Dream Theater Announce 15th Studio Album ‘A View From The Top Of The World’

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Progressive music titans Dream Theater have returned to announce the forthcoming release of their 15th studio album, ‘A View From The Top Of The World’, which is set to arrive on October 22nd.

‘A View From The Top Of The World’ will see the band expanding on the sound they helped create while maintaining the elements that have garnered them devoted fans around the globe. The 7-song album also marks the second studio album with InsideOutMusic / Sony Music, and was produced by John Petrucci, being engineered and with additional production by James “Jimmy T” Meslin, and mixed/mastered by Andy Sneap.

Pre-pandemic, Dream Theater were in the middle of their sold-out world tour in support of their last release ‘Distance Over Time’ and the 20th anniversary of ‘Scenes From A Memory’ when the world was brought to a stop. The musicians found themselves at stuck at home like everyone else. As fate would have it, they’d just finished construction on DTHQ (Dream Theater Headquarters) — a combination live recording studio, rehearsal space, control room, equipment storage, and creative hive. With James LaBrie in Canada, he initially wrote with the band via Zoom on a monitor in DTHQ. In March 2021, he flew down to New York, quarantined, and recorded his vocals face-to-face with John Petrucci.

“We just love to play our instruments,” Petrucci comments. “That never goes away. I love to be creative, write, and exercise that part of my mind. We’ve been able to do this for a long time, and we don’t take it for granted. Whenever we get together, we know we can’t disappoint ourselves or our fans, so we manage to try even harder.”

“We approach every album like it’s our first,” adds LaBrie. “It’s been such a great ride, but we’re not going to stop.”

Check out the tracklisting for ‘A View From The Top Of The World’ here:

1. The Alien (9:32)
2. Answering The Call (7:35)
3. Invisible Monster (6:31)
4. Sleeping Giant (10:05)
5. Transcending Time (6:25)
6. Awaken The Master (9:47)
7. A View From The Top Of The World (20:24)

And here’s the stunning artwork, which was created by long-time cover collaborator Hugh Syme (Rush, Iron Maiden, Stone Sour).