Dream Theater - Beneath The Surface "Live At Luna Park"

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  • @Sexton_blake93
    @Sexton_blake93 9 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    My favorite DT ballad. A Dramatic Turn Of Events is a masterpiece in my opinion.

    • @hypemall
      @hypemall 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +1. Great stuff, underrated by some "true fans". This song is as great as "Silent Man", the same feeling.

    • @webjrnstennes3895
      @webjrnstennes3895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      4 years too late but for sure! A Dramatic Turn Of Events, SFAM and Images and Words are my favorite albums!

    • @webjrnstennes3895
      @webjrnstennes3895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hypemall got the luna blu ray! And indeed silent man is a great song, but lyrically i feel beneath the surface is better!

    • @VHDT10
      @VHDT10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@webjrnstennes3895 please don't forget Awake

    • @Diegobuffalo88
      @Diegobuffalo88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love every song from ADTOE

  • @staceycross3684
    @staceycross3684 8 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    And people say James can't sing. Very very moving vocals

    • @DanielVerberne
      @DanielVerberne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      When James vocals are working well, he's capable of delivering some extraordinarily moving and soulful performances. His vocals here are fantastic and on the studio version of course, just stunning. One of my favourite vocal performances by LaBrie is actually years ago on the 2000 live DVD of "Metropolis 2000", specifically on "A Change of Seasons".

    • @mattrogers7255
      @mattrogers7255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think he does really well with soft and moving vocals like the ones present in this song. I think he has issues when he gets loud and high in his vocal range. He hurt is voice pretty bad early on in their career by both using some unhealthy techniques and also I believe he got sick at one point and kept singing against his doctor's wishes when he was supposed to be on vocal rest. He's never sounded quite the same since.

    • @raylasantos6658
      @raylasantos6658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He is an incredible performer

    • @sourcescience
      @sourcescience 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He’s a terrible frontman. Some of his singing is now so bad that it is embarrassing and so sad to see his decline.

    • @DantelopeDos
      @DantelopeDos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is my favourite James live performance, what a touching song

  • @SleekBlack82
    @SleekBlack82 10 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Alone. World shut out. Headphones. This song. I'm closer to Heaven.

    • @Fanis753
      @Fanis753 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Cant be more accurate

    • @djDiagOnfly
      @djDiagOnfly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I just cried for this song and now for your comment... wonderful description, I'm totally agree. I send you a big hug. ^_^

    • @neofazodona
      @neofazodona 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Alone. World shut out. Headphones. 2 previous songs. I'm Far From Heaven.

    • @smsyam8547
      @smsyam8547 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I will play it again with headphones 😊.
      Good idea.

    • @smsyam8547
      @smsyam8547 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really absolutely the same for me 😢.

  • @Linzeth4809
    @Linzeth4809 9 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    This song is special to me, I tried to bury a person who was very important to me, she tries to recover our relationship but I refuse trying to avoid the pain, 2 months had passed and I still miss her. a few weeks ago I listen this song and I understand, I was wrong. Today I'm recovering a relationship with a girl who is very important to me.
    Thank you so much dream theater.

    • @hallquiche
      @hallquiche 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You tried to bury her? Did you kill her or? ;)

    • @johannilsson7115
      @johannilsson7115 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very well said Riccardo :))

    • @kahiunkahibatain7093
      @kahiunkahibatain7093 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my dream song

    • @rizkitrisatio8992
      @rizkitrisatio8992 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      im on that position today, but she doesnt want to recover our relationship, but this song is still great

    • @kevinwener6114
      @kevinwener6114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I went through the same experience. The girl I love broke my heart, and we were not talking for about 2 weeks.. she were trying to recover our relationship, and I'm also refused. But I'm trying to open a new page of my life and forgive her of what she did to me. We're now rebuilding our relationship as a friend, a good friend. I guess that being a friend and forgetting what has happened makes us stronger to see what lies ahead.

