-2019- -flac... __top__: Dream Theater - Distance Over Time

: The opening track serves as the perfect mission statement. It begins with an eerie acoustic arpeggio before exploding into a punishing, syncopated main riff. It features a spectacular trading-solos duel between Petrucci and Rudess.

Distance Over Time represents a pivotal "return to form" for Dream Theater Dream Theater - Distance Over Time -2019- -FLAC...

To capture a more organic energy, the band lived and worked together in a secluded barn-turned-studio in upstate New York. This was the first time in their 33-year career they had cohabitated during the writing process, resulting in a remarkably "tight and focused" sound. : The opening track serves as the perfect mission statement

. By retreating to a secluded studio to live and write as a collective unit for the first time in decades, the band recaptured a raw, organic chemistry that defined their earlier masterpieces. Boston University A Collective Vision: The "Yonderbarn" Sessions Distance Over Time represents a pivotal "return to

John Myung’s intricate, low-end bass lines are notoriously buried in highly compressed formats. A lossless playback reveals the growl and clack of his custom 6-string bass, locking perfectly with the kick drum.