DrumEatDrum
Platinum Member
I wish I liked Sons of Apollo. I really tried. I'm afraid to say it, but the songs I heard all sounded "derivative". Like I couldn't put my finger on it, but they often sounded like songs I'd heard before. .
Well, Sons of Apollo keyboardist Derek Sherinian was in Dream Theater, and on the first song on the SOA album, he plays numerous phrases he played on the song Lines in the Sand when with DT. I suppose some of that is on purpose, as a little nod to the past. But also does take away from feeling like SOA is fresh and new.
Jeff Scott Soto has, of course, been the singer in a million different bands over the years, so you probably have heard his voice.
Overall, to me, SOA sounds like a band trying to copy aspects of Dream Theater.
The same mix of Deep Purple, Rainbow, Iron Maiden, Yes, Rush, ELP, and Metallica influences DT has been using for years.