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  • "In a peaceful sedation I lay half awake" 1:47 sounds MUCH MORE cheerful than the original one huh?!

  • Like if you STILL get chills when hearing the A Nightmare To Remember chorus.

  • Ohman i remember this trailer.... i was so excited about this album

  • @NeedHeadMusic damn, you're right, i couldn't wait for the part at 1:14 :)

  • 100% perfect prog rock...1000% !!!

  • This group is just amazing, I guess it's the best I've ever heard, but I guess that this album is not the best, but the group, is the best ever!!!

  • i am so addicted to playing this song....i don't think i'll ever drop this guitar back to C again :D

  • true i like the most A rite of passage

  • Really? It's my second least favorite..it does have a hell of a solo though. Count of Tuscany is just amazing

  • and don't forget trial of tears... hell of a lyric

  • 6doit 6, ToT 7, Octa 8, SC 7, Bcasl 6... I think I see a pattern

  • does that mean that the next one is gonna be a concpet album....i sure hope so.

  • Perhaps Dream Theater has been planning out their entire career like this?

  • Yeah it's not like everybody knew that already:P

  • also JM wrote Fatal Tragedy. That was his last lyrics for DT.

  • u forget lifting shadows off a dream....

  • This was such a cool teaser...if only the album as a whole was as cool as this.

  • JM and JLB dont really write lyrics the only song JM wrote was Lifting Shadows Off Dream. JLB however has wrote songs but JP and MP have been the main lyricists since Awake.

  • john myung also wrote learning to live

    , that is a hell of a song . gotta give him heaps of creds for that

  • And not to speak about the promos they are the gayest shit ever coming from Roadrunner records since Trivium

  • He says, "all the finest wines improve with age" Read the lyrics that come with the album, the song explains a frightening experience he had while traveling in Italy. Once you know that, the lyrics are self-explanatory.

  • I think it's cool because it is a story really happened.

  • I bought this album at my local wal-mart.

    Could have been better but all I can say is that it's good not bad and the art cover looks awesome.

  • I miss the old dreamtheater music...the new ones are just fine...

  • ok why the fuck are you talking about lyrics being bad, if you are listening to the lyrics when you listen to DT, then u don't understand a single thing about DT, if you listen to lyrics then listen to another band 'cause their goal is to make good music and the lyrics comes after and they have less importance and the lyrics should never be what makes a band good or not, the music should. this is why DT is good... hhhmm sorry awesome

  • dream theater is the best band ever!

  • the whole album is another masterpiece but my favorites are "The count of tuscany" and being also a fan of Rush "The best of time", you can hear the influence they had on them.

  • I am a DT fan, but i just listen to them for their music.

    people keep talking about the bad lyrics of this album, personally i think dream theater NEVER had REALLY good lyrics. You cant compare DTs lyrics to, for example, Michael from Opeth, now THAT is a real songwriter ( i mean lyrics writer).

  • Hey but I really like Dt's lyrics !!

  • not even wither???

  • im just saying, in general, they are not particularly exceptional at writing lyrics. It's their music what makes them great. They are great musicians, composers, but not much of poets. And that is why i compare them to Opeth's writer, which, if you read his lyrics, you can see he really writes like a poet.

  • They had better lyrics when they let John Myung and James LaBrie write some songs. It makes me sad that they haven't gotten to lately. Also, you don't think The Count of Tuscany has good lyrics? It's a tribute to Edgar Allen Poe, and it describes the events of Petrucci's incident in Tuscany. It's bad ass.

  • what i mean is i never really minded the lyrics not being specially good. In general i dont think they are bad. I do like the story of TCoT, nice story, but no poetry.But the purpose of my comment was not to say they had bad lyrics, but rather to state that EVEN IF the lyrics are not that good, the music is great, and that is why i really like DT.Btw, my favourite album is ToT; and i think it is a masterpiece, better than their first albums, no matter what other fans may say!!! ToT and SC rock!

  • got the special edition in the mail this morning. in my humble opinion, possibly their best album since Scenes From A Memory. they really go out on a limb in every direction this time, and it works. lyrics aren't the best on a couple songs... ok on The Count of Tuscany, but really... who gives a flying F*ck, it's an awesome song. the whole thing gives me a "new DT with an old DT flavor" feeling that is just... win. lots of it.

  • I think the album is really cool. I also don't understand why everybody is like: OMG THEY'RE WAY TOO COMMERCIAL!!!1!!!!1! The album has 6 songs, 4 of which are 12 minutes or longer.

  • man, some people are just impossible to please, especially Dream Theater fans. Some want another Images and Words, some another Train of Thought, which is stupid, cuz we've already heard these albums. Some want more instrumentals, some are tired of them, durp de durp durr. I'd hate to be in a band with a fanbase like DT's, cuz as devoted fans we kinda suck lol. I don't hear the commercial thing either. I say just listen to the awesome music, you don't get this anywhere else! good comment

  • wot? this is the word of god. you're ablsolutely right.

