Wow! FINALLY another band besides Dream Theater that has awesome vocals (with REAL singing - not just grunting and screaming) to go with their stellar instrumentals! How the hell could I never have heard of these guys before? I'll be telling all my friends about them, starting now.
@bradff7 Thanks! I just discovered Hammerfall, too. Didn't like them quite as much as Seventh Wonder, but they were definitely worth listening to. I appreciate the suggestions! I'll check 'em out.
@epicsteve You might also give these bands a try if you like clean singing: Pagan's Mind Andromeda Altaria Avantasia Avenged Sevenfold Firewind Kamelot Leverage Masterplan Stratovarius Symphony X (not their latest album, Iconoclast, that one sucks, Paradise Lost is best)
@Fleatheverrybest I've heard a few Symphony X songs that didn't do much for me, but I love most of their songs that I've heard so far and I've been planning to buy Paradise Lost. Thanks for the other suggestions!
@DantesLastShowDown Thanks! I'll give them a listen. Another couple of bands I discovered the same day I found Seventh Wonder that I really liked are Haken and especially Darkwater. I'm pretty picky, I guess. I love virtuoso shredding, but it can't just be over the top of what I consider "mindless grinding." I love complex stuff with lots of key and time signature changes. But I'm bored with macho posturing and try-to-shock-your-parents death metal. Too cartoonish.
I've just discovered this band less than 10 minutes ago, and this song just blew my mind!
@DantesLastShowDown I used to think that but then I discovered Opeth. I don't like their newest album, and I don't like their first one either, but the ones in between range from good to fucking amazing. They have a really interesting mix of death metal and prog rock styles: /watch?v=26qUFv_GMmM (this one is not metal, it's prog rock) /watch?v=kenyBvpL0qQ /watch?v=wpkHg8p64Yc
cheese and rice, i just totally realized that my favorite indie prog artist ever made a reference to this song in a song of his. if he respects this band so much, it means that to me this band is practically a group of gods.
seriously, what were the chances that i'd find this?! (goes to order the CD asap)
The album is actually kind of a mind mind fuck there's a car crash and there was two ppl in the car a man and woman the man almost dies but falls into a coma the woman (his wife/girlfriend) winds up safe she visits him everyday but the doctors are losing hope the try one final surgery using his grandsons bone marrow or something well it ends up not working and the wife has to make a decision to pull the plug and end his life but then it rewinds to before the crash and you find out that they cra
@Zappafan1980 Thanks... dont have any of the PoS... will check them out... Do you mean Masterplan??? if you like Jorn Lande check out the song Millenium - Hourglass... one of my fav songs with Jorn
Also if you like DT check out Dreamscape - The End of Light (in 2 parts here on youtube)... very DT...ish
and SX... copy/paste ... Myrath - Madness... their first 2 cd are great... love the song My Inner War :D
Is Mercy Falls a concept album??? I looked at the lyrics and thought that memories were the father's and son's switching inbetween songs until the tragic end... Just my theory. Correct me if I'm wrong.
A man is in a car crash (as heard in A New Beginning and Back in Time) and slips into a deep coma in which he dreams he is in a town called Mercy Falls. The album switches between the real world and the world of Mercy Falls.
God bless the Scandinavians - ALL OF YOU. You kept metal alive during the trying times when grunge ruled my country. Now, you are at the vanguard of a huge invasion force. PLEASE BRING GOOD MUSIC HOME TO ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disregard, Seventh Wonder is actually starting to grow on me a bit. I suppose this song in particular just reminded me a little too much of Spheric Universe Experience.
Is it just me, or is there a circle of underground prog bands who all sound exactly the same?
Don't know, maybe I'm just talking out my ass, but it sounds to me like a certain bunch of smaller prog bands have similarities ranging from song tone and structure to the same exact instrument settings.
@Iceman3524 This song in particular sounds quite a bit like Spheric Universe Experience, but also reminds me somewhat of Circus Maximus and Andromeda. This got under my skin a bit, since I personally find Spheric Universe Experience to be almost insultingly formulaic, but as I've listened to more of SW's work, they've grown on me more.
@Foxer35 some underground prog bands sound similar, but that's just from being in the same genre and getting inspiration from other similar bands. A lot of prog metal bands have their unique sound like SW, DT, SX, etc. Actually, come to think about it, almost all prog bands sound diff. it's the power metal and other genres that sound the same (although i love power metal, only if the band is unique tho, cant stand the constant same beats of some bands. Kamelot, SA, etc. are fantastic).
let's all stop talkin bout DT on a SW's video/song comments...comparation being made between DT and SW (even, between any bands) only demonstrates iether u just keep considering DT as the progmetal archetype (which isn't that far from truth) or u are ignorant enough to listen to any band and continue criticising those whom u don't fancy that much...Enjoy music!
