. 'Released: April 27, 2007. 'Released: March 31, 2008Systematic Chaos is the ninth studio album by American band. Released on June 4, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 5, 2007 in the United States, Systematic Chaos was the band's first release through, which was sold to their previous label, through which the band had released their previous studio album (2005).

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The album was recorded from September 2006 to February 2007 at in New York City, after the band's first break from summer touring in ten years. The lyrics of the album were written by, and about fictional, political, and personal topics, respectively.The album peaked in the top twenty in eight countries' sales charts; in addition, the album peaked at the nineteenth position on the, making it the highest peaking Dream Theater album in the United States until the release of (2009), which debuted at the sixth position. Critical reception of the album was generally positive; Jon Eardley from MetalReview.com called the band, 'arguably the most consistent band throughout the entire / industry'.Dream Theater promoted the album on their Chaos in Motion world tour, which lasted a year and spanned thirty-five countries. The album was released in regular and special edition formats; the special edition included a 5.1 mix of the album, in addition to a ninety-minute 'making of' documentary about the album. Contents.Background After recording their twentieth anniversary concert, on April 1, 2006, Dream Theater rested for its first summer in ten years.

The band would reconvene at, in, in September 2006, where they previously recorded in 1997. Mike Portnoy stated that the relationship between band members was 'the best it's ever been'. The band hired, who had previously worked with bands that had inspired Dream Theater, including and, to the album. As with previous albums, Dream Theater simultaneously wrote and recorded Systematic Chaos. Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci co-produced the album; Portnoy said that the band hires an engineer and a mixer to act as an 'objective outside ear', but the members ultimately 'call their own shots'.

Previous Dream Theater albums shared planned themes throughout, such as (1999) as a or (2003) as a heavy, 'balls to the wall' album. Though Portnoy had some preconceived ideas for Systematic Chaos, he decided not to tell the rest of the band; leaving them to start with a 'completely open palate'.

However, Portnoy did want to retain a 'cutting, aggressive, modern' mood throughout, 'It had to have balls,' he added, 'it had to be cool'.The album was titled Systematic Chaos after Portnoy and Petrucci picked phrases from song lyrics that they felt would be a fitting title, in similar fashion to previous albums like (1992) or (1994). The pair selected the word 'chaos', which appears in 'The Dark Eternal Night'. Petrucci and Portnoy were also attracted to the phrase 'Random thoughts of neat disorder' which appears in '. Opposites of the word 'chaos' were discussed, resulting in the word 'systematic'.

Portnoy said that in addition to the album, 'systematic chaos' is also a 'fitting description of the band in general'. Songs John Petrucci wrote the lyrics for five of the eight songs on the album, telling a story through each one. In the Presence of Enemies The first piece recorded, the twenty-five-minute epic 'In the Presence of Enemies,' was described by Petrucci as the 'epitome of a Dream Theater creation'. He went on to describe the composition as 'very progressive, very long'; also noting that it set a good tone for writing and recording the rest of the album. Their longest recording since ', it was split into two parts, due to it having a good open and close for the album at the same time.

According to Portnoy, the band felt it was too long to open the album, but did not want to close the album with a long song, as they had with the twenty-four-minute title track of their last album Octavarium (2005). The songs are normally played together in their entirety in live shows. During recording, the work was titled, 'The Pumpkin King,' and in the album's booklet, the song is given a subtitle, 'The Heretic and the Dark Master.' The story of 'In the Presence of Enemies' was inspired by a Korean named, as Petrucci explains that not being a manga fan, precisely, '. I like it though.

This one, I just stumbled upon and I really liked the content. It inspired me to take a different approach lyrically.

You have to keep things interesting for yourself when writing new material so I just took this and ran with it. Those types of lyrics are fun to write, you know? The matter, the stuff.

It's another way of writing, a fresh one to me.' He also summarizes the lyrics: 'It's a story about somebody who loses himself and end struggles with the darkness, symbolized by the Dark Master. And the story ends up really being the darkness within and goes through the different phases where he has to fight demons and things like that. Forsaken Petrucci said 'Forsaken' is a story told through a 'short song structure'. The song tells of a person who is visited at night by a. While the man thinks he is being taken away and being shown 'wonderful things', he doesn't realize that the whole time he is getting his blood sucked, and is eventually taken, in the end, by the vampiress. An of 'Forsaken', produced by and directed by Yasufumi Soejima, was released on January 26, 2008.

The band allowed Soejima artistic freedom with the design of the video, which was set in a science fiction future instead of the present day. During the production of the album, the working title for this song was 'Jet Lag', and it was the sixth song to be written. Constant Motion. Excerpt from the ending of the first chorus and beginning of the second verse from the song and first single from Systematic Chaos, 'Constant Motion'Problems playing this file? Constant Motion' was released as the first single from the album on April 27, 2007. It was first made available as a free download the same day by Roadrunner Records; it could be found at Roadrunner Records' Dream Theater sub-website for a limited time.

