I've liked his voice though, specially his amazing performance in "The Killing Hand". Age-wise he hasn't fit to the band well, since he was about ten years older than his young band colleagues. 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. 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 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.Īlthough 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.Īlthough Images is DT’s second album, it was the first time when you could really feel the emotion and true capabilities of this band. DT are, to me, undoubtedly the most talented coalition of metal musicians on Earth. 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.įor Dream Theater (DT) truly are the masters of their craft, that craft being the realm of heavy metal. 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. The beginning of modern progressive metal lies in "Images & Words".
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