DREAM THEATER — A Change of Seasons (review)

DREAM THEATER — A Change of Seasons album cover EP · 1995 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Stephen
"A Change of Season" is an epic track that's spanned as far as 23 minutes which was intended for "Images And Words" at first but eventually didn't make it since it's too complex for that album and they probably already have the colossal "Metropolis" tune to complete the album. And beside, the prior strategy of "Images" is to go slightly commercial to reach a wider audience, so to put another lengthy track isn’t a wise idea in the first place.

Divided into six parts, the song itself was written together with "Metropolis" hence the composition has the same grip, the same feeling. If I have to compare this with "Metropolis", I'd say those two are almost on the same level but “Metropolis” is slightly better overall. Constructed with a heavy metal flavor, "A Change of Season" blossomed with a beautiful arrangement and tense playing by the band. The harmonic vocal is bold and captivating, the difficult notes are handled easily with a skillful demonstration of the rhythm section, the clever acoustical passage with Labrie's commanding voice flew nicely in the upper register, all of them are the strong parts of the song. It ended nicely with a brilliant blistering rhythm finish. Definitely one of their best ever made, utterly amazing!

Dream Theater also offered you some live cover tracks, though I'll still buy this even it's only a single track EP, but yes it's nice to hear some classic rock covers and the big medley with Kansas/Journey hits in it. I don't care much for these tracks as even though it was performed flawlessly, I still prefer the original. Recommended for Dream Theater completist and prog metal enthusiast, buy this for that epic track alone!
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