I saw in that guitar thread a few people mention John Petrucci as one of their favorite guitarists. I recently found out they are releasing a new album. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia.
"It is scheduled for release on June 5, 2007. Along with a standard version, the album will be released as a Special Edition containing a 5.1 mix of the album, along with a 90 minute DVD detailing the making of the album entitled "Chaos in Progress - The Making of Systematic Chaos".[3]"
The title will be Systematic Chaos.
Aaand...I have first row tickets to see them this summer
Anyway, if anyone here has never heard them, and you like very complex rock/metal compositions, I couldn't recommend them enough. Each member is a virtuoso in their own instrunment, and when they get together, it is incredible.
A great place to start is their Images and Words album which contains the only track "Pull Me Under" that got some real radio time. The rest of their stuff is not in the traditional pop radio format...lengthy, and long instrumental breaks. Pull Me Under is a great song, but far from the top of my list of their best material, but track 5 "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper" is IMO their best song ever.
If anyone decides to give them a listen, let me know what you think
