★★★★★
There's no denying that Dream Theater proves to be one of the most well regarded names in progressive metal. The band has managed to display immense levels of talented technicality that many bands only try to duplicate. It is for this reason these musicians are highly esteemed in the progressive metal community. The genre as a whole often showcases endless levels of efficiency, while at the same time not ignoring the other sides of music like masterful lyrics and added levels of atmosphere...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2015-03-18
★★★★★
Artist: Dream Theater Album: Illumination Theory EP (Vinyl) Genre: Progressive Metal Year: 2014 Label: Roadrunner Records Record Store Day is an event that has become quite popular in recent years. Taking place every year on the third Saturday in April, it's a date I'm constantly aware of but always seem to forget about by the time it rolls around...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2014-10-24
★★★★★
In the late 80s, the most progressive strands of heavy metal were arguably being explored by bands the likes of Prong, Voivod, Godflesh and Faith No More. What Dream Theater did (with great success) was to pioneer prog-metal as a style, based less on experimentation than on commercial power-metal as a platform for complex tunes, virtuoso musicianship and grandiose lyrical ponderings.
- recordcollectormag.com
2014-08-14
★★★★★
Dream Theater fans have been well served with both mainstream and fan club audio-visual records of their heroes' epic live shows. This package (also available in a deluxe edition with book, three CDs, a Blue-ray disc and a download) follows the tried-and-tested path of live footage bolstered by backstage and on-the-road featurettes, with talking heads and other extras.
- recordcollectormag.com
2014-01-02
★★★★★
It was shortly after the release of A Dramatic Turn of Events when I got to see Dream Theater live for the second time (The first was when they were a part of the very first outing of Megadeth's Gigantour package festival.) Things were settling in now for the band as Mike Mangini was preparing to take his place onstage for the first tour as the band's drummer, following the contentious split between the group and founding member Mike Portnoy...
- popdose.com
2013-11-28
★★★★★
Showing my age here, but I first heard Dream Theater in 1994, when they released the all time classic Awake album. I was instantaneously hooked, and they quickly became one of my absolute favourite bands on the planet, over a series of superb, ground-breaking progressive metal albums over the next ten years. Something has happened to this band on their last three or four albums, however. It's no mystery, it happens to a lot of bands, to the point where it's almost inevitable...
- www.beat.com.au
2013-11-26
★★★★★
Coming to another Dream Theater project for review is always a grand and entertaining time, but also a daunting task. They are exceptionally talented musicians with a profound catalog of inventive music. let's just say it, they're progressive metal royalty. So here's Live at Luna Park, their first concert DVD in five years and the first with new drummer Mike Mangini. Mike Mangini: in his man cave...
- www.dangerdog.com
2013-11-11
★★★★★
Coming to another Dream Theater project for review is always a grand and entertaining time, but also a daunting task. They are exceptionally talented musicians with a profound catalog of inventive music. let's just say it, they're progressive metal royalty. So here's Live at Luna Park, their first concert DVD in five years and the first with new drummer Mike Mangini Mike Mangini: in his man cave...
- www.dangerdog.com
2013-11-07
★★★★★
A curious thing happened when Dream Theater signed to Roadrunner Records for their ninth studio LP, Systematic Chaos: it got metal. It wasn't that this New York-based prog enterprise hadn't been heavy up to that point; it, along with Queensrÿche and Fates Warning, was key in bringing the worlds of progressive rock and heavy metal together in a new and exciting way back in the mid-to-late '80s...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-10-18