  • @jnc2494
    @jnc2494 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Dream theater is a prove that Metal band can also makes someone cry

    • @stefanosironi4856
      @stefanosironi4856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i think metal bands actually made some of the best emotional and melodic riffs and solos

  • @Un0rdin4rYPr0gr4mmeR
    @Un0rdin4rYPr0gr4mmeR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    My father died 5 years ago, and this was one of his favorite songs. Great performance. If he was alive, he'd enjoy it a lot. This way I carry the torch, and you guys definitely nailed it. Best regards from Croatia ❤️

  • @lizarai1153
    @lizarai1153 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    when i heard this song for the first time i had to stop what i was doing and take a deep breather...

    • @leosigalingging746
      @leosigalingging746 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +liza rai keep breathing sugar...

    • @TheHellhail
      @TheHellhail 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh !,!!! a nepalese girl listening to dream theater !!!!!! surprised me !!!!! you'r in the right section of music !!!

  • @dmac7128
    @dmac7128 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "I would scream just to be heard
    As if yelling at the stars
    I was bleeding just to feel
    You would never say a word
    Kept me reaching in the dark
    Always something to conceal"
    Those lyrics strike particular close to my heart. I tear up every time I hear them. Its unrequited love.

  • @johntanner3122
    @johntanner3122 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    When it got to this song, I'm not ashamed to say I cried. It was so beautifully done and James showed his range as a vocalist.

  • @RomainPennesComposer
    @RomainPennesComposer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    4:25 - 4:58 : that's a powerful voice right there

    • @danmulcahy6044
      @danmulcahy6044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly hes has gotten his voice back the last two tours ive seen them he has been fantastic

    • @kennybenally7187
      @kennybenally7187 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gave me goosebumps. Such an amazing song.

  • @timr8159
    @timr8159 10 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    LaBrie is absolutely over the top! Killer!!!

  • @twistchoi9099
    @twistchoi9099 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Acoustic Petrucci...breathless.

  • @somberone8259
    @somberone8259 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Damn, the ending was really so powerful , Labrie's voice still rocks :)

    • @Fanis753
      @Fanis753 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      LaBries voice will always rock my friend :)

    • @progmetalnerd982
      @progmetalnerd982 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Fanis H LaBrie will always be cheesy, because he is LaBRIE :-)

    • @staceycross3684
      @staceycross3684 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Sam Philips thanks for the dumb comment.

    • @staceycross3684
      @staceycross3684 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Berk Uzdoğan ok

  • @ironwolg
    @ironwolg 10 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I think this version is better than the one on the album, the section where LaBrie belts it, it just sounds much more sincere here. Love it.

  • @CarlosHCantu
    @CarlosHCantu 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    DreamTheater is a complete band! Awesome musicians with incredible technique and feeling.

    • @beanstalker3292
      @beanstalker3292 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Carlos H. Cantu - don't forget the message in their songs... speaks to ones soul,

  • @tylerbailey9329
    @tylerbailey9329 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Anyone who thinks A Dramatic Turn of Events is boring must have been dropped as a kid. This song is utterly gorgeous and stands proudly in the same league with material from Images and Words, Awake and SDOIT.

  • @MrPhillipBuzz
    @MrPhillipBuzz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    4:25 That was just messed up amazing!

  • @megi3herman44
    @megi3herman44 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Semua lagu yang di buat"prof. DREAM THEATER" itu sungguh luar biasa ,termasuk yang satu ini. 👌
    #salamdariINDONESIA

    • @TheProxy2
      @TheProxy2 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Megi Triherman salah satu anggota mereka emang beneran professor, drummer mike mangini

  • @IndochinaVN
    @IndochinaVN 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    watching on utube but still buy the DVD, DT's Fan should do this

    • @JungleScene
      @JungleScene 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      better yet, bluray! the quality of this one is sooo good!

  • @hectorsand6800
    @hectorsand6800 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So amazed that the part of the song, 4:26 and beyond, was perfectly sang by James.

