Dream Theater "the astonishing"

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DREAM THEATER "the astonishing"

supposed metal heads, but this isn't metal IMO....
its got a definite Progressive Rock thing happening...
a concept album spread over two discs over two hours...
heres the Wiki take on the concept of the album:

The Astonishing is a two act concept album that, as described by Rolling Stone, "centers around a band of rebels trying to defy an oppressive empire, with music playing a central role."[SUP][2][/SUP] The story has eight main characters: Emperor Nafaryus, Empress Arabelle, Daryus, and Faythe of the Great Northern Empire and Evangeline, Gabriel, Xander, and Arhys of the Ravenskill Rebel Militia.[SUP][11][/SUP] It was inspired by Petrucci's love of franchises such as Game of Thrones and Star Wars, as well as his observations on the role of technology in modern-day society; in an interview with Billboard, he explained, “I was thinking of all of the things now that people used to do that they don’t do anymore because they’re automated or done by robots: lots of jobs, self-driving cars coming right around the corner ... My thought was, ‘What would happen if with all the advances in technology in music that music [became] all artificial?’”

theres genuine rock on here, rock ballads and ballads...
I like this one after one listen via Spotify...

from the album:

"dystopian overture" (opening instrumental track)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBzIU6Mi7IE audio

"a better life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaIQnX67ETM audio

probably worth listening to the whole album to appreciate it rather than a couple of tracks IMO.