New Album “Distance Over Time’, First Set of 2019 Tour Dates announced!

[RMGadelha]

Yeah, there is one track title in particular that I was looking for to see if they would reveal it.

Behold, we're finally getting Six Lifts Never Gone in My Memory of Lost Degrees Are of Inner God Fake Trouble in the Lost New Millenium with Honey Mustard and BBQ McDonalds Playcenter Lick My Ass Turbulence. Called it.

666 minutes epic track. 

[Rushspirit2112]

I feel like Paralyzed is going to be the Song 10 snippet we got

[Ben_Jamin]

Barstool Warrior sounds like it'll be great. That should be their single...

[pg1067]

I can't help but think that "Barstool Warrior" sounds like a great title...for a Billy Joel song.

But...song titles, by themselves, aren't particularly interesting to me, so....

Also, didn't they live at Bear Tracks when they recorded I&W?  Obviously, the music was already written before they got there, but I got the impression from the series of "making of" videos on YouTube that they basically lived there while recording.

[gzarruk]

When we were first starting out the scene didn’t really exist. There was a few bands, like our buddies Fates Warning. And Queensr˙che was kind of in that zone, but not really.

 

Well, that sounds funny, but he's right. I like QR but I've never considered them a prog metal band, they're much closer to being a heavy metal band with a few prog elements here and there.

[Bertielee]

When we were first starting out the scene didn’t really exist. There was a few bands, like our buddies Fates Warning. And Queensr˙che was kind of in that zone, but not really.

 

Well, that sounds funny, but he's right. I like QR but I've never considered them a prog metal band, they're much closer to being a heavy metal band with a few prog elements here and there.

Exactly my opinion on QR as well. It's not a dig at the band because I used to like them a lot, but I've never considered them prog metal per se.

[Darkstarshadesreborn]

Not sure if this has been asked before or commented.
But I think we really need to know if the festival show in Mexico will include the full Evening With or if it will not.
My assistance pretty much depends on that

[bosk1]

I doubt it.  A festival, by definition, can't really accommodate an "evening with" format.

[Peter Mc]

I think Queensr˙che were a bit more cerebral and prog than some of the other trad metal bands at the time. They were never prog metal in terms of crazy technical stuff though.

As far as the interview goes, I like a lot of what he had to say, I hope there is still epicness within this shorter more concise record (I’m sure there will be). Not too keen on the ‘Barstool Warrior’ song title but doesn’t mean I won’t like the song.

[Darkstarshadesreborn]

Whathever, the promoters basically didn't give a damn about the entire South America in I&W25, and now they're not caring either, so it's just a matter of waiting for a second leg or something.

[Architeuthis]

Whathever, the promoters basically didn't give a damn about the entire South America in I&W25, and now they're not caring either, so it's just a matter of waiting for a second leg or something.

Yes, your frustration is guided in the right direction. The promoters are the ones to blame for snubbing certain areas,  not the band. 
DT's promoters have overlooked the Pacific Northwest for two straight tours now. 
I hope there's a second U.S. leg but not holding my breath.
 I would think there's a big market for DT in South America, I hope they come your way..

[cramx3]

Barstool Warrior is definitely an interesting title for a DT song.  Curious how that one goes now

[robwebster]

So so far we have 4 tracks titles

Fall Into the Light
Paralyzed
At Wit’s End
Barstool Warrior

On reflection, it's mad that it's taken 33 years for them to do a song called Paralyzed. It's practically John Petrucci's mascot.

I don't like the name Barstool Warrior yet (might change when I hear the lyrics!) but the other three are all cracking.

[Architeuthis]

Barstool Warrior makes me think of.....  "NORM" !!!

[Pound4aBrown]

If this is legit, I don't think an 80min album is short and concise.

1. Barstool Warrior 6:42
2. Out Of The Shadows 12:44
3. The Event Horizon 9:32
4. Paralyzed 6:23
5. Insurrection 7:44
6. Gates Of Tomorrow 5:38
7. Fall Into the Light 8:55
8. At Wit’s End    7:25
9. Distance Over Time 14:43
Total length:   79:46


But that is from Wiki, so who knows if its correct.
if it is correct we have two lyrics  by Myung and one from Mangini

[Samsara]

When we were first starting out the scene didn’t really exist. There was a few bands, like our buddies Fates Warning. And Queensr˙che was kind of in that zone, but not really.

 

  Oh JP. The optics on that one. ha ha ha.

He's right though. Fates and QR were the beginnings of American prog metal, and right after them, I think you had Crimson Glory and Watchtower. And DT came next and took it a different direction. But unlike all those bands, Queensyrche was able to morph a complex sound into a commercial sound, and maintain integrity and gain mass appeal. DT and Fates did the same thing to a degree, but neither had that success in 1992 that Queensryche had in 1990.

But I would always argue that Queensryche and Fates Warning were the originators of American progressive metal, which ultimately led to Dream Theater.

Edit, put another way: Queensryche are the forefathers of American progressive metal, along with Fates Warning, both of whom combined the elements of prog rock (Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, etc.) with hard rock/metal (Deep Purple, Rush, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest) to form a subgenre of American progressive metal. A genre that was later re-defined and pushed forward by Dream Theater.

No, Queensryche aren’t “prog” in the classic sense of the term. They were progressive metal, at least how the term was defined in the early-to-mid 1980s, and before Dream Theater spun that on its head, and the term became something quite different.

[gzarruk]

If this is legit, I don't think an 80min album is short and concise.

