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I recently checked John Petrucci’s website and found out that his Merch Store ran out of PDFs of “Terminal Velocity” Tab Book Digital Download.
I guess, those bits to create the PDF has been bought out by companies for their Generative AI servers.
One official day listening to Dream Theater album number 16: “Parasomnia”.
“Parasomnia” Deluxe Edition comes with CD of the album, CD contains instrumental version of the album, and Blu-ray contains Dolby Atmos & 5.1 Surround Sound, High-Resolution Stereo Mixes, animated visualizers for each song.
The best part of “Parasomnia” Deluxe Edition is the Instrumental version of the CD. I’ve acquired Dream Theater’s album releases with Instrumental mixes whenever they were made available. My personal collections of Dream Theater releases with Instrumental mixes:
Parasomnia tracklist:
Right if the bat, the record contains 2 Instrumental tracks out of 8. That leaves 6 other tracks that have the different Instrumental mixes. Still worth getting the Deluxe Edition of the record.
On another note, the artworks in the Deluxe Edition are underwhelming. Blame that on the overused Computer Generated Slops, also known as AI Generated Slops.
I both like and feeling underwhelmed by this record. Probably I’ve become jaded when it comes to Dream Theater’s music.
It is February 7, 2025 and Dream Theater new record “Parasomnia” is officially released. It is the first record by the band since their founding member and drummer who left in 2010, rejoined the band in 2023.
“There you go, Mike’s back replacing Mike who replaced the first Mike in the first place.”
With return of Portnoy in the band, this record is highly anticipated by fans. Three songs from the record were previously released:
The first single, Night Terror, showed a glimpsed of the reunion; which seemed to miss none of the beat in the last 14 years. The second and third single reaffirmed that sentiment.
Now the record is finally released, fans get to listen to the rest of the songs. For diehard Dream Theater fans, I recommend listening to the instrumental versions of the record, which is available in the Deluxe edition.
Add one letter to “ruin” an album title.
Dream Theater – Images and Swords
Images and Words was released on July 7, 1992. It is the second album by Dream Theater and the first to feature James LaBrie on vocals.
The song “Pull Me Under” was the first single off the album and became a surprise hit, garnering airplay on radios and MTV.
ATCO, the band’s label at that time sent out two-track CD Promo for “Take the Time” with a note: “Play the unabridged version!”
(Editor’s note: we have that package somewhere, finding it is a different matter.)
Dream Theater’s fourteenth studio album “Distance Over Time” is officially released on Friday, February 22, 2019.
The album clocks in under 1 hour, without bonus track “Viper King”.
“Room 137” lyric was written by Mike Mangini , which is a first for Dream Theater.
After the first listen of the album in its entirety, not counting the first three songs (“Untethered Angel”, Paralyzed”, and “Fall into the Light”) which were made available prior to the album release; “At Wit’s End” and “Viper King” stand out.
I need to listen to this album a lot more time to form any further opinion.
The second single off Dream Theater’s upcoming “Distance Over Time” record is now available for listening.
It is also available for purchase from among other, iTunes.
“Distance Over Time” track list:
“Distance Over Time” is due on February 22, 2019.
I pre-ordered Dream Theater “The Astonishing” Box Set Bundle back in January 2016. The Box Set Bundle includes:
Throughtout the year, Roadrunner Records shipped parts of the Box Set Bundle while the Deluxe Box Set was delyaed numerous times.
I finally received The Astonishing Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set on August 3, 2016. It is a nice collectible for Dream Theater Fans and Collectors.