Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Anybody else excited as I am about this?

First single from the album: A Rite of Passage

The single was ok. Hopefully, the album is a little more dynamic.

These guys amaze me with there musicianship. Petrucci is unreal with his riffs and solos, and that first verse is insanely heavy.

This song sounds promising! I have to confess that DT has bored me to tears on occasions, but this tune makes me wanna hear more.

The 1st few songs are great after that it really falls off quite a bit got quite boring in fact!

Wargod50

Wargod48 wrote:

The 1st few songs are great after that it really falls off quite a bit got quite boring in fact!

Wargod50

talking about the new one? the last one? an old one?

Yeah, the song's alright. I could care less about a music video. I don't watch them.

I am looking forward to it. Anyone remember the release date? Trying to remember when I need to head out to Best Buy.

Great stuff! I noticed that the guitar tone is less chunky & heavy this time, and the song (while lacking dynamically, as xyz mentioned), reminds me of the way Dream Theater radio singles used to be, circa "Images and Words" and especially "Awake". I'm getting more excited about the album now!

there is supposed to be a follow up to The Glass Prison on the new album called The Shattered Fortress. looking forward to that.

thejokeriv wrote:

I am looking forward to it. Anyone remember the release date? Trying to remember when I need to head out to Best Buy.

June 23rd, Can't frigging wait!

That video above was the first time I've heard this new song...I like it!

mc666 wrote:

there is supposed to be a follow up to The Glass Prison on the new album called The Shattered Fortress. looking forward to that.

It's the closer to the AA suite which includes
The Glass Prison
I. Reflection
II. Restoration
III. Revelation
This Dying Soul
IV. Reflections Of Reality
V. Release
The Root Of All Evil
VI. Ready
VII. Remove
Repentance
VIII. Regret
IX. Restitution
The Shattered Fortress
X.
XI.
XII.

Last night on Eddie Trunk's radio show, he mentioned that the new DT album is gonna come with a 2nd disc comprised of all cover tunes, studio recordings with only one or 2 that were previously released. He didn't say if this was gonna be the standard release or some super-deluxe limited edition package.

Anyone else hear about this or have any additional info?

There are, I think, 3 different versions being released...a single disc, a 2-disc and a super-deluxe 3-disc (3rd being all instrumental versions) box with the album also in double-vinyl...all for $132...

One of the cover songs is "Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part II." That makes the special edition a must buy for me.

Here's what our good friend Wikipedia said...

Special edition tracks
In addition to the six tracks recorded for the album, Dream Theater has also recorded six cover tracks to be released, one per week, in the weeks leading up to the release of Black Clouds & Silver Linings. These cover songs will be released as a bonus disc along with the three disc Special Edition of the album.

Stargazer - Rainbow
Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley - Queen
Odyssey - Dixie Dregs
Take Your Fingers From My Hair - Zebra
Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 2 - King Crimson
To Tame A Land - Iron Maiden*

*previously released on that Kerrang comp album.

the cover tunes come with the deluxe version, their is also a reguler version, and the super-fancy-deluxe-ultra-supreme-whatthehellamIbuyingitfor? Box. I got the box.

Hmmmm...those cover tunes look awesome, I might have to check this out.

detuned wrote:

Hmmmm...those cover tunes look awesome, I might have to check this out.

Yea, the addition of that 2nd disc bumps this up a few notches on my want-list. I would've got it eventually, but that covers disc intrigues me.

The last Dream Theater album I bought was A Change Of Seasons, but I sold it and my other DT discs years ago and never missed them. So if I'm thinking about buying an album by them, it's a major event.

They have a few of those cover tunes up on lala.com already. The Queen cover is pretty bad, they can't pull off the vocals (lead or backing). Stargazer sounds good but it's basically an exact copy of the original.

LaBrie's vocals have decreased my interest yet again. There are few singers that irritate me as much as he does.

detuned wrote:

The Queen cover is pretty bad, they can't pull off the vocals (lead or backing).

That really doesn't surprise me too much. LaBrie can't measure up to Mercury.

xyz wrote:

detuned wrote:

The Queen cover is pretty bad, they can't pull off the vocals (lead or backing).

That really doesn't surprise me too much. LaBrie can't measure up to Mercury.

He might have done it better at one time but food poisoning screwed up his vocals several years ago. I still think he's a great vocalist though.

Dream Theater doesn't do bad covers. There covers are pretty much spot on every time. I can't think of any band that would give justice to Mercury's vocals.