  • @ravinsaadikara384
    @ravinsaadikara384 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    LIRIK
    Is there ever really a right time
    You had led me to believe
    Someday you'd be there for me
    When the stars above aligned
    When you weren't so consumed
    I kept looking for the clues
    So I waited in the shadows of my heart
    And still the time was never right
    Until one day I stopped caring
    And began to forget why I longed to be so close
    And I disappeared into the darkness
    And the darkness turned to pain
    And never went away
    Until all that remained
    Was buried deep beneath the surface
    A shell of what things could have been
    Tired bones beneath a veil
    Of guarded secrets all too frail
    Sad to think I never knew
    You were searching for the words
    For the moment to emerge
    Yet the moment never came
    You couldn't risk my fragile frame
    Until one day you stopped caring
    And began to forget why you tried to be so close
    And you disappeared into the darkness
    And the darkness turned to pain
    And never went away
    Until all that remained
    Was buried deep beneath the surface
    I would scream just to be heard
    As if yelling at the stars
    I was bleeding just to feel
    You would never say a word
    Kept me reaching in the dark
    Always something to conceal
    Until one day I stopped caring
    And began to forget why I longed to be so close
    And I disappeared into the darkness
    And the darkness turned to pain
    And never went away
    Until all that remained
    Was buried deep beneath the surface

  • @felipperodrigues8448
    @felipperodrigues8448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This band touches my soul every single time i hear them live.
    James Labrie is an amazing Tenor, saw them live twice, what an experience my Friends !!!!!

  • @ryanslater674
    @ryanslater674 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    wow just amazing at the end for mr jabrie he is my true inspiration and gets me through the bad days in my life

  • @JohnOrem
    @JohnOrem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Saw this live with my wife on the DTOE Tour. Always loved this song but never knew why. My wife left me over a month ago because my issues were destroying our life together. I now hear this and can't help but hear my wife's voice in James' voice singing to me. I want to do anything to fix our relationship and live out a happy life. Perhaps one of the most gut wrenching DT songs ever...

  • @taniatorres4249
    @taniatorres4249 10 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Gracias una vez mas, por acompañarme en alegrías y penurias... Son mucho en mi vida, los adoro Dream Theater

  • @MrEdwithdreadz
    @MrEdwithdreadz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    how does James.not cry when singing this?? so beautiful

  • @theawakeningspirit3851
    @theawakeningspirit3851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song makes me cry every time 😥 Thank dream theater. They saved my life.

  • @doutorstarwars
    @doutorstarwars 10 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    4:25 holy fuck LaBrie

    • @joshuastam7704
      @joshuastam7704 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      really ? sounds horrible.

    • @staceycross3684
      @staceycross3684 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Joshua Stam how. It gives me goosebumps he sounds amazing

    • @nakiyame2606
      @nakiyame2606 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      honestly for labrie's live standard, this is amazing

  • @jpak8
    @jpak8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Praise the lord, LaBrie actually sounded good in his upper register here.

  • @diogofs25
    @diogofs25 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    4:25 that was freaking killer

  • @adinfinitum8367
    @adinfinitum8367 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    el mejor grupo en la historia de la música. Lo más cercano a la clásica que ha dado el siglo pasado. Dream Theater no dejéis de hacernos volar con vuestro arte sin parangón

  • @DiscipleOfChrist00
    @DiscipleOfChrist00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love that keyboard solo

  • @celiamalaspina2226
    @celiamalaspina2226 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Supongo que todos los integrantes de este cuarteto de cuerdas lo serán, pero seguro sé que el de barba es primer violinista de la Orquesta de Cámara del Teatro Colón. Tuve la suerte de ver un concierto gratuito la semana pasada y cuando lo vi aparecer en el escenario no lo podía creer. Lo que vimos en el Luna Park no tiene ni comparación con lo que toca este hombre. Es maravilloso.

  • @valeriocesarini5661
    @valeriocesarini5661 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I can't really understand (and maybe it's my fault) critics about newest DT (after Portnoy) being sellouts or doing predictable commercial songs. This is nothing of that. A band can't be making concept albums and psychological songs all their career. A differently spiritual song with music and voice at these levels, to me, is a masterpiece as well. I personally never thought that a song is good ONLY if it's 8+ minutes, or if it's part of a big ensemble, or if it necessairly has jazz elements.

  • @amberoath
    @amberoath 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Buy the DVD folks!

