Night Terror - Dream Theater Live Palladium Cologne Köln 2024

[@JosephStevensonMusic]

*FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE ORCHESTRAL OVERTURE LEADING INTO NIGHT TERROR* it was composed and produced by me (Joseph Stevenson) and supervised by the band. Just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for all the kind words about it so far so far, so so lovely to see such positive reactions to it! You guys are just the best ❤️❤️

[@caelmcleish1212]

I love it, but can’t hear it quite enough in love videos. Is there any way I can hear it without all the ambient noise?

[@wongsakornwattanavekin7328]

Totally want in streaming version, will u release it soon? Spotify?

[@19Willy67]

Good job 🐈

[@metallusmelandril7380]

Nice Job Bro

[@robdoran6530]

That’s awesome! Congratulations, and awesome job! I will look forward to hearing it in person when they make it to the US. ❤

[@GamingDrummer89]

It's amazing how great James sounds when the song is in his comfortable range! Don't understand the select few haters who are still hanging around. And the video quality here is incredible for a phone recording!

[@scottgarber4558]

You know Dio never sang very high. and he's considered one of the best

[@wilmmabata01]

Proud of JLB. Happy to see this new track as part of the setlist. Thanks for posting!!

[@Arthur-ke9vz]

James is really doing so fantastic here. I never thought I’d see this lineup again ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@notvanymore]

Gosh I've missed Mike Portnoy so much, I'm feeling 10 years younger listening to this!

[@drevdh7645]

Sure. We all missed Mr Show-off look at me- Portnoy. Ppfff

[@Arthur-ke9vz]

It’s magical. I’m 58 with cancer, this is so beautiful ❤

[@chassegardee7694]

We gotta give more love to James, hes a freaking master of his craft* !

[@Yetibag]

After all the hate towards James , he sounds very darn good here !! Thanks for posting 🙏 great video and superb sound quality

[@itsamazeofmirrors]

That's because the vocal line of this song is properly written for his 2024 register.

[@gabrielfelix7892]

​@@itsamazeofmirrorsyou're right

[@or1on89]

TO be fair he's off key and sounds awful here as well...I guess they do a lot of pitch shifting in the studio...

[@dreadbull5039]

@@or1on89trying to show the guy some love and you just have to chime in. Would have cost you nothing to stfu

[@alexandersimonoff3992]

Unfortunately, he has a big vocal problem ….

[@ravicgybnimous6144]

JL still nailed it 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@kempman9811]

Was there yesterday. Sound was excellent and also James voice was incredible. Man of the evening for me was Mike. This drumsound and his powerful playing with the visible fun he had was awesome. Petrucci: GOAT

[@nathanross1460]

Go James!!!! Also I looooove the way Portnoy strokes across all three crash cymbals at @6:23 . Like a painter on a canvas! Everyone did awesome!

[@skekeu]

Wow ... performance by James = ❤❤❤!!!

[@mOnStErMACEO]

Agrees!! Kudos for the man…. I know he treats his voice like a precious gem. I’m sure he could care less of anyone’s opinions. Rightfully so. He’s earned it. I’m just so excited to see Portnoy behind that drum riser playing his babies, Manginis pieces and his new babies…. Long live the almighty Dreamtheater! 😊

[@Agropio]

I love seeing this kind of support for James 🤘.

[@Julione7]

Thanks!!!

[@julieangle9721]

Thanks for sharing, they sound super 😊❤

[@allghilliedup21]

John Myung playing a red Bongo and not his usual black ones???? OMGGGGG

[@leonscoretzka801]

holy shit labrie sounds good in this clip, thanks for posting!

[@felipeaguena5289]

You could tell this song was composed with Labrie's current vocal limitations in mind, the range of notes is nothing crazy, no long melodic lines, just keep it simple cuz the man's real voice died in 1993, murdered by shrimp

[@leonscoretzka801]

@@felipeaguena5289 Yeah but he sounded shit on this exact song in London.

[@felipeaguena5289]

@@leonscoretzka801 ...jesus f■ck man 🤦‍♂️. Labrie's been the definition of "I expect nothing and I'm still disappointed" lately, christ

[@felipeaguena5289]

@@leonscoretzka801 ...jesus christ 🤦‍♂️. Labrie is the definition of "I wasn't expecting anything and I'm still disappointed" my god

[@or1on89]

@@leonscoretzka801 He actually sounds bad in this video as well...

[@sergeyfedotov6365]

Welcome Home, Mike!

[@regisalves.c4544]

A voz de James LaBride nessa musica ao vivo ficou boa ! é uma musica que não tem muitas notas altas no vocal !! Excelente !!

[@NickHome2005]

James Labrie❤❤❤

[@troybratcher8716]

awesome

[@guillermoburgess7662]

James ❤❤❤❤ great job

[@Bertoloviskgameplay]

The big discussion is not about Portnoy's return but about James Labrie's voice. The evolution is clear since the show in London. He must find new timbres and regions of his voice that he has in each song now. DT's songs are impossible to change the tone to lower (he must know that, of course). As a fan, I hope it is the way it is. Improving his voice with each performance. Go DT!!! Waiting for you in Brazil.

[@Moshugaani]

I love LaBrie and respect him for stretching his voice to the limits for decades and I don't wish him to retire. But I think they should have some new guy in live shows to help out on the high notes! He did pretty great on this song though.

[@Eccentrics]

Killer performance.

