Dream Theater - Master Of Puppets (2002)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Master Of Puppets
Year : 2002
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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Dream Theater, arguably the world's premiere progressive metal band, started a tradition a few years ago of covering classic albums during certain tour stops. The band would play a set of their own material, take a break, and then cover one of their favorite albums in its entirety. So far the band has covered Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast, Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, and Metallica's Master of Puppets.
Master of Puppets is an extremely important metal album, and while it isn't always evident amidst all of Dream Theater's sprawling progressive rock songs, it was definitely a major influence to the band when they were starting out (and later on, if Train of Thought is any indicator). I think Dream Theater does the album justice with this performance. The whole thing is a bit of a stretch for vocalist James LaBrie. His vocal style has little in common with James Hetfield's, so this isn't one of his better performances. Poor Jordan Rudess must have felt like the odd man out, as Master of Puppets is a keyboard-free album. Still, he managed to put his stamp on some of the songs, which made for some interesting interpretations of these classic songs

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Dream Theater - Live Scenes From New York (2001)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Live Scenes From New York
Year : 2001
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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The live versions of their songs sound so much richer and intense when performed in concert. As an added bonus, the band includes new extended sections and snippets from other songs into their set list, which makes for an awesome experience. Besides the flawless song selection, the sound quality and musicianship are the best I've heard on a live recording, let only one that spans three discs. John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy prove to be great producers as well as great musicians. There's so much energy on this, I don't know where to begin. It is truly the best live album I've ever heard, period. Everybody should own a copy, but get the studio CDs first to become familiar with the songs

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Dream Theater - Live At Budokan (2004)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Live At Budokan
Year : 2004
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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A treasure-trove for Dream Theater fans, Live at Budokan presents an entire three-hour performance at Tokyo's famed Budokan arena on April 26, 2004, along with a bonus disc rich in supplementary material. Disc 1 finds the metallic progressive-rock quintet at its awe-inspiring best, plowing through its catalog of dramatic epics and jack-hammer instrumentals, including five of the seven songs from 2003's Train of Thought. Disc 2 features an extended drum solo from percussionist extraordinaire Mike Portnoy; gear tours from guitarist John Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess (fascinating for lay people and downright revelatory for musicians); and a half-hour documentary on DT's 2004 stint in Japan punctuated by tantalizing snippets of band rehearsals. The shooting and editing for the concert are a music lover's dream, with lengthy shots that linger on the performances of individual band members. Disc 2 takes this even further with a multi-angle sequence of the 12-minute "Instrumedley."

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Dream Theater - Lifting Shadows (2007) [Companion CD]

Artist :       Dream Theater
Country :     USA
Release :     Lifting Shadows [Companion CD]
Year :           2007
Genre :       Heavy Metal
File Type :   mp3 320

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A companion CD with previously unreleased songs.

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Dream Theater - Images And Words: 15th Anniversary Performance (2007)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Images And Words: 15th Anniversary Performance
Year : 2007
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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Images and Words celebrated 15 years since its release in 2007. What better way to celebrate but to release a live CD containing the full album as performed on tour during the year of its 15th anniversary.

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Dream Theater - Greatest Hit (2008)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Greatest Hit
Year : 2008
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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Here's comes Dream Theater with their first greatest hit collection. At least it's not another live set. I guess in between studio albums, this just makes sense. While this is geared to the first time listener to capture the sound of this remarkable group, it still has a few elements for the die-hard fan. The remix's are certainly the key here if you want to see how they are polished up. The one unreleased track 'To Live Forever' would be the reason to buy this if you don't already have a studio mix of it. While the remix's are great, one has to wonder why they chose those songs and maybe not several more from their next couple of albums. I think 'To Live Forever' is included because it is LaBrie's welcome into the band. The song that should have made it onto this collection is 'The Way It Used to Be'. But it's not here and one has to wonder why. Plus I don't understand the logic behind the edits of songs like 'Solitary Shell'. Taking it to the edit form just kills the song overall.

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Dream Theater - Graspop Festival 2002 (2002)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Graspop Festival 2002
Year : 2002
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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For the annual gift of 2003, instead of going to the vaults, Mike Portnoy chose to make available a soundboard recording of the 2002 Graspop Festival show. On July 6th 2002, Dream Theater shared the stage with Slayer, Machine Head, Bruce Dickinson, Rob Halford and Biohazard on the main stage of the Graspos Festival.
With a very heavy presence of metal acts on the stage, Dream Theater had a tremendous task ahead of them – they had to prove that they were not only a progressive band, but also a metal band, something the audience of the festival might not have been aware of. The set list was (to that point) the most heavy set list Dream Theater had ever had.

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Dream Theater - Four Degrees Of Radio Edits (2001)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Four Degrees Of Radio Edits
Year : 2001
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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For the annual gift of 2001, it was decided to not have a christmas CD. Mike Portnoy instead proposed to the fan clubs to have an exclusive preview of the upcoming CD “Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence” – with four radio edits from the album as the tracks on the CD. Mike Portnoy provided the audio recordings, while the fan clubs designed the cover art.
The CD was pressed in Netherlands, with 7619 copies. It is currently out of print. It has never been re-released.

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Dream Theater - Dark Side Of The Moon (2006)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Dark Side Of The Moon
Year : 2006
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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This is one of several "official bootlegs" that Dream Theater released, which include Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Metallica's Master of Puppets, Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast and Deep Purple's Night in Japan. First thing I should note about all these albums is that they are all performed LIVE. For some that is a huge turnoff, as it is for me. However, all of them come across very well. They all try to relive the original with more involved technique at times, but they really don't stray far from the original. Overall, some of the best cover albums I've heard.

