News
Dream Theater have just announced a fall 2025 U.S. tour, performing their new album Parasomnia in full on an "evening with" styled trek. Parasomnia is the 16th album by the prog metal legends and their first with drummer Mike Portnoy back in the fold since 2009'
Album Reviews
The story of Mike Portnoy’s return to Dream Theater is pretty well known in most metal circles at this point. What was intended to be a brief hiatus in 2010 turned into a thirteen year absence while his bandmates continued on without him. Slowly but surely though, Portnoy began
Interviews
In early 1991, Dream Theater were dangerously close to calling it quits. The promising young group, which formed at Berklee College of Music in Boston in the mid-1980s under the original name Majesty, had let go original lead singer Charlie Dominici shortly after their 1989 debut record When Dream
Dream Theater
Progressive music titans DREAM THEATER will release their sixteenth studio album, "Parasomnia", on February 7, 2025 via InsideOut Music. The LP marks the band's first release with drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009's "Black Clouds & Silver Linings". Calling Parasomnia "the beginning
Concert Reviews
Metal Allegiance celebrated its tenth anniversary as a band on Saturday night in New Jersey with an all-star lineup of metal musicians playing originals and covers to an enthusiastic and adoring crowd at Starland Ballroom. The band, originally formed by Mark Menghi (bass) in 2014, features Mike Portnoy (Dream
Features
Sometimes, all you need is the music. Literally, just the music. No vocals. I’ve always been a huge fan of a fully instrumental track. It allows the listener to experience the band’s musical abilities first and foremost, without concern for the vocals. At this base level, the listener