New Album Title (A Dramatic Turn of Events) and Track Listing Revealed

[XianL]

I'd still be down with 17 min long song 

17 minutes is all I need.

Goddamnit I've forgotten the pervert smily...



Nevermind

[Jamesman42]

that's.. lame

The cover was even more lame. MP sitting on a giant marshmallow giving what was deemed "The Prog Claw"

Oh God, now I remember.

[SystematicThought]

 
That should have been the first sign that things were going awry in the Dream Theater camp

[Jamesman42]

Probably not intentional at all, but it's funny, from left to right you have the newest members to the oldest members.

[mrjazzguitar]

Probably not intentional at all, but it's funny, from left to right you have the newest members to the oldest members.

good call. i wish more promo shots had Petrucci as the 'front man' -- he certainly is musically..

[XianL]

Probably not intentional at all, but it's funny, from left to right you have the newest members to the oldest members.

Huh, very neat. Gotta be intentional.

[?]

I also find it ironic how the remaining 2 founding members are the youngest guys in the band!

[metropofreak]

Wow, wikipedia has suddenly got a lot more info than yesterday on the track listings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dramatic_Turn_of_Events

I dont think any of the track lengths are real tbh. Although I really hope OTBOA isnt 46 seconds long

[SystematicThought]

That'd be funny to have a 46 second song with lyrics.. Hmm. That'd be interesting. Wasn't it 8:46 earlier 

And I like how this version has the lyricists

[BlackInk]

I like how it has Dominici as lyricist for Outcry.

[The Silent Cody]

Yeah, and Moore is also there 

[SystematicThought]

Now Lost Not Forgotten has all past members as lyricists 

[nikatapi]

Now Lost Not Forgotten has all past members as lyricists 

[BlackInk]

Haha, that's awesome.

[robwebster]

funny how long songs used to be desired, now some people dont want any

It's a scarcity thing. I don't think we collectively "like" a certain type of song any more than another - but on the heels of the long-song apocalypse of Black Clouds & Silver Linings, which succeeds an album featuring the 25-minute long In the Presence of Enemies (and the 15 minute long Ministry of Lost Souls), which is the direct successor to Octavarium, we're a little oversaturated on the sprawling epics as of right now.

They used to be a lot more exciting when, prior to 2005, the longest single track was A Change of Seasons, released back in 1995, and written as far back as the 1980s. Give us two or three albums of 9 minuters and we'll be looking forward to the next epic again, but right now it's so happenstance that it's taken the shine off a little bit.

Wow, wikipedia has suddenly got a lot more info than yesterday on the track listings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dramatic_Turn_of_Events

I dont think any of the track lengths are real tbh. Although I really hope OTBOA isnt 46 seconds long

I really wish people would stop being dicks on the wikipedia page.

[SystematicThought]

That new promo shot kind of reminded me of this one from BC&SL. Hopefully the days of horribly photoshopped backgrounds are done

[wasteland]

New shots:

[Zydar]

That JP pic 

[jonny108]

Awesome pictures    I think I can safely say this is the best they have ever looked.

[chrisbDTM]

Awesome pictures    I think I can safely say this is the best they have ever looked.

+1

[jonny108]

Also: Coming next will be the documentary photos in the recording studio.

Yay 

[tri.ad]

Love the pictures; I wouldn't mind seeing them being used for the album booklet at all.

[eosforum]

Oh, wait. Documentary photos? Like photos from a documentary filming session or photos that were taken in a documentary-kinda-way?

[wasteland]

That JP pic 

It's like: "I could tear your mortal body into subatomic particles, but I'm in a good mood today and I won't hurt you."

[The Silent Cody]

Great pictures!! Especially JP, looks really...I don't know how to say this - mighty maybe  is this official news?

[TAC]

Has JM been working out?

[Zydar]

Has JM been working out?

Just look at them veins

[Blackfield]

Also: Coming next will be the documentary photos in the recording studio.

Yay 

What? when?

[jonny108]

Also: Coming next will be the documentary photos in the recording studio.

Yay 

What? when?

https://blog.rickwenner.com/music/dream-theater-portraits/ Read the blog 

[phentalmyst]

wait, the group photo is a composite??? holy...

[nikatapi]

Holy shit Myung looks so badass in his picture

[Blackfield]

https://blog.rickwenner.com/music/dream-theater-portraits/ Read the blog 

Nice! I hate the words "coming soon" though.

[Jamesman42]

That new promo shot kind of reminded me of this one from BC&SL. Hopefully the days of horribly photoshopped backgrounds are done

That is a really bad picture...

[?]

Those new photos look much better than the "we're a dark and tough metal band" style shots from the SC/BC&SL era!

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

Funny, everything seems better now in DT land. (Writing process, photographs, band dynamics). Now, if both the album art and album rock everything will be stellar.