  • @whosaidsoup13 that's why MP wrote Never Enough. I totally get what you're saying. I mean, give em a break, they're artists, let em write what they wanna write.

  • i have got it =)

  • i dont think thats right haha

  • Yah : D

    In Italy the album is already for sell, maybe I can ask someone that has it.

  • what are the names of the last three steps in shattered fortess?

  • Reflection of The Baldness

  • Its an amazing album:D i just downloaded it there:D(will buy for sure) but like its one of the best albums I EVER heard:D

  • I really doubt that.

  • Big deal, most songs talk about the same crap like about falling in love or having parties, when u compare it to their lyrics they are unique

  • The album is good but could be better.The lyrics of TCOT sucks balls and in a nightmare to remember i still cannot understand why Portnoy is growling with anger because everyone survived...

  • I have the full album, it was leaked (btw i'm still going to buy the album when it comes out) and i have to say... it's really epic. it does contain gothic influences. And the count of tuscany...it is like a change of seasons, and it does have a pink floyd influence. My favorite songs has to be ANTR and TCOT. The whole album is just simply win. Highly recommended. DT has done it again!!

  • where did you downloaded the album?? ...i want it to but i cant find it anywhere

  • you have to ` LOOK close →

    its out there... I may host it soon- Φ

    here's a LONG tease →

    com/watch?v=VS42OS44cNU

  • lol you dont have to look that close...theres already soo many seeds

  • the whole album is amazing! totally recommended!^^

  • This is just NOT enough----

    It's all here~

    com/watch?v=VS42OS44cNU

  • Don't forget Wither, that has to be one the of the best Ballad's they've ever wrote

  • i think the new album is there best... the shattered fortress is just plain fucking amazing.... and a countof tuscany is also one of there best ever songs.... the rest are awesome but these 2 are the best on the album...... just an amazing album =DDD

  • abso-fucking-lutely xD count of tuscany has the same great feeling as learning to live had. the whole album is so great, has everything that we love. far beyond all of my expectations

  • hey then check my guitar cover of shattered fortress :)

    I also love this song!

  • Actually I take that back...The Best Of Times=John Petrucci's new best guitar Solo!

  • absolutely right!

  • And don't forget the beginning of Count of Tuscany :-P

    Let's face it...they did it again....another kick ass album :-D

  • I so totally agree!

  • Shattered Fortress = John Petrucci's new best guitar solo!!!!!!!!!!1

  • I mean What Do You Say?

    It's not on any of the leaks.

  • Supposedly its in the shattered fortress?

  • He's seeing "What do you see?" right after the line "Look in the mirror."

  • I mean What would you say.

  • The new album is amazing! I pre ordered the 3 disc set! This album is giving SFAM competition! I love it.

  • I can't find the What Would You Do part in any of the songs.

  • It's "What do you see?" and it's in The Shattered Fortress.

  • the new album is already leaked.

  • I can't find the What Would You Do part in any of the songs.

  • I have the new album and the new cover stargazer, check profile on my blog to download

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  • that starting heavy riff at 0.12, thats not from a nightmare to remember is it?

    WHAT DO YOU SAYYY!! =DDD

  • And how might you know that? ;)

  • no matter what anyone says.......... Dream theater kicks serious ass at 0:59

  • that solo part at 1:12 sounds amazing! i wonder what song that is from?

  • Im going to guess Best of Times..I hear that one is an emotion roller coaster and that it is the epitome of what Dream Theater is (from reviews Ive read)

  • Wither

  • wither

  • :40 sounds like it will be awesome...

    i think that is going to be TCOT

  • "Peaceful sedation I lay half awake" is from A Nightmare to Remember. I think the crazy guitar part underneath is from TCOT though.

  • It iis from A Nightmare To Remember.

  • check out my vid with mike portnoy and chuck norris!

  • ive heard the full nightmare to remember, and rite of passage, they both have a very Gothic feeling to start, i dont mean like satanic just very dark, then they really take off as the choruses come in, and instrumental pieces are amazing, though i was a bit mad petrucci changed his tone a bit., but you hear somethings that jordan rudess does you thought you would ever hear, they just continue to keep experimenting and its absolutly amazing. rock on DT!

  • where did you hear them?

  • Were did you hear them? i want to soooooooo badd

  • the full nightmare to remember? even the piano at the start?? iv listen to 14mins of the song,,, but there is 2 mins missing from the start.... i dont think any1 has heard the FULL TNTR...

  • is there really now well, then i guess its not the full but its enough ill tell you that, great song.

