DREAM THEATER - BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS - Coming June 23rd!

Looks great! Cant wait to hear it!

For once I agree with Blob

All of this sounds AND looks very, very promising!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"To see the summer sky
is melodies.
Though never on a disc they die,
true music flees." - Emily Rockinson

Johnny.Swift


I AM SOOOOO BUYING THE VINYL! AND THE 3CD EDITION! BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THE VINYL! I LOVE VINYL!

 
Here's hoping it will be a colored vinyl.... probably still gonna buy it even if it's not

"I did not hit her, it's not true, it's bullshit. I did naaaat..... Oh hi, Mark!"

As if I&W is an ugly cover.

"Guys, I think I'm gunna change my look." - John Myung, 2004.

An elephant?

scratches head

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STEVETHEATER


The Count of Tuscany

Tuscany

Seeing that post reminded me of this...



Those that don't get the joke, move along.  Nothing to see here. 

Oh, and I'm in like Flynn for the 3CD version.  w00t.  \m/

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Holy tats, I'm so excited. The artwork looks great, so oldschool!

"And even if I do happen to stroke, I'm 20, it's not going to kill me." - Vitsky

CalebCook2112


HOLY BALLS

Precisely!!!


Also... HELLO INSTRUMENTAL MIX!!!!

No offense, JLB, I'll still listen to the normal mix a lot more, but I love the idea of instrumental mixes of DT albums.

It was time, I felt, for an Agonizing Reappraisal of the whole scene.

Has anyone else noticed that we're still over 100 days for the release date?? (102 actually)...
I really don't know what I'm gonna do...

Sucks for me 'cause I haven't heard the new album snippet from the Eddie Trunk show and I'm planning not to listen to the single... I just wanna taste the new album entirely new.

I wonder if I'll make it. And even more this time the tracklisting, the 3CD edition, the cover songs and the artwork make an awesome package... Not sure if I'll pass on the covers, tho.

Awesome news!
That's pretty quick, June 23rd.

3 CD version: Good! I wonder: live recordings or studio recordings (Neal Morse style)
I love the instrumental remixes idea. It's just an album of instrumentals :D

To all those people who love to share their joy and happiness by writing down whatever they pretend to happen in their pants,
can we finally stop that? I'm really growing more and more disgust against that.
Maybe those who really did can keep on sharing it, so we can make fun of them, but all those others: please grow up.
Or do you say that kinda stuff at our office as well when you receive your yearly bonus?

So, what's the actual point of the instrumental mixes? I know people are saying it's for the people who want an instrumental track on the album, but it's not like they WROTE an instrumental.

Just curious.

"Guys, I think I'm gunna change my look." - John Myung, 2004.

YEAH!!!
Thanks Mike!

Great Artwork. Brings me back to I&W and ACOS...

Ink


So, what's the actual point of the instrumental mixes? I know people are saying it's for the people who want an instrumental track on the album, but it's not like they WROTE an instrumental.

Just curious.

So Joe Sandalo can do some non-midi covers.

"Set it..."
"and forget it!!!"
-Ronco Showtime

CyberShy


To all those people who love to share their joy and happiness by writing down whatever they pretend to happen in their pants,
can we finally stop that? I'm really growing more and more disgust against that.
Maybe those who really did can keep on sharing it, so we can make fun of them, but all those others: please grow up.
Or do you say that kinda stuff at our office as well when you receive your yearly bonus?

Funny post, just pissed m---
No, seriously, you're right, I've always thought it's kinda stupid.
But... a new DT album announcement comes roughly every 2 years, and sharing that emotion once every 2 years can't be that bad... can it?

CyberShy


To all those people who love to share their joy and happiness by writing down whatever they pretend to happen in their pants,
can we finally stop that? I'm really growing more and more disgust against that.
Maybe those who really did can keep on sharing it, so we can make fun of them, but all those others: please grow up.
Or do you say that kinda stuff at our office as well when you receive your yearly bonus?

