{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = A Dream in Static | type = studio | artist = Earthside | cover = Earthside_A_Dream_In_Static_Album_Cover.jpg | alt = | released = October 23, 2015 | recorded = | studio = | genre = * Progressive metal * cinematic music * post-metal<ref name="blabberADISrev">{{cite web |title=Reviews: A Dream in Static |url=https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/a-dream-in-static |website=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=September 26, 2024}}</ref> <!-- Please source genres --> | length = 63:52 | label = Self released | producer = David Castillo, Frank Sacramone, and Jamie van Dyck | next_title = Let the Truth Speak | next_year = 2024 }}
'''''A Dream in Static''''' is the debut studio album by American post-metal band Earthside. The album was released on October 23, 2015, and produced by David Castillo, in addition to two of the band members Frank Sacramone and Jamie van Dyck.<ref name="bandcamp">{{cite web|url=https://earthside.bandcamp.com/album/a-dream-in-static|title=A Dream in Static by Earthside|date=October 23, 2015|access-date=February 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208103910/https://earthside.bandcamp.com/album/a-dream-in-static|archive-date=December 8, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''The Prog Mind'' | rev1score = 9.5/10<ref name="progmind">{{cite magazine|title= Earthside – "A Dream in Static" |url=https://theprogmind.com/2015/10/12/earthside-a-dream-in-static/|last=Issa|first=Chanel|magazine=The Prog Mind|date=October 12, 2015|access-date=February 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323020622/https://theprogmind.com/2015/10/12/earthside-a-dream-in-static/|archive-date=March 23, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Blabbermouth'' | rev2score = 10/10<ref name="blabbermouth">{{cite magazine|url=https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/a-dream-in-static|title=Earthside – A Dream In Static – Album Review|magazine=Blabbermouth|date=October 5, 2025|access-date=February 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304223839/http://manofmuchmetal.net/earthside-a-dream-in-static-album-review/|archive-date=March 4, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> }} Blabbermouth gave the album a 10/10, praising Earthside for their ability to span musical genres and permit each song to have its own sense of identity while preserving a distinctly progressive metal sound.<ref name="blabbermouth" /> Tony Shrum of New Noise Magazine praised the album, though they commented that the tracks with guest vocalists largely outshined the fully instrumental tracks. "The cross-continental project highlights the best of prog from around the world and features vocalists capable of carrying this grandiose music. If not for a relatively underwhelming instrumental portion of the record, Earthside could have released one of the best debuts in a long, long time."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Album Review: Earthside - 'A Dream In Static' |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/reviews/album-review-earthside-a-dream-in-static/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226030524/https://newnoisemagazine.com/reviews/album-review-earthside-a-dream-in-static/ |archive-date=2025-02-26 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=New Noise Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = Earthside | headline = ''A Dream in Static'' track listing | title1 = The Closest I've Come | length1 = 8:00 | title2 = Mob Mentality | note2 = featuring Lajon Witherspoon and the Moscow Studio Symphony Orchestra | length2 = 9:56 | title3 = A Dream in Static | length3 = 7:35 | note3 = featuring Daniel Tompkins | title4 = Entering the Light | length4 = 5:27 | note4 = featuring Max ZT and the Moscow Studio Symphony Orchestra | title5 = Skyline | length5 = 9:28 | title6 = Crater | length6 = 6:03 | note6 = featuring Bjorn Strid | title7 = The Ungrounding | length7 = 5:34 | title8 = Contemplation of the Beautiful | length8 = 11:49 | note8 = featuring Eric Zirlinger | total_length = 63:52 }}
== Personnel == Credits adapted from the album's Bandcamp page.<ref name="bandcamp" />
'''Earthside''' * Ben Shanbrom – drums, percussion, backing vocals * Frank Sacramone – Grand piano, keyboards, programming * Ryan Griffin – bass * Jamie van Dyck – electric and acoustic guitars, orchestration, backing vocals
'''Additional vocalists''' * Lajon Witherspoon – guest vocals on track 2 * Daniel Tompkins – guest vocals on track 3 * Bjorn Strid – guest vocals on track 6 * Eric Zirlinger – guest vocals on track 8
'''Additional instrumentalists''' * The Moscow Studio Symphony Orchestra – instrumentalists on tracks 2 and 4 * Max ZT – hammer dulcimer on track 4 * Henrik Gennert – guitar solo on track 7 * JP Asplund – percussion
'''Additional personnel''' * Produced by David Castillo at Ghost Ward (Stockholm, Sweden) * Co-produced by Earthside members Frank Sacramone and Jamie van Dyck * Tracks 1, 6, and 7 mixed by Jens Bogren with Johan Örnborg at Fascination Street Studios * Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 mixed by David Castillo at Ghost Ward * Mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios
'''Imagery''' * Travis Smith - cover artist
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