Dream Theater releases
Official studio albums and the commercially released EP A Change of Seasons — chronological reference for physical media coverage.
Catalog scope
This page lists Dream Theater studio albums and eligible commercially released EPs from the Headbangear archive. Live albums, compilations, demos, bootlegs, archival releases, and unofficial products are out of scope.
Studio album 1
When Dream and Day Unite
Mar 1989
Studio album 2
Images and Words
Jul 1992
Studio album 3
Awake
Oct 1994
EP
A Change of Seasons
Sep 1995
Studio album 4
Falling Into Infinity
Sep 1997
Studio album 5
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Oct 1999
Studio album 6
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Jan 2002
Studio album 7
Train of Thought
Nov 2003
Studio album 8
Octavarium
Jun 2005
Studio album 9
Systematic Chaos
Jun 2007
Studio album 10
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Jun 2009
Studio album 11
A Dramatic Turn of Events
Sep 2011
Studio album 12
Dream Theater
Sep 2013
Studio album 13
The Astonishing
Jan 2016
Studio album 14
Distance Over Time
Feb 2019
Studio album 15
A View From The Top of The World
Oct 2021
Studio album 16
Parasomnia
Feb 2025