Today marks the release of another song from Dream Theater’s new, self-titled album which will be released on 23rd September. The new song comes in the form of ‘Along for the Ride’, a rather calm and melodic ballad. The song covers the much lighter and slightly more simplistic side of Dream Theater’s work. That’s one of the great things about DT: as a band they have many different sides and styles of music they play. On one hand they have complex progressive metal eschewed songs and on the other they have more gentle ballad like songs. This song is somewhat in the middle, providing a slower acoustic led intro and then bounding into more complex guitar and drum work (and a great keyboard solo from Rudess). The song feels really well constructed and hopefully is a sign of what’s to come for the rest of the album, which will be the band’s 12th. This will also be the first album for new drummer Mike Mangini to have the ability of creating his own drum parts for the album, as the last album A Dramatic Turn of Events’ drum parts were programmed by John Petrucci.

The first song from the newest album to be released was The Enemy Inside, which set a much heavier tone for the album.

Dream Theater:

Track List:

1.”False Awakening Suite”

I. “Sleep Paralysis”

II. “Night Terrors”

III. “Lucid Dream “

2.”The Enemy Inside”

3.”The Looking Glass”

4.”Enigma Machine”

5.”The Bigger Picture”

6.”Behind the Veil”

7.”Surrender to Reason”

8.”Along for the Ride”

9.”Illumination Theory”

I. “Paradoxe de la Lumière Noire”

II. “Live, Die, Kill”

III. “The Embracing Circle”

IV. “The Pursuit of Truth”

V. “Surrender, Trust & Passion “