Dream Theater: The Astonishing (now with moment of betrayal!)

[Lucien]

very cool

[Aythesryche]

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[SwedishGoose]

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Ha ha ha... would be hard to put that into an evening with show though...

[bosk1]

You came SO close to being banned before I looked a little closer.  Well played. 

[LCArenas]

 

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

OMG Machine Chatter 80:00

[Sacul]

OMG Machine Chatter 80:00

I'm sure it's a spoken-word ambient track with JR playing some pads while Myung retells the astonishing story of how he did a bass solo in a bass solo.

[ResultsMayVary]

Absolutely brilliant. Definitely the post of the album cycle so far, for sure.

And LOL @ Bosk for being in "ban everything" mode there for a solid minute.

[LCArenas]

OMG Machine Chatter 80:00

I'm sure it's a spoken-word ambient track with JR playing some pads while Myung retells the astonishing story of how he did a bass solo in a bass solo.

And the Bebot. Don't forget the Bebot.

[Pragmaticcircus]

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[liran95]

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Clearly, it's a fake.





4 sec song? No, sir.

[The Presence of Frenemies]

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Makes me really psyched for WYTHC.

[Zydar]

Cue Zydar's "MS Paint Thread"...in...three...two...

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=45132.0

[Pragmaticcircus]

Come on DT give us as least 1 video already!!! 

[porcacultor]

Here is a tangent, but I thought this was cool and somewhat related to the new album discussion.  So, by way of background for those who are new to the forum, at the release of DT12, I organized a video chat with the band where they answered questions that were compiled by members of the forum, and the video was saved on YouTube.  A link to the thread is here:  https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=39047.0

The YouTube link is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cLlXnHpA&feature=youtu.be 

SO many cool things discussed.  Some of the highlights are:  Lots of cool discussion about DT12; John Myung speaks; John Petrucci on smoking and rubbing his chicken; etc.  But the reason I am posting it again in this thread is because there is interesting discussion at 13:06 about how the band feels about maybe some day writing a double album.  Pretty cool. 

So you're the guy who ran this interview! Nice job, you're a great host!

Hoping to see what type of press you did with the band 

[Mladen]

The artwork looks really cool. 

[Lowdz]

Am I the only one who feels underwhelmed by the new cover? 

No, you're not..

I mean, I like the art cover.. But: another sky on a DT album cover?.. Seriously guys?.. I think that with ACoS, FII, 8V and ADtOE we had enough of those.. Not to mention I&W, Awake and BC&SL, in which it also appears.. Looks very redundant to me..

That's probably because they're still lost in it....

 

[thosava]

The album cover doesn't say "Metropolis Pt. 3: The Astonishing", so it's pretty much confirmed that it's not pt. 3 

[Lucien]

The album cover doesn't say "Metropolis Pt. 3: The Astonishing", so it's pretty much confirmed that it's not pt. 3 

only dumb people thought it would be metropolis pt. 3

[thosava]

And now they have no reason to "hope" for it.

[Pebsie]

The album cover doesn't say "Metropolis Pt. 3: The Astonishing", so it's pretty much confirmed that it's not pt. 3 

Well there's certainly a metropolis of some sort int he background there... hmmm...

[MajorBoobage]

By the looks of DT side, I think many people are getting restless at this point.

If so, then people need to grow an attention span (not to mention some gratitude, given how much information has been released and is scheduled to be released).  But patience will be rewarded.  ...especially this week.

Now i wonder was the cover this what bosk was talking about

[Edergilmour]

By the looks of DT side, I think many people are getting restless at this point.

If so, then people need to grow an attention span (not to mention some gratitude, given how much information has been released and is scheduled to be released).  But patience will be rewarded.  ...especially this week.

Now i wonder was the cover this what bosk was talking about

I was just going to post this! haha

Is it? 

[Kotowboy]

Probably.

[Kotowboy]

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Anyone care to Taaaaaaaake the ttiiiiiiiiime to add up what this would come to ?

20 hours ?

[The Curious Orange]

Reminds me of the cover of Maiden's Brave New World.

[CoT67]

The album cover doesn't say "Metropolis Pt. 3: The Astonishing", so it's pretty much confirmed that it's not pt. 3 

With the 8 spherical NOMACS and the Metropolis in the background, it's definitely Octavariopolis 2: part 3, The Astonishing is just a proxy

[RoeDent]

Anyone care to Taaaaaaaake the ttiiiiiiiiime to add up what this would come to ?

20 hours ?

18 hours, 43 minutes and 32 seconds.

Act 1: 10:24:29
Act 2: 8:19:03

[Prog Snob]

I'm not going back through 60 plus pages of posts to see if anyone mentioned this but if someone did, I'll mention it again. Are we to assume that the NOMACS are more advanced versions of drones?

Here is a tangent, but I thought this was cool and somewhat related to the new album discussion.  So, by way of background for those who are new to the forum, at the release of DT12, I organized a video chat with the band where they answered questions that were compiled by members of the forum, and the video was saved on YouTube.  A link to the thread is here:  https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=39047.0

The YouTube link is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cLlXnHpA&feature=youtu.be 

SO many cool things discussed.  Some of the highlights are:  Lots of cool discussion about DT12; John Myung speaks; John Petrucci on smoking and rubbing his chicken; etc.  But the reason I am posting it again in this thread is because there is interesting discussion at 13:06 about how the band feels about maybe some day writing a double album.  Pretty cool. 

So you're the guy who ran this interview! Nice job, you're a great host!

Hoping to see what type of press you did with the band 

The interview was actually done by Weymolith.

The album cover doesn't say "Metropolis Pt. 3: The Astonishing", so it's pretty much confirmed that it's not pt. 3 

only dumb people thought it would be metropolis pt. 3

Clearly.  Everybody knows this is Octavarium Part 2.

[Another_Won]

Let me be yet another one to say that I think this artwork is awesome.  One of their best yet.  We need a hi res version so we can explore the city/metropolis

[nikatapi]

Also, 8 NOMACs and 8 characters. Maybe NOMACs are human driven vehicles?

[Peter Mc]

Starting to get used to the DT writing now, really is an awesome cover.  Awake is probably my favourite up to now but this may top it.

[jayvee3]

Am I the only one who feels underwhelmed by the new cover? 

No, you're not..

I mean, I like the art cover.. But: another sky on a DT album cover?.. Seriously guys?.. I think that with ACoS, FII, 8V and ADtOE we had enough of those.. Not to mention I&W, Awake and BC&SL, in which it also appears.. Looks very redundant to me..

Just a thought, but maybe its because those covers featured landscapes in them which were kind of.... outside. In my experience, the sky generally tends to feature in things that are outside.

I can give you dozens and dozens of examples of album covers showing outside's places and where are not skies.. I think you mean that those DT covers feature panoramic landscapes, which is a different thing..

The number of possible elements that can be included in a cover is enormous.. That's why it seems a waste to insist on the same element in so many different albums..

Mine is just a thought too though.. We're nothing but thoughts.. Actually we're more than that, but the phrase looks cool..

Ahh, welcome to DT Forum - a place where you can get corrected for saying 'landscapes' instead of 'panoramic landscapes', and having the sky in too many album covers is dealt with cries of disenchantment. How can you not love it? 

[Bertielee]

Also, 8 NOMACs and 8 characters. Maybe NOMACs are human driven vehicles?

The theory was hinted at already but, yeah, good point. I'm also intrigued at the 6 different eyes on the green screens. Could it be these machines are mentally driven by 6 different persons?

B.Lee

[wideworldofmike]

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When your time has come, .04, genius.