Oh my, a DT thread!
You're gonna hate me but this is probably one of my least favourite DT albums.
It mostly stems from the fact that I can't really relate to death metal lyrics. I don't think they're shit or whatever, but they just don't do anything for me. And a number of songs kind of go into lean into that area including TDEN and ITPOE II. For example, I don't find the lyric passage "Dark Master of sin, I will fight for you" powerful, I find it a little humorous actually. I realise John Petrucci got a kick out of writing these "darker lyrics" but they come off as kind of silly to me.
I'm not a hater though. ITPOE Part I is fantastic, and I like the majority of ITPOE II except for what I said above. I like Forsaken - it's not very progressive but as a catchy little rock track it's really good.
Constant Motion and TDEN don't do it for me because of the lyric styles mostly. The instrumental parts are excellent though. Overall they're growing on me a little over time.
Repentance is probably the worst DT song ever - it's insanely boring. I skip it every time I listen to the album.
Prophets of War is OK but nothing amazing. Ministry of Lost Souls starts a little crappy but it's one of the better songs on the album. My attention wanders a little though.
So there are parts I REALLY love where they're hitting some kick-ass progressive harmony/rhythm bits, but some bits I really don't like at all. ITPOE Part I and Forsaken are the only two that I have no issues with - I really like them.
