DREAM THEATER- “The Astonishing” ne bo le dvojni album ampak tudi konceptualni, nekakšna opera – v tradiciji konceptualnega albuma   iz leta 2002; “Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence”. Zgodba opisuje Ravenskill-upornike, ki leta 2285 želijo sesuti  razdružene države amerike- takrat se bodo imenovale = Great Northern Empire Of The America. Več informacij na speltni stani skupine TUKAJ Zaenkrat vse skupaj zelo spominja na koncept neke igrice za imperij vrača udarec /vojno zvezd…. in celo dve “sili”  sta v igri….

Za vsak “act” bodo  DT izdali Video posebej (zaenklrat so še zaklenjeni – prav tako bodo DT za vsjk “act” objavili tracklist- tukaj traklist za ” ACT 1″.

1. Descent of the NOMACS
2. Dystopian Overture
3. The Gift of Music
4. The Answer
5. A Better Life;

The empire, as laid out in a pair of newly emailed releases from Dream Theater, follows “Lord Nafaryus (na sliki) , Emperor and Head of the Realm [and] Heir to the Mantle of Makers,” who sternly warns the populace that giving into the rebels will lead to a “destabilization of our most hallowed traditions.” Ravenskill, meanwhile, is led by “Arhys, Son of Marhys, one of three remaining heirs to the displaced, forgotten, and forbidden Legion of Sorrowful Song.” He’s asking his followers to “dream of finding power beyond powerlessness.”