Dream Theater is not the end all be all of Progressive Metal. So many just use the name because it is about all they can relate to progressive metal. Seventh Wonder, Vanden Plas, Andromeda, anything AAL has touched, Fates Warning, Pagan's Mind and many others all stand out in my mind and on their own. Everyone stop quoting Dream Theater on these videos, it gets sad when one band dominates a scene completely. Reminder:Copy and paste this on all the thrash metal videos changing to Metallica.
just got into this band. VERY catchy vocals/choruses. I recommend to all lovers of good music. Fans of Dream Theater, Angra, Symphony x, Circus maximus, Shadow gallery, Kamelot, and others, will not be disappointed.
I still maintain DT are not good song writers but are rather good instrumentalists.There's no need for someone to know all words of the dictionary to write a love letter but only the right tone and wordings,DT lack this.SW has it,this song is a well written song.
@silvertear1 DT are outstanding songwriters, nobody would listen to them otherwise. Just because they deviate from the pop mentality of songwriting. Poor songwriters couldn't write stuff like Learning to Live, Pull me Under, Voices, Disappear and the like.
@silvertear1 I think their lyrics will get better without Mike Portnoy though... also believe their music will be more passionate instead of lame metal now that JP is in control and John Myung and Labrie will contribute alot more. But I agree, the last 3 DT albums vs last 3 SW albums... SW wins
@UnchainTheWolv3s You're right about that, but those songs usually end up being better than let's see... Honor thy father or never enough (MP : Guys, lets sound like muse). I know he has created masterpieces, wich i love, but I got the feeling that he dragged the band into a more "lame" and less proggy direction. He made up a songwriting rule, wich made JM (the best songwriter imo) to stand back and just be a passive bassist, so im really looking forward to the new DT.
@mortenhen Yeah I thought the same thing when I heard Portnoy left. He ruined everything with his backing vocals and obsession with Metallica or Avenged Sevenfold
@UrizenNihilation Think the last album was pretty good, though I see it's not everyones cup of tea. But the lyrics aint that bad, compared to some of MPs. His solo albums was composed by Matt Guillory and himself, wich aint close to Petrucci and Rudess, so i think the next album can be pretty good.
This is some great art right here. Like someone before me said it's a bit cheesy at times, but overall the entire Mercy Falls album is one hell of a piece of music.
These guys are from Stockholm, Sweden. I met them at ProgPower/Atlanta 2 weeks ago. They are totally Dream Theater. If you get the chance, you gotta see these guys LIVE!
@kevingthompson13 i agree. they are so much like dream theater. they even to a point, remind me of kamelot (by how smooth tommy sings) its a really great band to see live. =D
@Stroumbo33 Are you familiar with Vanden Plas? January Sun is pretty good by them. Also Illusion Suite, try some of their stuff. Tuomas/Nightwish listens to Vanden Plas. I actually get to meet most of these people in dining room/backstage at ProgPower. Every year I find new people that I never heard of that I discover to be really good.
@kevingthompson13 Vanden Plas is absolutely amazing. My favorite band. Good songs would be Can You Hear Me, Fireroses Dance (my personal favorite song in the world), and their new stuff like Quicksilver and On My Way To Jerusalem are just unbelievable.
holy crap! where did this band come from!? never heard something so solid. its a little cheesy at times but its still legit. its nice to see more and more good prog in this generation of country music and gaga BS.
this is awesome. i cannot explain how much these guys sound like circus maximus. if u don't already know them i highly recommend checking out songs like biosfear or sane no more.
I am truly speechless!!!! I have been looking for a heavy/talented/progressive/unique band with good vocals for the longest fucking time!!!!! !@#$%^&* this may be one of my favorite bands already i love everything about them.
Me encantaria que este tipo de bandas visitaran Mexico, realmente casi no se conoce en mi pais grupos tan buenos como este... pero en fin asi es mi sociedad.
@amibilos aethra -the mountain behind the sky, opera manga-tierras de tormento , warcry-reflejos de sangre ,mago de oz-el que quiera entender que entienda ,rata blanca-la leyenda del mago y la ada... no te gustan?no son buenos en tu opinion?pensaba q estas bandas pegavan mucho en mexico.
@XxazidxX tienes razon grupos como warcry, rata blanca y mago de oz pegan demasiado en Mexico, y lo cierto es que si los escucho y bastante, a lo que me referia al hacer el comentario era a bandas en ingles... pero creo q lo omiti en el comentario jajaja
@korruption Of course, another freaking awesome band from Sweden. Thatäs where the action is at, man! Jag älskar Svenska METAL!!! Alltid det bästa. :)
@korruption Also Calgary my buddy is on this album and i think a few more of the band players are from Calgary, because I know Tommy is here all the time.
@microsoup Seventh Wonder is a VERY Dream Theater type band from Stockholm, Sweden. I met these guys last Sept at ProgPowerUSA and they were VERY GOOD! Too many folks have forgotten Dream Theater, its really good to have that sound back!
The music's pretty good, but Karevik's voice really takes the band to another level. Anyhow, Mercy Falls was quite an upgrade from Waiting in the Wings, so I'm looking forward to see them improve even further in the future.
Que? i didnt notice anything out of the ordinary with that. You gotta remember though: Their Recording studio is independent, they probably got it as best as they can. and it sounds good to me.
