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INCLUDES SEMINAL ALBUMS SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE, TRAIN OF THOUGHT, OCTAVARIUM, & SYSTEMATIC CHAOS
VOL. 2 highlights Dream Theater’s journey through the 2000s, reflecting not only their continuous sonic evolution but also their success in carving out space for progressive metal on international charts. This volume includes the group’s iconic SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE, which features the 42-minute title track that encapsulates their approach to redefining the boundaries of commercial music. This album also introduces drummer Mike Portnoy’s twelve-step suite with “The Glass Prison” and continues throughout the next four albums in their discography. The last chord of SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE serves as the opening chord to the group’s follow-up album, TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
Expanding on the group’s heavier live sound, TRAIN OF THOUGHT is the group’s most traditional metal album, using thicker guitar tones, heavier drums, and intensely targeted lyricism. The album features suites four and five of Portnoy’s twelve-step suite with “The Dying Soul,” a lyrical and musical continuation of “The Glass Prison.” Like its predecessor, TRAIN OF THOUGHT’s final note rings through the beginning of the following, and one of Dream Theater’s most essential albums, OCTAVARIUM.
Dream Theater’s OCTAVARIUM was a commercial success, bringing the band to the Top 5 in Sweden, Finland, and Italy, alongside the Top 10 in Germany, Japan, and Norway. The album opens with “The Root Of All Evil,” parts six and seven of Portnoy’s suite. The 24-minute title track features orchestral elements inspired by progressive rock leaders Genesis and Yes.
Peaking at #19 on the Billboard 200, SYSTEMATIC CHAOS is Dream Theater’s highest charting album in their career thus far and their first with the metal/hard-rock label, Roadrunner. Leaning into their roots of virtuosic seven-string thrash and metaphorical fiction, SYSTEMATIC CHAOS encompasses the band’s consistent progression in the definitions of rock and metal.
Tracklist:
SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE
Side A
The Glass Prison
Reflection
Restoration
Revelation
Blind Faith
Side B
Misunderstood
The Great Debate
Side C
Disappear
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence Part 1
Overture
About To Crash
War Inside My Head
The Test That Stumped Them All
Side D
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence Part 2
Goodnight Kiss
Solitary Shell
About To Crash (Reprise)
Losing Time/Grand Finale
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
Side A
As I Am
This Dying Soul
Reflections of Reality (Revisited)
Release
Side B
Endless Sacrifice
Honor Thy Father
Side C
Vacant
Stream Of Consciousness
Side D
In The Name Of God
OCTAVARIUM
Side A
The Root Of All Evil
Ready
VII. Remove
The Answer Lies Within
These Walls
Side B
I Walk Beside You
Panic Attack
Side C
Never Enough
Sacrificed Sons
Side D
Octavarium
Someone Like Him
Medicate (Awakening)
Full Circle
Intervals
Razor’s Edge
SYSTEMATIC CHAOS
Side A
In The Presence Of Enemies (Part One)
Prelude
Resurrection
Forsaken
Side B
Constant Motion
The Dark Eternal Night
Repentance
Regret
Restitution
Side C
Prophets Of War
The Ministry Of Lost Souls
Side D
In The Presence Of Enemies (Part Two)
Heretic
The Slaughter of the Damned
The Reckoning
Salvation
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