    • @DenySantos
      @DenySantos  10 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I have dvd...
      I am helping people who have no access
      ;)

  • @rionaldiwikayuniatmoko6338
    @rionaldiwikayuniatmoko6338 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dream Theater Forever..!!

  • @alvarorivas7443
    @alvarorivas7443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Argentina agradecida por haber recibido su música.

  • @yukonlon69ify
    @yukonlon69ify 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best album they've done since the early days of Images and Words, Awake, and Falling into Infinity...not that the other ones are bad at all. They are all amazing. But this song and this album caught that deep magic again. I hear so many iconic bands from the past in their songs(kansas, Metallica, pink floyd, Yes, Rush, queensryche, etc)....truly they are one of the best bands ever.

  • @karllaA587
    @karllaA587 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Existe realmente uma hora certa? Você me levou a acreditar que algum dia você estaria lá por mim. Quando as estrelas lá em cima se alinhavam, quando você não estava tão consumido... Eu ficava procurando pistas. Então eu esperei nas sombras do meu coração e ainda assim o momento nunca era o certo. Até que um dia eu parei de me importar. E comecei a esquecer porque eu procurava ficar tão perto. E eu desapareci na escuridão. E a escuridão se tornou dor. E nunca foi embora. Até que tudo o que sobrou ficou enterrado abaixo da superfície." :/

  • @leosigalingging746
    @leosigalingging746 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Rudess was awesome

  • @lpodas65
    @lpodas65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Šoša-Jedna z nejkrásnějších písní, co vůbec existují.Snad ji uslyšíme.

  • @diytheproway782
    @diytheproway782 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best John Myung's bass lines ever!!!

  • @johntanner3122
    @johntanner3122 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just recently purchased this concert on Blu-ray ray

  • @Utubesuxmycock
    @Utubesuxmycock 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    god damn that crescendo......

  • @LucasRivera2000
    @LucasRivera2000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such a sad but beautiful song.

  • @davidkarecki9044
    @davidkarecki9044 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't believe I never listened to this group till now...heard of them but never really took the time..
    Amazing...i had to sit down when I first heard this song...then played it 25 times.....phenominal talent

  • @timothytarter4220
    @timothytarter4220 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jordan Rudess of Epicness @ 3:20!

  • @RadityoArdiH
    @RadityoArdiH 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never thought #DreamTheater did this with a bunch of orchestra guy. It sounds BEAUTIFUL on live!

  • @2293254za
    @2293254za 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you Dream Theater

  • @robertodiaz1609
    @robertodiaz1609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This one of my favorite DT moments.

  • @zoehmar7487
    @zoehmar7487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They're so good.

  • @AtokhuYepthomi
    @AtokhuYepthomi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this song very much. With love from Nagaland India

  • @regitlisham1831
    @regitlisham1831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A masterpiece composition So deep, I cried

  • @yadikurniadi762
    @yadikurniadi762 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dreamer 4ever...!!

  • @AdrianoTestaFilm
    @AdrianoTestaFilm 10 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    i like myung in this song

  • @skbuschmann
    @skbuschmann 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    love this band

  • @mustafaSR469
    @mustafaSR469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite slows 🤟🎶💫

  • @hind33r
    @hind33r 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    pura belleza este concierto...

  • @camaraenmano4245
    @camaraenmano4245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dream es una banda jodidamente perfecta!!! Los amo

    • @ytsejam77
      @ytsejam77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yo también ♥️

  • @sygtsutanto
    @sygtsutanto 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Fucking beautiful, well done

  • @susannegerard4720
    @susannegerard4720 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beatiful

  • @Anarchy_Astonishing
    @Anarchy_Astonishing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my favorite on the album

  • @GillBoldberg
    @GillBoldberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m a huge LaBrie fan but you can easily tell most if not all his vocals were overdubbed here. Not hating, that’s just how bands produce live DVDs like this.

  • @rock7152
    @rock7152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this song thousand times♥️♥️😭😭

  • @joyAnita100
    @joyAnita100 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    great,, luv this song much... thanks Mr. LaBrie

  • @andresdis
    @andresdis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful and peaceful song :')

  • @smsyam8547
    @smsyam8547 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wawwwww
    Thanks for wonderful artists.

