Liquid Tension Experiment 3
| Liquid Tension Experiment 3 | ||||
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| Released | April 16, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | July–August 2020 | |||
| Studio | DTHQ (Long Island) | |||
| Genre | Instrumental rock, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 117:31 | |||
| Label | Inside Out Music | |||
| Producer | Liquid Tension Experiment | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Blabbermouth.net | 8/10 |
| Metal Hammer | |
| Metal Injection | 8/10 |
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Liquid Tension Experiment 3 is the third studio album by the American instrumental progressive metal super group Liquid Tension Experiment. Released on April 16, 2021, it is their first studio effort since 1999's Liquid Tension Experiment 2.
The regular edition of the album contains eight tracks, including two duets, one "on-the-fly jam" and one "meticulously arranged cover"; the bonus disc comes with almost one hour of improvisations. It was released in digital, CD, LP and Blu-ray formats, including a limited 2CD+Blu-ray artbook edition and a limited deluxe hot pink box set.
A video for the song "The Passage of Time", their first composition in 22 years, was released on January 22, 2021. This was followed up by a video for "Beating the Odds" on February 26, 2021, and then by a video for "Hypersonic" on March 24, 2021.