 
It's an internet forum primarily frequented by 15 - 35 y.o. male prog nerds (myself included), so what do you expect.  

"I did not hit her, it's not true, it's bullshit. I did naaaat..... Oh hi, Mark!"

Now that artwork is AWESOME! Haven't seen that at DT since ToT!

who.helped.to.set.the.sun

thefunkygibbons


An elephant?

scratches head

Maybe... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_in_the_room



Makes sense I guess.

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ok, there's not much going on with my pants, but if I were a guy, DAMN!!!!!

IM SOOOOOOOO EXCITED! My heart rate just doubled!

It's Friday, 13th - this is indeed a lucky day!!!!

Just two days ago I bought my ticket for the Munich show which is on June 23 - release day show!!! YAY!!!!

must've been hungry when I chose my profile name

wow! you re so lucky indeed.

Friday, 13 is my day too

who.helped.to.set.the.sun

the cover art makes me
the song titles make me

Warning: Alcohol before the pregnancy may cause the pregnancy.

OMG !!!! The title....., the cover......, the songs !!!! Sounds like it might be as........
the new album !
 
Now let the waiting begin....
 
Thanks so much for the info, Mike !
 

OH MY FUCKIN GOOOOODDOODODASDASDAS....I CANT WAIT

Nice to the guys going back to OLD SCHOOL art work!

I'm going for the 3CD option, if I can get it.

I still have a turntable too :=)

Release your inner DRAGON and Carpe Diem!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

HOLY SHIT, BEST DAY EVER

I woke up this morning thinking "yeah, Resident Evil 5 today.  I'm not as excited as I would be for, say, the new DT album, but still..."

Then I check the forum as soon as I get into work, and I officially crap myself with joy.

oh, I just realized Im going to the tuscany in the first week of june :D

also, I was thinking about the cover art..

in I&W it was a little girl, now it's a little boy..
why is the elephant small compared to the boy?
did the elephant paint the eye? and if, why?
if the elephant painted the eye, he's not a normal elephant. If he's not a normal elephant why is he scared about the mouse? Is he scared about the mouse? What books is he standing on?
Who shattered the jar (or whatever it is)? Why was the jar here in the first place?
Is the bird going to (s)hit on the painting?

...

must've been hungry when I chose my profile name

Thanks, Mike! This is exciting news!

OK, so when can we preorder the special edition????????????????

This better not be a fucking joke!!!!!!!
Holy fucking shit!!!!

And I'm lost in the window And I hide in the stairway And I hang in the curtain And I sleep in your hat

CyberShy

I love the instrumental remixes idea. It's just an album of instrumentals :D

Actually (and please do correct me if I'm wrong), the idea comes straight from the limited edition of Experiments in Mass Appeal, Frost*'s latest release, which was one of MP's faves last year... Well, maybe Mike had the idea too, maybe even before he evere gave EIMA a spin, but whatever : it's fucking cool nonetheless !

This was a great bonus thingy on EIMA and I'm just thrilled to see Mike including this on the new DT album. It's going to be AWESOME \o/

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So, will To Tame A Land be one of the covers included in the special edition?

Exciting information, of course. I think the artistic direction for the cover is interesting. There's not much use guessing what it's going to sound like from the song titles, but that can happen in June. I'm definitely looking forward to putting some money away for this. :)

 
 

Great news!

The cover looks awesome. The album and the song titles are very cool as well.

__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__
''Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.''

I love the cover *_* 
It looks like Awake, isn't it?

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Mental note: buy some paints and paint my bedroom wall like the wall on the cover.  Hell yeah.

SHIT THE BED!  My legs just fell off. I seriously cannot wait until I see them on 13 June. Im in dire need of a new album full of epics!!!

Damn,there's a Styx cover on that one.

Great news! I like the album title and the cool song titles. Not that crazy about the cover though, maybe it will grow on me. Perhaps it will be a return to the "classic" sound from I&W and Awake, judging by the similarities between the covers.

