Dream Theater - Unveil New Album Cover And Tracklist
Little by little, we begin to know more about Dream Theater's upcoming album. Titled The Astonishing, the prog metal masters have now revealed its cover explaining that it introduces the album's retro-futurist dystopian setting. Take a look at it below alongside the tracklist. It remains to be seen if the album will be astonishing or not, but the band will perform it in full on a European tour next year with shows in England, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland and Denmark already booked.
Here is what the band said about the cover: "This album cover extends an ominous invitation into the retro-futurist dystopian setting of The Astonishing. The deceptively beautiful yet chillingly totalitarian image is a bold harbinger of the visual components and ideas presented by the sonic story that is our most ambitious creative work to date. We are very proud to soon bring you... The Astonishing."
Tracklist:
Act I:
01. Descent Of The NOMACS
02. Dystopian Overture
03. The Gift Of Music
04. The Answer
05. A Better Life
06. Lord Nafaryus
07. A Savior In The Square
08. When Your Time Has Come
09. 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:
01. 2285 Entr'acte
02. Moment Of Betrayal
03. Heaven's Cove
04. Begin Again
05. The Path That Divides
06. Machine Chatter
07. The Walking Shadow
08. My Last Farewell
09. Losing Faythe
10. Whispers In The Wind
11. Hymn Of A Thousand Voices
12. Our New World
13. Power Down
14. Astonishing
Find out more about the characters and the rest on the album's mini-site.
Here is what the band said about the cover: "This album cover extends an ominous invitation into the retro-futurist dystopian setting of The Astonishing. The deceptively beautiful yet chillingly totalitarian image is a bold harbinger of the visual components and ideas presented by the sonic story that is our most ambitious creative work to date. We are very proud to soon bring you... The Astonishing."
Tracklist:
Act I:
01. Descent Of The NOMACS
02. Dystopian Overture
03. The Gift Of Music
04. The Answer
05. A Better Life
06. Lord Nafaryus
07. A Savior In The Square
08. When Your Time Has Come
09. 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:
01. 2285 Entr'acte
02. Moment Of Betrayal
03. Heaven's Cove
04. Begin Again
05. The Path That Divides
06. Machine Chatter
07. The Walking Shadow
08. My Last Farewell
09. Losing Faythe
10. Whispers In The Wind
11. Hymn Of A Thousand Voices
12. Our New World
13. Power Down
14. Astonishing
Find out more about the characters and the rest on the album's mini-site.
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| andreosokin SOUNDERY Posts: 227  |
Written by BloodTears on 02.12.2015 at 18:32 Black Clouds is probably the best cover - I remember how on the Russian DT forum we used to decipher the messages hidden in the cover, which were related to each of the tracks...
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| MikeVonDoom Posts: 345  |
How awesome it would be if DT incorporate some industrial samples on the new album??? Anyways, I hope this one will be more metal focused! The previous one was disappointing for me!
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Sword_Chant on 03.12.2015 at 14:16 How does he have a point, or you for that matter, when neither of you come up with any examples of good albums that are being voted down and overhyped ones people here on MS are circle jerking about?
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Byners Posts: 215  |
I don't like the way things are going with this album :x
---- "Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost..."
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Written by Nicko's Nose on 04.12.2015 at 04:03 And it's great 
---- "Seize the day or die regretting the time you lost..."
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| Daniell _爱情_ Elite Posts: 6102  |
Written by SoUnDs LiKe PoP on 03.12.2015 at 22:45 No, it's not the same. Me saying what the band's worst album is is simply stating my opinion. I'm talking about myself, which I'm entitled to. You are talking about a group of people having (in your mistaken opinion) the same or similar standpoint about an album. You specify neither an album, nor those people. You just throw a vague accusation.
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| Azarath Free as a.. Fish Posts: 965  |
Written by SoUnDs LiKe PoP on 02.12.2015 at 22:57 As a DT fan I think I can answer why people don't like it. The sound is flat and dull, and the songs are for the most part bland (the ballads particularly). There are a couple of decent tracks on there though.
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| Doge of Venice Posts: 442  |
Written by LeKiwi on 02.12.2015 at 20:29 Read an interview on Rolling Stone. Petrucci mentioned 'around 2 hrs and 10 mins' of music. I'll get source tomorrow if you want.
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
Written by andreosokin on 03.12.2015 at 11:25 I remember that. I think the cover also referenced all their previous albums somehow. It was pretty cool  In terms of covers, that was definitely among the best. As for the music, definitely better than the last two records as well for me.
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| Risto Wandering Midget Posts: 1115  |
Written by BloodTears on 06.12.2015 at 13:02 And the cover of ADTOE references Black Clouds.
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| Auntie Sahar Drone Empress Posts: 5989  |
"...the sonic story that is our most ambitious creative work to date" I really can't stand when bands do this, acting as if their upcoming album is the Second Coming or something. And it's only really ever the bigger bands that I see pull that shit, ya know, for example you're never going to see Jeff Whitehead being like "oh yeah, the upcoming Leviathan has album artwork that perfectly reflects the oppressive and nihilistic themes that I'm working with on this, what is unquestionably my most grandiose and sublime piece of work to date." The autofellatio is strong with this one.
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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Account deleted Written by Auntie Sahar on 09.12.2015 at 16:02 In fairness Wrest is one of the least articulate people in metal  I can see what you mean though, he's definitely not the sort to blow his own trumpet like that. This is part of the reason Sunn annoyed me so much with their latest release, as it came with a whole heap of pretentious twaddle. I guess that's what happens when one of the members owns an art gallery in Paris.
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Written by [user id=4365] on 09.12.2015 at 16:17 Yeah, a friend was telling me the band basically went social justice warriors on the side of the LGBT movement or something because apparently Kannon is an androgynous Buddhist deity, so they had some philosopher write a bunch of shit in the liner notes about how Sunn O)))'s music channels those themes... or something like that?
---- I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. ~ II. VII
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