Stepping into any legacy band may be initially troublesome. Stepping into Dream Theater may be particularly troublesome given how a lot they’ve modified their sound over time. Nonetheless, if Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie needed to choose any track to get new followers into the band, he’d go together with “Metropolis – Half I: The Miracle and the Sleeper” from Photographs & Phrases.
LaBrie defined to Revolver that he’d choose the 1992 epic largely as a result of it encompasses a whole lot of what Dream Theater does, and since it is progressive as all hell.
“I feel ‘Metropolis – Half 1’ would do it. You’d hear that our sound just isn’t all about simply balls-to-the-wall, and it is extra about creating an setting the place it is an important trip and it is intense. It is thrilling, it is dynamic. It is one thing that speaks otherwise to you, however on the identical time, it’s extremely intriguing.
“And that is one track that I nonetheless like to do each time we do pull it out. I simply assume it is an important tune. It is an superior tune. So positively ‘Metropolis – Half 1,’ I feel it will sink some folks into the band make them go, ‘Holy shit, what the hell’s happening right here?'”
Dream Theater is presently on the street with Devin Townsend and Animals As Leaders for his or her inaugural Dreamsonic touring pageant. Get the remaining dates beneath and get your tickets here.
7/8 Cleveland, OH @ Jacobs Pavilion
7/9 Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion
7/11 Detroit, MI @ Masonic
7/12 OshKosh, WI @ OshKosh Area
7/13 Cedar Rapids, IA @ Alliant Power Energy Home
7/15 Denver, CO @ Mission Theater
7/17 Spokane, WA @ First Interstate Middle
7/18 Calgary, AB @ Gray Eagle
7/19 Edmonton, AB @ Northern Alberta Jubilee
7/21 Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports activities Centre
7/22 Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Reside
7/24 San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic
7/25 Inglewood, CA @ YouTube Theater
7/26 Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Monetary Theatre
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