@wolfenbreed Take a look at SW in-studio videos. They do absolutely no pitch correction for Tommy's voice, it's amazing. He's the best studio singer I've ever seen.
Dream Theater sucks now not because of Labrie, but because of the direction they took after Moore. Just my opinion, can't stand Rudess, just technical playing without emotion, awful.
@JesusSaves I wouldn't say Rudess lacks emotion so much as he doesn't know when to hold back and play what's best for the music. When Sherinian was keyboardist, he knew how to add atmosphere and fill in the song instead of just wailing on top of it. Rudess is a good keyboardist, but he sees himself as a lead keyboardist. (I agree Moore was a great asset. His lyrics, especially.)
Anyway, I just heard about Seventh Wonder. They sound friggin' sweet. Gonna check them out tomorrow. :D
Can't agree with you more!! It's one thing to be a brilliant techical musician it's quite another to write a truly "good" song not just a 25 or 45 minute jam to say "hey, look at us we can jam, but our writing skills are extremely lacking!"
@silvertear1 How could you possibly say that this guy's aren't good musicians... I assume then you are a great musician yourself and can easily play there stuff.
I still maintain DT are not good song writers but are rather good instrumentalists.There's no need for someone to know all words of the dictionary to write a love letter but only the right tone and wordings,DT lack this.SW has it,this song is a well written song.
@silvertear1 DT are outstanding wongwriters, nobody would listen to them otherwise. Learning to Live, Pull me Under, Voices, Scarred, Disappear, etc etc.
Beatles , except very few songs, were always terrible band. I ruptured my vocal chords and so I stopped singing because such injury totally changes complexion of the voice. Just because he was good on IAW does not mean that he must annoy so many like me with his squeaky voice. That's all. He could sing before, I agree, but he can't sing now. And that's what counts. Beatles - mushroom induced bullshit music. And I don't care if I am only one saying it - it's true.
what you say about the beatles is so fuckin true...
anyway about labrie, although now he's not even the shadow of what he used to be back in the early 90s I still like his voice and even to some degree his performance, far better than those powermetal vocals so common in prog metal nowadays.
I am personally very picky about vocalists. I used to love LaBrie's voice on IAW. But on very next album, he started to sing in for him unnnatural way, and I really started to dislike him piece by piece (or song by song). He just doesn't do it for me anymore. But if you like him, I am good with that. It's just up to personal taste, no grudge there. Peace...
I agree. On the live at the Marquee recordings he sounds phenomenal. Then something went horribly wrong. He sounded better on their BC&SL tour though, much better.
@kamikaze90watermelon yeah he did, i really think he was singing pretty awesome, but i have to agree with many people, sometimes it can be quite annoying
watch?v=UgIVBlgfuhw People! Here is In the Blink of an eye with Tommy's vocals! :)
maketake 1 week ago
@maketake Thanks man! That's a great song. I hope they re-record "Become" with Tommy's vocals.
korruption 1 week ago
@korruption yeah thats right, i agree with you :D!
maketake 5 days ago
I think they should make a movie out of this album, it could be like pink floyd''s the wall........ That would make this even more epic!!!!
timeforfunnification 2 weeks ago
This band is underrated as hell.
MrSantaslave 3 weeks ago
Wow! FINALLY another band besides Dream Theater that has awesome vocals (with REAL singing - not just grunting and screaming) to go with their stellar instrumentals! How the hell could I never have heard of these guys before? I'll be telling all my friends about them, starting now.
epicsteve 4 weeks ago 3
@epicsteve Theres a lot of bands like these out there, just look up Power Metal, these bands include some like
Hammerfall
Sonata Arctica (My personal Favorite)
Gamma Ray
Nightwish
SO MANY MORE!
bradff7 3 weeks ago
@bradff7 Thanks! I just discovered Hammerfall, too. Didn't like them quite as much as Seventh Wonder, but they were definitely worth listening to. I appreciate the suggestions! I'll check 'em out.
epicsteve 2 weeks ago
Fleatheverrybest 3 weeks ago
@Fleatheverrybest I've heard a few Symphony X songs that didn't do much for me, but I love most of their songs that I've heard so far and I've been planning to buy Paradise Lost. Thanks for the other suggestions!
epicsteve 2 weeks ago
@epicsteve also look up freedom call great singing and instrumental.
DantesLastShowDown 2 weeks ago
@DantesLastShowDown Thanks! I'll give them a listen. Another couple of bands I discovered the same day I found Seventh Wonder that I really liked are Haken and especially Darkwater. I'm pretty picky, I guess. I love virtuoso shredding, but it can't just be over the top of what I consider "mindless grinding." I love complex stuff with lots of key and time signature changes. But I'm bored with macho posturing and try-to-shock-your-parents death metal. Too cartoonish.
epicsteve 2 weeks ago
@epicsteve i agree completely death metal is cartoonish compared to something amazing and fine tuned as seventh wonder.
DantesLastShowDown 2 weeks ago
I've just discovered this band less than 10 minutes ago, and this song just blew my mind!
