Michael Sweet of  STRYPER joined The Metal Voice in reviewing the new 2 hour and 11 minute concept album by DREAM THEATER entitled “The Astonishing”.

Sweet tells The Metal Voice,”What is incredible about Dream Theater and they show it so well on this album is everybody is playing for the song. They have all these parts worked out. That is musical thinking from another world. The time changes and the note changes, the chord changes, its insanity, it’s unbelievable. It just shows you the talent of this band.”

“It’s almost like when you read the bible you can read it a hundred times and continue to get something out of it each time you read through it, that is how this album is. You can listen to this album a hundred times and you are always going to hear new things, there is do much depth.”

Michael Sweet goes on to tell The Metal Voice that he will begin a short acoustic solo tour in the first week of February in the US and is just almost finsihed his new solo album which will be coming out on Rat Pack Records in May or June 2016.

Listen to the interview here

For tickets to his solo shows in the US (http://www.michaelsweet.com/tour)

February

4 – Southbridge, MA – Cannery Music Hall
5 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Chance
6 – Elmhurst, NY – Blackhorn 51

March
26 – Valdosta, GA – The Salty Snapper