{"id":76385,"date":"2019-02-20T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=76385"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:25:13","slug":"review-dream-theater-distance-over-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-dream-theater-distance-over-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Dream Theater &#8211; Distance Over Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-76388\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Dream-Theater-Distance-Over-Time-Artwork-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\">With more than thirty years and thirteen studio albums under their belt, <strong>Dream Theater<\/strong> have become progressive legends, building a career out of enormous sweeping records, unbridled creativity and virtuosic performances. On 2016\u2019s \u2018<em>The Astonishing<\/em>\u2019 they took prog-rock to the Nth degree with an expansive underlying narrative, overblown theatrics and hugely flabby run-time. New album \u2018<em>Distance Over Time<\/em>\u2019 is a total contrast and all the better for it.<\/p>\n<p>Abandoning their usual methods, the band used their 2003 album \u2018<em>Train of Thought<\/em>\u2019 as a template, writing the nine songs over eighteen days and embracing a heavy metal sound. Hence guitarist John Petrucci gets star billing here, with his riffs providing backbone while colouring the whole record with a biting guitar tone. There\u2019s a fantastic drive to songs such as \u2018<em>Paralysed<\/em>\u2019 and <em>\u2018Fall Into the Light\u2019<\/em> with big grooves emphasised by the keyboards of Jordan Rudess. Of course, Petrucci gets to shred, and at times, there\u2019s an almost classic-rock feel to his work; flamboyant, yet punching in just the right places.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"DREAM THEATER - Untethered Angel (OFFICIAL VIDEO)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gylxuO6dKOw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s no doubt the whole band are technically accomplished, here their showmanship is paired back, direct and digestible. The songs tread a defined path and feel distinct while avoiding the soulless fugue their longer records can slip into.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a varied collection, enhanced by contrast. Singer James LaBrie may revel in quiet charm on forlorn ballad \u2018<em>Barstool Warrior<\/em>\u2018, but he clearly wrote the enormous chorus of \u2018<em>Out of Reach<\/em>\u2019 for an arena. Similarly, the short metal-flavoured rocker \u2018<em>Room 137<\/em>\u2019 is powerful yet restrained while the spiralling \u2018<em>At Wit\u2019s End<\/em>\u2019 features a stronger dose of their traditional expansive sound.<\/p>\n<p>A relatively concise yet creative record, what \u2018<em>Distance Over Time<\/em>\u2019 lacks in excess it makes up for in focus and power. Your enjoyment will depend on how pure you like your progressive music. It\u2019s a great jumping on point for neophytes, but long-term fans may find it shallow and scouringly heavy. Either way, it\u2019s a refreshing, welcome change of style.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Distance Over Time<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>Dream Theater<\/strong> is released on 22nd February on <strong>Inside Out Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dream Theater<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/dreamtheater.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dreamtheater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dreamtheaternet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dreamtheaterofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What \u2018Distance Over Time\u2019 lacks in excess it makes up for in focus and power&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":76388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[16612,9660,15621,1037,2500],"class_list":["post-76385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-distance-of-time","tag-dream-theater","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-inside-out-music","tag-review"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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