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Dream Theater – Live in Chicago – 11/3/17
Dream Theater, Live at the Chicago Theater, Images, Words, and Beyond tour, November 3, 2017 Setlist: Act I: The Dark Eternal Night, The Bigger Picture, Hell’s Kitchen, To Live Forever, Don’t Look Past...
View ArticleProgression
Might sound like a cliché, but progression is the only constant in life, and this is especially true in music. In fact, incessant change is the norm in prog. For instance, Dream Theater used to define...
View ArticleWithering Away
“Wither” is one of Dream Theater’s better ballads. John Petrucci wrote it as a way of conveying the writer’s block he sometimes experiences in writing music. I’ve found that it makes an excellent theme...
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Dream Theater Announce “Distance Over Time” Album, 2019 North American Tour
I’m interrupting a summer (now gone) of digging deep into the recently-released Dave Matthews Band album, the two excellent Southern Empire albums (do pick them up), and my autumnal tradition of...
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Metal Mondays: Remembering Where it all Started with Dream Theater
It has been a while since we have done a “Metal Mondays” here at Progarchy, and it has been even longer since I can remember reading anything online about Dream Theater’s first album, “When Dream and...
View ArticleDream Theater Release Another Single Off Upcoming Album
Dream Theater released their latest track, “Fall Into The Light,” off their upcoming album, Distance Over Time. This song might be one of the most well-mixed songs from Dream Theater since the Awake...
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Bryan’s Best of 2019
Here we are at the end of another year. As you’re probably well aware, 2019 has been the latest in a string of great years for progressive rock and metal. Overall it didn’t blow me away like other...
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Bryan’s Best of 2020
Looking back at 2020, it’s hard to believe that we lost Neil Peart at the beginning of the year. That loss hit me pretty hard, since Rush’s music has been central to my life from an early age. I talk...
View ArticleA View from the Top of the World
It’s Dream Theater, so by default it has to be rich in melody and progressions. But, A View from the Top of the World is riveting too. Mike Mangini-John Myung duo crafts a razor sharp bass-drum...
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James Labrie Releases New Single – Solo Album Out May 20
Dream Theater vocalist James Labrie has released a single, “Give and Take,” off his upcoming solo album, Beautiful Shade of Grey. I just received a promo copy of the album, and after one quick listen...
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