@DantesLastShowDown I used to think that but then I discovered Opeth. I don't like their newest album, and I don't like their first one either, but the ones in between range from good to fucking amazing. They have a really interesting mix of death metal and prog rock styles: /watch?v=26qUFv_GMmM (this one is not metal, it's prog rock) /watch?v=kenyBvpL0qQ /watch?v=wpkHg8p64Yc
luckyluke193 2 hours ago
this song is amazing!!
quazar68 4 weeks ago
How can it be possible that this band is not famous yet...
Flarestar79 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
@Flarestar79 Tommy himself said they chose wrong genre
silvercitron 3 weeks ago
This guy can sing his fucking ass off, Jesus Christ.
TheGadough 1 month ago
cheese and rice, i just totally realized that my favorite indie prog artist ever made a reference to this song in a song of his. if he respects this band so much, it means that to me this band is practically a group of gods.
seriously, what were the chances that i'd find this?! (goes to order the CD asap)
NElTOKAKADU 2 months ago
@xPoPT 5 more lost their hearing in the past year
fuwmg 3 months ago 10
The album is actually kind of a mind mind fuck there's a car crash and there was two ppl in the car a man and woman the man almost dies but falls into a coma the woman (his wife/girlfriend) winds up safe she visits him everyday but the doctors are losing hope the try one final surgery using his grandsons bone marrow or something well it ends up not working and the wife has to make a decision to pull the plug and end his life but then it rewinds to before the crash and you find out that they cra
ForeverWarBound 4 months ago 4
@ForeverWarBound owuch thats hurt my mind
31Angmar 4 months ago
@ForeverWarBound Cliffhanger comment! >:(
I approve! :D
Mountandblandefan 4 months ago in playlist Käyttäjän Mountandblandefan suosikit 4
Anyone know the story behind Mercy Falls? I like the lyrics.
Mountandblandefan 4 months ago
Oh my, I just discovered perfection.
DukieeL33T 4 months ago 3
I could listen to this chorus all day. NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE FROM, THIS IS YOUR HOME, WE'RE TEARING DOWN THE WALLS BROOOOOOOOTHER!!!!!!
Amazing.
Altairograph 5 months ago
@xPoPT ~yeah and it's gone to 9 deaf people >XC
DSevenify 6 months ago
Anyone else think that his voice sounds orgasmic?
TheeSeventhWonder 7 months ago 9
My neighbors'd better like this song!
JuliaMartinsJonas123 7 months ago 37
@JuliaMartinsJonas123 LMAO! That's hilarious!
epicsteve 2 weeks ago
very heavily symphony x and twilighning influenced :D nice i like
Mwz92 8 months ago
@Mwz92
Its always good when you choose Symphony X as an influence
I own over 100 Metal CD s and Odyssey by Symphony X is Top 10
Zappafan1980 7 months ago
@Zappafan1980 Odyssey is my fav by SX \,,/
poprocks62 6 months ago
@poprocks62
Yeah i wish they would make an Album like Odyssey again, less progressive and more Power Metal
i also like Devine Wings of Tragedy A LOT
Also check the Power Metal Band Angra IF you not allready know them their Vocalist and guitarists are amazing
Temple of Shadows is their Best Album but Aqua and Aurora Consurgens is also very good
Zappafan1980 6 months ago
@Zappafan1980 Thx... dont have any Angra but I do have a couple Shaman cd's... same vocalist as Angra... pretty good stuff...
Edguy, Jorn, Helloween, Machine Men, Theocracy, Myrath, Coldspell, Dreamscape, Threshold, Stratovarius, Vanden Plas, Kamelot, Axel Rudi Pell, Nocturnal Rites, Saint Deamon etc etc
so many great bands!!!
poprocks62 6 months ago
@poprocks62
Wow you really know your Power Metal stuff
I started as a Progressive Metal Fan with Dream Theater and Symphony X & Pain of Salvation
( Remedy Lane and Perfect Element are some of the Best CD s ever )
Angra have a New vocalist Now his name is Edu Falushi or so
Yeah also check Mastermind with Singer Jorn Lande ( sings like Rusell Allan )
and check Pagans Mind they are really good
Zappafan1980 6 months ago
@Zappafan1980 Thanks... dont have any of the PoS... will check them out... Do you mean Masterplan??? if you like Jorn Lande check out the song Millenium - Hourglass... one of my fav songs with Jorn
Also if you like DT check out Dreamscape - The End of Light (in 2 parts here on youtube)... very DT...ish
and SX... copy/paste ... Myrath - Madness... their first 2 cd are great... love the song My Inner War :D
poprocks62 6 months ago
@poprocks62
Yeah i meant Masterplan sorry ; )
Take your Time with Pain of Salvation
The First 2 CD s are the heaviest and hardest Entropia and One Hour By the Concrete Lake
The Singer is really really good
Perfect Element and Remedy Lane are like Progressive Metal with a Gothic / Irish music / Dark Mood to it
But very very good
I hear Russell Allan is working with Mike Portnoy right now
Zappafan1980 6 months ago
@Zappafan1980 Indeed he is, though Adrenaline Mob was a far cry in quality compared to A Dramatic Turn.
