even though dream theater is the equivalent of cocaine for me, I still haven't bought the new album...
Knowing you, I think you'll like it. Basically I would say it's sorta a mash-up between Train of Thought and Octavarium. I say this, because they got some really heavy, aggressive stuff here but they also have a couple of long, slower songs, but they're bleak instead of the more happy "I Walk Beside You" stuff from their last album. The limited edition one is pretty neat too since shows them playing all the songs in the studio as they right it. Made me realize that this one riff for the song, Dark Eternal Night, that basically sounds like something Chevelle might do was actually pretty complex looking.