cdollaz

http://www.eddietrunk.com/index.cfm/...394/pid/400512

Progressive metal veterans Dream Theater have announced "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" as the title of their tenth studio album. The band commenced work on the album – their second for Roadrunner Records, following up 2007's "Systematic Chaos" — in October of last year.

Roadrunner will release the record on June 23rd. In addition to the standard version CD, the album will also be available on vinyl LP, as well as a 3-disc Special Edition CD that will include the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs, the titles of which will be revealed at a later date.

Six weeks prior to the June 23rd issue date, Roadrunner will release one cover song per week through digital retailers.

Drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist John Petrucci are once again at the helm as producers, while Paul Northfield mixed the record.

The band will embark on a world tour in support of the album beginning in Europe throughout June which will be followed by the second edition of the band’s Progressive Nation tour featuring Zappa Plays Zappa, Pain Of Salvation and Beardfish throughout North America in July/August.

A video for the first single, "A Rite of Passage" will be shot in late March.

The track listing for "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" is as follows:

1. A Nightmare to Remember
2. A Rite of Passage
3. Wither
4. The Shattered Fortress
5. The Best of Times
6. The Count of Tuscany

Rypro 525

album cover

IsaacB

I can't wait.

bunkaroo

3-disc version for me for sure, although I'm sure I'll be impatient and will pay to download the covers each week.

LickTheABCs

Terrible album title. Didn't care that much for "Systematic Chaos" but it's DT so I'll give it a shot.

Jason

I'm betting they'll be different covers (or at least different versions). Tour looks promising too.

comanche_doyle

I'm in for the 3 discer as well. Goddamn these guys. They compel me to give them my money.

sergtv

nice.. can't wait for this.. missed them last time on tour.. maybe this time i could catch them.. as long as they don't play cox areana.. worst place to catch a show in san diego.. they sell no beer.. sucks!

Michael Corvin

How'd I miss this last night? I was just coming here to post about it. I loved Systematic Chaos. I thought it was a step up from Octavarium and 6 degrees. I'm in for the 3 discer, of course.

I love the artwork, it's has very I&W/Awake/ACOS feel.

I'd love to catch them on tour this time. I think the last time I saw them was on tour with Queensryche.

Rypro 525

hopefully they'll play longer then an hour and a half this time, or do a large club/theater "An Evening with" tour where they go all out and do marathon 3.5 hour sets

cdollaz

I hate this Progressive Nation bullshit where they do not play a regular-length set. I'll pass if that is the only way I can see them.

bunkaroo

I'm sure they'll do a proper tour after the Progressive Nation thing. This will just be the beginning of their tour cycle.

Rypro 525

and for this tour, its 3 other bands that i have honestly never heard of before

Michael Corvin

Damn, you are seriously missing out on Pain of Salvation.

Rypro 525

Might check them out.

Oh and I hope Im not the only one who hopes Portnoy stays far away from the mic on this album, as screaming/death metal type vocals don't fit the band at all (and Portnoy can't do them well anyways)

bunkaroo

If you check out PoS, I'd check their earlier stuff first. My personal opinion is their lead singer's increasingly shrill politics have hurt their later efforts.

Try Entropia, One Hour By The Concrete Lake or Remedy Lane. Definitely don't start with Be - it was very experimental and seemed to be more tailored to a live performance. Haven't heard Scarsick enough to really have an opinion.

Michael Corvin

Be & Scarsick are my two favorite albums by PoS. Scarsick is probably more accessible though. I would equate jumping right into Be to be similar to jumping right into SFAM.

Not to derail too much, but I checked their page for any new info on a new album since Daniel has supposedly been working on it for a while and found out they have a double live CD/ double DVD coming out in a couple weeks called Ending Themes "On the Life and Death of" Pain of Salvation.

