The Astonishing (4LP)

LPA

1. Descent Of The NOMACS 
2. Dystopian Overture 
3. The Gift Of Music 
4. The Answer 
5. A Better Life

LPB

1. Lord Nafaryus 
2. A Savior In The Square 
3. When Your Time Has Come 
4. Act Of Faythe

LPC

1. Three Days 
2. The Hovering Sojourn 
3. Brother, Can You Hear Me? 
4. A Life Left Behind

LPD

1. Ravenskill 
2. Chosen 
3. A Tempting Offer 
4. Digital Discord

LPE

1. The X Aspect 
2. A New Beginning 
3. The Road To Revolution 

LPF

1. 2285 Entr’acte
2. Moment Of Betrayal
3. Heaven’s Cove
4. Begin Again

LPG

1. The Path That Divides
2. Machine Chatter
3. The Walking Shadow
4. My Last Farewell
5. Losing Faythe

LPH

1. Whispers On The Wind
2. Hymn Of A Thousand Voices 
3. Our New World
4. Power Down
5. Astonishing

Dream Theater, one of the most prolific and iconic progressive rock bands of the last thirty years, are set to release their eagerly awaited double concept album, The Astonishing, on January 29th.  Yesterday the band premiered the album’s lead single, “The Gift of Music,” in an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone in which founding guitarist John Petrucci discussed the origins of the conceptual double album.

The Astonishing will also be available in a wide range of distinctive versions, including standard 4-LP vinyl box set.

Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York, with John Petrucci producing, studio luminary Richard Chycki (Aerosmith, Rush) engineering/mixing and legendary arranger, composer and conductor David Campbell orchestrating, The Astonishing paints a tale of a retro-futurist post-apocalyptic dystopia ruled by medieval style feudalism. It’s a place aching for a Chosen One to rise above the noise and defeat an Empire defined by the endless drone of noise machines and the illusion of safety in bland conformity.