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The Latest Breaking News from Dream Theater

Mike Portnoy explains Dream Theater return: “We’ve been reconnecting through the last few years.”

Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy talked about his return to the band in October during a recent live event

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Original Dream Theater singer Charlie Dominici dead at 72

Frontman Charlie Dominici sang on Dream Theater's 1989 debut album When Dream And Day Unite

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Dream Theater’s James LaBrie comments on Mike Portnoy return: “Gonna be one hell of a ride for all.”

The Dream Theater frontman welcomed the band’s returning drummer “home” and teased a new studio album and world tour

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10 drummers who could replace Jay Weinberg in Slipknot

From Adrian Erlandsson to Gene Hoglan, these drumming dynamos all have the skills needed to join The Nine

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“It was like having Billy Joel try to sing with Queensryche or Iron Maiden. It just didn’t work”: Watch five examples of Dream Theater’s early live struggles

Alarming shorts, pixie boots, meeting fans in silence, dad dancing – evidence that it takes a while to refine a stage sensation

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“The perception of what kind of band you are can count for so much… The hard lesson to learn is that the quality of the music counts for very little”: Steven Wilson on Porcupine Tree’s slow rise to success

After a 20-year struggle to secure their status, the band leader looked back on what it took to score a top 30 album

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The 10 greatest guest spots in heavy metal history

From Bruce Dickinson teaming with Rob Halford to Dave Grohl’s Probot album, here are the times big names made great metal songs even greater

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“I have no problem with people that want to drink and do drugs – if they can do it in moderation. I wish I could, but I can’t”: when Mike Portnoy performed his 12-Step Suite

The drummer explored his Alcoholics Anonymous experience across five Dream Theater albums, before playing the material without them

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John Petrucci and Zakk Wylde just shared the stage for the first time ever – and they shredded Black Label Society

The two wizards of metal finally locked fretboards – and epic beards – during Trooch's Guitar Universe camp

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Watch John Petrucci and Zakk Wylde jam onstage for the first time ever as they dial up the shred on BLS’s Suicide Messiah

A little bit of history was made this weekend at John Petrucci’s Guitar Universe 4.0

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Tosin Abasi declares John Petrucci the GOAT and gifts him an Abasi Concepts ēmi 8-string in a cult classic Picasso finish

Classy player, classy guitar, classy gesture as the epic Dreamsonic tour featuring Dream Theater, Animals As Leaders and Devin Townsend comes to an end

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Tosin Abasi revives one of John Petrucci's most iconic guitar finishes

A one-off gift based on Trooch's Ibanez JPM100, as seen on the classic Rock Discipline lesson tape, has been constructed by Abasi Concepts – with the help of the original artist

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“A true inspirational person to be around”: Animals As Leaders pay tribute to guitar tech Dave Cohen, who has passed away

Cohen had recently joined Animals As Leaders on Dream Theater's Dreamsonic tour, and was founder and head luthier of custom guitar builder, Equilibrium Guitars

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John Petrucci officially launches his own software brand, Tonemission – and its first drop replicates his exact signal chain

Tones from the Dream Theater virtuoso's three most recent albums have been profiled in Tonemission's first collection of IRs, with even more set to arrive in the future

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The greatest guitar solos of the 21st century... so far

Featuring every kind of guitar hero – from old-school to cutting‑edge. And not one but two Van Halens…

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It sure looks like John Petrucci is about to launch his own guitar software brand

The guitarist has trialed a new venture, Tone Mission, on his socials – and we’ve looked up the trademark...

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“Personally, I’d love to get to where Steven Wilson’s at". Luke Machin welcomes you to the Maschine

The story of how young UK prog rockers Maschine evolved from Concrete Lake, with a bit of help from The Tangent

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10 surprising Elton John covers by rock and metal bands

From Queens of the Stone Age and Dave Grohl to the most offensive grindcore band ever, these reimagined Elton John songs are worth your time and ears

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“I hadn’t heard such clarity and definition before”: Tosin Abasi overhauls his backline with new stereo tube amp rig

The Animals as Leaders mastermind – and former Axe-Fx devotee – has switched to Bad Cat Amps for his tour with Dream Theater and Devin Townsend

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Tosin Abasi teams up with Bad Cat Amps and is using a prototype Jet Black model on tour with Dream Theater

The Animals As Leaders guitarist is also playing a Lynx head, and you can hear them in action as he joined John Petrucci et al for an all-star performance of DT's The Spirit Carries On

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Watch John Petrucci and Tosin Abasi lock fretboards for spellbinding harmonies on Dream Theater's The Spirit Carries On

With the help of Devin Townsend – and Ernie Ball Music Man's Kaizen and Majesty models – the two prog heroes brought Dream Theater's recent tour show to a mesmerizing close

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20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did

The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career

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Frost* and the making of Day And Age

With 2021's Day And Age Frost* returned with their first album in five years, and the English prog rockers have put the blow of losing drummer Craig Blundell behind them to forge one of their best records yet

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The stories of 10 'regular folk' made famous by rock songs

What do Spoonman, Arnold Layne, and an unnamed security guard at Studio 54 have in common? They all inspired classic songs

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The story of prog record label InsideOut Music

German record label InsideOut is home to such names as Spock’s Beard, Steve Hackett and most recently Dream Theater. Prog meets its founder to discuss the label’s journey, and its future.

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