[@DMN3901]

The Alien > Night Terror IMO. It doesn't mean Night Terror is a bad song, just a slight preference.

[@darrenwelsh2539]

James sounding good here

[@vitorisaia]

JAMES!!!!!!

[@mOnStErMACEO]

He actually sounds great right here. I dunno, I’ve learn to just accept him. He does have inconsistency in his vocals. Whatever…. Dreamtheater is still the greatest assembly of musicians since like Chicago or something wild like that!!

[@GuitarJesse7]

Just want to second everyone saying that James is sounding a lot better live in this show. Lots of people want to hate, and there are certainly times where you can hear that he’s not singing so well life. However, to be his age and singing at all at the level that he does in the studio is something a lot of other singers, his age can’t do. And, I bet a lot of the haters are not singers, though, I’m sure some are. But the human voice is so dependent on health of the body and control of things that we sometimes don’t have control over (sickness, sleep, etc).

[@or1on89]

It's a bit hilarious to dismiss as haters people who are pointing the obvious here. People like Dickinson, Halford, Myles Kennedy, David Coverdale, Meine, etc. do exist and have showed that you can take care of your voice and arrive at the door of your 60s or pass them while still being in good shape. I get fanboys gonna fanboy, but man for me it's really disappointing to see a band so renowned for their perfectionism and professionality arrive to their 40th anniversary and having to deal with such poor handling from the frontman...he pretty much has screamed is entire life instead of learning how to sing and now has lost his voice. I can't pity him, they're all Berklee graduate there, they know better...

[@GuitarJesse7]

@@or1on89 I don’t think I dismissed all people who point out weak JLN vocals as haters, just trying to bring some balance to the criticism. And I do think that there are actual haters who don’t give any credit to his body of work. I can’t speak too much on all the people you listed that supposedly kept their voice in shape, but Coverdale? Come on, at least James tries to sing and doesn’t have the whole band covering half his lines. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnLKkneemat1mqssi=bzmfU8D5GvMo90ni From what I’ve heard Myles Kennedy does a good job caring for his voice. I’ll definitely grant that one. We’ll see how he does in 6 years when he’s the same age as James (And yes I know James has had rough live vocals for a while). I’m guessing he’ll be singing a lot better than James is.

[@bjornleifeld4442]

I really need a Mesa Boogie Amp! To me, they just sound the best. But 4.000 - 5.000 Euro or Dollars is way too expensive for me. I have to get along with a cheap modeler. Better than nothing. It's all about having fun while playing Guitar.

[@paz0r]

does the first speedy riff structurally resembles burn by deep purple?

[@bikekante]

It remembers me more of Battery by Metallica.

[@cosmavitosoldato6108]

good lik song

[@KrishnanR26]

I wonder why is there an extra Kronos and the keyboard tech is controlling something. Curious

[@jedvillones]

Maybe during the keyboard solo, the tech plays the rhythm section or maybe it is Jordan’s source of his sound patches.

[@jedvillones]

Since they are not using clicktracks/backing tracks anymore.

[@KrishnanR26]

@@jedvillones maybe like a backup or it is MIDI-ed for some patches?

[@KrishnanR26]

@@jedvillones right. I also noticed in Octavarium song's intro the synth/string pad was also in playback. Back in those days LaBrie used to play the chords on JR's keyboard/seperate MIDI keyboard Maybe their tech is playing the chords

[@bikekante]

I saw the tech playing some chords in at least one song, when Jorden plays some solo lines

[@nicolasdeschenes145]

Wow james has better performance on this show.

[@editorcanva]

Mp woww

[@carlos_7x]

3:20 a little silly mistake from Mike, he starts hitting the crash when he is not supposed to! :P Still the king tho

[@erlanakbar1168]

Of course this new song perfectly fit with JLB. The music just following his voice tune. On the other hand, when he sung the old songs, pull me under for example, the music was playing in original tune, the should be tuned down 😢😢😢

[@justsomeyetiwithinternetac6787]

James sounds very good here compared to London

[@ericsterk9939]

Best song with James is Ytse Yam

[@dattaparamasatwika]

sounds like Portnoy is getting more precise in tempo and timing.. last time I heard him playing with DT he was always rushing and went faster than the original tempo

[@mrknnnlly]

They’re using a click now

[@Randyolsson]

@@mrknnnlly pretty sure they arent with MP, they are back to using real backing vox instead of tracks too.

[@mrknnnlly]

@@Randyolsson they’re using click. I can tell

[@eldiablort1461]

@@mrknnnllythey’re not. What they have is Mike doing what he used to do, and there are certain sections of rest where he’s not playing the click. It’s not difficult, you can see him doing this in different sections. It’s not him setting the click track at a certain tempo, it’s just to fill that void where the rests are.

[@mrknnnlly]

@@eldiablort1461 I promise you they’re using click.

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

JLB sounds less terrible here because this track is from their latest album and has Mike backing him up. He's not even trying to reach crazy high notes like he did on the past. Still, his vibrato is terrible and a sign of his lack of vocal control. From 4:32 to 5:00 he sounds flat. Same for the ending, he's mumbling the lyrics and can't get the pitch right.

[@MrHenni2011]

Sorry. Not feeling anything watching this display of skill lacking any real emotions.

[@targ27]

I feel the same

[@erlanakbar1168]

Of course this new song perfectly fit with JLB. The music just following his voice tune. On the other hand, when he sung the old songs, pull me under for example, the music was playing in original tune, the should be tuned down 😢😢😢