Reflecting on the decision for Guitar World, Petrucci said, "We wanted to make this album a reference point for as far as what Dream Theater is all about. In calling the album Dream Theater, the band tried to define who they were and emphasize that they were moving forward. Why chocolate cake? Well, chocolate cake is rich, creamy and it has layers." Recording concluded in May, and mixing was performed by Richard Chycki, who was hired based on Dream Theater's past experiences with him and his history with Rush. It's like I had a nice picture of a layered chocolate cake. Reflecting on his guitar tone, Petrucci joked, "I describe it as a piece of chocolate cake and that was my goal in the studio. It's all his creativity, all his decisions and ideas - and man, the guy's an animal." ĭuring the studio sessions, every band member's instrument was miked and captured as they were writing so that they could simulate ahead of time exactly how the music would sound when it was formally recorded. I feel like now he’s just Mike Mangini unleashed. Commenting on Mangini's work, Petrucci said, "When people hear the drumming on this album, they’re gonna be pretty freaked out . įrom the start of the creative process, drummer Mike Mangini contributed as a writer, unlike for A Dramatic Turn of Events, where Petrucci programmed the main drum parts during writing and Mangini recorded his own interpretations of them later. The first song that the band wrote was "Surrender to Reason", which bassist John Myung credited with setting the pace for the remainder of writing. They did not enter the recording studio until January 2013, returning to Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York, where they recorded their previous album, A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011). During soundchecks, the band would jam and record their ideas, and guitarist John Petrucci would try out independently composed material. Preliminary writing for Dream Theater's twelfth album commenced on the A Dramatic Turn of Events Tour in April 2012. In early 2014, Dream Theater toured Europe and America in support of the album, and recorded their performance at the Boston Opera House for a live release. For its lead single, "The Enemy Inside", the band received their second consecutive Grammy nomination in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. Many of the album's lyrics were motivated by real-life events, such as the Boston Marathon bombings.ĭream Theater moved 34,000 units in the United States during its debut week, charting at number seven and becoming the band's second highest charting album behind 2009's Black Clouds & Silver Linings. The album features two instrumentals, "False Awakening Suite" and "Enigma Machine", which were the first instrumentals that the band had written for a studio album since Train of Thought (2003). Some songs utilize organic strings, which were arranged by Eren Başbuğ, a Berklee College of Music student. The album's songs are shorter on average than most Dream Theater songs, with the exception of the 22-minute closer, "Illumination Theory". The band made Dream Theater a self-titled album to emphasize that they were moving forward in their career and to make it a reference point for fans. It is the first Dream Theater album to include drummer Mike Mangini in the songwriting process. The album was written, recorded, mixed, and mastered between January and May 2013 at Cove City Sound Studios in Long Island, New York, the same studio as the band's previous album, A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011). The main message that they have is that they want to see the officers involved, they want to see those officers arrested. A well-known Atlanta attorney says without the video of what happened, he doesn’t believe any district attorney would have brought any criminal charges against them.Dream Theater is the twelfth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released worldwide in September 2013, through Roadrunner Records. “Protests continue amid a growing national outcry over the death of George Floyd (No Justice No Peace in the background), Last Night peaceful protests in Minneapolis escalated as demonstrators clashed with police, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets. The lyrics follow in full below, listen to the song here.
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