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Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Metal · 2009 · 18 tracks · 3h 16m

Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Dream Theater

Six massive tracks of technical wizardry and deeply personal storytelling. A dense, symphonic metal odyssey that balances crushing riffs with soaring melodies.

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It's like a heavy metal movie for your ears where every song is a fifteen-minute epic.

A heavy, cinematic exploration of personal trauma and triumph through technical virtuosity.

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Thunderstorm+3.3σ

Thunderstorm saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 18 Tracks · 3h 16m
01
A Nightmare to Remember
15:39
01
Stargazer
8:11
01
A Nightmare to Remember
16:10
02
A Rite of Passage
8:36
02
A Rite of Passage
8:36
02
Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley
8:18
03
Wither
5:28
03
Odyssey
8:00
03
Wither
5:25
04
The Shattered Fortress
12:47
04
Take Your Fingers From My Hair
8:18
04
The Shattered Fortress
12:49
05
The Best of Times
13:09
05
Larks Tongues in Aspic, Part 2
6:32
05
The Best of Times
13:20
06
The Count of Tuscany
18:47
06
To Tame a Land
7:15
06
The Count of Tuscany
19:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The cinematic shift at the middle of A Nightmare to Remember where the heavy riffs give way to a haunting, atmospheric piano melody.
The soaring, emotional guitar solo in the final minutes of The Best of Times that serves as a heartbreaking tribute to Mike Portnoy's father.
The lush, acoustic-driven 'middle section' of The Count of Tuscany that feels like floating in space before the heavy return.
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