  • MovieMajic, I noticed the change in Petrucci's tone also... I personally like it but it reminds me a bit of Blind Faith, that one run that leads into the instrumental section, it seems a bit bluesier/ classic rocky

  • yea it seems to be a little more crunchy, i dont really mind it its just a change for me to hear a lesser distorted petrucci, but yes it does sound a bit like that one piece of blind faith you are right bout that.

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  • wanna no what the whol album will be like?.. track by track?

    type into google blacks clouds and silver linings review, then clickmetal hammer review of the album

    its VERY poitive and explaines all the songs, its amazing

    didnt really think with wud be a ballard... ay?

  • I AM SO EXCITED!

  • For all of those Dream Theater fans,,,

    Save to say that 'The Best Of Times' and 'The Count Of Tuscany' (20 minutes? Oh yes!!) are both amongst the best tracks the band have ever released.

    Taken from richwilson(dot)blogspot(dot)co­m. Isn't that amazing?:D

  • amazing, dream theater will never fail me, they have been amazing since dream and day unite and have never gone downhill since their music says crisp and original, keep it coming DT!

  • same thing for me, I never know what to expect from them but I know it will be good

  • yep thats about the best way to say it.

  • :51 is probably The Best of Times

  • The leaks are amazing.

  • GUYS! when the album coming out!

  • june 23th

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  • hey does anyone know when the cd comes out?

  • June 23rd

  • June 23

  • I meant BC&SL lol

  • I just preordered the 3 disc BL&SL Album on Amazon! I so cannot wait for this album. I have a feeling this will be one of their top 5 best albums.

  • I cannot wait for this album to come out, its going to be amazing.

  • Hopelessly drifting bathing in beatiful agony"

    beautiful agony means ORGASM!! wahahah!!

    DREAM THEATER ROCKS!!!

  • yer a genius

  • it already have a real release date for this album?

  • 23rd June

  • For those of you who have heard the songs already and are interested... I just put up a video of my friends and I playing part of 'A Nightmare to Remember'. If you don't want to spoil the surprise don't watch cuz it reveals quite a bit. Take care!

  • Yeah, great cover. But I want the full song.

  • I'm sure you do! But that would've been a bit too much for us right now. Plus, we'd be revealing too much of an unreleased DT album! Thanks!

  • dood, you'll get killed listening to the whole thing. It's so amazing i had tears welling up in my eyes. but to respect dream theater, i decided not to listen to them nor distribute them til the album comes out. it will be hard.

  • where?

  • nononono, visit my blog!! i have the 2 songs and the lyrics!! :O

  • its downloaded but duno how to play it, plz help :)

  • ammmm ok..!!!!

  • I just send an email with instructions xD

  • im one of those progressive DT fanboys but i have to admit.

    from what iv heard so far...this is their best album since trian of thought no joke.

  • i think since six degrees, train of trought, is not so good imo.

  • train of thought was amazing, yeah very heavy, but amazing

  • how can you not like six degrees?! that was one of their best albums

  • Man...I fucking love Six degrees, i mean that since train of thoug his latest albums are just good but no Exelent...

  • i meant constant motion O.o I made a mistake..

  • this album sounds badass........................­

  • By the way, the last bit at 0:39 is from A Nightmare to Remember.

  • "In peaceful sedation I may have a way

    And all of the panic inside starts to fade

    Hopelessly drifting bathing in beatiful agony"

    If you want the songs or the lyrics, just post a com on my page

  • I'm pretty sure he says "In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake."

  • yea i think your right i saw someone say that in another vid

  • 0:20 a rite of passage..

    i alredy got that song and a nightmare to remember..freaking awesome

  • Yup, A Nightmare to Remember and A Rite of Passage have both leaked onto the Internet. This album sounds downright EVIL right now after listening to these two songs. A Nightmare to Remember is downright amazing and, in my opinion, better than any SC and Octavarium song except maybe the 20+ minute epics on those albums.

  • how you get that? is it better than sys chao... from them songs? lol

  • The new songs so far have more depth and structure to them compared to SC. I need to listen to A Rite of Passage a little more to get a better feel for it, but I would say A Nightmare to Remember is better than every song on SC except for In The Presence of Enemies.

    For those who despise Train of Thought, you will probably hate A Nightmare to Remember just from how the song kicks off, but the middle verses of the song are VERY good and much softer.

  • I just don't get how people can say the albums are better than the last just off the fly like that! I mean of course there's always room for improvement. DT is not just the here and now! Every album they've made is their BEST! They are the same musicians and "PEOPLE" they were yesterday so give it a rest with the nubish coments already!

  • I've been a DT fan for 6 years now and I have not yet heard a DT geek say anything positive without first cutting them down in some way! give it a rest! I don't even know how any of you can speak!

