EP
Forsaken EP
Forsaken is a progressive metal EP from Dream Theater, released in 2008 on Roadrunner Records. It arrived a year after the band's album Systematic Chaos and a year before Black Clouds & Silver Linings, so it sits in the middle of their run through the late 2000s.
It is a short release, best approached as a companion piece to that period rather than a major statement in its own right. For fans who followed the band through Octavarium and Systematic Chaos, it is a handy extra from a busy stretch in a long career.
Forsaken EP: tracklist and credits
3 tracks · 18:18Tracklist
- 1ForsakenLaBrie, Myung, Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess5:38
- 2Forsaken (live)5:39
- 3Constant Motion (live)7:01
- Produced by
- Paul Northfield, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy
- Recorded at
- Power Station at BerkleeNYC
- Recorded
- September 2006 – February 2007
- Mixed by
- Paul Northfield
- Mixed at
- Power Station at BerkleeNYC
- Engineered by
- Paul Northfield
- Label
- Roadrunner Records
- Length
- 18:18
Line-up
- John Myung · bass guitar
- John Petrucci · guitar, background vocals
- Mike Portnoy · percussion, drums (drum set), background vocals
- Jordan Rudess · keyboard
- James LaBrie · lead vocals
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (2007, 2008)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 2007 | |
| Wikidata | 31 March 2008 |
2 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | — | Roadrunner Records | 016861110406 | original |
| 5 April 2008 | XW | Roadrunner Records | 016861110468 | other |
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| coverartarchive ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |