A Dramatic Turn Of Events专辑介绍
世界首屈一指的前卫金属乐队Dream Theater日前在Roadrunner旗下正式发行了乐队的第11张录音室大碟A Dramatic Turn of Events。这是继原始鼓手Mike Portnoy退出乐队，新鼓手Mike Mangini参与制作的第一张专辑。
今年整个上半年，乐队完成了A Dramatic Turn of Events所有的创作，包括写词编曲，录音和混音，这不得不佩服这支大师级别乐队的创作进程之快。
八十多分钟的Dream Theater新专辑依旧依靠着复杂多变的结构（有四首歌曲超过10分钟）和华丽的演奏技术冲击着全世界乐迷的耳膜和心脏。Jordan Rudess连用了三个形容词来概括了这张专辑的风格：重型，简洁，旋律。值得一提的是，在A Dramatic Turn of Events中钢琴元素被更为广泛地运用，这使得A Dramatic Turn of Events与以往的专辑会有所不同。而专辑的主题和往常一样，更多的是关于心理，精神，信仰还有灵魂。
A Dramatic Turn of Events, the 11th studio long player from progressive hard rock act Dream Theater, is understandably among the most anticipated in their decades-long career. Founding drummer Mike Portnoy -- long considered, with guitarist John Petrucci, to be DT -- left the band and was replaced with veteran Mike Mangini. This is the set that answers the question about his impact on their sound. Interestingly enough, it's not that much. Mangini is as much a complex, intricate drummer as Portnoy was, though he is more an ensemble player; he plays more on the beat than behind it. A Dramatic Turn of Events is a much more keyboard-driven offering, though there is plenty of good old-fashioned prog metal here, too. Given its nearly 80-minute length, there is something here for virtually every fan -- or detractor -- to grab hold of. Singer James LaBrie doesn't indulge his high metal screech here that often, and prefers to sing plainly -- a good thing. Three tracks -- “Outcry,” “Breaking All Illusions,” and “Lost Not Forgotten” -- feature wildly long instrumental segments with more odd time signature changes than you can likely count. The latter of these sounds almost like Meshuggah with keyboards and stacked with multi-part harmonic vocals. Opening track and single "On the Backs of Angels" contains all the DT trademarks: disciplined drumming, intricate seven-string guitar riffs that grow increasingly more explosive, a Gothic chorale, and John Myung's insistent basslines, which are nearly buried in the mix. Jordan Rudess' keyboards counter Petrucci's guitar and Mangini's drums for dominance and come out on top. That said, the melodic structure of the tune harkens back to DT albums previous to the last decade's. As melodic as it is, it's almost knotty compared to the sheer melodicism of “Build Me Up, Break Me Down” that follows it. One does have to wonder about the inclusion of the ballads "Far from Heaven" and the string-laden "Beneath the Surface," which have clunky, trite lyrics, sappy instrumentation, and feel like filler; it would have been better to have trimmed them to keep the album a reasonable length. In sum, a Dramatic Turn of Events, while not a perfect offering, has enough of what makes Dream Theater attractive to make it a necessary purchase for fans.
今年整个上半年，乐队完成了A Dramatic Turn of Events所有的创作，包括写词编曲，录音和混音，这不得不佩服这支大师级别乐队的创作进程之快。
八十多分钟的Dream Theater新专辑依旧依靠着复杂多变的结构（有四首歌曲超过10分钟）和华丽的演奏技术冲击着全世界乐迷的耳膜和心脏。Jordan Rudess连用了三个形容词来概括了这张专辑的风格：重型，简洁，旋律。值得一提的是，在A Dramatic Turn of Events中钢琴元素被更为广泛地运用，这使得A Dramatic Turn of Events与以往的专辑会有所不同。而专辑的主题和往常一样，更多的是关于心理，精神，信仰还有灵魂。
A Dramatic Turn of Events, the 11th studio long player from progressive hard rock act Dream Theater, is understandably among the most anticipated in their decades-long career. Founding drummer Mike Portnoy -- long considered, with guitarist John Petrucci, to be DT -- left the band and was replaced with veteran Mike Mangini. This is the set that answers the question about his impact on their sound. Interestingly enough, it's not that much. Mangini is as much a complex, intricate drummer as Portnoy was, though he is more an ensemble player; he plays more on the beat than behind it. A Dramatic Turn of Events is a much more keyboard-driven offering, though there is plenty of good old-fashioned prog metal here, too. Given its nearly 80-minute length, there is something here for virtually every fan -- or detractor -- to grab hold of. Singer James LaBrie doesn't indulge his high metal screech here that often, and prefers to sing plainly -- a good thing. Three tracks -- “Outcry,” “Breaking All Illusions,” and “Lost Not Forgotten” -- feature wildly long instrumental segments with more odd time signature changes than you can likely count. The latter of these sounds almost like Meshuggah with keyboards and stacked with multi-part harmonic vocals. Opening track and single "On the Backs of Angels" contains all the DT trademarks: disciplined drumming, intricate seven-string guitar riffs that grow increasingly more explosive, a Gothic chorale, and John Myung's insistent basslines, which are nearly buried in the mix. Jordan Rudess' keyboards counter Petrucci's guitar and Mangini's drums for dominance and come out on top. That said, the melodic structure of the tune harkens back to DT albums previous to the last decade's. As melodic as it is, it's almost knotty compared to the sheer melodicism of “Build Me Up, Break Me Down” that follows it. One does have to wonder about the inclusion of the ballads "Far from Heaven" and the string-laden "Beneath the Surface," which have clunky, trite lyrics, sappy instrumentation, and feel like filler; it would have been better to have trimmed them to keep the album a reasonable length. In sum, a Dramatic Turn of Events, while not a perfect offering, has enough of what makes Dream Theater attractive to make it a necessary purchase for fans.
A Dramatic Turn Of Events专辑歌曲
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- disc 2