Rypro 525

tour dates
Jul. 24 - Fillmore at Jackie Gleason Theater - Miami, FL
Jul. 25 - Rock Hard Live - Orlando, FL
Jul. 28 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
Jul. 29 - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium - Ashville, NC
Jul. 31 - Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theater
Aug. 01 - Merriweather Post - Washington DC *
Aug. 02 - Bank Of America Pavillion - Boston, MA
Aug. 04 - The Palace Theater - Albany, NY
Aug. 05 - Wallingford, CT - Oakdale Theater
Aug. 07 - Asbury Park, NJ - Convention Hall
Aug. 11 - The Agora - Quebec City, QUE
Aug. 12 - Bell Center - Montreal, QUE
Aug. 14 - Molson Amphitheater - Toronto, ONT
Aug. 16 - The Burton Cummings Theater - Winnipeg, MAN
Aug. 18 - MacEwan Hall - Calgary, AB
Aug. 19 - Shaw Conference Center - Edmonton, AB
Aug. 21 - The Orpheum Theater - Minneapolis, MN
Aug. 22 - Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI
Aug. 23 - Chicago Theater - Chicago, IL
Aug. 25 - Temple Hoyne Buell Theater - Denver, CO
Aug. 27 - San Jose, CA - Event Center
Aug. 28 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
Aug. 29 - The Greek Theater - Los Angeles, CA

* With special guests QUEENSRŸCHE (a special one-off five-band Progressive Nation bill)


and yes, i get to be the lucky bastard to see Queensryche on this tour

cdollaz

Good, no Houston date. I hope that means they come thru later without the package tour.

Jason

Thanks for nothing, guys.

Snowmaker

No Detroit date? No biggie. I've already seen them with Queensryche, plus I'm seeing Queensryche this weekend.


Just got this in an email from The End:

Black Clouds & Silver Linings Pre-Order
Dream Theater's Latest Progressive Metal Masterpiece
Includes "A Rite Of Passage" & "Wither"
Dream Theater return with Over 70 Minutes of New Music

DELUXE COLLECTOR'S EDITION BOX SET: $132.00
Price INCLUDES shipping via Priority Mail for all domestic U.S. customers!

Pre-order this configuration and receive an exclusive code to download 5 of the newly recorded cover songs. 1 track per week will be released, beginning on 5/19, leading up to album release. You'll hear them first!

Find a SILVER TICKET and Win a MEET & GREET with the Band!
3-CD Special Edition Set Includes Album, Instrumental Mixes and 6 Newly Recorded Cover Songs
Limited Edition Audiophile 180-Gram Double LP Set with Exclusive Artwork from Hugh Syme
Black Clouds & Silver Linings "Producer's Edition" Disc Includes Isolated Audio Tracks of the Entire Album (This Bonus Disc Only Available in Tthis Set)
Limited Edition, Numbered Lithograph by Legendary Artist Hugh Syme. 100 Lucky Winners will Find a Litho Personally Signed by the Artist!
Computer Mouse Pad, Exclusively Available with Box Set
Packaged in a Silver Foil Embossed Black Velvet Box.

SPECIAL EDITION: $21.99
Dream Theater's Latest Progressive Metal Masterpiece in a 3-CD Deluxe Edition includes:
6 Newly Recorded Cover Songs
Instrumental Mixes of the Entire Album
Expanded Artwork and Packaging

DOUBLE LP: $27.49
180-Gram Double LP Set: The vinyl is of the highest audiophile quality and pressed in Germany.

STANDARD CD: $15.99

Dream Theater return with Over 70 Minutes of New Music

Michael Corvin

DT is my favorite band, but that Deluxe doesn't sound too hot (much like the LTE box set~ Did Portnoy buy another house or something?).

As of right now they do have Amazon beat by about $10 on the SE set. Will Amazon match them?

Snowmaker

$16 cheaper than Best Buy's site, but I may wait and see if they'll have the SE on sale the week of release. I'd rather buy it in person.

Rypro 525

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/ariteofpassage/
free download of the new Dream theater song "the Right of Passage" for the next 22 hours (ends at 11:59 pm today)

Michael Corvin

Thanks.

I think the site is getting hammered. My first attempt timed out in Chrome. My second attempt, in Firefox, is pulling it at a snails pace.

*edit - spoke too soon. Mine's frozen at 10.7MB in Firefox now.