Artist : Dream theater
Album : Black clouds & Silver linings
Country : USA
Genre : Progressive metal
Release date : 23rd June, 2009 (Expected)
Track listing :
1. A nightmare to remember 16:10
2. A rite of passage 8:36
3. Wither 5:25
4. The Shattered Fortress 12:49
5. The Best Of Times 13.:09
6. The Count Of Tuscany 19:16
Top 5 Reviews :
From Metal Underground -
"For two years, progressive metal band Dream Theater has reaped the success of their 2007 album “Systematic Chaos,” the highest preliminary charting album of their career. Since the 2008 announcement of an upcoming album, fans have been eagerly awaiting the next godly offering from Dream Theater and anticipating the next change in their frequently curve-balling sound. “Dark Clouds and Silver Linings” did not disappoint - Dream Theater came back with a devilishly good tenth album, well worth a listen from any Dream Theater fan.
The first track, “A Nightmare To Remember,” delivers riffs ripe with the drives of a drill into concrete, bursting with dark, heavy riffs. The contentious growling vocals of “Systematic Chaos” are counterbalanced by meaningful libretto and swerving directional changes, going from powerful and pounding to dark and dangerous with just one furious strike on Petrucci’s guitar. However, at a whopping sixteen minutes long, “A Nightmare To Remember” starts to become strained, and it is only saved from being tedious by it’s varying tone and mood.
Eastern-esque chords introduce “A Rite Of Passage,” sounding somewhat sinister, creating a powerfully intense atmosphere guided by an air-punch-inducing riff. Petrucci ploughs his way through almost nine minutes of crunching guitar, accompanied by Portnoy beating the crap out of his drums in a track flavoured with the tang of metal."
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From Amazon.com -
"This album's a musical and emotional rollercoaster, but most of our albums are,' Mike Portnoy says of Black Clouds & Silver Linings, Dream Theater's tenth studio album and second Roadrunner release. Black Clouds & Silver Linings marks another milestone on Dream Theater's iconoclastic musical journey,
which began two and a half decades ago and now encompasses a hugely impressive body of music that's established the durable progressive metal outfit as a one-of-a-kind creative force with a fiercely devoted international fan base. The new album - produced by band members Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci, who also serve as the group's main lyricists - offers a vibrant manifestation of the world-class musicianship, vivid lyrical scenarios and ambitious, multi-leveled
compositions that have established Dream Theater as a uniquely compelling creative force."
From Allmusicresource -
"Dream Theater, the beloved and respected progenitors of modern prog metal are back with their latest offering. Black Clouds & Silver Linings, the second album released under Roadrunner Records, has been highly anticipated after 2007’s Systematic Chaos opened Dream Theater up to a whole new fanbase of newer, younger fans. Surpsingly though, DT’s 2009 outing isn’t as assertive as one might think given their label and the appeal they have won from a crowd that demands a certain level of aggression. Black Cloud & Silver Linings is most definitely a DT release, but contains far fewer heavy moments than their last two albums, and really doesn’t push itself as the next great mainstream Roadrunner release. I find this fact to be fantastic, and a positive representation of the integrity of the band and it’s respect for the progressive ideal. However, does this lack of adherence to the modern metal doctrine end up hurting or benefitting the band’s sound regardless of integrity?"
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From Progarchives -
In the past years, dream theater released albums that was either love or hate. Some people liked the heavy stuff more and some prefered the old sound of Dream Theater. I am in the first category. I discover Dream theater with Train of thought so it's sure I like their heavy side. But it didn't mean that I don't like the old stuff. Just that I prefer the new one.
This album, I think, is a mix of the old and the new sound of DT.
The opening track, A nightmare to remember is my favourite track of the album. It has his heavy stuff and his beautiful moments. We can see the different voices that Labrie can have. He sings with aggressivity at the beginning but he has a beautiful voice in the interlude. The song sounds between progressive metal and death prog metal(extreme).
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