1. Barstool Warrior 6:42
2. Out Of The Shadows 12:44
3. The Event Horizon 9:32
4. Paralyzed 6:23
5. Insurrection 7:44
6. Gates Of Tomorrow 5:38
7. Fall Into the Light 8:55
8. At Wit’s End    7:25
9. Distance Over Time 14:43
Total length:   79:46


But that is from Wiki, so who knows if its correct.
if it is correct we have two lyrics  by Myung and one from Mangini

Fake. Well, at least the music and lyric credits on wiki, since James said he was working on lyrics for two songs and they only listed one.

[mikeyd23]

If this is legit, I don't think an 80min album is short and concise.

1. Barstool Warrior 6:42
2. Out Of The Shadows 12:44
3. The Event Horizon 9:32
4. Paralyzed 6:23
5. Insurrection 7:44
6. Gates Of Tomorrow 5:38
7. Fall Into the Light 8:55
8. At Wit’s End    7:25
9. Distance Over Time 14:43
Total length:   79:46


But that is from Wiki, so who knows if its correct.
if it is correct we have two lyrics  by Myung and one from Mangini

Fake. Well, at least the music and lyric credits on wiki, since James said he was working on lyrics for two songs and they only listed one.

Yeah I'm guessing it's fake as well, until we get some kind of official track list from the band.

[Pound4aBrown]

If this is legit, I don't think an 80min album is short and concise.

1. Barstool Warrior 6:42
2. Out Of The Shadows 12:44
3. The Event Horizon 9:32
4. Paralyzed 6:23
5. Insurrection 7:44
6. Gates Of Tomorrow 5:38
7. Fall Into the Light 8:55
8. At Wit’s End    7:25
9. Distance Over Time 14:43
Total length:   79:46


But that is from Wiki, so who knows if its correct.
if it is correct we have two lyrics  by Myung and one from Mangini

Fake. Well, at least the music and lyric credits on wiki, since James said he was working on lyrics for two songs and they only listed one.

Yeah I'm guessing it's fake as well, until we get some kind of official track list from the band.

I figured as much since I also couldn't find any notation on the page to where the info came from.

[bosk1]

It is definitely fake.

[RMGadelha]

I liked everything I've read and well, Barstool Warrior might be interesting, lol. With that said, I just hope that a very concise album doesn't mean we aren't getting any epic track. I'm not even talking about 20 min epics, but at least one 10+ or 12+ would be nice.

[rab7]

The person who put up that list clearly hasn't seen the "Song 10" video

[MirrorMask]

"At the same time, we also knew we wanted to do a bit of a shorter record, with more concise songs. We didn’t want to have three songs on the album. We wanted to have a bunch. So we kept it all very tight and focused."

GODS, YES

Barstool Warrior seems such a weird title, but the story behind is great. Lilke Iron Maiden's "Weekend warrior" was someone who was a "warrior" only at the stadium, I would assume a barstool warrior is someone who is able to boost about things they'd do only when they're sitting at a bar. Let's see what the twist in the storyline will be like!

[Samsara]

Being from Long Island, and Suffolk County, whenever I read that article from Rolling Stone when JP talks about Barstool Warrior, I can see him yapping with a guy at one of the bars (if there are any left these days) in Port Jeff. A couple of the places I used to hang got closed down years ago (I haven't lived back that way since the early 2000s). 

[Samsara]

"At the same time, we also knew we wanted to do a bit of a shorter record, with more concise songs. We didn’t want to have three songs on the album. We wanted to have a bunch. So we kept it all very tight and focused."

GODS, YES

Agreed. I mean, short and concise probably has a different meaning for DT, but I'll take what I can get at this point. 

[Darkstarshadesreborn]

Guess it's time to head to the US

[Chino]

We are. The tour is going to be “An Evening With,” and part of the evening will be playing some of the new record and some older songs in our catalog, and then also playing Scenes From a Memory in its entirety. So it going to be a lot of fun. And that was a really important record for us, speaking of storytelling and all that. Because it was our first concept record.

 

So... will SFAM be the first or second set? I can't think of a much better song to end a night on than Finally Free.

[cramx3]

We are. The tour is going to be “An Evening With,” and part of the evening will be playing some of the new record and some older songs in our catalog, and then also playing Scenes From a Memory in its entirety. So it going to be a lot of fun. And that was a really important record for us, speaking of storytelling and all that. Because it was our first concept record.

 

So... will SFAM be the first or second set? I can't think of a much better song to end a night on than Finally Free.

My thought is that SFAM is the second set but the encore will be the epic from the new album.

[SystematicThought]

Bosk, can you answer this question?

Is Barstool Warrior the track in the album cover teaser?

[genome]

I doubt it.  A festival, by definition, can't really accommodate an "evening with" format.

Well you could try one, but they'll probably cut the power on you. 

[Ninjabait]

tbh from the way he described it, Bartstool Warrior is the track I'm most excited about on the album so far. The lyric concept sounds interesting and I'm always down for something melodic.

Also, it's kinda funny how they've decided to stick to more concise structures in some way on the last three albums. DT12 had this goal, The Astonishing had only one song over 7min, and now Velocity is gonna be going that route too. Not complaining in the slightest (I for one welcome our short song overlords), but it's interesting!

[The Walrus]

I can get behind the nickname for this album being Velocity. Very nice.

[noxon]

Except Velocity is a vector unit stating "displacement over time", whereas speed is the scalar unit that is the result of "distance over time"

That being said...

[Madman Shepherd]

Barstool Warrior is definitely an interesting title for a DT song.  Curious how that one goes now

I hope it's like The Shaman's Trance in the sense that they decide to give it a better name just before it's released...but the song kicks ass regardless. 

[Scorpion]

Except Velocity is a vector unit stating "displacement over time", whereas speed is the scalar unit that is the result of "distance over time"

That being said...

A nitpicker after my own heart. Nice.

I like Speed as a nickname too.