This song was also made available to download for the. The song is considered as one of the hardest songs available for the game on both Guitar and Drums. Its working title was 'Korma Chameleon', and was the second piece written.Mike Portnoy said that since it was one of the more aggressive, more driving songs on the album, that the lyrics were very much a metaphor for his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. With everything he does for Dream Theater as well as his life in general, that his 'wheels are always in constant motion', and that he's always juggling many different projects or responsibilities for the band at the same time.

So the lyrics are a representation for whats going on in his head on any given day.The song was also accompanied by a, the first the band had produced in over a decade. The video clip premiered on July 13, 2007 and was released as a free download, in two different formats, also for a limited time. The band had not produced a music video since 'Hollow Years' from (1997), citing lack of interest and lack of rotation on music channels for the latter. The video received considerable airplay on 's and was voted as the second best music video of 2007 by the same; it is arguably Dream Theater's most popular video since ' in 1992.The Dark Eternal Night Petrucci wrote the lyrics to 'The Dark Eternal Night' about a who has returned after dormancy as a monster to haunt a town. The lyrics are heavily influenced by the short story by American, even borrowing a lot of specific phrases from this story. The song contains an solo, performed by Rudess while the drum tracks were being recorded; the band members liked the solo enough to keep in the final recording. In the October 2010 issue of Total Guitar Magazine, its readers voted the main riff of 'The Dark Eternal Night' as the fourth greatest riff of the decade.

During the making of the song, the title was, 'N.A.D.S.' ('North American Dream Squad') and it was the fifth song to be written.The sprawling, progressive midsection was not featured in the song's original edit, but is based around a riff that Rudess came up with in the control room, when listening to the original, more conservative instrumental section. 'I was debating whether or not I should even bring it up, but then I got brave and said 'You know, I've got this weird idea.' 'The Dark Eternal Night was the second of two songs released to the general public in advance of the album's release, with an in-studio video being released to YouTube in May 2007.Repentance Portnoy wrote ' as the fourth part of his, a collection of songs from various Dream Theater albums which revolve around his through. The song discusses of the process, which deal with making a list of people whom one has wronged and, if possible, making direct amends with them. Portnoy, who as of 2007 had been sober for 7½ years, invited friends and fellow musicians, and to record spoken apologies, regrets, and sorrows of their own, which were featured throughout the song.

Portnoy dedicated 'Repentance', 'to and all of his friends'. During recording, the title of the track was, 'Fisheye' and it was the seventh and final song to be written. This saga is concluded in the band's tenth studio album with 'The Shattered Fortress'.Prophets of War 'Prophets of War' was written by James LaBrie, who based the lyrics loosely on 's book. The lyrics talk about possible ulterior motives behind the, while remaining 'middle of the road'. The title is a play on words, where the 'prophets' of the war, could also be gaining a 'profit' from the War.

During the recording of the song, Portnoy suggested fans could voice certain lyrical chants. In response to a message posted on the band's website four hundred fans gathered outside the recording studio to record the chanting, however only sixty could fit into the studio. The title of the track during recording was, 'Carpet Babies' and it was the third song to be written. The Ministry of Lost Souls At 14:57, 'The Ministry of Lost Souls' is the album's second longest track. Throughout the song's lyrics, Petrucci tells of a person who dies in the process of saving a woman from drowning. However, the woman who is saved is filled with 'regret and sorrow' until she is able to re-unite with her rescuer. The title for the track during recording was, 'Schindler's Lisp' and it was the fourth song to be written.

Release and promotion Both the regular and special editions of Systematic Chaos were released on June 4, 2007 in the UK and June 5, 2007 in the US. Over their seven album relationship with, Dream Theater became disappointed at the lack of coverage they gave the band. '. Our previous label basically relied on our fanbase to do everything. They would put the money up for the record and put the CD in the shops,' said Portnoy. On February 8, 2007, Dream Theater reached an agreement with Roadrunner Records to release their new album.

Systematic Chaos had nearly been written and recorded at the time of the signing. Ironically, Warner purchased Roadrunner Records a week after the band signed with them. According to LaBrie, Roadrunner followed through on all of its promises to the band concerning the promotion of the album.Portnoy spent a month directing and editing a documentary titled Chaos in Progress: The Making of Systematic Chaos, which was released on the two disc special edition of the album. The bonus disc of the special edition also included 5.1 surround sound mix of the entire album. Dream Theater supported the album by touring on the from June 3, 2007 to June 4, 2008. The world tour comprised 115 shows throughout thirty-five countries.

Multiple concerts were filmed for the band's fifth, titled. The compilation of concerts was released on September 30, 2008. Reception Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingDangerdogThe Metal ForgeMetal ReviewMetally411mania.comChronicles of ChaosCritical reception for Systematic Chaos was generally positive. Writing for MetalReview.com, Jon Eardley called the album, 'another solid outing'. He complimented Petrucci for 'Constant Motion', writing that it contains 'some of the best riffs Petrucci has brought to the table'. In addition, he called the latter part of 'The Dark Eternal Night' 'the most brutal part in any song to date'. Reviewing for Metal Invader, Nikos Patelis called the album, 'energetic, sharp – edged, full of beautiful melodies and heavy riffs, long epic compositions'.

