1999 seems to have been a hectic year for Dream Theater, all involved in site projects. Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci are featured on the new Liquid Tension Experiment. The departing Derek Sherinian has released a solo album, and singer James LaBrie released his solo project "Mullmuzzler" on Magna Carta. If you add the work on the new Dream Theater release, it must have been a chaotic and roaming time for Dream Theater. Mullmuzzler is LaBrie's first solo album, produced and written by him in collaboration and co-writing with Trent Gardner (Magellan), Matt Guillory (Dali's Dilemma), Carl Cadden-James (Shadow Gallery), David Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery), Brendt Allman (Shadow Gallery) and Gary Slayer an impressing line-up of writers, who successfully compiled nine great tracks. Stylistically rock, but with progressive influences, quite easy digestible, but very artistic and creative. The musicians are outstanding, keyboardist Matt Guillory, praised guitarist Mike Keneally, bassist Brian Beller and drummer Mike Mangini. James LaBrie's vocal performance is phenomenal, better then ever, continually impressing and improving. "Mullmuzzler" has great musical quality and with out doubt a admirable release.