DREAM THEATER VOL. 3 serves as the final installment in the group’s vinyl reissue series. Limited to 2,500 copies worldwide, the 10LP boxed set is available exclusively through Rhino.com. It includes BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS (2009), A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS (2011), DREAM THEATER (2013), and THE ASTONISHING (2016), each pressed on 140-gram black vinyl and housed in a newly designed slipcase. 

BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS marked the end of an era as the final studio album with founding drummer Mike Portnoy. The record balanced towering epics such as “The Count Of Tuscany” with deeply personal writing on tracks like “The Best Of Times” and “A Nightmare To Remember.”

With A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS, Dream Theater began a new chapter with drummer Mike Mangini. The album earned the band its first GRAMMY® nomination for “On The Backs Of Angels,” reaffirming their ability to evolve while maintaining their signature precision and emotional range.

Their self-titled DREAM THEATER followed in 2013, debuting in the Top 10 of more than 20 countries and earning another GRAMMY® nomination for “The Enemy Inside.” Combining intricate musicianship with renewed energy, the album distilled the group’s defining elements into one of their most focused statements.

Finally, THE ASTONISHING expanded the band’s scope into cinematic territory with a two-act rock opera. Orchestrated and expansive, it embodied the ambition that has long defined Dream Theater’s approach—melding storytelling, virtuosity, and scale into an immersive listening experience.

DREAM THEATER VOL. 3 
LP Track Listing

Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)
Side One

1. “A Nightmare To Remember”

Side Two

1. “A Rite Of Passage”
   
2. “The Shattered Fortress”

Side Three

1. “Wither”
   
2. “The Best Of Times”

Side Four

1. “The Count Of Tuscany”

A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011)
Side One

1. “On The Backs Of Angels”
   
2. “Build Me Up, Break Me Down”

Side Two

1. “Lost Not Forgotten”
   
2. “This Is The Life”

Side Three

1. “Bridges In The Sky”
   
2. “Outcry”

Side Four

1. “Far From Heaven”
   
2. “Breaking All Illusions”
   
3. “Beneath the Surface”

Dream Theater (2013)
Side One

1. “False Awakening Suite”
   
2. “Sleep Paralysis”
   
3. “Night Terrors”
   
4. “Lucid Dream”
   
5. “The Enemy Inside”
   
6. “The Looking Glass”

Side Two

1. “Enigma Machine”
   
2. “The Bigger Picture”

Side Three

1. “Behind the Veil”
   
2. “Surrender To Reason”
   
3. “Along For The Ride”

Side Four

1. “Illumination Theory”
   
2. “Paradoxe De La Lumière Noire”
   
3. “Live, Die, Kill”
   
4. “The Embracing Circle”
   
5. “The Pursuit Of Truth”
   
6. “Surrender, Trust & Passion”

The Astonishing (2016)
Side One - Act One

1. “Descent Of The NOMACS”
   
2. “Dystopian Overture”
   
3. “The Gift Of Music”
   
4. “The Answer”
   
5. “A Better Life”

Side Two

1. “Lord Nafaryus”
   
2. “A Savior In The Square”
   
3. “When Your Time Has Come”
   
4. “Act Of Faythe”

Side Three

1. “Three Days”
   
2. “The Hovering Sojourn”
   
3. “Brother, Can You Hear Me?”
   
4. “A Life Left Behind”

Side Four

1. “Ravenskill”
   
2. “Chosen”
   
3. “A Tempting Offer”
   
4. “Digital Discord”

Side Five

1. “The X Aspect”
   
2. “A New Beginning”
   
3. “The Road to Revolution”

Side Six - Act Two

1. “2285 Entr’acte”
   
2. “Moment Of Betrayal”
   
3. “Heaven’s Cove”
   
4. “Begin Again”

Side Seven

1. “The Path That Divides”
   
2. “Machine Chatter”
   
3. “The Walking Shadow”
   
4. “My Last Farewell”
   
5. “Losing Faythe”

Side Eight

1. “Whispers On The Wind”
   
2. “Hymn Of A Thousand Voices”
   
3. “Our New World”
   
4. “Power Down”
   
5. “Astonishing”