to write exciting vocal lines. Obviously, these days are gone.
Great reaction, by the way! That was highly entertaining.
Oh no, DT went the Rob Halford route and took an affinity with AI art💀
Sounds like Systematic chaos to me
Nope, as a DT fan, the new song was not worth the wait. The vocal line is too weak.
New Opeth, new Dream Theater… what year is it, 2005?
It's like they data mined their own catalouge with AI. This could have been made by Suno. Nonsense.
I liked this song alot brought back some classic elements
I would like dream theater a lot more if James was basically anybody else.
Imagine Bruce Dickinson with Dream theater. That would be the best thing ever
When Devin Townsend sang some of A Dream Carries On right after LaBrie it was almost sad.
Wish granted. James is now Adam Levine
Russell Allen would be awesome
Like 90's James Labrie?
The main riff carries the song honestly
AI makes the best models for the human body.
6:06 this part was hella nice❤
That riff in the beginning sounds like the beginning of Bluthsturm Erotika by Belphegor
I like The Astonishing *shoulder shrug*
It's weird that huge band like DT must has marketing team, right? But they choose this track as introduction to the new album? Like, is this the old DT..?
Best modern Dream Theater song
Best Dream Theater song with Portnoy they've released since 2010
It's up there!
@@BradleyHallGuitarwhat do you like about it???
Really? What is so great about it?
@@BradleyHallGuitar Brad stop being a robot and reply to humans
06:48 "....random spazzy bits that don't really have anything with one another.... but they're just fun!" Man, that's an excellent summation of Dream Theater's mid-current career stylistic element, the 'instrumental madness section'.
I agree completely that there's an element of copy, paste and insert with some of the instrumental concepts that make their way into any 'crazy section', but the musicians pull it off so well and throw themselves so sincerely into it that it most certainly IS fun, especially for us musos in the audience.
It’s like heir apparent but by dream theater
For me this is the ONLY artist where I would buy there albums before listening to them, yes I agree nothing new about the new song, doesn't need to be for me, it's a good song and I know the album will be KILLER ❤
I don't like 5:36 specifically. What is this, Mary had a little lamb while she was going through a nightmare and now we're happy that she's awake?
7:59 If you've listened to Avenged Sevenfold's Nightmare album, you'll instantly recognize this.
The instrumental section sounds sick, no complaints.
I have many things to say about this song and my own expectations of the album after listening to this single, but I would rather wait till the whole thing is out. Maybe it's part of a bigger picture or something, I do not know. All I know is that my first listening to this song felt like I've already listened to it 50 times.