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  • They are all fucking monsters!

  • why do so many people hate this band ?

    clearly people who no nothing of these guys and a also clearly jealous of their obvious talent.

    LaBrie DOES NOT lip-sync. If you're jealous then pick and instrument and practise !!! There's no magic - discipline and hard work is the recipie for their success.

  • I thought mike's drum set was enormous... until I saw mike's drum set o.O

  • I think it is rather fitting that I say "Jesus Christ"

  • LaBrie is the weakest link. The question is what DT should do with him. They've been together a long time, and if their aim now is to jam and have fun with the old band then they should keep him. But if they want to amp up their game, it's time to bring down the axe. They have new blood in Mangini, who is a great drummer, so this would be the time to bring in a new singer. Could you imagine what a Roy Khan-like guy could do for DT?

  • Stop hating i seen them like 6 times and every time was amazing lip-syncing or not who gives a fuck leme c u play better them then or sing better then Labrie like stop hating and enjoy man lol

  • Jeez, Labrie using auto-tune was bad enough, but I can't believe he's lip-syncing now. Is this Dream Theater or The Backstreet Boys?

  • "GAY"

  • If you ask anyone who was around for early DT, this band is pretty much done. DT used to be a force in Prog Metal but now they're like Rush or Maiden (making records to keep their name). Labrie was a damn beast back in the day and even though the others can still play, they haven't written anything significant in YEARS. Tons of new/exciting prog bands yet DT keeps on with the same thing! If they had an album with the best ideas from the last 10 years than it would be a masterpiece, but not this.

  • @hamielec And I say that as a Hardcore fan for MANY years. DT is not some divine band of music genius... They have TONS of flaws in their writing which they try to mask with stale technicality among other things. DT has some incredible works but for every amazing measure of music you have to deal with 99 measures of FILLER. and I can't blame them because they've been writing for decades. should have taken a break like portnoy said. They're just getting destroyed by young new prog bands.

  • @hamielec Could you please tell me which these "young new prog bands" are?

  • @Fezek0 in no particular order: Between the Buried and Me, Coheed and Cambria (not metal but still prog), The Human Abstract, Protest the Hero, Sikth, Animals as Leaders...etc. etc. etc. I find more and more bands every week. Most of these are much heavier than dream theater but that is there appeal. DT doesn't really represent the metal scene anymore (and you could argue that it never did in the first place). I hope you check some of these out and not just stay with one band.

  • @hamielec I've heard half of these bands, and I don't think they are "destroying" DT in any way. But whatever, to each their own.

  • @Fezek0 Those bands are not destroying DT, DT is destroying itself. Dream Theater could be so much greater than what it is right now. For example, the album Colors by Between the Buried and Me is at this time far more influential in the prog metal community than anything DT has done in over a decade. After the smoke clears from this album people are gonna realize its exactly like Black Clouds....sub-par! DT has great musicianship but the way they use it is starting to bore even some loyal fans.

  • @hamielec While I agree with you, I have to say that it must be hard to maintain a 20 years + musical carreer nowadays. The band is clearly using what made them famous to keep the fans supporting while still trying to grab some new ones. Some may say that's being a "sellout", but I disagree. DT is doing what they love, as you can easily see by their live performances. Whether their recent albums are innovative, genious or none, I dont believe it matters to them. They just do what they love.

  • @Fezek0 I definitely agree. For me DT is really way past their prime years of 91-94 when when Myung was headbanging, portnoy was shirtless, labrie was belting every note in every song and pointless guitar solos were a rarity. What made them famous were Images and Words, Awake and Metropolis YET they've been milking not the writing techniques from these great albums but rather Systematic Chaos, Octavarium and Six Degrees. They have changed a lot so its easy for some to say that they've sold out.

  • @Fezek0 But I still am grateful that DT continues to play and make records because they have a noticeable fan base and have the power to elevate even the most underground prog bands into the spotlight. As a result of Dream Theater's Progressive Nation Tours, we now have bands like Scale the Summit and Between the Buried and Me. Dt really put BTBAM on the map right after their album "colors" which is very much the modern Images and Words that younger prog fans have been waiting a long time for.

