Home → Dream Theater → Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
Metal · 1999 · 12 tracks

Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory

Dream Theater

A seventy-minute cinematic metal odyssey. Virtuosic, dense, and narratively complex, it follows a murder mystery through past-life regression and symphonic grandeur.

October 25, 1999 · Elektra

Find on Amazon

A high-stakes cinematic mystery that balances technical aggression with profound existential longing.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Act I: Scene One: Regression
2:07
02
Act I: Scene Two: I. Overture 1928
3:38
03
Act I: Scene Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu
5:12
04
Act I: Scene Three: I. Through My Words
1:02
05
Act I: Scene Three: II. Fatal Tragedy
6:49
06
Act I: Scene Four: Beyond This Life
11:23
07
Act I: Scene Five: Through Her Eyes
5:29
08
Act II: Scene Six: Home
12:53
09
Act II: Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity
6:14
10
Act II: Scene Seven: II. One Last Time
3:47
11
Act II: Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On
6:38
12
Act II: Scene Nine: Finally Free
12:00
Moments Worth Listening For
The dizzying instrumental unison runs in The Dance of Eternity that feel like a musical tightrope walk.
The transition from the ticking clock into the explosive orchestral overture of Scene Two.
The chilling final twist in Finally Free where the phonograph static swallows the narrative.
Reviews
AllMusic
Read review
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory sound next to the rest of Dream Theater's catalogue?

Mysterious+2.5σ

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

If you loved this album for itsSound & genre

Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Dream Theater
2009
In Cauda Venenum
In Cauda Venenum
Opeth
2019
In Absentia
In Absentia
Porcupine Tree
2002
A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera
Blind Guardian
2002
Temple of Shadows
Temple of Shadows
Angra
2004

Cassette uses generative AI to enrich its catalog. How we use AI →