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Dream Theater - Chaos In Motion (2008)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Chaos In Motion
Year : 2008
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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Dream Theater's Chaos In Motion World Tour kicked off June 3rd, 2007 in Milan Italy and ended on June 4th 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Chaos In Motion 2007-2008 captures it all. Legendary drummer Mike Portnoy has assembled over 3 hours of live performances spanning the globe. Complete with a behind the scenes documentary, live screen projection films, music videos and a never before seen photo gallery, Dream Theater bring their fans the ultimate tour souvenir. This Deluxe Collector's Edition 5 disc set is limited to 5,000 pieces.

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Dream Theater - Black Clouds And Silver Linings (2009)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : Black Clouds And Silver Linings
Year : 2009
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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This album's a musical and emotional rollercoaster, but most of our albums are,' Mike Portnoy says of Black Clouds & Silver Linings, Dream Theater's tenth studio album and second Roadrunner release. Black Clouds & Silver Linings marks another milestone on Dream Theater's iconoclastic musical journey,
which began two and a half decades ago and now encompasses a hugely impressive body of music that's established the durable progressive metal outfit as a one-of-a-kind creative force with a fiercely devoted international fan base. The new album - produced by band members Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci, who also serve as the group's main lyricists - offers a vibrant manifestation of the world-class musicianship, vivid lyrical scenarios and ambitious, multi-leveled
compositions that have established Dream Theater as a uniquely compelling creative force.

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Dream Theater - A Rite Of Passage (2009)

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : A Rite Of Passage
Year : 2009
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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Just listening to this song gives you the feeling that Dream Theater are still alive and will always be.
This song is great and have many melodies and solos the DT-Style.

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Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events (2011) [Deluxe Collector's Edition]

Artist : Dream Theater
Country : USA
Release : A Dramatic Turn Of Events [Deluxe Collector's Edition]
Year : 2011
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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File includes a second bonus disc of instrumental tracks. A Dramatic Turn of Events is an album born from transition, crafted with studied persistence and possessed by newfound freedom and free-flowing invigoration. The album strikes the perfect balance between Dream Theater's intimate history with all that is heavy, progressive and melodic with each element fully realized. Longtime fans of the band intrigued by the speediness of the notes on display from Dream Theater have much to study on the album, while fans of melodic hooks will find equal pleasure within the songs.

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Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (1972)

Artist : Black Sabbath
Country : UK
Release : Vol. 4
Year : 1972
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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THE BAND: Tony Iommi (guitars), Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Geezer Butler (bass), Bill Ward (drums).

THE DISC: (1972) 10 songs clocking in at approximately 43 minutes. The Warner Bros issue has 2-pages of liner notes and no artwork to speak of (basically the cover artwork and song titles inside). The remastered version is now considered an import from Castle Communications (1996)... this one has the digitally remastered sound from the original master tapes, as well as the "faithfully restored artwork" - 10 pages including all band photos that the original vinyl had, song credits and lyrics. I got lucky and found a used copy of the remastered version for a fraction of the cost.

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Ramones - Pleasant Dreams (1981) [Expanded & Remastered] & [Japan Edition]

Artist : Ramones
Country : USA
Release : Pleasant Dreams [Expanded & Remastered] & [Japan Edition]
Year : 1981
Genre : Rock
File Type : mp3 320

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The record does seem to be forgotten and dismissed by most fans, even though it contains two absolute classics: "The KKK Took My Baby Away" and "We Want the Airwaves." While the former remains one of their signature songs that could convert anyone into a devotee, it's the latter that really saw the band doing something special, with a slower but forceful tempo and Johnny playing that eerie melody that put a nice spin on the basic A-F-G chord sequence they had run into the ground. Even though Johnny most certainly did not want the airwaves and did not care what the airwaves thought of his musical choices, he played it like he meant it, with a mean but melodically assured Joey belting out the band's manifesto that almost feels more like a plea. Plus, they unknowingly wrote a perfect fit for the movie Airheads, proving that they were always head of their time, even if it was for a low-grade comedy that bombed just like Pleasant Dreams.

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Paradise Lost - One Second (1997) [Japan Edition]

Artist : Paradise Lost
Country : UK
Release : One Second [Japan Edition]
Year : 1997
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320

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One Second is the sixth album release by Paradise Lost. Following Draconian Times, the album reflected the group's first complete departure from death/doom in favour of a more gothic direction. One Second is Paradise Lost's first album recorded in digital format. Two songs were written and left out for this album are "The Hour" & "Slave" have not been released on any of the reissues of this album, but are on the second version of the single "One Second". The song "Mercy" has been alternately covered by Orphaned Land, on multiple releases, but the main recording session of the song was for The Calm Before the Flood.

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Glitter Magic - Bad For Health (2012)

Artist : Glitter Magic
Country : Brazil
Release : Bad For Health
Year : 2012
Genre : Hard Rock
File Type : mp3 320

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“Bad For Health” by GLITTER MAGIC is clearly ahead from this time and contains influences that weren’t there yet back in the 80s, giving them a Heavy Metal depth sound at the same time. On the other hand, some things are just timeless. Great guitars, bass and drum work can be timeless, but so can some voices inside a song be. That also goes for the singer Rhee Charles who was able to add some kind of TESLA vibes to some of the songs with his voice that sounds familiar at some points, but different and new on other. But he’s clearly not alone. To make an album like this, team work is needed and that’s how they sound, like a team.

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