  • @hamielec Maybe that's the way it should be. DT is considered by many one of the precursors of prog metal, and now that they have a solid fanbase and a powerful influence, their main role is to catapult new young bands (like Trivium) while maintaining what they've garnered all these years. So far, they are doing a great job at it (as you said) but unlike you, I still enjoy greatly their recent work. ADToE is clearly a rewriting of Images, which shows they're still aware of their strenghts.

  • @hamielec what are some of these new prog bands? I want to check them out, I'm looking for some more prog.

  • @Ignore14 in no particular order: Between the Buried and Me, Coheed and Cambria (not metal but still prog), The Human Abstract, Protest the Hero, Sikth, Animals as Leaders, Textures, Painted in Exile, Meshuggah, Opeth, ...etc. etc. I find more and more bands every week. Most are much heavier than dream theater but that is their appeal. DT doesn't really represent the metal scene anymore. Prog is no longer just DT, Symphony X and Queensryche...they've gotten pretty stale..theres tons of new stuff

  • Mark Mangini sucks.

  • @MlKEPORNTOY Mike

  • @MlKEPORNTOY You are like... the smartest troll ever

  • @MrMrEFE this guy is annoying as fuck. On every DT video, it's

    MIKEPONTOY with some annoying ass comment that adds nothing important.

  • @MlKEPORNTOY at least get his name right

  • @MlKEPORNTOY Mark Mangini may suck at drums, but MIKE mangini is a legend :P nice job, pal!

  • portnoy is playing to be younger again with the fags of avenged! young-adult fucking syndrome

  • @2Chaoslord avenged sevenfold is nothing close to homosexual...they all get a ridiculous amount of pussy actually

  • @2Chaoslord i bet youre 50 lol

  • muito bomm, quem sabe faz ao vivo! \,,/

  • O que esse solo de guitarra!!!

  • Que vuelva portnoyyy"""

  • que no les da hueva...yaaaa... es lo pinche mismo..tatatakakakakkakatatan.­.piiiiiiiiiiiiiitututututututr­arararar...bueno hay genta que degusta esto... a mi me da ya ..vomito...

  • @vanheras Entonces para que escuchas!!!

  • Labrie is at a much lower caliber than the band. Need a singer that sounds good live, like the guy from Symphony X.

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  • IMO, Dream Theater should have asked Blake Richardson and Terry Bozzio to audition. I'm saying this with all due respect but I don't think Mangini will be a good addition to DT.(I'm not saying he's a good drummer). I say he should work with DT for 4 years, then after that he could vacate DT. Then Blake Richardson could be DT's new drummer.

    DT + Blake Richardson= EPIC WIN!!!

    Peace

  • Dream Theater caralhooo...melhor banda do mundo!!

  • JAMES LABRIE RULEZZZZZ

  • All this Portnoy vs Mangini crap is utter shite! Mangini didn't ask for a war. And besides, he is a better drummer than Portnoy! Yeah, I said it. I love DT and have nothing but love for Portnoy, but Mangini is a fucking metronome. Dude is solid MONEY on the trap!

  • @cainanuk Dude.. you just said you wanted to stop talking about which drummer is better, and yet you said Manghini is better.

  • @cainanuk i agree with everything you just said, apart from where manjini is better, yeah he's insane and i never thought i would say this but he has a cooler kit than portnoy :L but i think that portnoy has a better sound and he is much more creative than manjini

  • DT fans! If ur bored and want somethin new to listen to, check out our professional project BlackAtomReign here on Youtube. Not messing around!

  • is it me, or Labrie is going bald!!!...

  • @diaphanoux ; going bald, putting on a few pounds.......it's called getting old, and yes it will be you one day.

    I think his vocals are slightly improving with age.

  • @diaphanoux yeah :L i preferred him with longer hair, and he seems to sing better without the beard! lol

  • sac.....

  • 2:35 John Pettruci looks straight into Youtube

  • it's not the same without Mike Portnoy, and it seems they didn't get a good reaction from the crowd :/

  • Damn they are playing it really fast in the beginning

  • mangini piss off at the end, on the last fill xD

  • These drum parts are more enjoyable live than on record. I like that.

  • These guys aren't legally allowed to use the name Dream Theater anymore. I'm gonna sue their ass and balls.

  • @MlKEPORNTOY made my day.^^

  • turning turning LaBIre ..... man.....

