“It’s been such a great ride, but we’re not going to stop. “We approach every album like it’s our first,” adds LaBrie.
This is a rerelease of the highly sought-after Official Bootleg of the band's full performance of the Metallica album Master of Puppets from a 2002 concert in Barcelona, Spain, originally. Whenever we get together, we know we can’t disappoint ourselves or our fans, so we manage to try even harder.” Master of Puppets - Live in Barcelona, 2002 was announced for pre-order on July 23rd, 2021, and will be available for purchase on December 17th, 2021. Entdecken Sie Dream Theater - Official Bootleg: Master of Puppets (Metallica) CD NEU in der großen Auswahl bei eBay. We’ve been able to do this for a long time, and we don’t take it for granted. I love to be creative, write, and exercise that part of my mind. “We just love to play our instruments,” observes Petrucci. The album ultimately threaded together lean and uncompromising hooks with tried-and-true technical proficiency. In March 2021, he flew down to New York, quarantined, and recorded his vocals face-to-face with Petrucci. With LaBrie in Canada, he initially wrote with the band via ZOOM on a monitor in DTHQ. As fate would have it, they’d just finished construction on DTHQ (Dream Theater Headquarters) -a combination live recording studio, rehearsal space, control room, equipment storage, and creative hive. The musicians found themselves at home with LaBrie in Canada and the rest of the group in the States.
Check this release out on Spotify and buy the record if you end up liking it as much as I do.Dream Theater – comprised of James LaBrie, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, John Myung and Mike Mangini - was in the middle of a sold-out world tour in support of their last release Distance Over Time and the 20th anniversary of Scenes From A Memory when a Global Pandemic brought the world to a stop. Dream Theater Official Bootleg: Master Of Puppets Minimal Surface Marks Ex Us, Ytsejam Records, Ytsejam006, 2004, CD VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+)/NEAR MINT (NM. It has a lot of replay value and it's very interesting to compare it to the original material. I'm a fan of both bands and didn't expect to like this bootleg as much as I do. The final result is certainly worth the attention of both Dream Theater and Metallica fans. The bass guitar play and the keyboards could however sound slightly more adventurous. The vocals are on the same high level which comes as this release's most positive surprise.
The production is raw which benefits the grittier sounds but it's slightly irritating during announcements and crowd recordings.Īt the end of the day, some elements here sound better than in the original versions such as the dynamic drum play and outstanding guitar work. While the keyboards add new touches here and there, they are simply stated rarely employed and overall rather unnecessary. Jordan Rudess has the difficult job to add keyboard sounds to support John Petrucci on guitar while the original material didn't have any of that. Perhaps he should focus on thrash metal on his next solo album. His vocals might not be as unique as James Hetfield's original performances but the vocals are nevertheless the most positive surprise on this release. James LaBrie's vocals sound surprisingly gritty as he is clearly enjoying himself while performing this unusual material. John Petrucci on the other side has to vary constantly between gritty riffs and melodic soloing and accomplishes these transitions with remarkable ease that underlines the fact that he is one of the greatest guitarists in the world. John Myung is able to replicate Cliff Burton's style easily which is remarkable on its own but sadly fails to add his own note to the original material. The drum play by Mike Portnoy is dynamic, playful and tight all at once and easily outperforms Lars Ulrich's efficient but simpler style. Vervollständigen Sie Ihre Dream Theater-Sammlung. Lesen Sie Rezensionen und Empfehlungen und informieren Sie sich über Tracklisten, beteiligte Personen und Weiteres.
Nobody can however deny that the eight songs played here are executed with technically stunning musicianship. Erfahren Sie mehr über Veröffentlichungen von Dream Theater - Official Bootleg: Master Of Puppets auf Discogs. It might be debatable whether one prefers Metallica's gritty originals or Dream Theater's more playful renditions of the material. Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Master of Puppets - Live in Barcelona, 2002 obviously features the band's homage to the legendary thrash metal quartet that might be the most commercially successful genre band ever. These renditions include Deep Purple's Made in Japan, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast.
Back in the early years of the millennium, progressive metal veterans Dream Theater honoured several of their favourite bands by playing their records from start to finish.