Parasomnia

Parasomnia is the sixteenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on February 7, 2025. It is the band's first studio album to feature original drummer Mike Portnoy since Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009), nearly sixteen years earlier; it is also the first album with Portnoy to not feature him as co-producer since Falling into Infinity (1997). Dream Theater's intention to work on their sixteenth studio album was first mentioned about six months after the release of A View from the Top of the World, with keyboardist Jordan Rudess speaking to VW Music about the band's future plans: "After we get back from its last show of the European tour we have a bit of a break. And after I finish my solo shows, Dream Theater will continue on the road with some shows in Japan, South America, and more to be announced as we go. When that settles down, we'll be entering the studio again, and doing a new album, which will be awesome. So, yeah, stuff like that is on the horizon."