  • nice perform,,,

  • nyc 1 guys.......cari on tl u die>>>

  • i <3 DT 4ever

  • those drums sound sooo good

  • @facehugger1001 GReaT Vid and sound quality! What camera did you use? I just bought a Sony Cybershot and the sound quality sucks. Just saw DT in Los Angeles last night and they went OFF (On Fucking Fire). They played super tight and seemed to have played with more energy, could be the new blood in the mix. Mangini played perfectly but adds a different mix than Portnoy. All in all one of the best DT shows I have seen, as I said they have New Blood....

  • @facehugger1001 GReaT Vid and sound quality! What camera did you use? I just bought a Sony Cybershot and the sound quality sucks. Just saw DT in Los Angeles last night and they went OFF (On Fucking Fire). They played super tight and seemed to have played with more energy, could be the new blood in the mix. Mangini played perfectly but adds a different mix than Portnoy. All in all one of the best DT shows I have seen, as I said they have New Blood....

  • Total ripoff of Pull Me Under.

  • @MlKEPORNTOY it sounds good so who cares? it was made by dream theater they have the right to copy past song structure if they want.

  • @MlKEPORNTOY hahahahahahaha

  • Next year it's time for an live dvd.i like to hear the songs of the last two cd's live:)

  • BIG MISTAKE FOR MIKE PORTNOY. :-p

  • Labrie is back!!!!!

  • what tha fvck is this? :|

  • DT is DT...

  • Still one of the best bands out there

  • different feel from mangini. song arrangement seems to lack flow that Portnoy brings.Also think that Portnoy had developed an incredible sound in recordings similar to Peart that is very unique. Chemistry and drumming. Zep with Bonham. Who with Moon or Van Halen with his bro. Rush with Neil or Stones with Charlie. Drumming is more than just drums or technique.

  • @foosbal2 ehh i agree on some points but dude, mangini stepped up and delivered straight up...as a drummer i was very critical but i love mangini's work on this album.

  • YOU GUYS SEE THAT FREAKING DRUM RIG???!!! I just bought my tickets for their final US date in Grand Prairie, Tx. I'm like 20 rows back on the Petrucci side of the center. I don't know how I'm gonna wait a whole month...

  • That mic stand filed a law suit the following morning, and to this day, continues to attend therapy sessions to try to deal with the trauma.

  • this iz sooooooooo sick!!!!

  • no more spit shields over JP's amps

  • @stoneez67 what do u means by spit shields

  • @MrUurgghh ..the top and side of JP's amps used to be covered by plexiglass shields to prevent MP's spit from hitting them during the show.

  • I'm sorry, I really miss Portnoy!

  • Mangini brings a new wave to DT:s music. Drums arent anymore RLBBRLBBRLBBRLRLBB. Now its actually more technique. And now drums dont make fills after each comp:P Portnoy made fills as long as 8 clicks ^^ More musical drummer and music getting more progressive old school sounding DT.

    Long life Dream Theater!

  • The only thing that Mangini brings that Portnoy couldn't is more speed with his hands, but hey, who else can hit the drums 21.5 times a second??

  • welocome Mike Mangini although you could not match Mike Portnoy, but at least you're very, very good and has soul incredible drumming. lifetime I only like one band that is "Dream Theater"

  • @r74701 he's actually about 3904234x better than portnoy in terms of actual drumming. sorry to burst your bubble.

  • I love labrie.... but his stage moves are truly dreadful....

  • @TheSchwank HAHA his stage moves are epicly HILARIOUS he headbangs with his arms

  • @TheSchwank without the stand he is fine, i guess i aint a fan of singers with just stands, they just stand there and sing.

  • @TheSchwank thy eat a lot of balony on tour

  • @GabrielDhalaman bro... bologna*

  • i bought a dramatic turn of events today and its AMAZING

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  • portnoy el mejor sin duda digan lo k digas

    

  • Mangini! What a drummer - He's almost like Portnoy back in 1985 - but better. Pure balls.

  • Sounds good but yet the band don't look the same with out mike

  • HATE james labrie`s hair!...and still dont get used of the drummer... miss portnoy!...but music great as always..