  • where are you hearing the new stuff?

  • actually " a rite of passage" has a keyboard solo that reminds me of "constant chaos" but if u are a real DT fan ull know that theres no point on comparing their albums..,they are all awesome..

  • does anybody hear the shredding behind the singing at 0:38 , it sounds awesome, but listen carefully

  • I'm not catching it man, what am I supposed to be hearing?

  • they played both parts simultaneously on the radio and this what it sounds like split apart

  • Holy crap! This shit is f*cking amazing!!!!

    This is gonna be the best album of DT Ever!!!!

  • if this is a preview for the new album, it sounds SICK

  • yes it is, it is released june 23rd

  • I see that some people doesnt even know what PROGESSIVE means

    Is just sad.

  • Maybe it's true, but your nickname is sadder.

  • Dont worry, your comebacks are even more sadder ;)

  • One small review from Rich Wilson said there is no "Dark Master" type lyrics this time around

  • the songs lengths are not fake. and to the guy who said prog for him is 20 minutes songs:

    oh, then I guess there isn't any prog song in I&W , Awake , FII, SFaM , ToT , and SC , and if you dont take the second CD of 6DOIT as one song, then it means the only prog metal album of DT is octavarium.

    I see.

  • man I can't wait for the album. I hope they play a few new songs when I see them June in Leeds.

  • That whole "peaceful sedation, I lay half awake" bit sounds so tight.

  • A Nightmare To Remember

  • its good... but I hear nothing new... fast shredding solos, and just guitar, not keyboards, not bass... but this is just a teaser.. what can I expect..

    I have the lenght of the songs, I could post them but I dont know if that is spam or something?

  • How do you have the lenght of the songs? Anyway, if you want you could post what you have here.

  • 1. A Nightmare to Remember (16:10)

    2. A Rite of Passage (8:36)

    3. Wither (5:25)

    4. The Shattered Fortress (12:49)

    5. The Best of Times (13:09)

    6. The Count of Tuscany (19:16)

  • Fake?

  • lengths are true, its on wiki :):))

    16 min 1st song!!, facking awesome!

    19mins last song.... epic!!!!

  • Wiki isn't god.

    Anyway, I think they are right.

  • nobodys god! ner!

  • Not Fake, it´s true, read Metal Hammer Forum^^

  • You sound like there was no/not enough keyboards on the previous albums?

    And I can hear quite many effects/sounds from keyboard on this teaser. Rudess uses quite many guitar-alike synth/lead sounds that might sound as guitars to you. For instance at 0:17 the lead goes on the background.

  • win

  • They're doing what they want to do. who gives a fuck if anyone else likes it. I'm going to like it. I'm fucking sure of it. Feel free to voice your opinion that they are getting "worse", just keep in mind nobody gives a fuck.

  • 1:05 , 1:14 , 0:11 sound so great! 0:11 with the flageolette and the riff after thta...this album is gonna be the best!

  • I dont wanna discuss, so I will just say that Mr Killer is "right", and the opinion of xPurpleDrinkx9001 is valid if he wants more progressive and thinks that their metal side makes them worse and "un-progressive". I think that they had achievements on the last albums, and also bad songs.

    About the video, the two clips that excite me most, are the "give me one more chance" one and the last one (in all channels -I'm not a English native speaker, so I don't catch up what they say- ).

  • souds sicknasty i cant fuckin wait till this comes out June 23 baby w000t!!! also cant wait for Pain of Salvation to come to the USA and their new album. PoS and DT 2 best bands in the world SON!!!

  • ooh, good picks. yeah constant motion is mediocre. i really enjoyed the dark eternal night though. i thought that it was a big change for them. oh yeah metropolis should replace under a glass moon on my list. traanquilo, who was that comment directed at?

  • Mr Killer, I apologize and completely agree. that is exactly what makes them so amazing. and blackplastic, yeah.. i guess you are right. that is what i respect about each album, its the fact that no matter what, they always churn out something that makes my jaw drop. hey, anyone for doing their top 3 favorite dream theater songs? 3- Under a Glass Moon, 2- In the Name of God, 1- Sacrificed Sons. strange line up maybe, but the truth nonetheless.

  • Hm... 1-Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

    2-Metropolis

    3-Learning to Live

    But it was very hard to decide all of those.

  • Nah, I think it's amazing... Constant Motion is mediocre.

  • You guys expect that the next DT albums sound like their old stuff (Images & Words, amog others). Come on, Dream Theater is a PROGRESSIVE rock/metal band. Change and experimentation is what makes them such a good band.

    If all their albums where like their old stuff, we would get bored. And they would become very predictable.

    I'm glad they don't just focus in one genre. The REAL DT fans know what I'm talking about.

  • Yes