Dream Theater

 

Artist:  Dream Theater

Origin:  Long Island, New York, USA

Genre:  Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Neo-Progressive, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Art Rock

Original line-up:

John Petrucci:  Guitar, Backing Vocals

John Myung:  Bass

Mike Portnoy:  Drums, Backing Vocals

Dream Theater is an American Progressive Metal Band from Long Island, New York, formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci (Guitar), John Myung (Bass), and Mike Portnoy (Drums), while they attended Berklee College Of Music in Massachusetts.  They subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band and become Dream Theater.  The band is well known for the technical proficiency of its instrumentalists  Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remained together along with James LaBrie (Vocals) and Jordan Rudess (Keyboards), until September 8, 2010 when Mike Portnoy left the band and replaced by Mike Mangini in 2011.  John Petrucci won many awards from music instruction magazines.  John Myung was voted the greatest Bassist of all time in a poll conducted by Music Radar in August and September 2010.  Mike Portnoy has won 26 awards from Modern Drummer Magazine and to be inducted into the Rock Drummer Hall of Fame.  Jordan Rudess is considered to be one of the greatest Keyboards Players of All Time by Music Radar.  The band's highest-selling album is the Gold-Selling Images and Words (1992).  Metropolis Pt. 2:  Scenes From A Memory was ranked 95 on the October 2006 issue of  Guitar World Magazine's list of The Greatest 100 Guitar Albums Of All Time.

Title:  A Dramatic Turn Of Events (Limited Edition) (2026) 

Genre:  Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Neo-Progressive, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Art Rock

Label:  Rhino/Roadrunner Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side One:

 1.  On The Backs Of Angles (8:42)

 2.  Build Me Up, Break Me Down (6:59)

Side Two:

 1.  Lost Not Forgotten (10:11)

 2.  This Is The Life (6:57)

LP 2:

Side Three:

 1.  Bridges In The Sky (11:01)

 2.  Outcry (11:24)

Side Four:

 1.  Far From Heaven (3:56)

 2.  Breaking All Illusions (12:25)

 3.  Beneath The Surface (5:26)

Personnel:

James LaBrie:  Lead Vocals

John Petrucci:  Guitar, Backing Vocals

John Myung:  Bass, Moog Taurus Pedals

JoJordan Rudss:  Keyboards, Continuum, Morphwiz

Mike Mangini:  Drums, Percussion

A Dramatic Turn Of Events is the eleventh studio album by Dream Theater, originally released on September 12, 2011 by Roadrunner Records, remastered and reissued on March 27, 2026 by Rhino Records.  Limited Edition  2 LP 180 Gram Clear Vinyl.