A brand new song from progressive metal legends DREAM THEATER called 'On The Backs Of Angels' will be made available tomorrow (Wednesday, June 29th) at 11:00 a.m. EST at the Roadrunner Records YouTube channel here. The track comes off the band's anxiously-awaited new album, A Dramatic Turn Of Events, which will be released on September 13th via Roadrunner Records, the first with newcomer drummer Mike Mangini (ex-EXTREME, STEVE VAI, ANNIHILATOR). The CD was mixed by Andy Wallace (SLAYER, SEPULTURA).

Guitarist/producer John Petrucci comments: "I'm incredibly psyched with the way this album came out and can't wait to share it with everybody. We are currently in the mix stage with the great Andy Wallace and it's all sounding amazing!"

Vocalist James LaBrie: "In the grand scheme of Dream Theater's career, the last several months have been such an incredibly positive, fulfilling and rewarding experience. The new songs and sound has never been so spirited or rejuvenating. I cannot wait for every one of our fans to sink their audio senses into this batch of tunes."

Keyboardist Jordan Rudess: "We have poured our hearts and minds into the creation of this album. All the life changing events that surrounded us before, as well as during the whole process, fueled our desire to dig deep within ourselves and create the best music we possibly could."

A Dramatic Turn Of Events tracklist is as follows:

'On The Backs Of Angels'

'Build Me Up, Break Me Down'

'Lost Not Forgotten'

'This Is The Life'

'The Shaman's Trance'

'Outcry'

'Far From Heaven'

'Breaking All Illusions'

'Beneath The Surface'

BraveWords.com spoke to James LaBrie about the new era of the band recently.

“We’d like to move on to greener pastures,” vocalist James LaBrie says of having to rehash the Portnoy story interview after interview, even though he accepts this need to know from the people he comes in contact with. “Let me put it this way; the band is in a very positive light right now, we’re all mutually involved in the music, we’re all really receptive to one another, so there a really big and open communication going on. It’s probably the closest that a band possibly get to a democracy. Rock n’ roll bands are generally dysfunctional democracies (laughs) but this does tend to work and it’s proven itself.”

LaBrie feels the new energy in the band has turned out a record that will be embraced wholeheartedly by the fans.

“It all comes down to what the listener interprets. To me it’s a classic album of great progressive moments. I think we’ve really gone back to some of our classic glory, and at the same tine there’s still some of that progressive metal Dream Theater in there, but in a more controlled and less bombastic sense. It’s harnessed in a more complimentary direction that maybe Scenes From A Memory or Images And Words was. Progressive, but with those heavy elements in there, and not having one side overshadow the other. Melodically, the new album has come up to a whole new level; I was involved from beginning to end with the melodies. It’s extremely well balanced, and there’s some unbelievable interaction going on instrumentally on this album.”

Read the entire interview here.