W.O.W.!!!!!!!

"I sure wish I had been around to see Pink Floyd live... but then again, I'd be really old now, so f**k it."

WANT!!!

WHOALASKA! WHOALASKAAAAH!!!

amagad amagad amagad!!!!! got to be strong.. got to wait. I CANT!!! want Bc&sL now!!!!

Dark Master vs Count of Tuscany...ZOMG!!!

haha

The shattered fortress seems to be the final chapter of AA songs!
I wonder what would the 6 cover songs are.

Interesting to think how many people who are now jizzing their pants will be trashing the album one year from now on this very forum (like with SC and Lifeline).

I am excited but I refuse to make any rash statements until I've heard the entire thing (I will probably love it though...)

"Tonight we beg the question: if a married man fucks a Catholic and his wife dies without knowing - does that make him unfaithful, people?"
- Manic Street Preachers "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time"

Is "The Best of Times" a STYX cover? LOL

DTFan93


Is "The Best of Times" a STYX cover? LOL

LOL
 
thanks now I cannot get that out of my head 

Carpe Diem

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080610024152AAlBKN9


There's an elephant in the room

Great News! Seems promising to me and i'm definitely hyped now!

PLUS: I'm considering getting the Vinyl-Version. I don't have any Vinyl so far, but the Cover is pretty badass, so i'd like to have a larger version of it compared to a Standard-CD 8) We'll see...

Epitaph04


*Jizzes*

"Jizzed in my pants!"

Have you seen that music video btw?  It's great..anyways...I can't wait for the album, love the name and the artwork, really excited about this one.  :) \m/  Thanks for the heads up Mike.

You know what I find interesting about DT album titles? They are very rarely the name of an actual song on that album. In fact, only twice in ten albums has the album title also been a song title- "Six Degrees..." and "Octavarium".... I dig songs that do this as well- where the lyrics convey the theme of the title, but the actual title is never spoken... a classic example of this with Rush would be the song "Bravado".

The Count of Tuscany?
Ugolino della Gherardesca!
Lyrics by LaBrie.

Sweet, I was wondering when we'd get some release news; When SC came out, we knew the title and track listing around January.

I'm just a rock 'n' roll clown, doin' lots o' cocaine.

Now its time to wait for the time stamps ;)

Ohh I need it :D

The standard CD, a CD of instrumental versions, and a CD of covers...

This band does everything for us fans.  I knew they wouldn't let us down, but this is insanely generous.  I commend DT and specifically MP for these wonderful gifts. 

The Shattered Fortress has to be the AA song.  The title rocks, either way.

Side Note:  My brother and I were discussing one day how bands should release "multi-track" versions of albums, where you could isolate or remove certain tracks in the music, like guitars or drums.  I feel like this is a step toward that fantasy of ours.

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Intresting.

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WOW!!! Seriously, I'd explode If I weren't able to keep my excitment inside of me... just too much information right now and more than I could cope with...
Great news, I'm really looking forward to BCASL!!!

Turn to the light, don't be frightened of the shadows it creates...

 I dont know about this one...

Bad albumtitle and some doubtfull songtitles. Nice cover though...

-We need some more Rockjuice!

Lots of Epic songs there .
Wonder what they will play of it on Sweden Rock?

Credit me with some intelligence
(if not just credit me)
I come in value packs of ten
(in five varieties)

I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!
Hopefully the video for Rite of Passage will be good, they shouldn't bother editing it for the video unless its ridiculously long because it's not gonna get much airplay anyway besides headbangers ball

my prog rock band

Can't wait!

So let's speculate what Mike's Drum Cam DVD will be called:

Black Mike and Silver Drumming?! 

"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." - Mark Twain

Hmmm, I just had a thought...

If there's only six songs, then presumably they're all (or at least most of them are) pretty lengthy.  Which means they'll probably only play maybe two of them live in a single show...  Which leaves more space for older stuff, yeah!

I'm not saying I don't want to hear much of the new album, I'm sure it'll kick ass...  But when I saw DT last tour I'd say half of their set was based on SC.  I know that's to be expected since they're touring for a specific album each time, but it left no room for anything from SFAM/ToT (apart from what was in the medley)...

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And kudos to Roadrunner Records.

A studio album plus instrumental mixes and cover songs?  I couldn't imagine DT getting away with that with a "major" label.

"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." - Mark Twain

I´m so glad! Really, pure awesomeness!.

The 3CD edition is so going to be mine. Thanx DT and MP!!!

I just LOVE that album cover. Can't wait to have BC&SL and to listen to the record at max volume!

Please, don't give us all the info at once. I don't want to faint at once! :D

Possibly DT's best album cover ever, up there with SFAM and Awake.  Loving the song titles too, although the album title is a tad on the generic side.

Interesting. Bring it on. Also this thread is the perfect case of the "typical DT fans going wild and crazy with speculating and trying to find nuggets etc. etc.". I just read through all the 8 pages and found it all funny for whatever reason.

Aaaaaanyway. Bring it on. And +1 on the artwork. Looks great. Love the font of the title and especially the &.

Hopefully the six cover songs were recorded during the BC&SL sessions (instead of using old ones like the Iron Maiden cover from last year).

Stern fans should get this one:

Thanks for the release date mike.... o and how come you go on tour before its officially released??

SWEEEEETTT!!!!

My Tama Rockstars

My Ludwig Vistalites

God that Photoshop flare really bugs me.  You have a beautiful piece of art and then you cheapen it by using a Photoshop flare.  Oh well.

"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." - Mark Twain

SIX SONGS????

OMG, this will be awesome!

pleeease, mix this better than SC, i beg you!

cover totally awake-like

John Petrucci can touch MC Hammer.

I think I must be the only person left on the planet who doesn't notice any problems with SC's sound

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after hearing the clip mike played on eddie's show, and now all the official names and cover released, i think im going to enjoy this album more than any other DT record.

less than a week after my birthday..................bring it on

Black Clouds And Silver Linings..........sounds like the story of my life...

God, the artwork rules and the songtitles are awesome as well. I'm really looking forward to this.

Ludvig


 I dont know about this one...

Bad albumtitle and some doubtfull songtitles. Nice cover though...

I was wondering what do you consider a good album title? I ask, because its funny how you state things as facts.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

KS and RTG


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.

DEFINITELY an Opeth vibe from that song title. I really like the song titles for all of the songs actually.

It's easier to bow than keep these knees locked tight