The Astonishing

Album by Dream Theater

The Astonishing is the thirteenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released in 2016. Musically it is a concept double album rooted in progressive metal that has long-form compositions, layered keyboards and orchestral textures with frequent shifts in tempo and time signature, and it came after a long-established period in the band's career when they expanded their compositional scope.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Descent of the NOMACS
    1:10
  2. 2.
    Dystopian Overture
    4:50
  3. 3.
    The Gift of Music
    4:00
  4. 4.
    The Answer
    1:52
  5. 5.
    A Better Life
    4:39
  6. 6.
    Lord Nafaryus
    3:28
  7. 7.
    A Savior in the Square
    4:13
  8. 8.
    When Your Time Has Come
    4:19
  9. 9.
    Act of Faythe
    5:00
  10. 10.
    Three Days
    3:44
  11. 11.
    The Hovering Sojourn
    0:27
  12. 12.
    Brother, Can You Hear Me?
    5:11
  13. 13.
    A Life Left Behind
    5:49
  14. 14.
    Ravenskill
    6:01
  15. 15.
    Chosen
    4:32
  16. 16.
    A Tempting Offer
    4:19
  17. 17.
    Digital Discord
    0:47
  18. 18.
    The X Aspect
    4:13
  19. 19.
    A New Beginning
    7:40
  20. 20.
    The Road to Revolution
    3:35

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    2285 Entr’acte
    2:20
  2. 3.
    Moment of Betrayal
    6:11
  3. 4.
    Heaven’s Cove
    4:19
  4. 5.
    Begin Again
    3:54
  5. 6.
    The Path That Divides
    5:09
  6. 7.
    Machine Chatter
    1:03
  7. 8.
    The Walking Shadow
    2:58
  8. 9.
    My Last Farewell
    3:44
  9. 10.
    Losing Faythe
    4:13
  10. 11.
    Whispers on the Wind
    1:37
  11. 12.
    Hymn of a Thousand Voices
    3:38
  12. 13.
    Our New World
    4:12
  13. 14.
    Power Down
    1:25
  14. 15.
    Astonishing
    5:51

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