Dream Theater adding even more metal to God of War III soundtrack
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Nov 14th 2009 at 11:59PM } 
Between the inclusion of this track and the exclusive Trivium song (which was announced late last month), we appreciate the metallic infusion Sony's trying to introduce to the title. However, if it doesn't culminate in an unlockable electric guitar weapon, then you can expect us to be stricken with grief for a few months after the game's release.
[Via VG247]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
DamonTheMoney @ Nov 15th 2009 12:08AM
Dude, that's so METAL!!
robert @ Nov 15th 2009 8:13AM
In the words of Jack Black, YOU CAN'T KILL THE METAL!!!
Azzazel @ Nov 15th 2009 9:40AM
Finally some proper bands! Enough with the emo already.. Shadows Fall was in GOW2 and just didn't feel right...
Brysonial the Bison @ Nov 15th 2009 11:35AM
Panick Attack!
ZaxCG2 @ Nov 15th 2009 10:25PM
My only thought is how much money Sony is putting into this game.
They must have handed them a nice big paycheck for this one.
Has Dream Theater done anything else for video games/movies?
Hmmm... research time...
VaultBoy @ Nov 16th 2009 4:07PM
I saw DREAM THEATER thinking it was a RB/GH post, then I finisherd reading the headline. This too shall be awesome...
RDX @ Nov 15th 2009 12:08AM
Dream Theater can be ridiculously, um, ridiculous but they are incredible musicians who write some really great songs. Hopefully the track isn't just throw together for the game and holds up to the rest of their catalog.
ragetek @ Nov 15th 2009 1:24AM
they've got some awesome songs, but i feel all of them are a bit too long! A Change Of Seasons is 23 minutes!!!! lol either way great music n great guitaring!
if you've played gh world tour, Pull Me Under is one of the playable tracks, and its probably dream theater's best track ever.
Surfaced @ Nov 15th 2009 3:32AM
Hah, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence was something like 42 minutes. But I don't know if that's even considered one song, since it has like 8 parts or whatever.
A lot of us share the opinion that DT's best work can be found on Images & Words. Pull Me Under is great and it even got MTV exposure so a lot of people know that song, but there was also Metropolis Pt.1, Another Day, Surrounded, and Take the Time (my personal favorite of any DT song). Giving any of them an intimate listening helps to shed some light on how accomplished that collection was.The whole album is gold and arguably one of the best prog metal releases ever.
fohf @ Nov 16th 2009 12:53PM
Images and Words is an excellent album, but my all time favorite DT album is absolutely Scenes from a Memory.
I wish they would release The Dance of Eternity on Rockband or Guitar Hero that is a song I wouldn't mind playing over and over again on expert.
Sam406 @ Nov 15th 2009 12:10AM
I don't know how I feel about this.
No disrespect to the band, I'm sure they're good, but I always felt like the God of War soundtrack was not only very epic but also very fitting.
I mean a guitar solo in ancient Greece would be cool, no doubt, but also really really jarring.
Organic Jerk (PSN: OrganicJerk, XBL: OrganicJerk) @ Nov 15th 2009 1:49AM
It's going to be "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within" all over again....
And that's not a good thing..
ragetek @ Nov 15th 2009 4:23AM
comparing to sands of time, warrior within wasn't a good thing.
but generally, the music really fit warrior within imo. the dark and gloomy game needed that hard rock godsmack music. especially the crow boss battle music. it gave the gameplay a sense of excitement and violent intensity.
if dream theatre can come up with something along the lines of the god of war epic awesome orchestra style music with a dash of some heavy metal, i dont see why it would fail.
That Guy @ Nov 15th 2009 7:03AM
Zack Snyder disagrees,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TVRGlW9q90
DomoBraden @ Nov 15th 2009 11:41AM
Um, I can understand the confusion, considering that the article makes it seem as though both this and Trivium are going to be heard in-game, but that not true. I can almost 100% guarantee that these songs will be part of "God of War: Blood and Metal EP", which is a part of God of War III: Ultimate Edition.
Griffin, you might want to update the article mentioning the the album to prevent further outcry. It would be absurd for licensed music to appear in-game.
vegetafr20 @ Nov 15th 2009 1:52PM
This is for the "Heavy Metal EP" for the Ultimate edition, not the game itself. Or at least, that is my guess
xtremeholymuffin @ Nov 15th 2009 12:13AM
Ugh, I just vomited in my mouth
mattimus @ Nov 15th 2009 5:17PM
"I will personally hunt down and kill anyone who compares Dream Theater to Dragonforce. For one thing, Dream Theater can actually play the ridiculously technical music they make, and don't have to artificially speed it up in the studio like Dragonforce do"
Apparently you have never seen Dragonforce live. All they're songs may sound pretty much the same, and they may be ridiculously cheesy, but they can play their guitars very, very fast.
mattimus @ Nov 15th 2009 5:19PM
wrong reply, same opinion
Traceur_Ryuk [Founder of The Anti-EMCB(tm) and co-leader of ATDF] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Nov 15th 2009 12:14AM
Hmmm... I have never heard them. Any good?
Traceur_Ryuk [Founder of The Anti-EMCB(tm) and co-leader of ATDF] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Nov 15th 2009 12:19AM
Nevermind, just listened to them. They are awful. So they make bad, ridiculously hard songs for Rock Band... Are they the new Dragonforce?