JonnyGR04 4 months ago
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poprocks62 6 months ago
@Mwz92 If you like SX... copy/paste >>> Myrath - Madness :D
poprocks62 6 months ago
Is Mercy Falls a concept album??? I looked at the lyrics and thought that memories were the father's and son's switching inbetween songs until the tragic end... Just my theory. Correct me if I'm wrong.
DrawinBlacLines 8 months ago
@DrawinBlacLines
It's fairly simple.
A man is in a car crash (as heard in A New Beginning and Back in Time) and slips into a deep coma in which he dreams he is in a town called Mercy Falls. The album switches between the real world and the world of Mercy Falls.
ProtestTheIndie 8 months ago
Yes, it's a concept. And I'll be correcting you in private, since it's a lot to type. =P
Ygdrasel 8 months ago
Updating... 9 people are deaf.
for8rnal 8 months ago
I must say... this the absolute best music intro ever!
soccerstud4243 8 months ago
This album sounds like "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory", but isn't a bad thing. I really like it.
Thomasguild 9 months ago in playlist seventh wonder mix
4:10 is sooooo amazing!!!
7thString84 9 months ago
Its like dream theater with a real good vocalist
morfeo1222 10 months ago 3
a day away and this i like them 100% :) this guy is fucking awsome LOL
raziellino100 10 months ago
a day away and this i like them 100% :)
raziellino100 10 months ago
CM & SW. yes!
izephyrmor 10 months ago
Welcome to mercy falls!!
izephyrmor 10 months ago
@xPoPT im going deaf in one ear, but i still know this band kicks serious ass!!!!
NBeasl095 10 months ago 3
Very much like Dream Theater. :D
TuTubeGuy 10 months ago
God bless the Scandinavians - ALL OF YOU. You kept metal alive during the trying times when grunge ruled my country. Now, you are at the vanguard of a huge invasion force. PLEASE BRING GOOD MUSIC HOME TO ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bonescro 11 months ago 3
"That's", rather.
ProgPower32 11 months ago
Disregard, Seventh Wonder is actually starting to grow on me a bit. I suppose this song in particular just reminded me a little too much of Spheric Universe Experience.
Foxer35 1 year ago
Just wonderful!
TheNorthernSun 1 year ago
Is it just me, or is there a circle of underground prog bands who all sound exactly the same?
Don't know, maybe I'm just talking out my ass, but it sounds to me like a certain bunch of smaller prog bands have similarities ranging from song tone and structure to the same exact instrument settings.
Foxer35 1 year ago
@Foxer35 Do you have any examples? I'm curious.
Iceman3524 11 months ago
@Iceman3524 This song in particular sounds quite a bit like Spheric Universe Experience, but also reminds me somewhat of Circus Maximus and Andromeda. This got under my skin a bit, since I personally find Spheric Universe Experience to be almost insultingly formulaic, but as I've listened to more of SW's work, they've grown on me more.
Foxer35 10 months ago
@Foxer35 Then all pop must be one song released over and over. D:
ub3r2008 11 months ago
@Foxer35 some underground prog bands sound similar, but that's just from being in the same genre and getting inspiration from other similar bands. A lot of prog metal bands have their unique sound like SW, DT, SX, etc. Actually, come to think about it, almost all prog bands sound diff. it's the power metal and other genres that sound the same (although i love power metal, only if the band is unique tho, cant stand the constant same beats of some bands. Kamelot, SA, etc. are fantastic).
SPARTAbassist 11 months ago
I start to love this music, what some glorious vocals...
drevilrodrigues 1 year ago
let's all stop talkin bout DT on a SW's video/song comments...comparation being made between DT and SW (even, between any bands) only demonstrates iether u just keep considering DT as the progmetal archetype (which isn't that far from truth) or u are ignorant enough to listen to any band and continue criticising those whom u don't fancy that much...Enjoy music!
Autumnmaker 1 year ago
no matter where your frommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Utubesuxmycock 1 year ago
i like dream theater more. thats my opinion
Mrtheunnameable 1 year ago
@silvertear1 I totally aggree with you. SW has the spice DT lacks.
TuneSmasher 1 year ago 2
my god this is amazing.
PreyForMyDeth 1 year ago
they truly are the Seventh Wonder of the world
i really appreciate Tommy Karevick
DSevenify 1 year ago 3
Dream Theater is not the end all be all of Progressive Metal. So many just use the name because it is about all they can relate to progressive metal. Seventh Wonder, Vanden Plas, Andromeda, anything AAL has touched, Fates Warning, Pagan's Mind and many others all stand out in my mind and on their own. Everyone stop quoting Dream Theater on these videos, it gets sad when one band dominates a scene completely. Reminder:Copy and paste this on all the thrash metal videos changing to Metallica.
