Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Letters From The Labyrinth (2015) [Hi-Res]

Critically-acclaimed progressive rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra will release its highly-anticipated new studio album, Letters From The Labyrinth, on Nov. 13 through Lava Records/Republic Records. Known for elaborate production and thematic CDs, with Letters From The Labyrinth, TSO has crafted a bold, conceptually provocative album that pushes the proverbial envelope once again — this time with what TSO creator, lyricist and composer Paul O’Neill calls TSO’s “first hybrid album.” In addition to being available at brick and mortar and online retailers, each 2015 Winter Tour concert ticket sold online will come with a digital copy of Letters From The Labyrinth.

Letters from the Labyrinth, TSO’s first full-length album since 2009’s Night Castle, is a major change for the way Trans-Siberian Orchestra creates new works. It is the first album not built around a completed story. Instead it is a collection of completed songs, which have left the safety of the studio where they were born, and the story will emerge from their combined journeys. The overall concept is based on Night Castle and a dialogue between the wisdom of the past and the hopes for the future, via a correspondence between a child and an old friend of the child’s grandfather.

Letters From The Labyrinth deals with subjects as broad as humanity’s journey through the ages (“Time & Distance (The Dash)”), and as specific as the fall of the Berlin Wall (“Prometheus”), the world banking controversies (“Not Dead Yet”) and bullying (“Not The Same”), which O’Neill co-wrote with his daughter. Produced by O’Neill at his Night Castle Studio in Tampa, FL, the forthcoming album also features Halestorm vocalist and frontwoman Lzzy Hale on the stirring “Forget About The Blame (Moon Version).”

Collectively, TSO has sold nearly 10 million albums throughout its illustrious career. Night Castle debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and is now certified platinum. Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996), boasted the smash hit “Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24″ and was certified triple platinum with over 3.4 million records sold. The Christmas Attic(1998) earned certified platinum status with over 1.8 million records sold. The Lost Christmas Eve (2004), featuring hit single “Wizards in Winter,” was certified double platinum with 2.3 million records sold. Beethoven’s Last Night (2000), TSO’s first non-holiday rock opera, was certified gold with more than 650,000 units sold.

Tracklist:
01. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Time & Distance (The Dash) (3:44)
02. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Madness Of Men (4:11)
03. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Prometheus (3:40)
04. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Mountain Labyrinth (3:16)
05. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - King Rurik (3:12)
06. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Prince Igor (3:04)
07. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Night Conceives (3:39)
08. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Forget About The Blame (Sun Version) (4:16)
09. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Not Dead Yet (3:28)
10. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Past Tomorrow (3:22)
11. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Stay (2:58)
12. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Not The Same (3:42)
13. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Who I Am (2:50)
14. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Lullaby Night (2:44)
15. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Forget About The Blame (Moon Version (Bonus Track)) (4:17)