The quality of the musicianship on this album is superior to anything Dream Theater has done in the past, especially the effort of John Petrucci. Now, don’t get me wrong Mike Portnoy is a phenomenal drummer, and though he is among the best, he isn’t the best of the best. The impression I got listening to the album was that the new drummer enables John Petrucci, and Jordan Rudess to explore certain rhythms MP would not have been able to keep up with. Therefore, Dream Theater’s greatest loss is actually that MP was really good with promoting DT. MP is a downright friendly and likeable guy, and the other guys in Dream Theater are dorks, and I, myself, am a dork, so this album in all its dorky musicianship is right up my alley.
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