Artist: dream theater

When ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy announced an unlikely collaboration with John Sykes (above left, the guy who wrote Whitesnake's huge album), it was easy to be of two minds: On the one hand, Portnoy had reactivated the long-dormant Sykes, which is awesome; but, jeez, the Portnoy-Sykes affair also set a roadblock before any potential [...]

Mike Portnoy's new band, Adrenaline Mob, are gonna release their debut full-length, Omertà, later this year. And now they've unveiled the cover art, which is pretty typical metal album stuff... ...except if the concept of a skeleton against a deep blue night sky seems kind of familiar, well, it ought to, because of this: Obviously the [...]

It always fascinates me when there is any type of drama among the metal community. (Blame TMZ.) It also interests me a great deal how different major-label bands influence the sound of another major-label band. A user on former Dream Theater drumme r Mike Portnoy's forums pointed out that his former band's new song "Build Me Up, Break Me ...

There are dozens of factors that go into creating a "great" record, and I try to consider them all while listening to music of any sub-genre, in any time period, from any geographical location (3 important elements that play a roll in critiquing music as far as I'm concerned). It's easy to simply write something ...

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When I was reading through the list of this year's nominees for the Hard Rock/Metal category of the Grammys, I was shocked to see that the first four bands announced are actually modern metal bands performing original songs (and not covers, like years past). Just as I was about to give the Grammy voters some ...

Well there it is. The Grammy. The award that artists strive to win and the one that bloggers and fans hate. Primarily because, as fans, we feel that OUR favorite bands deserve all the accolades and fuck the rest. But this award ceremony offers us a place to vent our frustrations and reaffirm our hatred for genres and artists we can't stand. There's gonna be a lot of hate for one Justin Bieber again...even if he isn't nominated for anything. Regardless, it's my job to make sure all of you freaks know [...]

Today's Live Performance comes courtesy of prog metal rockers Dream Theater. When Dream and Day Unite is the debut studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. On the 15th anniversary of the album, Dream Theater performed it in its entirety in Los Angeles, California, and during two additional songs in the encore special guests Charlie Dominici and Derek Sherinian (both now former Dream Theater members) performed. The entire performance was recorded live and later released on CD and DVD under the title When Dream and Day Reunite through Mike Portnoy's independent label YtseJam [...]

For some reason unknown to most of us, this is the kind of power/prog metal that causes European audiences to lose their minds, but most American metal fans kind of shrug and give a collective, "Meh". I've read others' opinions on this and the most prevalent is that power metal often has classical roots, which are embedded in the European conscience, whereas American listeners are used to more blues based music. Whatever the case, if you dismiss power metal, you are cheating yourself out of some good stuff. For me, power metal is a more positive, [...]

E - Part Four of H.A.T.E by Akribi So you thought the year was over? That there would be no more Sofia-songs to enjoy? Well you thought wrong. As a special treat we still have "E - Part Four of H.A.TE" coming up December 1st like an early Christmas gift. I'm so happy to tell you that the last EP of the H.A.T.E saga is being recorded by Swedish band Akribi , who is the first band in the project to have a female singer (and she's pretty damn [...]

Ron Jarzombek is a name that's too seldom heard outside of progressive metal circles, despite his extensive metal legacy. Sure, a handful of people may be familiar with Blotted Science - the so-called "supergroup" of which he is a part - but by and large, even those who know Blotted Science are unfamiliar with the [...]

Some classy Blu-ray releases and decent returns of two great rock acts.

On September 20th we reported that Mike Portnoy sued the other members of Dream Theater back in April, linking to the publicly available "Notice of Summons" document as proof. Later that day Dream Theater's attorney was quoted as saying there is "no pending litigation" between Portnoy and Dream Theater. Today I choose to file a [...]

Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory stands as Dream Theater's best album, the crowning accomplishment of a lengthy career that itself is quite the crowning accomplishment. It's rare that a band's 5th album - or 4th, or 3rd, or 6th - is the one that's almost universally considered their best ("I only ever really liked [...]

As was previously announced, Periphery will be touring as direct support to the legendary Dream Theater throughout Europe from January 23rd through February 26th. Today the band members announced that they will play two headlining shows amidst those dates. Brussels, Belgium, and Prague, Czech Republic, have been added to the band's schedule. Fol... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

On September 15th we published Part 1 of an epic Rigged piece in which new Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini embarked on a quest to take MetalSucks readers through every single piece of his massive drumkit. On September 29th we posted Part 2. It wasn't our intention to have to split this Rigged feature up, it's just [...]

Hey Metalheads! Check out tomorrows releases! Support your scene and keep our artists touring. Alarum - Natural Causes (Willowtip) Autopsy - Mental Funeral 20th Anniversary Edition CD/DVD (Peaceville) Cradle Of Filth - Evermore Darkly CD/DVD (Nuclear Blast) Dream Theater - Live At Budokan Blu-Ray DVD (Eagle Rock) Electro Quarterstaff - Akyroyd (Willowtip) Evile - Five Serpent's Teeth (Earache) Hypocrisy - Hell Over Sofia - 20 Years of Chaos and [...]

The release year is winding down. Aside from new Megadeth and Animals as Leaders records, I think we're pretty much done with bigtime new albums until 2012. The #1 record on the Current Hard Music chart last week came from a band whose music it'd be a stretch to call "hard." Click through to find [...]

Jordan Rudess, tastierista dei Dream Theater , ha voluto rendere omaggio a Steve Jobs , fondatore di Apple scomparso da pochi giorni dopo una lunga battaglia con il cancro. Il brano che potete ascoltare nel video di apertura è stato composto da Rudess su iPad con l'applicazione MorphWiz e sulla tastiera Korg Kronos. La descrizione del filmato recita così: «Sebbene io non abbia mai incontrato di persona Steve Jobs, il suo lavoro ha profondamente influenzato la mia vita e il mio lavoro. Sono grato di essere stato toccato dalla [...]

I have to admit that when I began listening to "On The Backs Of Angels," Dream Theater's new album, I flinched a little bit expecting the album to be full of distorted guitars, incomprehensible lyrics screamed at the top of the singer's lungs, and nonstop driving drums from the first to the last track. I was so happy to discover that I was wrong. "On The Backs Of Angels" provides nine tracks of energy and emotion, but none of them are overcome by volume. The lyrics are clearly sung and easy to hear and understand. There's no screaming. Even with [...]