Dream Theater - The Astonishing (2015-2016)

1/11/16 1:46PM

Trailer:



yeah.

The review as I posted in the 1st part of the 2015-2016 preview entry, there's already some favorite reviews showing up here as of 1/11/16

Wait-and-see. The trailer really does translate to what I would expect though.


12/4/15 2:07PM

1st single "The Gift of Music"..not bad, not excessive, yet still them.

Cover Art also added below.




11/18/15 1:55PM-11/24/15 6:22AM (Act II Track List edited)

I know it was posted awhile ago, blah blah, but it's worth an update I suppose.

Lot Medieval Cheese within there.

Track List



1. Descent of the NOMACS
2. Dystopian Overture
3. The Gift of Music
4. The Answer
5. A Better Life
6. Lord Nafaryus
7. A Savior in the Square
8. When Your Time Has Come
9. Act of Faythe
10. Three Days
11. The Hovering Sojourn
12. Brother, Can You Hear Me?
13. A Life Left Behind
14. Ravenskill
15. Chosen
16. A Tempting Offer
17. Digital Discord
18. The X Aspect
19. A New Beginning
20. The Road to Revolution

ACT II
1. 2285 Entr'acte
2. Moment of Betrayal
3. Heaven's Cove
4. Begin Again
5. The Path That Divides
6. Machine Chatter
7. The Walking Shadow
8. My Last Farewell
9. Losing Faythe
10. Whispers on the Wind
11. Hymn of a Thousand Voices
12. Our New World
13. Power Down
14. Astonishing

11/2/15 5:09PM

link

http://www.dreamtheater.net/dt

The selection of "The Great Northern Empire" and "The Ravenskill Rebel Militia" per the email list and it seems part of the concept of this album, has been up for like a week or whatever.

A lot of critical comments online about this, just based on the premise and title alone. I guess my expectation for it isn't all that high anyway. If it's cheesy, so be it, I just hope there's a few moments to enjoy. But the truth is, their S/T album I barely remember much about. A Dramatic Turn of Events was okay, although I hardly find myself longing to go back to it right now.

Random Artists Feature: Dream Theater (2 YouTube Videos, 5 and 15 mins)

Well here's 20 more minutes of me babbling on, but still relatively as briefly as I could about my history and the history of Dream Theater. From Train of Thought-Present.

I'm starting to get my footing with these, and I do think if I end up making more about artists with shorter history/catalogs, the length and content may be more to my liking and/or detailed. I dunno.

I was thinking though, with Dream Theater and Fates Warning, they have large catalogs, and so at the point if I were to feature an artist like Rush or many other classic bands I love, they likely could end up in multiple parts like Dream Theater.

But that also may dictate what goes next, etc.

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011)

8/17/11 1:17AM

Petrucci and LaBrie breaking down the album:




6/29/11 11:44AM



1 On the Backs of Angels
2 Build Me Up, Break Me Down
3 Lost Not Forgotten
4 This is the Life
5 The Shaman's Trance
6 Outcry
7 Far From Heaven
8 Breaking All Illusions
9 Beneath the Surface

new song/single "On the Backs of Angels" and cover art.

I haven't heard it yet obviously. From many of the comments, I'm pretty curious, but still not expecting my jaw to drop or anything. The comments online are comparing it to oldschool Dream Theater, Six Degrees, Falling Into Infinity and Awake. And I guess there is piano, audible bass guitar, and not any solos that over extend their welcome.

I guess I'll know later today, whether that linkg is pulled or not.

The cover art is nothing amazing, but not terrible. But cover art rarely means a ton to me anyway.



a few more words about the album from Petrucci in this viedeo.



dt.net



1 On the Backs of Angels
2 Build Me Up, Break Me Down
3 Lost Not Forgotten
4 This is the Life
5 The Shaman's Trance
6 Outcry
7 Far From Heaven
8 Breaking All Illusions
9 Beneath the Surface

edits are pending...

September 13th is in fact the official release date.

RoadRunner press release

Progressive titans Dream Theater have announced the title/release date of their new album. Check out the press release!

(New York, NY): The recent announcement that Mike Mangini would be joining Dream Theater, replacing departed drummer Mike Portnoy caused such fanfare that Mangini was a trending topic on Twitter, second only to England's Royal Wedding. Now, the band is revealing more information about their upcoming album. The new album is titled A Dramatic Turn of Events. The much-anticipated platter, which marks Mangini's recorded debut, will be released via Roadrunner Records on September 13th and will be supported by a massive world tour.

"I'm incredibly psyched with the way this album came out and can't wait to share it with everybody," guitarist John Petrucci, who also serves as the producer for A Dramatic Turn of Events, said. "We are currently in the mix stage with the great Andy Wallace and it's all sounding amazing!"

"We have poured our hearts and minds into the creation of this album," keyboardist Jordan Rudess offered. "All the life changing events that surrounded us before, as well as during the whole process, fueled our desire to dig deep within ourselves and create the best music we possibly could."

Vocalist James LaBrie said, "In the grand scheme of Dream Theater's career, the last several months have been such an incredibly positive, fulfilling and rewarding experience. The new songs and sound has never been so spirited or rejuvenating. I cannot wait for every one of our fans to sink their audio senses into this batch of tunes."

My take is, it's a title, so what? The music itself will determine how good or bad it is of course. But the criticism on so many of the forums over the title and even song names is pretty much to be expected. "Haters gonna hate"..now a cliche. I hope in a few years that phrase does fade, but it is relevant in the days of web meme-ing and internet trolling everywhere.

I guess the cover art and more info about it should be posted soon (like later today 6/8/11) in fact.