ImperiumDarkness 1 year ago 2
just got into this band. VERY catchy vocals/choruses. I recommend to all lovers of good music. Fans of Dream Theater, Angra, Symphony x, Circus maximus, Shadow gallery, Kamelot, and others, will not be disappointed.
slickity90 1 year ago
I still maintain DT are not good song writers but are rather good instrumentalists.There's no need for someone to know all words of the dictionary to write a love letter but only the right tone and wordings,DT lack this.SW has it,this song is a well written song.
silvertear1 1 year ago
@silvertear1 DT are outstanding songwriters, nobody would listen to them otherwise. Just because they deviate from the pop mentality of songwriting. Poor songwriters couldn't write stuff like Learning to Live, Pull me Under, Voices, Disappear and the like.
Golem29 1 year ago 2
@Golem29
It amazing that the first 3 songs you quoted were when DT knew how to write good songs after Awake they simply lost the sparks.
silvertear1 1 year ago
@silvertear1 I think their lyrics will get better without Mike Portnoy though... also believe their music will be more passionate instead of lame metal now that JP is in control and John Myung and Labrie will contribute alot more. But I agree, the last 3 DT albums vs last 3 SW albums... SW wins
mortenhen 1 year ago
@mortenhen I thought it was Petrucci who was writing all the fantasy lyrics
UnchainTheWolv3s 1 year ago
@UnchainTheWolv3s You're right about that, but those songs usually end up being better than let's see... Honor thy father or never enough (MP : Guys, lets sound like muse). I know he has created masterpieces, wich i love, but I got the feeling that he dragged the band into a more "lame" and less proggy direction. He made up a songwriting rule, wich made JM (the best songwriter imo) to stand back and just be a passive bassist, so im really looking forward to the new DT.
mortenhen 1 year ago
@mortenhen Yeah I thought the same thing when I heard Portnoy left. He ruined everything with his backing vocals and obsession with Metallica or Avenged Sevenfold
UnchainTheWolv3s 1 year ago
@mortenhen have you heard labries side project? Not good... not good...
UrizenNihilation 1 year ago
@UrizenNihilation Think the last album was pretty good, though I see it's not everyones cup of tea. But the lyrics aint that bad, compared to some of MPs. His solo albums was composed by Matt Guillory and himself, wich aint close to Petrucci and Rudess, so i think the next album can be pretty good.
mortenhen 1 year ago
@mortenhen I'll give you that... Just worried is all. Only time will tell, hopefully it is for the better.
UrizenNihilation 1 year ago
@mortenhen Mulmuzzler was pretty nice, but...the s/t LaBrie stuff is...eh. :/
ConsecratedOblivion 1 year ago
This is some great art right here. Like someone before me said it's a bit cheesy at times, but overall the entire Mercy Falls album is one hell of a piece of music.
skitskurk 1 year ago
6 fans of Lady gaga pushed the dislike button, assholes
themetalislaw 1 year ago
fuck sake!! i wanna fuck that vocalist! his singing makes me horny!!
moyuken 1 year ago
Truly, an amazing song!
fictionalsilence 1 year ago
These guys are from Stockholm, Sweden. I met them at ProgPower/Atlanta 2 weeks ago. They are totally Dream Theater. If you get the chance, you gotta see these guys LIVE!
kevingthompson13 1 year ago
@kevingthompson13 i agree. they are so much like dream theater. they even to a point, remind me of kamelot (by how smooth tommy sings) its a really great band to see live. =D
Stroumbo33 1 year ago
@Stroumbo33 Are you familiar with Vanden Plas? January Sun is pretty good by them. Also Illusion Suite, try some of their stuff. Tuomas/Nightwish listens to Vanden Plas. I actually get to meet most of these people in dining room/backstage at ProgPower. Every year I find new people that I never heard of that I discover to be really good.
kevingthompson13 1 year ago
@kevingthompson13 Vanden Plas is absolutely amazing. My favorite band. Good songs would be Can You Hear Me, Fireroses Dance (my personal favorite song in the world), and their new stuff like Quicksilver and On My Way To Jerusalem are just unbelievable.
PurelyUnpure 1 year ago
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58K views.. mkay. Social media needs to push this great band bit more! As their label certainly is not.
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korbendallas66 1 year ago
58K views.. mkay. Social media needs to push this great band bit more! As their label certainly is not.
korbendallas66 1 year ago
holy crap! where did this band come from!? never heard something so solid. its a little cheesy at times but its still legit. its nice to see more and more good prog in this generation of country music and gaga BS.
schplonkerdoogen 1 year ago
@schplonkerdoogen They've been around for 10 years, though only had major releases like this one since 06. They came from Stockholm.
yishto 1 year ago
this is awesome. i cannot explain how much these guys sound like circus maximus. if u don't already know them i highly recommend checking out songs like biosfear or sane no more.
plap111 1 year ago
@plap111 I've listened to CM, they have a similar genre, but they sound different. Plus I believe CM and SW consider eachother "sibling bands"
yishto 1 year ago
The Great Escape album comming out soon!!! :D :D :D. Thumbs up if you're gonna buy it and support the band!
