So, 'All right, I need to listen to this, really, as a whole piece to understand where I should kind of let loose or I should lay back a lot.' All that. In an interview with Artisan News, drummer Mike Mangini reflected, "The biggest challenge for me was interpreting the initial music that was given to me, because there were no drums. Upon finishing their initial drafts, they presented them to the rest of the band, who worked on writing parts for their own instruments.
Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess wrote the album's music independently from the rest of Dream Theater by getting together every day, going over ideas in the morning, and then working through the music during the day and night. It kind of ignited the secret nerd in all of us that loves this sort of stuff, because it's fun, it's different." From its conception, Petrucci envisioned the story as eventually being re-worked into a film, play, or video game. The involvement of everybody at Roadrunner has been absolutely unbelievable, so supportive. And from the very first meeting that we had with Dave Rath at Roadrunner, when I presented this and even just said the title, he was 100 percent on board. The band and the record label were receptive to the idea, with Petrucci recalling, "Everybody had the 'go for it' mentality.
In mid-2013, guitarist John Petrucci began writing a story for a concept album, presenting it to the rest of Dream Theater about a year later. John Petrucci wrote The Astonishing's story, co-wrote the album's music, and served as its producer. It has received generally favorable reviews from music critics, and the band toured to support the album throughout most of 2016. It debuted in the top ten of nine countries and became the first Dream Theater album to reach number one on the US Billboard Rock Chart. Leading up to The Astonishing's release, the band marketed the album with its own website, fan mailing lists, and trailer. In their effort to match the album's narrative, Dream Theater wrote songs in a wide variety of styles ranging from mellow ballads to their more conventional progressive metal sound.
It was inspired by contemporary fantasy and science fiction franchises such as Game of Thrones and Star Wars, as well as Petrucci's observations on the ubiquity of technological automation in modern-day society. The Astonishing is set in a dystopian future United States and follows the Ravenskill Rebel Militia in their efforts to defy the Great Northern Empire of the Americas using the magical power of music. Mixing and sound engineering were performed by the band's longtime collaborator, Richard Chycki, with Petrucci producing. The band recorded their parts for the album throughout 2015 at Cove City Sound Studios in Long Island, New York, with the exception of vocals, which were recorded in Canada. Composer David Campbell assisted with orchestrating the album's strings and choirs. It is the band's second concept album, with a story conceived by guitarist John Petrucci and music written by Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess. The Astonishing is the thirteenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on Januthrough Roadrunner Records.
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