The feeling was aggravated by the fact the audience was seated. The same holds for the animation created for The Astonishing, and there’s a problem there.ĭuring the show I couldn’t help feeling I was watching yet another fantasy film, only with a soundtrack by Dream Theater. The synopsis reminds of a dozen of other films at once, such as The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Star Wars. The plot is expectedly far from being original: the dystopian future, the bad guys, the good guys, love and, eventually, a happy end. After a few dramatic episodes including chase, treachery and lightsaber sword fight the Good defeats the Evil, villains are dead, love is triumphant, survivors friend each other on Facebook and Instagram and live happily ever after. However the latter is not so eager to get delivered and that makes things really complicated. The Emperor is a true villain so he doesn’t give a damn about his daughter’s feelings and orders the people of Ravenskill to deliver the bastard to him. His daughter Faythe follows him (out of curiosity as well) and of course falls in love with the musician at the first sight of him.
So the life goes its ordinary course, NOMACS make noise, the people suffer, the Emperor rules, until one day the latter hears a rumour about a musician in the distant village of Ravenskill called Gabriel, who is capable of playing real music! Nafaryus gets curious (which is quite dangerous for emperors as we know from the history), so he books a ticket for a FLYGIZ (Flying Gizmo) at once and travels to Ravenskill. Those represent the only entertainment available for the people in the Empire for there is no other music any more. In the XXIII century the Great Northern Empire of the Americas is ruled by Emperor Nafaryus, which happens to own an army of NOMACS ( Noise Machines). The complete synopsis is available on their website, and in a nutshell it goes as follows. The band had already released a concept album before, Metropolis Part 2, but this time it’s been a bit different, pretending to be a full-blown rock opera. Actually I’m not sure video would be of value as Dream Theater always play their music note-perfectly, just like in the studio. Therefore I’ve only managed to make a couple of photos, and no video at all. How come fidgeting in the seat, nose-picking or even giggling are permitted and filming is not? I would like to have some material memory after the show, but the security did their job all too diligently, incessantly scanning the audience for the whole duration of the concert. The concert is also more enjoyable when no one waves their phone before you.īut on the other it’s utterly disgusting.
On the one hand it makes sense, as the show is completely new and the band don’t want all of it momentarily landing on YouTube.
On the photo above you can see one of them also rushing to me through the aisle. The second occurrence would lead to banishing of the offender. Anyone trying to take photos with a camera or a mobile phone (which was every other person in the audience) would be approached by the security and politely, even benevolently, advised not to do it any more. Like previously with The Aristocrats, all photography and filming were banned. The band was presenting their new album The Astonishing in the Theater Carré in Amsterdam on February 23 rd. If you doubt that, just watch their Instrumedley video not many musicians in the world are capable of playing something like that. They are considered the founders of the progressive metal genre, and each of them alone is equally legendary. The band Dream Theater is absolutely legendary.