Dream Theater new album - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Dream Theater released their tenth studio album "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" on june 23, 2009. The album is one of their best creations and also one of the best progressive metal albums out there. The tracks are 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

The songs on the album were written by John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy. "The Best of Times" is an emotional song about Mike Portnoy's dad who passed away due to cancer during the making of the album. "I just wanted to write something that was a tribute to our life together," said Portnoy.

Altogether "Black Clouds & Silver Linings" is a great album, one that is capable of increasing the fan following of the band.

Dream Theater Discography

Studio Albums :

1. When Dream and Day Unite (1989)


2. Images and Words (1992)


3. Awake (1994)


4. Falling into Infinity (1997)


5. Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)


6. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)


7. Train of Thought (2003)


8. Octavarium (2005)


9. Systematic Chaos (2007)


10. Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)

Live Albums :

1. Live at the Marquee (1993)
2. Once in a LIVEtime (1998)
3. Live Scenes from New York (2001)
4. Live at Budokan (2004)
5. Score (2006)
6. Chaos in Motion (2008)

Compilation Albums :

1. Greatest Hits (...and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs) - (2008)

Video Albums :

1. Images and Words: Live in Tokyo (1993)
2. 5 Years in a LIVEtime (1998)
3. Metropolis 2000 - Scenes from New York (2001)
4. Live at Budokan (2004)
5. Score (2006)
6. Chaos in Motion (2008)

The start of a glorious career

With the new name DT began composing new origional material and in 1989 they released "When Dream And Day Unite" but after some shows they fired vocalist Charlie Dominici due to creative differenes. And again they had to struggle for 2 years to find another singer. This time it was Kevin James LaBrie of Canadian glam metal band "Winter Rose". After the completion of the band once again they released "Images And Words" on 1992 which brought the band their first taste of success and international recognition. Later in 1994 they released their third studio album "Awake" but shortly after the release Kevin Moore announced his departure from the band giving way for Derek Sherinian. Sherinian worked with the band on two of their next albums "A Change Of Seasons" and "Falling Into Infinity" relesed in 1995 and 1997 respectively.

But his services to the band discontinued as Jordan Rudess replaced him in 1999. Since then it has been completely uphill for the band.

History

The progressive metal gods, Dream Theater were formed in 1985 by three students of Berklee college of music under the name of "Majesty". Those three students were drummer Mike Portnoy, guitarist John Petrucci and base guitarist John Myung. Then Kevin Moore, Petrucci's high school band-made filled in on keyboards and Chris Collins was recruited as lead vocalist. The band started off covering their idols Rush, Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche, Pink Floyd. Later in 1986, they recorded a collection of demos known as "The Majesty Demos" which sold 1000 copies within 6 months. But after the release of the demos, Chris Collins left the band due to musical differences. Then after a year of struggle, Charlie Dominici joined the group. After Charlie's recruitment the band started playing shows in and around New York city and gained some exposure. But soon after that a Las Vegas group also named as majesty threatened legal action for the use of their name. So the band had to change their name and named themselves as "Dream Theater" as suggested by Mike Portnoy's father.