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“It’s a toxic environment. Somebody is going to tell us what we’re not doing right”: American prog metal giants blasted back at being trolled for sounding like themselves

Singer and guitarist shared their frustrations over being called out for their vocals, drum sound and production values as their 15th album arrived

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Watch Gene Simmons officiate at 2025's most rock'n'roll wedding

The Kiss man presided over the wedding of Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and former Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey

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“He will just sit down and do a warm-up, no matter what. Even if you’re talking to him, he’s going to keep on”: Steve Morse on why warming up before a show is crucial – and the one guitarist who does it right

Morse names the prog maestro with a fool-proof warm-up routine...

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"There’s still time to come to the States to catch this show..." Dream Theater cancel 2026 UK and European Parasomnia tour plans

Dream Theater are currently on tour in the US performing the whole of new album, Parasomnia

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“I think every serious fan of hard rock music would love Stargazer. It’s one of those all-time epic masterpieces. It’s Ritchie Blackmore in his most experimental mode”: How guitar hero Blackmore created his magnum opus with Rainbow

The legendary track that inspired Metallica, Opeth, Dream Theater and Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson

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Dream Theater announce new 40th anniversary live album

Dream Theater will release their new live album, Quarantième: Live à Paris, on vinyl, Blu-ray and CD in November

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“It’s pretty progressive, but it’s not Rush, is it? It’s not Dream Theater. The virtuosity comes in the details and subtlety”: When TesseracT introduced themselves and explained the djent movement

At a time when online musicianship was still regarded as a bit geeky, the quintet were preparing to launch debut album One and embark on their first US tour – and they had plenty to say about filesharing, stats and haircuts

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Dream Theater hook up with Z2 Comics for special Parasomnia graphic novel release

Reunited US prog metallers Dream Theater have released their new Parasomnia: The Graphic Album in various formats

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“He transcends metal, he transcends rock, he transcends music”: Iconic metal drummer says Ozzy Osbourne’s death has made just as big an impact as John Lennon’s

Mike Portnoy of progressive metal luminaries Dream Theater weighs in on the widespread mourning following the Prince Of Darkness’ death last month

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“He does feel a bit like our saviour. It’s good to know he’s kind of protecting us”: How Mike Portnoy helped save Avenged Sevenfold after the The Rev died

Dream Theater man’s stand-in role may have complicated his own position, but the younger band were grateful for his unflappable optimism as they fought to keep going

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“They use notes out of sequence – they’re more experimental than bands like Dream Theater, who are very respectful of tonalities”: Novelists’ Florestan Durand is passionate about Periphery (or at least their early albums)

Misha Mansoor’s work was the catalyst for Durand’s discovery of djent, as he moved on from the “simpler music” of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani

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“We knew the album would stick out like a sore thumb and we’d have to show real tenacity. But if it wasn’t for Pull Me Under there’s a strong chance we wouldn’t be having this conversation”: When Dream Theater beat the odds with Images And Words

They were crossing Metallica with Yes and Rush while grunge ruled the world. But despite problems with their producer and label – and even rumors of a plot to replace James LaBrie – the prog metal pioneers survived and thrived

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“He was the leader of the band, he would write the setlist, he would deal with the fan clubs and the merchandise, co-produce the albums and co-write the music. He, to me, was a role model”: Which A-list metal drummer could Mike Portnoy be talking about?

Dream Theater man talks influences with El Estepario Siberiano

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Gentle Giant's Derek Shulman to publish career-spanning memoir, Giant Steps, in October

Giant Steps traces Derek Shulman's career from Simon Dupree & The Big Sound through Gentle Giant to record executive working with Bon Jovi, Dream Theater, AC/DC and more...

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Meshuggah pioneered it, Periphery took it to new levels, and John Petrucci thinks it opens up "a new world" – here is everything you need to know about learning 8-string guitar

Six different ways to get the most from your 8-string guitar by Haken’s Charlie Griffiths

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“The first time I played Rush’s YYZ I almost broke my fingers!” Epica bassist Rob Van Der Loo’s prog timeline, from Jon Lord to Dream Theater

Deep Purple’s Concerto For Group And Orchestra opened the door to the Dutch artist’s own career in symphonic rock

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“In 1989 I paid a scalper $400 for a ticket to see The Who play Tommy. It was worth every cent”: Mike Portnoy on his top prog songs and artists, and why the Rolling Stones have the greatest-ever prog album sleeve

The Dream Theater drummer’s musical world includes Rush, Yes, King Crimson, Roger Waters and Frank Zappa – alongside the Bee Gees

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"I'm scared for my life and career at this point." Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy jokes he's worried about his job after spate of drummer firings

Josh Freese, Zak Starkey and Jason Bonham have been let go – which Portnoy says makes it a weird time for drummers

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“The whole prog movement is about fairies and elves and we’re proud of that. But there are no fairies and elves on this album”: How prog metal icons Dream Theater went full nerd-mode with epic concept album The Astonishing

There’s big, and then there’s Dream Theater’s 2016 prog metal blow-out The Astonishing

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“Everything I’m doing is purposely very different. If I’d wanted to keep doing what Dream Theater do, I’d still be in Dream Theater”: How Mike Portnoy reinvented himself after the trauma of leaving two massive bands

In 2011, while trying to find homes for his enormous collection of Dream Theater drumkits, Mike Portnoy was planning a new direction with Flying Colors, Adrenaline Mob, PSMS and Transatlantic

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“I oversaw every element - not just the music and the lyrics and the melodies and the production, but also the merch and the fan clubs and everything”: Mike Portnoy talks about his years away from Dream Theater

“I was fried” he says, “but I went off from there to form, like, 87 bands”

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“I made a decision that essentially was very selfish”: Mike Portnoy admits he “hurt” Dream Theater bandmates with 2010 exit

“We had just played Madison Square Garden with Iron Maiden and then, like, a month later I left the band”

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The best metal albums of 2025 (so far)

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far.

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“A new drummer affects everyone in Dream Theater. We all play off the time keeper”:John Myung on how the return of Mike Portnoy has changed the band – and his bass playing

Parasomnia is Dream Theater's first new album with drummer Mike Portnoy for 16 years

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“I used really weird things like the Tristan chord and the Prometheus chord to give some of the songs a mystical vibe”: With the return of Mike Portnoy, Dream Theater are fully reborn – and John Petrucci's still not done exploring new guitar frontiers

Wielding naught but his signature Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty, Petrucci has been studying different types of scales and different types of chords – and he says having Portnoy back on the drum stool makes the prog-metal institution feel like they're all 18 again

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