  • ur really suck at filming i would film only Petrucci

  • I got their new album last Tuesday(it's already out here in Japan)

    I'm tellig you guys it's INCREDIBLE!!

    Roughly I say it's I&W meets Scenes from a memory!!

  • I can't take my eyes off those Mark V's back there. I need one.

  • New blood 4 DT. I miss MP and Labrie's healthy voice but they got some more mojo 4 some more years.

  • I still miss MP. But WE can't control what happened. I think MM will fill MP's shoes. For me it's always been about the band...........not just the drummer. DT still rocks!

  • One thing I am going to miss about Mike Portnoy being in the band is his new kit for every tour. Who knows what it would look like if he were on this album.

  • A Dramatic Turn of Events has been leaked!!!

  • What a Great Drumm Set!!!

  • Mike is better (Trollface)

  • They are all super fat, except for Myung, is like he lived in a time machine

  • @Axis1991 Petrucci is going to kill you with his muscles for thinking he is fat.

  • @casaroli Shut up noob hahahaha

  • @Axis1991 Myung is asian, and asian people do not get fat due to having no souls.

  • I give props to Labrie. So many people bash his vocals nowdays, but there's probably only a handful of singers in the world that could endure that much strain for so many years of constant touring and still even manage to have a voice. Especially with the type of music they play. Not to mention he's the only guy in the band with any stage presence. lol

  • @funkster007 Plus i think he's improved live recently. Just my thoughts. He has been through a lot.

  • @Unholybarrelmaker I agree. He seems to have gotten back that grit in his voice he lost after that accident in the 90's.

  • @campoobutt 'the accident' or 'the bad shrimp incident'

  • @stfanani The shrimp one where he vomited & damaged his voice.

  • @Unholybarrelmaker I don't have a problem with Labrie usually, but on this video you must admit his singing is quite terrible :p

  • @savagefarmer I dunno when I hear the word terrible I think "no redeemable quality" he was off at a couple points but I don't hear terrible.

  • @funkster007 No he is a faggot and almost every fucking note he sings is off, and it just sucks for you that your not musically talented enough to hear that.

  • @HU4Lmusic Judgemental little fucktard aren't you? lol If you hate Labrie so much, don't listen to DT. Problem solved.

  • @funkster007 Haha yeah, and LaBrie doesn't even have much stage presence really. He's not a bad singer at all, but he's not a virtuoso type like the other guys, and people come to expect that. He's a good singer, probably better than average, but he's not as amazing as the others guys are at their instruments. But totally dude, most people's voices would be shot after all that strain.

  • @Cysgodllyn Maybe not at the same level as the rest, but I wouldn't be so quick to say that 20 years ago. To be honest, before James hurt his vocal cords, he matched every member in skill level. And on that note, I'd like to say that James isn't too far off from his old self sometimes. He has healed up very nicely despite the constant touring. I am pleased with him :)

  • @Xallia621 You have a very good point, and his voice is really quite amazing on the albums before that happened. But I just meant compared to Myles Kennedy or someone like him. He's got the high's, but not the low's as much.

  • This album is absolutely incredible......... It leaked yesterday, (dont freak out, I'm going to buy the album when it comes out) but you will not be disappointed. Incredible songs, very progressive, Dream theater is back...... Petrucci stepped it up a notch..... This totally makes up for the last 2...

  • jame's voice so bad now.. need to find new vokal .. huhuhu

  • Jame's voice is out of tune, he sounds tired

  • mangini's drum kit reminds me of judas priest's drummer's kit

  • @JoeyThe14th

    Is it the fact that both of them currently play DW, or the overhead rack Travis Scott (Judas Priest) used on the painkiller tour? I'm just curious.

  • @mwheeler1994 : Mangini doesn't play DW. Unless you're talking about something else. Mangini plays Pearl.

  • @Siphonoglyph

    ohh yea hmust have ben thinking of someone else, thanks for point that out.

  • Dream theata! SO technical, powa!

  • @Aloz16 Are you Asian? *Laughs*

  • I second black atom reign they are kick ass

  • mangini almost failed at the end^^

  • Yes, it sounds heavier, I like a new color for DT

  • Mangini not replaces MP but he came with new colour @ DT..

  • It's a very good recording sir. DVD-Like.

