Genre: Rock Style: Progressive Metal Year: 2021 Video Source: Apple Music, 2160p HEVC, thanks Brungor Audio Source: Blu-ray, A View From The Top Of The World "Invisible Monster" is a song by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. It's the third track and the second single off of their fifteenth studio album, A View from the Top of the World, their first album recorded at their own studio, DTHQ (Dream Theater Headquarters). At six-and-a-half minutes, "Invisible Monster" is one of the shortest songs on the album. It is also more contemplative and moody than many of the prog metallers' other tracks. Guitarist John Petrucci said this was written after the band had created a bundle of "super energetic and upbeat, tempo-wise" tunes. Drummer Mike Mangini suggested they do something more mid-tempo, and they came up with this more laid-back track. Petrucci added that the hook, riff, and melody came easily. He equated it to Dream Theater's 1992 breakout single "Pull Me Under," where, "We'd just start playing, something would come out, and we'd be, like, 'Whoa, that's cool.' There's a serendipitous moment where it happens." Lyrically, the song depicts anxiety as a monster. The beast plagues its victims with "whispers in the ear" about frightening events that are unlikely to happen. "It's like there's an invisible monster beating you," explained Petrucci. "You don't see it, but it's haunting you all of the time." William "Wombat" Felch (Mudvayne, Hellyeah) directed the video, which follows the story of an artist's internal struggles. The piece of art created by Felch on the clip now lives inside Dream Theater's studio. Release Info The video track is ripped from Apple Music by Brungor (4K HEVC 10-bit), left as is. The audio tracks are lossless, ripped from Blu-ray and synced with Adobe Audition. The DTS track is encoded back to DTS-HD MA 5.1 with DTS-HD Master Audio Suite. Spoiler: Media Info Code: General Unique ID : 133116177924914294649882953268309495058 (0x64253E49E0E86D39B233870F411F8D12) Complete name : Dream Theater - Invisible Monster.mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 4 File size : 1.10 GiB Duration : 6 min 27 s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 24.4 Mb/s Encoded date : UTC 2023-01-29 14:20:20 Writing application : mkvmerge v73.0.0 ('25 or 6 to 4') 64-bit Writing library : libebml v1.4.4 + libmatroska v1.7.1 Cover : Yes Attachments : cover.jpg Video ID : 1 Format : HEVC Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding Format profile : Main 10@L5@High Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC Duration : 6 min 27 s Bit rate : 11.9 Mb/s Width : 3 840 pixels Height : 1 600 pixels Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 23.976 (23976/1000) FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 10 bits Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.081 Stream size : 551 MiB (49%) Default : Yes Forced : No Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Audio #1 ID : 2 Format : PCM Format settings : Little / Signed Codec ID : A_PCM/INT/LIT Duration : 6 min 27 s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 4 608 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 96.0 kHz Frame rate : 25.002 FPS (3840 SPF) Bit depth : 24 bits Delay relative to video : 2 ms Stream size : 213 MiB (19%) Title : Stereo 24-bit 96 kHz Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Audio #2 ID : 3 Format : DTS 96/24 XLL Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems Commercial name : DTS-HD Master Audio Codec ID : A_DTS Duration : 6 min 27 s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 7 817 kb/s Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel layout : C L R Ls Rs LFE Sampling rate : 96.0 kHz Frame rate : 187.500 FPS (512 SPF) Bit depth : 24 bits Compression mode : Lossless Delay relative to video : 5 ms Stream size : 361 MiB (32%) Title : Surround 24-bit 96 kHz Language : English Default : No Forced : No Hidden Content: You must reply before you can see the hidden data contained here. Hidden Content: You must reply before you can see the hidden data contained here.