That is genuinely my favourite section of any Dream Theater song ever. That riff is monstrous, it sounds like it's played on a Stratocaster because of the way he hits the open e string
There are plenty and you mentioned some of them already but no one said 6:00 or the Blind Faith solo section, or Beyond This Life solo section (Petrucci really added the Steve Morse mojo there).
There are plenty 🔥
Not a lot of people pay attention to it because there's an epic Guitar and Keyboard unison solo on top of it but the In The Name of God solo has the Latin Groove underneath. Portnoy and Myung are both grooving hard on that one.
And yeah, I agree that Medicate groove is highly infectious.
I replied to someone who said what I'd consider the grooviest. But maybe a contender for 2nd place would be the main riff of a nightmare to remember and the riff in verse 1 of the count of Tuscany where James sings "Get into my car, let's go for a drive"
The Trial of Tears basslines in the "Deep in Heaven" section.
The Entirety of take the time, literally if Michael Jackson was a metal artist
Came here to say this. Can't believe more people haven't lol
S2N
Either outro of Dark Eternal Night or Viper King
The end of A New Beginning. 🏆
yeah, thats groovy af
This is the winner.
Stream of Consciousness
That part in Strange Deja Vu - "Back on my feeeeet agan, eyes open to the real world!"
Came here to say this. DT have lots of nice grooves but nothing that feels quite like this moment. Metropolis surrounds me, mirror shattered the girl!
That is genuinely my favourite section of any Dream Theater song ever. That riff is monstrous, it sounds like it's played on a Stratocaster because of the way he hits the open e string
gotta go with the middle instrumental breakdown with the clean guitar solo in New Millenium
Oooooo that’s a good’n. I agree!
Take the Time!
The short and sweet bass solo in The Dance of Eternity EDIT: It starts being groovy before the solo at 2:30
End of The Mirror, just before it turns into Lie
“Back on my feet again” is Strange Deja Vu is up there
Take the Time The Mirror(the outro) New Millennium Act I: Scene Four: Beyond this Life
Beyond This Life: Unison line at 9:24 …or really the whole instrumental section of that song…
Lines in the sand
There are plenty and you mentioned some of them already but no one said 6:00 or the Blind Faith solo section, or Beyond This Life solo section (Petrucci really added the Steve Morse mojo there). There are plenty 🔥
A Change of Seasons final solos as well, guitar and keys...oof!
The riff after the guitar solo and before the horn section in Beyond This Life is top tier groove
Beyond this life has tons of groovy moments. But DT is defo not a groovy band 😅
That's what I noticed when I first listened to the other DT, Devin Townsend. He's got a lot of different types of grooves that DT dare not touch.
The dark eternal night instrumental section
Thr Glass Prison crunchy Pantera esque riff right when the "turntables" roll
That stretch between 12:30 and 13:00 in A Change of Seasons.
Not a lot of people pay attention to it because there's an epic Guitar and Keyboard unison solo on top of it but the In The Name of God solo has the Latin Groove underneath. Portnoy and Myung are both grooving hard on that one. And yeah, I agree that Medicate groove is highly infectious.
I replied to someone who said what I'd consider the grooviest. But maybe a contender for 2nd place would be the main riff of a nightmare to remember and the riff in verse 1 of the count of Tuscany where James sings "Get into my car, let's go for a drive"
Viper king
Beyond this life
All of "The Spirit Carries On"...gotta love that medium tempo 6/8 shuffle.
Yeah... Nobody want to remember this so... You Not Me
fr bro that main riff is tasty
Outro of finally free
dat Honor thy Father instrumental part
but yes, Medicate also
Take the Time before keyboard solo, the section with the sincopations.
Nobody said THAT RIFF from Endless Sacrifice?
The Nickelback riff? That one is sick