  • wow... mangini live is so much better then mike live...there both great drummers, but mangini has more visual flair with ambidextrous patterns and symmetrical kit...(also his round kit takes less room up then the two kit combined)

  • Why did MP leave instead of James???......

  • ......James.... :(

  • Guys this band needs to be heard! "Black Atom Reign"! Much potential wow! Type in "blackatomreign" and check out a couple songs! And facebook too!! They are sooooo good!

  • Still shit!

    -Kev

  • to all.......SHUT THE FUCK OFFFFFFFF...........

    JUANCOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKK­KKKKKK

  • Portnoy knew when the ship was sinking! Huh? Good Lord! DT has become a parody of itself! Maybe they should do a tribute album to long division. (Lol) But that would be too easy! Shouldn't John Petruccia be playing to a mirror so he can watch his own hands? Totally soulless excuse for music. Kevin Moore was their last hope! Sad, I really loved this band once.

  • LMAOO!! at LaBrie! oh hes so funny !..

  • La Brie looks out of shape.

  • I love it when La Brie acts all hardcore! Hilarious

  • I hope they'll play in Ahoy Rotterdam soon! :D

  • Rusztowanie to nie jest dobry sposób na granie na perkusji.

    Z całym szacunkiem dla M.M.

  • Mangini is half man and half genie. He just never shows his true form to us.

  • LaBrie and his pole dance xD

  • DT still sound like DT without portnoy, sad for him.

    Mangini bring superb energy to DT!

  • @arieaugust of course, cause as good as Portnoy is, the key DT sound is actually based on Petrucci, in my opinion, and the singer (i mean as key elements for which you can recognize them,not saying the rest are not important)

  • so much better with the man, mangini

  • @sjonesy8 fuck off he didn't wright anything of this and his drumming is just as good as that of portnoy nothing better. Fucker.

  • cant wait till that faggot laBrie is gone...

  • petrucci is fatter :D

  • @BBoyXy Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed!

  • Dream Theater seems to be in full throttle right now. So far, what I've heard off their new record is fantastic

  • im starting to lose my respect for james labrie... he's absolutely tone deaf in this

  • Excelente trabajo..Dream theater sigue siendo una de las mejores bandas del mundo,Mangini es un excelente maestro.....como fan deseo lo mejor para DT

  • what a monoton vocal!!!

  • @whitechapelroad not only this. I can't listen to DT because of him!!!! He has two possitions: when he "sings" and when he SCREAMS out of control. He was, he is and he always be the weakest link of this band...

  • @Necrocyklo Labrie is better live than on album. I like seeing them live...........what they bother touring through my city, which isn't often

  • @3Storms i am not talking about cd or life performance. His SCREAM is like weasel chopped with buzz saw. I don't know who told LaBrie that he has solo voice...probably some deaf man.

  • @Necrocyklo

    why the fuck are u so hostile? it works for him for the pas 20 years. go work on your band first. looked at your channel see nothing but twats sounded like pigs rectum if they could ever talk. stfu and fuck off.

  • @blekidud And you are heavenly peace? I am talking abou LaBrie, not mine singer in death metal band. All i am saing is i can't listen to them because of him. I don't like the colour of his voice (it's not for solo singing). And when he switch to a rock screaming...OH MY F...ING F..K. Even 1000 years old Ozzy is WAY BETTER. It is the same like Lars Ulrich. Both are just ridding on bands fame and other performance.

  • @Necrocyklo you see there's your issue.

    Labrie is not the bands frontman, and you're expecting him to be, when in all honesty, imho, he's meant to be part of the background.

    The band doesnt Have a frontman, and even if it did, it would entirely be John Petrucci, their guitarist.

    You're looking at DT as if it were a mainstream band, meant for the pop audiences. It's not.

    DT is a band that requires a fine tuned ear.

    Pay attention to the notes he's singing, not the lyrics he's speaking.

  • @ShadowLancer128 What are you talking about? If you are reading between the lines, then you can't do it. I don't expecting him to be frontman (imho Portnoy was). I am not looking on DT like mainstream (i don't listen to mainstream). I don't give a crap about their lyrics...all i am listening to is a performance. In this case the worst part of DT. Maybe colour of his voice is a personal taste, but never liked him...listening Liquid Tension instead...