Dream Theater announce new album ‘A View From The Top Of The World’
DREAM THEATER have announced a new album!
Titled A View From The Top Of The World, the upcoming album from the progressive metal titans is their fifteenth studio album, the follow-up to 2019’s Distance Over Time, and is scheduled to be released in October this year, via InsideOut Music.
Last year, the band were in the middle of a sold-out world tour in support of their last release and the 20th anniversary of Scenes From A Memory when a global pandemic brought the world to a stop. The musicians found themselves at home, with James LaBrie in Canada and the rest of the group in the United States. As fate would have it, the band had just finished construction on DTHQ (Dream Theater Headquarters); a combination live recording studio, rehearsal space, control room, equipment storage, and creative hive. With LaBrie in Canada, he initially wrote with the band via Zoom on a monitor in DTHQ. In March this year, he flew down to New York, quarantined, and recorded his vocals face-to-face with John Petrucci. The album artwork was created by long-time cover collaborator Hugh Syme [RUSH, IRON MAIDEN, STONE SOUR] and was produced by John Petrucci, engineered and additional production by James “Jimmy T” Meslin, and mixed/mastered by Andy Sneap.
“We just love to play our instruments,” says Petrucci. “That never goes away. I love to be creative, write, and exercise that part of my mind. We’ve been able to do this for a long time, and we don’t take it for granted. Whenever we get together, we know we can’t disappoint ourselves or our fans, so we manage to try even harder.”
“We approach every album like it’s our first,” adds LaBrie. “It’s been such a great ride, but we’re not going to stop.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. The Alien
2. Answering The Call
3. Invisible Monster
4. Sleeping Giant
5. Transcending Time
6. Awaken The Master
7. A View From The Top Of The World
A View From The Top Of The World is set for release on October 22nd via InsideOut Music. Pre-orders will be available soon.
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