Dream Theater
Octavarium
The Story
Dream Theater has maintained a rare combination of stellar musicianship and unwavering passion for over a decade, selling millions of albums and filling concert venues worldwide. The band once again confirms its status as progressive hard rock's standard-bearers on their latest studio epic, "Octavarium". "Panic Attack" is a blazer - a fast paced number that grabs you by the throat and throttles you for eight minutes. The closing, 24-minute title track was described by Jedd Beaudoin, " As the sound of a progressive rock orchestra delivering one more classic epic symphony, one more that lengthens this unit's ever-long prime." Digest that - will ya! "Octavarium" is another essential pickup for Petrucci and DT fans.
The Music
08:07 | The Root Of All Evil | Vocal |
05:26 | The Answer Lies Within | Vocal |
06:59 | These Walls | Vocal |
04:29 | I Walk Beside You | Vocal |
07:16 | Panic Attack | Vocal |
06:33 | Never Enough | Vocal |
10:42 | Sacrificed Sons | Vocal |
24:00 | Octavarium | Vocal |
The Artists
John Petrucci | Guitars, Vocals, Production |
Mike Portnoy | Drums, Vocals, Production, Album Concept |
Jordan Rudess | Keyboards, Continuum, Lap Steel Guitar |
John Myung | Bass |
James LaBrie | Vocals |
Elena Barere | Concert Master, First Violin |
Katherine Fong | Violin |
Ann Lehmann | Violin |
Katherine Livolsi-Stern | Violin |
Laura McGinness | Violin |
Catherine Ro | Violin |
Ricky Sortomme | Violin |
Yuri Vodovoz | Violin |
Vincent Lionti | Viola |
Karen Dreyfus | Viola |
Richard Locker | Cello |
Jeanne LeBlanc | Cello |
Pamela Sklar | Flute |
Joe Anderer | French Horn |
Carol Webb | Second Violin |
Hugh Syme | Art Direction, Design, Illustration, Album Concept |
Colin Lane | Photography |
Rob Gold | Atlantic Art Production |
Jamshied Sharifi | String Arrangement, Conducting |
Jill Dell'Abate | Orchestral Contracting |
Doug Oberkircher | Engineering |
Coleen Culhane | Engineering Assistance |
Kaori Kinoshita | Engineering Assistance |
Ryan Simms | Engineering Assistance |
Bert Baldwin | Additional Studio Assistance |
Michael H. Brauer | Mixing |
Keith Gary | Mixing Assistance, Pro Tools Engineering |
Will Hensley | Second Mixing Assistance |
George Marino | Mastering |