Dream Theater - Sign With Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is proud to announce the signing of progressive metal pioneers Dream Theater.
A new studio album, Systematic Chaos is due in June. Dream Theater will hit the road in support of the album for a world tour, including major festival appearances in Europe.
"Dream Theater and Roadrunner Records have led parallel careers on the cutting edge of metal for many years," say A&R men, Derek Oliver & Dante Bonutto, "We're thrilled to be working with a genuine market-leader, and when you add everything the guys bring to the table to the independent spirit and work ethic of the label, the results can only be exciting in the extreme!"
Prior to teaming up with Roadrunner, Dream Theater was signed to a seven-album deal with Warner Music Group worldwide. The deal commenced with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Images And Words (1992), a Gold-certified US release, and concluded, in equal style, with Octavarium (2005), a Top 40 Billboard outing. In August of last year the band issued Score, a live album/DVD (recorded at Radio City Music Hall in New York), which went straight to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard DVD charts, knocking Pink Floyd from the top!
Systematic Chaos, Dream Theater's ninth studio release, arrives at a time when the band is casting a longer-than-ever shadow across the rock and metal landscape. Their influence is being acknowledged by an increasing number of contemporary, cutting-edge acts such as Stone Sour, Trivium, Shadows Fall, Opeth as their fan base continues to grow.
A new studio album, Systematic Chaos is due in June. Dream Theater will hit the road in support of the album for a world tour, including major festival appearances in Europe.
"Dream Theater and Roadrunner Records have led parallel careers on the cutting edge of metal for many years," say A&R men, Derek Oliver & Dante Bonutto, "We're thrilled to be working with a genuine market-leader, and when you add everything the guys bring to the table to the independent spirit and work ethic of the label, the results can only be exciting in the extreme!"
Prior to teaming up with Roadrunner, Dream Theater was signed to a seven-album deal with Warner Music Group worldwide. The deal commenced with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Images And Words (1992), a Gold-certified US release, and concluded, in equal style, with Octavarium (2005), a Top 40 Billboard outing. In August of last year the band issued Score, a live album/DVD (recorded at Radio City Music Hall in New York), which went straight to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard DVD charts, knocking Pink Floyd from the top!
Systematic Chaos, Dream Theater's ninth studio release, arrives at a time when the band is casting a longer-than-ever shadow across the rock and metal landscape. Their influence is being acknowledged by an increasing number of contemporary, cutting-edge acts such as Stone Sour, Trivium, Shadows Fall, Opeth as their fan base continues to grow.
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| Passenger Lost To Apathy Posts: 1464  |
Whatever gets the album in my nearby store's shelf.
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504  |
"Their influence is being acknowledged by an increasing number of contemporary, cutting-edge acts such as Stone Sour, Trivium, Shadows Fall" Say what now?
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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| Bas Retired Staff Elite Posts: 5591  |
heh, it does surprise me, roadrunner records doesnt really promote this style of music usually... oh well, i never really liked Dream Theater, but i'm curious about their next album
---- BAS - Beautifully Accented Sexiness
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| gid Posts: 117  |
I could see it happening. First Opeth, then Porcupine Tree, and now Dream Theater. It seems Roadrunner are interested in prog metal nowadays.
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018  |
Yeah it really seems, gid. I Hope they don't change their style, Opeth didn't, Cradle Of Filth a bit...
---- "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 |
I agree with cradka, though I do appreciate their Two from the Vault series. I wish there were more releases like that
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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| GT Coffee!! Staff Posts: 5101  |
Hmm. Sounds interesting...as long as the music is good I don't care what company is behind
----  Dreams are made so we don't get bored when we sleep
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| gid Posts: 117 |
I dunno. I don't think Dream Theater is really going to change what they're doing, but I've seen bad things regarding Roadrunner's business practices and how they screw their bands over. It may seem like a good deal now, but I just wonder how they'll treat Opeth and the rest once the craze for prog metal passes and it goes back to something else.
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| kaos666 Posts: 99  |
Goodbye Dream Theater, at least I know you were once good.:wave:
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| Dane Train Beers & Kilts Elite Posts: 8902  |
Guys, just remember, in 1996/97 the record label tried to screw Dream Theater over by forcing them to make a "hit" album with Falling Into Infinity. So Mike Portnoy turned around and said to the label "You guys stay the fuck out of our music!" After that happened Dream Theater released Metropolis pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory. Need I say more?
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| Baz Anderson Staff Posts: 13237 |
exactly.. dont be so fast to suspect the next album will be so bad just because of the record label i trust them enough to think the next album will be the music they want to make - and not be influenced by roadrunner we'll just have to wait and see what its like
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| Mega-Slayer Posts: 828  |
Roadrunner is known for having many great bands,and for treating their bands poorely.I am not expecting them to make poor material,I just hope they aren't manipulated by their label.
---- Intestinally Punctured Smurf
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| tulkas el parcero Posts: 4742  |
I agree with Baz Anderson, although roadrunner isn't the best thing around, I wouldn't start being negative. I'll just wait to listen to it, and then I can say what I think. I don't really belive a band such as DT are going to change because the label syas they should. If they said that to them, I don't think they would've signed in the first place
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| Asitis Posts: 201  |
Lol. The end of Dream Theatre. Not that I liked the band anyway, but hell.
---- The silent moment, right before the dusk fades away I open my eyes, but the darkness stays
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| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351  |
I can't wait to get it, personally.
---- "For the Coward there is no Life For the hero there is No Death" -Kakita Toshimoko "The Philosopher, you know so much about nothing at all." _Chuck Schuldiner.
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| Daru Jericho Posts: 2098  |
The good thing about this is that it could mean an Opeth/Porcupine Tree/Dream Theater tour. In my wildest dreams... Everyone ignore the quotation about the other bands being influenced by DT. It doesn't mean anything, really. Still, Warner, DT's old label, owns RR anyhow (or at least most of it) so it seems logical for DT to sign up. I doubt DT are going to musically change their style seeing as they're old enough to know better and I think they've found their niche. Seems Roadrunner are just trying to attract more metal names again to their label while bands like Trivium and Nickelback rake in the cash for them.
---- Aborted Misanthropic Smurf Puppy On Acid.
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| chris_metalhead Posts: 26  |
Written by GT on 09.02.2007 at 16:27 Exactly
---- you should all check out a band called synthetic breed.
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| chris_metalhead Posts: 26 |
Written by Guest on 10.02.2007 at 14:23 Are you serious, that's one of my favourite opeth albums, up there will Blackwater Park. I mean its not like they sold out or anything switching to roadrunner, Ghost is a fuck load heavier then the likes of damnation.
---- you should all check out a band called synthetic breed.
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Account deleted Written by chris_metalhead on 11.02.2007 at 08:27 Yes, I'm quite serious about that, I enjoyed Damnation and Deliverance much more. 
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