Originally published in RAW magazine · 1994
Curtain Up On New Dream Theater Album
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Gail Flug
New York-based Progressive Metallers Dream Theater have almost completed work on their third album, entitled ‘Awake’. The album, which has been produced by Duane Baron and John Purdell (Heart and Ozzy Osbourne), is scheduled for a UK release through EastWest on 4 October.
Clocking in at over 74 minutes, the track-listing is as follows: ‘Scarred’, ‘Six O’Clock’, ‘Caught In A Web’, ‘Space Dye Vest’, ‘Lifting Shadows Off A Dream’, ‘Innocence Faded’, ‘A Mind Besides Itself’ and ‘The Mirror’. A bonus track will be included on the Japanese CD-only edition.
As reported in RAW 148, the 20-minute epic track, ‘A Mind Besides Itself’, is actually a combination of three songs; an instrumental called ‘Erotomania’, a middle-section titled ‘Voices’ and an acoustic passage called ‘The Silent Man’. All tracks will be interconnected with themes and melodies that run throughout the album.
The band’s first show this year is likely to be at the Concrete Foundations Forum (LA’s Heavy Metal convention) in September. A full US tour is slated to kick off in October, with additional dates in Canada, Argentina and Brazil to follow. European shows are pencilled in for early ‘95.
Aside from working on the album, guitarist John Petrucci has been collaborating with his idol Steve Morse from ‘70s Rock legends Kansas and Dixie Dregs. One track will be recorded for a forthcoming compilation album to be released by technical magazine, Guitar World.
Meanwhile, former Dream Theater vocalist Charlie Dominici (featured on the band’s debut album, ‘When Dream And Day Unite’) is now singing in a covers band which was unknowingly hired to perform at drummer Mike Portnoy’s wedding on July 30! Talk about a strange reunion!