- progressive metal, heavy metal
- 75 min
- 6 tracks
- Roadrunner Records
Black Clouds & Silver Linings is the tenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on June 23, 2009, through Roadrunner Records. It was the last album to feature drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy until Parasomnia (2025) following his return in 2023.
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Grave, spare, contemporary and earnest.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1A Nightmare to Remember16:10
- 2A Rite of Passage8:36
- 3Wither5:25
- 4The Shattered Fortress12:49
- 5The Best of Times13:09
- 6The Count of Tuscany19:16
6 tracks, 75 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Dream Theater
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
- Released
- 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AR
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