The Count of Tuscany sounds like it could be an epic Godfather saga, in many movements and chapters.

Only three months to go....

schwing!!! WOW, cant wait for this!! cover art looks awesome, songs titles sound awesome, roll on june, i want my 3cd SE dammit!

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I want to know why in the world that song is called The Count of Tuscany.  That would be cool if were influenced by Italian music. 
I also love the title "Wither."  It doesn't sound like anything they've done before.  It almost sounds like it would be an Opeth song title.

"Set it..."
"and forget it!!!"
-Ronco Showtime

DAMN!!!!!
Was this unexpected or what??? I'm shaking here!
3-Disc Edition, here we come.

Cool title and a fantastic cover, let's hope that music is just as good.

Portnoy

6. The Count of Tuscany

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

YEEEES

not.
able.
to.
speak.
properly.

lol@kyo

Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny. - Frank Zappa

Looks promising. I really like the cover art, because it has ACOS, I&W and Awake feeling. Hopefully that comes through the music too. I've always liked the epic side of DT a bit more so I'm even more excited about this album.

Any chance of hearing the single on the upcoming Eddie Trunk show?

Oh, and about that elephant holding a brush:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk

Nuggets FTW!

Weymolith

The elephant is holding a paintbrush. See my earlier nugget.

So it was him and not Hugh Syme who made this? This is all so confusing.

OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG! I CAN'T WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT!!!!!!!!!!!

senor_valasco

Also I wonder what/who the Count of Tuscany is? Is it the male form of Countess or counting, like 1,2,3? Did (the) Tuscany ever have a count? Paging the italians here...

.....Count=nobleman.......

Have DT been bewitched by Italy?

Kyo

Weymolith

The elephant is holding a paintbrush. See my earlier nugget.

So it was him and not Hugh Syme who made this? This is all so confusing.

Hahaha, good one!

BlackMamba


OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG! I CAN'T WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT!!!!!!!!!!!

senor_valasco

Also I wonder what/who the Count of Tuscany is? Is it the male form of Countess or counting, like 1,2,3? Did (the) Tuscany ever have a count? Paging the italians here...

.....Count=nobleman.......

Have DT been bewitched by Italy?

I looked around, seems there never was a "Count of Tuscany", per se.

Hey everyone, I made a thread compiling all the nuggets I've found here: http://www.mikeportnoy.com/forum/m2268940.aspx

And let me just reiterate how fucking AWESOME this is.

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no "making of" this time around? =(

When it comes to seeing your favorite bands in concert, school and work be damned. You can always make up for it some other way. Can't make up for a missed concert. -astrotrain_jlr

Ink


So, what's the actual point of the instrumental mixes?

 

DT KARAOKE!

 

"Hey Petrucci I don't mean to alarm you but there's some Chinese dude following us"

BTW, I may be TOTALLY wrong here, but weren't the Medici's the counts of Tuscany? I think so.
It also may have something to do with DaVinci (*cough*GardnerBrothers*cough*)

Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny. - Frank Zappa

Well, now it's back to the way it was with the third Black Mages album...  Checking online retailers every day until I see one of them listing BC&SL for preorder (3 disc version, naturally)...

I leave the computer early last night and find this in the morning!!! really looking forward to June this year!

sacrificed acid


no "making of" this time around? =(

By now you should know that DT like making sharp turns & don't do everything we expect ala the instrumental & covers discs we get this time... That's not to say that there won't be a seperate "Making of" dvd released later on (I hope)...

DonPetrucci


BTW, I may be TOTALLY wrong here, but weren't the Medici's the counts of Tuscany? I think so.
It also may have something to do with DaVinci (*cough*GardnerBrothers*cough*)

"Famiglia de' Medici" = The Medicis were noblemen dukes and grand dukes of Tuscany.
Maybe in this contest the noun "count" sounds better than "duke"!!...I really don't know!!
Let's ask Mike!!

