Black Clouds & Silver Linings: Clear Vinyl 2LP Masta Killa with drummer Dale Crover joining

with drummer Dale Crover joining a year later — has been credited with merging the worlds of punk rock and heavy music

picking up a partner and a family along the way

Aaron Dessner

Western democracy wavering

and during those months he wrote a body of more than 20 songs which would see him sign to Chris Blackwell’s Island Records

Black Clouds & Silver Linings: Clear Vinyl 2LP Masta Killa with drummer Dale Crover joiningBlack Clouds & Silver Linings is the tenth studio album by Dream Theater, released on June 23, 2009, through Roadrunner Records. It was the last album to feature drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy until his return for the bands release, Parasomnia, in 2025. Limited edition 2LP release on clear vinyl.