He called Dream Theater's instrumentalists 'four masters of music that use their instruments as if they were their limbs', in addition to stating, 'James LaBrie sounds more mature than ever'. In conclusion, Patelis called Systematic Chaos, 'an excellent album that needs many times to be listened in order to be digested'. Greg Prato, of, wrote '. 'Forsaken' proves wrong those who say that Dream Theater is all about instrumental gymnastics and not songwriting'. He also compared riffs in 'The Dark Eternal Night' to the band. Overall, he states '.

the quintet sticks to the prog metal game plan that they've followed since their inception'. Reviewer Chad Bowar of, wrote that 'In the Presence of Enemies - Part I' is 'an effective way to set the tone for the rest of the songs'. Overall, Bowar gave the album four out of five stars, calling it, 'one of the best Dream Theater releases in quite a while'.The album peaked in the top twenty-five in the United Kingdom and Australia, where the band had never previously charted.

In the United States, the album peaked at the nineteenth position on the, making it the highest peaking Dream Theater album in the United States at the time of its release. Overall, Systematic Chaos peaked in the top twenty for album sales in eight countries.

In the, the album sold 35,689 copies the first week it was released.In 2014, readers of magazine voted Systematic Chaos the second greatest drumming album in the history of progressive rock. Track listing All music composed by Dream Theater. In the Presence of Enemies - Part I'. 'I. Prelude'. 'II. Resurrection'9:00.

4:15. 4:452.' Constant Motion'6:554.' The Dark Eternal Night'Petrucci8:535.' Regret'. 'IX.

Restitution'Portnoy10:43. 5:43. 5:006.' Prophets of War'6:007.' The Ministry of Lost Souls'Petrucci14:578.'

In the Presence of Enemies - Part II'. 'III. Heretic'. 'IV. The Slaughter of the Damned'. 'V.

The Reckoning'. 'VI.

Salvation'Petrucci16:38. 6:10.

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Look up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.A hazard and operability study (HAZOP) is a structured and systematic examination of a complex planned or existing process or operation in order to identify and evaluate problems that may represent to personnel or equipment. The intention of performing a HAZOP is to review the design to pick up design and engineering issues that may otherwise not have been found. The technique is based on breaking the overall complex design of the process into a number of simpler sections called 'nodes' which are then individually reviewed. It is carried out by a suitably experienced multi-disciplinary team (HAZOP) during a series of meetings. The HAZOP technique is qualitative, and aims to stimulate the imagination of participants to identify potential hazards and operability problems.

Structure and direction are given to the review process by applying standardised guide-word prompts to the review of each node. The relevant international standard calls for team members to display 'intuition and good judgement' and for the meetings to be held in 'a climate of positive thinking and frank discussion'.The HAZOP technique was initially developed in the 1960s to analyze major chemical process systems but has since been extended to other areas, including mining operations and other types of process systems and other complex systems such as operation and software development. It is also used as the basis for reviewing Batch processes and operating procedures.

Contents.Method The method is applied to complex 'processes' for which sufficient design information is available, and not likely to change significantly. This range of data should be explicitly identified and taken as the ‘design intent’ basis for the HAZOP study. For example, a prudent designer will have allowed for foreseeable variations within the process creating a larger design envelope than just the basic requirements and the HAZOP will be looking at ways in which this might not be sufficient.For processes plant, the nodes are chosen so that for each a meaningful design intent can be specified and they are commonly indicated on (P&IDs) and (PFD). The extent of each node should be appropriate to the complexity of the system and the magnitude of the hazards it might pose.

However, it will also need to balance between 'too large and complex' (fewer nodes, but the team members may not be able to consider issues within the whole node at once) and 'too small and simple' (many trivial and repetitive nodes, each of which has to be reviewed independently and documented).For each node in turn the HAZOP team uses a list of standardised guide-words and process parameters to identify potential Deviations from the design intent. ^ British Standard BS: IEC Hazard and operability studies (HAZOP studies)- Application Guide. 'This British Standard reproduces verbatim IEC and implements it as the UK national standard.' D., & Preston, M. L., (1995) Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol 8, no 6, pp349-353 'Twenty-five years of HAZOPs'.

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G.,(1974) Chemical Engineering Progress, vol 70, no 4 page 45 'Operability studies and hazard analysis'. Chemical Industries Association (1977) A Guide to Hazard and Operability StudiesFurther reading. (2006). Hazop and Hazan (4th ed.). Taylor & Francis. Tyler, Brian, Crawley, Frank & Preston, Malcolm (2015). HAZOP: Guide to Best Practice (3rd ed.).

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NSW Planning & Environment. 2011. Whitty, Steve; Foord, Tony. Retrieved 5 March 2015. Potential problems with HAZOPs (authors sell HAZOP expertise, so presumably some promotional intent, but the issues described are genuine/recognisable).