I wonder what the six covers will be...  In an ideal world:
Circumstances
Close to the Edge
In the Court of the Crimson King

Erm...  Can't think of any others.

DefyingMortality


HOLY FUCKING FUCK SHIT YES

What great news to wake up too. I am soooooo excited!!!

Love The Album Cover!!!
Love The Album Title!!!!
Love The Track Titles!!!

June 23rd cannot come sooner!!! The 3 Disc set will be mine!!!!!!!!

ayla1209

DefyingMortality


HOLY FUCKING FUCK SHIT YES

Have I mentioned lately that I love you?

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Kyo

Portnoy

6. The Count of Tuscany

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This sounds awesome! cant wait

I guess the open door reminds me to the Thruman Show..something like open the door and run away from the "silver lining"  and go into the real world. what do you think?

This is awsome. Such a surprise! Add me to the 3 Disc special edition list. Can't wait.

Guys I found out that there is a band called BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS

Check their page

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=369363866

Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love through each darkest fire

There's a book called Dark Clouds & Silver Linings...

Jobo13

ProgMetalFusion


This is the most awesome of all possible awesome news. Released on my birthday!!!! OMG!!!! I am incredibly excited - and yes, you'd better believe I'm going to own the 3-CD special edition!!!!



-- Jeff

Yay, it's my birthday today too. I totally spaced out and forgot to add that in my first post in the thread.

Mine is a week later, I was hoping they released it then, but the earlier the better!!!

BTW, killer artwork, titles and great idea releasing SIX weekly covers prior to the album, that should tide us over 'til the album comes out... 

Best way to start the day!!!
The artwork is AMAZING possibly the best DT cover artwork ever!
Cant wait to know about (and hear of course) the cover songs...

ps: The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was ruled by dukes so i don't know what this Count Of Tuscany means...but it's so cool that DT named a song after a region which is about 40 km far from where i live!!!

  Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.

Oh, and one other thing...

Vinyl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"To see the summer sky
is melodies.
Though never on a disc they die,
true music flees." - Emily Rockinson

lame ass song titles a la cheese metal.
great cover.
long songs?  who knows.  longer is not necessarily better.

will still buy and prolly like most of it.

peace out.

Chaos...Panic...Disorder...My work here is done.

ignodreamers


I guess the open door reminds me to the Thruman Show..something like open the door and run away from the "silver lining"  and go into the real world. what do you think?

bro, the last thing that's said on glass prison: "I turned around, saw a light shining through 
The door was wide open" 


Then you hear... crash,.. as the bottle breaks:D:D

I give you...
(\__/) 
(='.'=) <------- The Count of Tuscany!!!!
(")_(") 

yeaaah! awesome! 6 tracks..YES!

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...Bottle!?

"Glass Prison" . . . people shouldnt throw stones in Glass Houses "

And that bottle sure does sound like Plate Glass (the Glass "Prison").

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It's for certain that the song "Wither" is a cover song of Circus Maximus' :D

You know...that's my pooper.

Daaaaaaaammmnnn!!!! I'm LATE to the party!!

*Hauls jaw from the floor* count me in on the "Holy Shit!" camp!

(don't know about the fuckin' tho! ;) )

YEAH BABY YEAH!!!!

Some great ´new´ Dutch melodic/symphonic metalbands:
 
http://www.anewdawnband.com
http://www.magionband.com
 
 

Rumour:  The Count of Tuscany to feature blistering bass solo

I gues that one of the covers would be Maiden's To Tame A Land which was released during the summer in a tribute album done by Kerrang.

Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love through each darkest fire

I say it's a concept album entirely about the last part of the AA saga.
I only can't bring "The count of tuscany" nowhere in that picture.

Perhaps MP plans to move there and spend the rest of his days there?

Some great ´new´ Dutch melodic/symphonic metalbands:
 
http://www.anewdawnband.com
http://www.magionband.com