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For those who don't own it you can listen to samples HERE




The Root Of All Evil: 8:08
The Answer Lies Within: 5:26
These Walls: 7:00
I Walk Beside You: 4:29
Panic Attack: 7:16
Never Enough: 6:34
Sacrificed Sons: 10:43
Octavarium: 23:58

Dream Theater: John Petrucci (vocals, guitar); Mike Portnoy (vocals, drums, percussion); James LaBrie (vocals); Jordan Rudess (lap steel guitar, keyboards); John Myung (bass instrument). Recording information: The Hit Factory, New York, New York (11/2004 - 02/2005). As the sole major-label progressive-metal act, Dream Theater invariably set the standard as the flagship band of the genre. With the numerically themed OCTAVARIUM (including eight tracks signifying the band's eighth release) the shred-rock quintet continues to challenge themselves creatively. Opening track "The Root Of All Evil" picks up the thread that began with "The Glass Prison" (SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE) and carried forward to "This Dying Soul" (TRAIN OF THOUGHT). Drummer Mike Portnoy's lyrics for these songs read like a set of deeply personal journal entries documenting his painful recovery experience, further disclosed by a footnote nod to Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson. OCTAVARIUM chiefly finds Dream Theater stepping back from elaborate fretboard acrobatics, focusing on vocal-based, song-oriented material ("I Walk Beside You," "The Answer Lies Within"); much in the spirit of AWAKE and their breakthrough album IMAGES AND WORDS. "Sacrificed Sons" captures the heartbreak of the 9/11 tragedy, while the grandiose title track showcases a melodic, Styx-inspired keyboard solo by Jordan Rudess (better known for a blisteringly frenetic style). Twenty years since their inception, Dream Theater prevails as the benchmark of modern prog metal.

Man, you and I are gonna hit a concert next year. I'm long over due to lose my hearing and my voice again. Remember the blast we had when we say Cradle of Filth?

Zakk's the man. Its too bad we were all so freaking cold, wet, and worn out that we needed to get the @#%$ out of there once we met Cradle. It went from 90's at noon when Chiamera went on stage, to a downpour when Cradle of Filth took the stage, then cold and windy. My autographed CD's forever show the signs of water damage because of it.

Former IMMORTAL DOMINION Bassist Kills Wife, Self Following Return From Iraq - Aug. 5, 2005

Stephen S. Sherwood, former bassist for Colorado heavy metal band IMMORTAL DOMINION (web site, MySpace.com page), shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself Wednesday (August 3), nine days after returning to their Fort Collins home from a tour in Iraq, according to the Associated Press.

When Sherwood joined the Army a year and a half ago, the former musician was "long-haired and tattooed and about the furthest thing from a military man you could imagine," a neighbor says.

When he came home on leave from Iraq last winter, the difference was dramatic: "Not only had he put on a lot of weight, he was real bulked up and had shaved his long hair and looked like an MP," neighbor Steve Johnson said.

Sherwood, his wife Sara, whose age wasn't given, and their young daughter were on the verge of a stressful move from their Larimer County home of eight years to Colorado Springs, where Sherwood would be stationed, according to the Rocky Mountain News.

Sherwood's wife didn't want to leave her home about five miles north of Fort Collins, neighbors said.

Neighbors said Sherwood had moved into Highland Acres, Colorado in 1997, where he put together IMMORTAL DOMINION.

His wife's sister was married to one of the band's members.

Through them, Sherwood met his wife, Johnson said.

Back in 1997, Sherwood inadvertently caused a problem for local Colorado bands in general by speaking his mind for a Westword.com profile. In the article, Sherwood was quoted as criticizing radio station KBPI for ignoring songs from his band's CD, "Birth". "They won't play them because they don't play any local music anymore," he told writer John Jesitus. Sherwood also called KBPI jock K.O. "a wuss," adding, "Just because it's a big corporation and they're going to fire you if you play anything that's not on a major label" doesn't justify the DJ giving IMMORTAL DOMINION the brush.

Anyhow. What is everyone's opinion on Black Sabbath having to miss four Ozzfest dates in the last two weeks because of Ozzy not being able to go on stage. Iron Maiden has been headlining and playing full sets to make up for the lack of Sabbath. Should Ozzy call it quits? Should Ozzfest continue on during future years without Ozzy being on stage?

I think that Ozzfest is very important to metal in America. Since our bands can't get radio play and media coverage, Ozzfest is the best place. The lineup is always a mix of underground bands and mainstream bands, which i think is great because it ensures that the mainstream fans learn a lesson be hearing the better underground bands preform. It also gives alot of exposure to several great underground bands each year. True, if i was gonna put a festival together, the ideal would to be have all the great underground acts. But other than Ozzfest, there are no other chances for Underground bands to play infront of 15,000 to 40,000 people in america. Iron Maiden for example, can sellout 50,000 arenas any place else on earth. But here, they don't get any air play so they only end up drawing 2 to 6 thousand people at smaller venues.

As for Ozzfest continuing on without Ozzy, i think it should. Bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dream Theater etc should headline the festival in future years. Without Ozzfest, bands like In Flames, Arch Enemy, The Haunted and Soilwork who are all on Ozzfest this year don't get a chance to play infront of peopole who are not already fans. And hell, were it not for Ozzfest I would of had to drive 4 hours just to see Cradle of Filth a couple year ago. Most metal bands only play two cities in Pennsylvania: Philly and Pitt.