SPARTAbassist 1 year ago
true!
rhavejian 1 year ago
We're gonna miss you Johnny. The Drummer is leaving the band soon.
yishto 1 year ago
One of the best progmetal albums from the last 2 years
Essacep 1 year ago
I am truly speechless!!!! I have been looking for a heavy/talented/progressive/unique band with good vocals for the longest fucking time!!!!! !@#$%^&* this may be one of my favorite bands already i love everything about them.
punkrocker33446 1 year ago
LOVE this band! Great voice and incredible musicians!!
ditroiamusic 1 year ago
Me encantaria que este tipo de bandas visitaran Mexico, realmente casi no se conoce en mi pais grupos tan buenos como este... pero en fin asi es mi sociedad.
Saludos desde Puebla, Mexico...
JS
amibilos 1 year ago
@amibilos aethra -the mountain behind the sky, opera manga-tierras de tormento , warcry-reflejos de sangre ,mago de oz-el que quiera entender que entienda ,rata blanca-la leyenda del mago y la ada... no te gustan?no son buenos en tu opinion?pensaba q estas bandas pegavan mucho en mexico.
XxazidxX 1 year ago
@XxazidxX tienes razon grupos como warcry, rata blanca y mago de oz pegan demasiado en Mexico, y lo cierto es que si los escucho y bastante, a lo que me referia al hacer el comentario era a bandas en ingles... pero creo q lo omiti en el comentario jajaja
amibilos 1 year ago
Really amazing band and really, really great vocal!!! Do someone know which country this band comes from??? To me it sounds very scandinavian!!
microsoup 1 year ago 6
@microsoup Stockholme, Sweden. =)
korruption 1 year ago 9
@korruption Of course, another freaking awesome band from Sweden. Thatäs where the action is at, man! Jag älskar Svenska METAL!!! Alltid det bästa. :)
ProgPower32 11 months ago
@korruption Also Calgary my buddy is on this album and i think a few more of the band players are from Calgary, because I know Tommy is here all the time.
sexydeathbunny 5 months ago
@korruption
Stockholme has the habit of raising incredible musicians
Beecels 5 months ago 2
@microsoup Seventh Wonder is a VERY Dream Theater type band from Stockholm, Sweden. I met these guys last Sept at ProgPowerUSA and they were VERY GOOD! Too many folks have forgotten Dream Theater, its really good to have that sound back!
kevingthompson13 1 year ago
They are from Sweden :)
vesves7 1 year ago
Whoa.. I like this band :D
NailsForDinner 1 year ago
Bestiales, en su linea.
El primero fue bueno, este no se le queda atras.
Gracias por aporte.
Un saludo desde España
budoalcala 1 year ago
Look my video playing Unbrekable solo!!!
LucasBrumGuitar 1 year ago
This group will be at ProgPower in Atlanta this September!
greykiller 1 year ago
@greykiller are you going this year ? ....i am and i can't wait !!
juliatokiohotellover 1 year ago
Just one word... excellent.
metalmn04 1 year ago
bom, bom... achei mto bom. Lembra bem Circus Maximus (ou o contrario, nao sei quem eh o ovo ou a galinha da historia!), mas soa mto bom!
pombamor 1 year ago
shadow gallery d.c. cooper and seventh wonder ahhhhhhhhh the best
gerawarrior79 1 year ago 3
The music's pretty good, but Karevik's voice really takes the band to another level. Anyhow, Mercy Falls was quite an upgrade from Waiting in the Wings, so I'm looking forward to see them improve even further in the future.
chaxster 1 year ago
Yh the drummer is my uncle ....
elementedskater 1 year ago
@elementedskater then you have an amazing drummer for an uncle my friend :D
RainbowRaider7 1 year ago
There was a R&B group from the early seventies named "Seventh Wonder".
barnabas50 1 year ago
solo pasaba por aki y me tope con esta banda, esta realmente buena compadre, sonidos realmente agradables al oido, una muy buena banda \m/.
ChaosInTheChaos 2 years ago
Their really just about the last genuine artist in the prog metal scene.
manydaysago 2 years ago 3
@manysaysago nah your wak, there is so much good prog metal out their, u just have to look harder
bassbreaker 1 year ago
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Good song but the analog bending of Tommy's vocals at 1:04 is completely unacceptable.
wolfenbreed 2 years ago
Que? i didnt notice anything out of the ordinary with that. You gotta remember though: Their Recording studio is independent, they probably got it as best as they can. and it sounds good to me.
yishto 2 years ago 2
@yishto
Oh it sounds great and he is a great singer, but at 1:04 there seems to be an unnatural digital bend of his voice.
wolfenbreed 2 years ago
I didnt notice anything significantly out of place.
yishto 2 years ago 4
@wolfenbreed
Hmmm. Sounded natural to me, but who knows?
doghousepiiman 2 years ago 9
yeahh!!! me neither!!! I found this song very good!!!! is great melodic metal band!!!
Pablo18z 1 year ago
@wolfenbreed STFU...you're not the one that wrote the song...they'll have it how ever they want....
Immolate666 2 years ago 3
there's nothing misterious at 1:04, its just an eco effect, that doesn't change anything.
