Eight Days Remains To Release Dream Theater Distance Over Time Album
If there is one artist near to the Sonic Perspectives readership wheelhouse , requiring little if any introduction, it would be prog-metal reigning monarchs Dream Theater, complete with Majesty. Since 1989’s impressively ambitious debut, and 1992’s landmark Images and Words, Dream Theater’s rise to prog and metal stardom has been not only meteoric, but permanent as well. After thirty years and thirteen albums (now fourteen), and huge tour attendance, this is no passing fad. It could only perhaps be compared to Rush, in that despite never quite breaking into the platinum and radio stratosphere, the band enjoys a rabid and devoted fan following. However, much like a rising rocket, Dream Theater has jettisoned sections in stages, and unfortunately fan support along the way. In speaking with most Dream Theater fans, past or present, many allude to some stage of the rocket where they got left behind. For the most hardcore DT hipsters, the loss of the Kevin Moore engine at low atmosphere wa...