  • @gersonweberrocknroll
    @gersonweberrocknroll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This Song is fantanstic tô close a perfect álbum

  • @mhrokhum09
    @mhrokhum09 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I kept looking for the clue, and this is it... Thanks DT

  • @healyf52
    @healyf52 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Touching, timeless, joy and sorrow = love

  • @crayolamowa
    @crayolamowa 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Until all that remained was buried deep beneath the surface..."
    just like everything before...

  • @davidkarecki9044
    @davidkarecki9044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song still stops me in my tracks..gives me goosebumps.

  • @ehsandmt3710
    @ehsandmt3710 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The opening line ... thats a ballad right there
    "Is there ever really a right time?"

  • @proghead00
    @proghead00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My fave album,and hahah, this is heavenly.

  • @pablodelcallejo2232
    @pablodelcallejo2232 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bellisima interpretacion, y agradecimientos a Luis Gorelik por los arreglos para cuerdas, esto habla a las claras de una interpretacion amplia de la musica

  • @zoehmar7487
    @zoehmar7487 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions

  • @amandawalker6290
    @amandawalker6290 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This masterpiece of a song speaks precisely to everything I feel ❤

  • @ninadsakha
    @ninadsakha 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this album.

  • @jonisimarmata3245
    @jonisimarmata3245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:47 lovely harmony

  • @pedrocampos9294
    @pedrocampos9294 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A melhor banda para mim (músicos de top)

  • @user-my8eb7rh2q
    @user-my8eb7rh2q 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Дрим Театр лучшие!🤘

  • @starlenesarabia8739
    @starlenesarabia8739 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a experience absolutely beautiful ❤

  • @melissacournane8612
    @melissacournane8612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this song!

  • @julielsondalmacio910
    @julielsondalmacio910 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    melhor banda de metal progressivo e umas da melhores bandas do mundo ou uma banda superior a muitas por fazer o que a maioria nao faz como perfeita musica !

  • @susannegerard4720
    @susannegerard4720 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jonny ....thank jou .I give my best in this night !

  • @gabrielfloresdrums
    @gabrielfloresdrums 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im in tears watching this ❤

  • @hjhdugvzjhcvyggdjjfvdbjgvd3636
    @hjhdugvzjhcvyggdjjfvdbjgvd3636 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Elegant music !

  • @rizaahmad2252
    @rizaahmad2252 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome

  • @Opeeify
    @Opeeify 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    When i hear this song at the first time i listened the whole night....

  • @coloargento
    @coloargento 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Que banda, por Dios...

  • @cheekyfragrance
    @cheekyfragrance ปีที่แล้ว

    I recently went thought a heartbreaking situation where a girl Id known most of my life had been talking to me and helping me through a dark time, a time when i sadly hung myself and was sectioned. She continued to keep me company and i felt genuine love. We called ourselves soulmates as we could talk about anything. We felt connected. One day, she disappeared. This song, for me, is that...

  • @beestevid
    @beestevid 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful...❤

  • @jeffersonnascimento1182
    @jeffersonnascimento1182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Acho incrível a suavidade da voz do james.

  • @dimasfajar3959
    @dimasfajar3959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mucas gracias

  • @zefonbass77
    @zefonbass77 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome!!!

  • @julienbaylon100
    @julienbaylon100 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sa ces de la bonne music. Bravo

  • @Michpx
    @Michpx 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    ainda existe usicos que se preucupam primeiro em fazer boa musica e depois ficar famoso, acompanho ha muito tempo o DT e eles continuam me surpreendendo

  • @ademustafa2743
    @ademustafa2743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks to made my day Dream Theater

  • @adbeelItamar
    @adbeelItamar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sublime

  • @Roerkert
    @Roerkert 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm often struggling with listing to LaBries singing especially when he tries to sing the older songs which do not fit his voice anymore.
    But here it's just perfect and beautiful. I think the band should take more into account that his Voice has gotten older and also has changed in "colour", and consider this in writing new songs.
    Still looking forward for the new album with Portnoy though :)