Dream Theater

Ende der 80er perfektionieren Dream Theater mit dem Götteralbum "When Dream and Day unite" das, was Rush und Yes in den 70ern begonnen und Genesis beendet hatten: Symphonischen, atmosphärischen, komplexen und trotzdem zugänglichen Progressive Metal auf höchstem spielerischen Niveau. Mit dem wohl besten Debüt-Album aller Zeiten "When Dream and Day Unite" und dem Quasi-Comeback-Album "Images and Words" schreiben Dream Theater Musikgeschichte.

"Die Songs von "Images and Words" sind der ultimative Overkill und etablieren Dream Theater als die unerreichten Könige technisch höchst anspruchsvollen Fusion-Sounds, die das Ohrwurm-Writing auf die Spitze treiben und zudem mit einer deutlich Metal-lastigen Note überzeugen" (Rock Hard Enzyklopädie).

Die folgenden Outputs zeigen, dass Dream Theater Ihre besten Momente nach wie vor dann haben, wenn sie ihrem Hang zu experimentell-verspielten Prog-Epen freien Lauf lassen und den geneigten Hörer mit ihrer unverwechselbaren Kombination aus knallhartem Riffing, atmosphärisch-psychedelischen Passagen und jazzigen Intermezzos in den Bann ziehen.

Dream Theater Discographie

When Dream and Day unite

1989 | MCA | 51:32 min.

A Fortune in Lies, Status Seeker, The Ytse Jam, The Killing Hand, Light Fuse And Get Away, Afterlife, The Ones who help to set the Sun, Only a Matter of Time

Images and Words

1992 | Atco | 57:00 min.

Pull me Under, Another Day, Take the Time, Surrounded, Metropolis - Part 1 (The Miracle the Sleeper), Under a Glass Moon, Wait for Sleep, Learning to Live

Live at the Marquee (Live)

1993 | Atco | 46:00 min.

Metropolis, A Fortune in Lies, Bombay Vindaloo, Surrounded, Another Hand - The Killing Hand, Pull me Under

Awake

1994 | EastWest | 75:03 min.

6:00, Caught in a Web, Innocence Faded, Erotomania, Voices, The Silent Man, The Mirror, Lie, Lifting Shadows off a Dream, Scarred, Space-Dye Vest

A Change of Seasons

1995 | EastWest | 57:35 min.

A Change of Seasons, Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Perfect Strangers, The Rover/Achilles Last Stand/The Song remains the Same, The Big Medley

Falling into Infinity

1997 | EastWest | 78:20 min.

New Millennium, You Not Me, Peruvian Skies, Hollow Years, Burning My Soul, Hell's Kitchen, Lines In The Sand, Take Away My Pain, Just Let Me Breathe, Anna Lee, Trial Of Tears

Scenes from a Memory

1998 | Elektra | 77:14 min.

Regression, Overture 1928, Strange Deja Vu, Through My Words, Fatal Tragedy, Beyond This Life, Through Her Eyes, Home, The Dance Of Eternity, One Last Time, The Spirit Carries On, Finally Free

Once in a Livetime (Live)

1998 | EastWest| 154:22 min. | 2 CDs

A Change of Season, Puppies on Acid, Just let me Breathe, Voices, Take the time, Lines in the Sand, Scarred, Ytse Jam, Trail of Tears, Hollow years, Take away my pain, Caught in a web, Lie, Peruvian Skies, Pull me under, Metropolis, Learning to live

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

2000 | Elektra | 96:24 min. | 2 CDs

The Glass Prison, Blind Faith, Misunderstood, The Great Debate, Disappear, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

Live Scenes from New York (Live)

2001 | Elektra | min. | 3 CDs

Scenes from a Memory, Metropolis Pt. 1, The Mirror, Just Let Me Breathe, Acid Rain, Caught In A New Millennium, Another Day, A Mind Beside Itself, Learning To Live, A Change Of Seasons

Train of Thought

2003 | Elektra | 69:24 min.

As I am, This Dying Soul, Endless Sacrifice, Honor thy Father, Vacant, Stream of Consciousness, In the Name of God

Live at Budokan (Live)

2004 | Rhino | min. | 2 CDs

As I Am, This Dying Soul, Beyond This Life, Hollow Years, War Inside My Head, The Test That Stumped Them All, Endless Sacrifice, Trial Of Tears, New Millennium, Only A Matter Of Time, Goodnight Kiss, Solitary Shell, Stream Of Consciousness, Disappear, Pull Me Under, In The Name Of God

Octavarium

2005 | Elektra | 75:48 min.

The Root of all Evil, The Answer Lies Within, These Walls, I Walk Beside You, Panic Attack, Never Enough, Sacrified Sons, Octavarium

Dream Theater Line-Up

Aktuelle Besetzung:

  • Mike Portnoy (Drums)
  • John Petrucci (Gitarre)
  • John Myung (Bass)
  • James LaBrie (Vocals, seit 1990)
  • Jordan Rudess (Keyboards, seit 1999)

Ehemalige Bandmitglieder:

  • Charles Dominici (Vocals, 1987–1990)
  • Derek Sherinian (1994–1999)
  • Kevin Moore (1985–1994)

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