Through My Words / 1998

Originally published in Metal Hammer magazine (Germany) · May 1998

Liquid Tension Experiment review

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Liquid Tension Experiment

Liquid Tension Experiment (Magna Carta/RTD)

Rating: 5 out of 7 (Applause)

Actually, one should only mention the names of the project members and leave everything else to the imagination of experienced readers. So: Mike Portnoy (drums) and John Petrucci (guitar), both members of Dream Theater, along with bassist Tony Levin and Jordan Rudess (keyboards). The crème de la crème of the technical elite gathers under the project name Liquid Tension for a lively rendezvous. However, the Experiment mentioned in the album title doesn’t take place; what we get here is the expected prog metal showdown. Naturally, most of the instrumental tracks exceed the six-minute mark; ‘Three Minute Warning’ even clocks in at 28:31 minutes – world-class, and not just in terms of length.

—Matthias Mineur

Liquid Tension

Experiment (Magna Carta/RTD)

Bewertung: 5 von 7 (Beifall)

Eigentlich sollte man nur die Namen der Projektmitglieder erwähnen und alles weitere der Fantasie der erfahrenen Leserschaft überlassen. Also: Mike Portnoy (d) und John Petrucci (g), beides Dream Theater-Mitglieder, dazu Bassist Tony Levin sowie Jordan Rudess (k). Die Crème de la Crème der Technikelite gibt sich unter dem Projektnamen Liquid Tension ein munteres Stelldichein, das im Albumtitel erwähnte Experiment findet allerdings nicht statt, hier gibt’s das zu erwartende Progmetal-Showdown. Natürlich sind die meisten der instrumentalen Stücke jenseits der Sechs-Minuten-Grenze, ‚Three Minute Warning‘ dauert gar 28:31 Minuten, Weltmeisterlich, nicht nur der Zeitrahmen.

—Matthias Mineur

Originally published in Metal Hammer magazine (Germany), May 1998.

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