A Dramatic Turn of Events is the 11th studio album by American progressive metal band
Dream Theater,
released on September 13, 2011 through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first
recording to feature drummer Mike Mangini, following the departure of founding member Mike Portnoy in September 2010.
The album was written,
recorded, mixed and mastered between January and June 2011 at Cove City Sound
Studios in Long Island, New York.
It was produced by John Petrucci and
mixed by Andy Wallace. Its first single, "On the Backs of Angels", was released
via YouTube on June 29. A critical and commercial
success, the album moved 36,000 units in the United States in its debut week,
eventually charting at number eight on the Billboard 200. Since
July 2011, the bands have been on tour in support of the album.
On November 30, 2011 it
was announced that "On the Backs of Angels" has been nominated for a Grammy Award in
the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance" category, the first Dream
Theater song ever to do so.
"On the
Backs of Angels"
"Build Me
Up, Break Me Down"
"Lost Not
Forgotten"
"This Is
the Life"
"Bridges in
the Sky"
"Outcry"
"Far from
Heaven"
"Breaking
All Illusions"
"Beneath
the Surface"
Standing on the backs of angels
Destined to create
Mounting the attack
While heroes carry your weight
We spiral toward disaster
Survival fading faster
Riding out the wave
Content to feed off the machine
Leading us to death
The new American dream
You’re blinded by your hunger
Beware, your days are numbered
Tears fall from the shameless
Shelter me, guide me to the edge of the water
Selfless are the righteous
Burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter
Blurring lines drawn in between
What is right and what is wrong
Victims on the radar
Straining us along
We’re onto your agenda
The dead end road to nowhere
Tears fall from the shameless
Shelter me, guide me to the edge of the water
Selfless are the righteous
Burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter
Tears fall from the shameless
Shelter me, guide me to the edge of the water
Selfless are the righteous
Burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter
Selfless are the righteous
Burden me, lead me like a lamb to the slaughter
~networld & dream theater