Young_Nastyman @ Nov 15th 2009 12:22AM
you're an idiot, they've been around since 89, long before Dragonforce. Panic Attack is one of the worst songs to get a feel for them. Give "Pull Me Under" a listen before you lump this band in with Dragonforce
LD @ Nov 15th 2009 12:25AM
Listen to "Metropolis PT II: Scenes from a Memory" is in my opinion their best album and was voted the best progressive album of the 90s
Young_Nastyman @ Nov 15th 2009 12:26AM
LD is a very smart person
Traceur_Ryuk [Founder of The Anti-EMCB(tm) and co-leader of ATDF] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Nov 15th 2009 12:29AM
How long they've been around has no relevance to how they sound. Anyways, I guess they aren't too bad, I'm just not a big fan of 90's metal. I used to be, now I can't stand Metallica and such. I just don't really want metal to be in God Of War (Though it does fit). But I guess it could be worse (I.E. Cannibal Corpse, worse band in existence)
Purple Haze @ Nov 15th 2009 12:30AM
I will personally hunt down and kill anyone who compares Dream Theater to Dragonforce. For one thing, Dream Theater can actually play the ridiculously technical music they make, and don't have to artificially speed it up in the studio like Dragonforce do.
Other than that, you can also listen to something like Solitary Shell to hear that they actually put thought into what they write, rather than just ridiculous crap like in Through the Fire and Flames.
Young_Nastyman @ Nov 15th 2009 12:31AM
"How long they've been around has no relevance to how they sound"
It does when you ask if they're the new Dragonforce
Anti-Villian @ Nov 15th 2009 12:37AM
I think lady gaga should be in this game
jynxycat @ Nov 15th 2009 12:38AM
DT now in the same sentence as Metallica?
Just stop.
giantenemycrab @ Nov 15th 2009 1:23AM
Do you like Yes, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and/or Rush? Also like metal? Then you will like Dream Theater. Check out Scenes from a Memory, it's their best album.
giantenemycrab @ Nov 15th 2009 1:25AM
Just read your second comment, they are in no way like Dragon Force. Put simply, DF write songs that are played at super sonic speed, DT writes hugely complicated, complex songs.
Traceur_Ryuk [Founder of The Anti-EMCB(tm) and co-leader of ATDF] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Nov 15th 2009 2:48AM
"DT now in the same sentence as Metallica"
Uhh... Yeah. I wasn't even comparing them, they are just both metal bands from the 90's. I could say Backstreet boys and Dream theater are both from the 90's, doesn't mean I am comparing them.
I never even knew this band existed yet alone have fanboys. (Why it would have fanboys is beyond my comprehension.) Oh, and I like Pink Floyd and Rush, don't know who King Crimson is.
Cheesus Crust @ Nov 15th 2009 2:59AM
Wait so are they better than Metallica? I'll give these guys a go tomorrow.
Grimcicle @ Nov 15th 2009 2:41PM
Wow, you are failure incarnate.
mahouneko @ Nov 15th 2009 3:49PM
I just listened to Pull Me Under on YouTube and DA-YUM! That's some good rock right there.
GiggMan @ Nov 16th 2009 8:46AM
I'm a not a big rock fan and I can appreciate this group. Pull me under is one of my favorite songs to play on World tour.
Young_Nastyman @ Nov 15th 2009 12:15AM
YEEEEEEEEEEES!!!
Pete @ Nov 15th 2009 12:16AM
AWESOME! :D
Kurian @ Nov 15th 2009 12:21AM
Petrucci's become fat.
Young_Nastyman @ Nov 15th 2009 12:29AM
at least his hair isn't short anymore, he NEEDS flowing locks on stage, it's awkward to watch him without them
mattimus @ Nov 15th 2009 5:21PM
The dude was always a gorilla. Great drummer though!
Heh @ Nov 15th 2009 7:22PM
Petrucci is the guitatrist...
LD @ Nov 15th 2009 12:23AM
i love dream theater! but i like their earlier albums when they were more progressive and less heavy. Still great band and im sure the track will kick ass!
Purple Haze @ Nov 15th 2009 12:25AM
Wow, that picture makes them look like pricks. They're actually not entirely heavy metal, and Rock Band has some of their worst music in it, though it'll probably be pretty representative of what'll end up in God of War III.
Either way, I love Dream Theater, but I don't understand why people put modern music in games like God of War.
Deadpool @ Nov 15th 2009 12:31AM
Considering their music is usually 10 + minutes of insane enduring music epics, it seems like a good fit for GOW III. I can't wait to hear what they make for the game. :)
WINterfang ( Now with the power to piss you off ) @ Nov 15th 2009 12:38AM
Wow, those dudes look hella lame.
jynxycat @ Nov 15th 2009 12:40AM
I'm sure a picture of you on the internet would look a lot cooler.
Young_Nastyman @ Nov 15th 2009 12:47AM
anyone, besides Cartman, that uses hella is lame
WINterfang ( Now with the power to piss you off ) @ Nov 15th 2009 1:02AM
Maybe, just check the 4 guy from left to right, he looks silly.
Young_Nastyman @ Nov 15th 2009 1:21AM
oh so you're implying asians look silly? huh?! HUH?!?!
*i'm joking people*