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Arguably the album's magnum opus. The final two minutes feature a haunting guitar solo layered over a synth pad. On compressed formats, these layers collapse. On the FLAC exclusive, they remain transparent. You can follow Rudess’s left-hand modulation while Petrucci wails on the right. dream theater distance over time 2019 flac exclusive
Before diving into the technical specs of the FLAC exclusive, it is crucial to understand the context of the album. Following the 2016 concept album The Astonishing , which was grandiose and orchestral, Dream Theater knew they had to pivot. They retreated to a remote studio in the Catskill Mountains (Yonder Barn) to write and record Distance Over Time in a shared, collaborative space—a method they hadn’t used since the 1990s. Comments are disabled because someone argued that “128kbps
Thus, the captures the album exactly as the band heard it in the mastering suite at Sterling Sound. For completists, this is the definitive version. On the FLAC exclusive, they remain transparent