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Dream Theater - New Album and Label

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ROADRUNNER RECORDS is proud to announce the signing of progressive metal pioneers Dream Theater. A new studio album, Systematic Chaos is due in June. Dream Theater will hit the road in support of the album for a world tour, including major festival appearances in Europe.
 
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What's truly crazy is that the promoters never made it possible for them to go. They would have gone in an instant, but there are still places that refuse to take a chance on them thinking they are some underground band where 10 guitar geeks will show up and buy no booze at that show. :) It is 100% squarely on the promoters shoulders as DT have always gone where they're invited, so long as it isn't a losing proposition financially. They don't sit around and choose where to go based on preference and their past label was of no support. Their manager works with the offers they're given and if they can go and not lose money, they do it. I think G3 really helped open some doors for them in Australia, though. And perhaps Roadrunner will also be helpful in breaking into new markets.

paul
 
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another train of though like album ? me like .

this is sweet . here is the whole story on the album

"This album's got all of the elements we've become known for," reveals Portnoy. "The focus on musicianship, the skull-crushing riffs, the big progressive epics and the heart-wrenching melodies. We've got one of the strongest and most devoted fan bases in the world, and they should certainly be happy with the new material. By working closely with the label we hope to turn a great many new heads, too."

Prior to teaming up with Roadrunner, Dream Theater was signed to a seven-album deal with Warner Music Group worldwide. The deal commenced with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Images And Words (1992), a Gold-certified US release, and concluded, in equal style, with Octavarium (2005), a Top 40 Billboard outing. In August of last year the band issued Score, a live album/DVD (recorded at Radio City Music Hall in New York), which went straight to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard DVD charts, knocking Pink Floyd from the top!

By the following month, the five were holed up at Avatar Studios in New York, working on the new album with veteran engineer/ mixer Paul Northfield (Rush, Queensrÿche, Porcupine Tree). As usual, Portnoy and Petrucci chose to co-produce the project, which features seven compositions (one a 25-minute epic), and word on the grapevine is that the Dream Theater/Roadrunner alliance looks all set to kick off with a classic.

here is the link to the whole thing
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/DreamTheater/
 
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