DREAM THEATER The Astonishing (2016) Digipak CD

A 34-song rock opera.

The Astonishing is Dream Theater's thirteenth album and most ambitious work, a two-act dystopian rock opera set in the year 2285, where the Ravenskill Rebel Militia uses the power of music to defy the Great Northern Empire of the Americas. Released through Roadrunner in January 2016, it features orchestration and choirs arranged by David Campbell and became the band's first number one on the US Billboard Rock chart.

Format: 2CD digipak
Genre: Progressive metal, rock opera
Original release: 2016 (Roadrunner)
Country: USA

Tracklist, Act I:
01. Descent of the NOMACS
02. Dystopian Overture
03. The Gift of Music
04. The Answer
05. A Better Life
06. Lord Nafaryus
07. A Savior in the Square
08. When Your Time Has Come
09. Act of Faythe
10. Three Days
11. The Hovering Sojourn
12. Brother, Can You Hear Me?
13. A Life Left Behind
14. Ravenskill
15. Chosen
16. A Tempting Offer
17. Digital Discord
18. The X Aspect
19. A New Beginning
20. The Road to Revolution

Tracklist, Act II:
01. 2285 Entr'acte
02. Moment of Betrayal
03. Heaven's Cove
04. Begin Again
05. The Path That Divides
06. Machine Chatter
07. The Walking Shadow
08. My Last Farewell
09. Losing Faythe
10. Whispers on the Wind
11. Hymn of a Thousand Voices
12. Our New World
13. Power Down
14. Astonishing

Fans of: Rush, Symphony X, Ayreon, Queensrÿche, Haken.