HDVideosOnly 2 years ago 2
@wolfenbreed its just in ur imagination. Im a musician and it sounds completely natural to me
Tompa8989 1 year ago
@wolfenbreed Take a look at SW in-studio videos. They do absolutely no pitch correction for Tommy's voice, it's amazing. He's the best studio singer I've ever seen.
MarkBarronHimself 1 year ago
Mercy Falls is the best album <3 Seventh Wonder is really great, I love them.
IsabellaTolstov 2 years ago 2
This band sounds totally like Circus Maximus, still I love both bands
catalatregua 2 years ago
Jesussaves why dont u like jordan rudess ? hes a keyboard wizard =D
cyborgninja89 2 years ago
Heard about this band from a gas station clerk.
Fuckin awesome!
5/5
Wykydtron88 2 years ago 2
Dream Theater sucks now not because of Labrie, but because of the direction they took after Moore. Just my opinion, can't stand Rudess, just technical playing without emotion, awful.
JesusSaves 2 years ago
@JesusSaves youre right, Dream post Moore is not as good
catalatregua 2 years ago 4
@catalatregua It isn't, but Jordan Rudess is way better!
fernando103s 1 year ago
@JesusSaves I wouldn't say Rudess lacks emotion so much as he doesn't know when to hold back and play what's best for the music. When Sherinian was keyboardist, he knew how to add atmosphere and fill in the song instead of just wailing on top of it. Rudess is a good keyboardist, but he sees himself as a lead keyboardist. (I agree Moore was a great asset. His lyrics, especially.)
Anyway, I just heard about Seventh Wonder. They sound friggin' sweet. Gonna check them out tomorrow. :D
uematsufreak 2 years ago 2
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DT= excellent/first among equals instrumentalists but bad song writers/musicians
silvertear1 2 years ago
Can't agree with you more!! It's one thing to be a brilliant techical musician it's quite another to write a truly "good" song not just a 25 or 45 minute jam to say "hey, look at us we can jam, but our writing skills are extremely lacking!"
JesusSaves 2 years ago
@silvertear1 How could you possibly say that this guy's aren't good musicians... I assume then you are a great musician yourself and can easily play there stuff.
yogimetal 1 year ago
@yogimetal
I still maintain DT are not good song writers but are rather good instrumentalists.There's no need for someone to know all words of the dictionary to write a love letter but only the right tone and wordings,DT lack this.SW has it,this song is a well written song.
silvertear1 1 year ago
@silvertear1 DT are outstanding wongwriters, nobody would listen to them otherwise. Learning to Live, Pull me Under, Voices, Scarred, Disappear, etc etc.
Golem29 1 year ago
try Circus Maximus if you haven't done yet ;)
vortexcito 2 years ago
epic song with epic vocals. im so in love with this song. def one of my favourite bands. 5 stars
imPelleK 2 years ago 2
Fucking Amazing band
anguspetrucci 2 years ago
Beatles , except very few songs, were always terrible band. I ruptured my vocal chords and so I stopped singing because such injury totally changes complexion of the voice. Just because he was good on IAW does not mean that he must annoy so many like me with his squeaky voice. That's all. He could sing before, I agree, but he can't sing now. And that's what counts. Beatles - mushroom induced bullshit music. And I don't care if I am only one saying it - it's true.
micanut48 2 years ago 4
what you say about the beatles is so fuckin true...
anyway about labrie, although now he's not even the shadow of what he used to be back in the early 90s I still like his voice and even to some degree his performance, far better than those powermetal vocals so common in prog metal nowadays.
alpiel91 2 years ago
I am personally very picky about vocalists. I used to love LaBrie's voice on IAW. But on very next album, he started to sing in for him unnnatural way, and I really started to dislike him piece by piece (or song by song). He just doesn't do it for me anymore. But if you like him, I am good with that. It's just up to personal taste, no grudge there. Peace...
micanut48 2 years ago
I agree. On the live at the Marquee recordings he sounds phenomenal. Then something went horribly wrong. He sounded better on their BC&SL tour though, much better.
kamikaze90watermelon 2 years ago
@kamikaze90watermelon yeah he did, i really think he was singing pretty awesome, but i have to agree with many people, sometimes it can be quite annoying
Strych9Music 2 years ago
You're not the only one saying it.
doghousepiiman 2 years ago
awsome
zacjar12 2 years ago
OMFG 02:38.
I nearly crapped my pants.
Awesome band, amazing song!!
djeikop 2 years ago
Anybody who likes this stuff's gotta check out Hide and Seek by SW. There's only, like, 960 views and it ROCKS.
SW rules........
SPARTAbassist 2 years ago
The vocals at the end of the last chorus are amazing. A great song and band.
heftywhiteman 2 years ago 2
they are not bad but i dont like them.
dragongame2 2 years ago
all prog metal is heavy metal, but not all heavy metal is prog.
I was justoo lazy to type the whole thign out. I figured that was common sense... Guess not.
manasmith 2 years ago
With the exception of non-prog-metal songs by progmetal bands (see The Answer Lies Within by Dream Theater, Pieces by Seventh Wonder)
yishto 2 years ago
I would give anything to see them play the whole of Mercy falls Live.
aldo22MIA 2 years ago 3