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“We always try to go for it, always try to have that relentless ride." Dream Theater and the making of Black Clouds & Silver Linings

In 2009 we sat down with Mike Portnoy to discuss Dream Theater's tenth album Black Clouds & Silver Linings, little realising it would be his last with the band for 15 years!

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Jordan Rudess details new solo album Permission To Fly

Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess will release his new solo album Permission To Fly in September

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From sword'n'sorcery loving power metallers All For Metal to Will Putney's all-star metalcore mob END, these are the bands you need to hear in June 2024

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Watch Mike Portnoy learning Tool's Pneuma – a drum track so complicated it "makes Dream Theater look like Weezer"

Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy wrestled with learning Tool drummer Danny Carey's work on epic track Pneuma

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“This makes Dream Theater sound like f***ing Weezer!” Watch Mike Portnoy take on Tool’s Pnuema before challenging Danny Carey to learn The Dance of Eternity

Two prog-metal titans collide as Portnoy attempts the 12-minute epic from 2019's Fear Inoculum in one of Drumeo's most difficult challenges to date

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"Everybody’s worried and everybody’s scared... I love it, man. I’m, like, bring it on": Nuno Bettencourt on why he’s not afraid of AI, as Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess says it "made me a better player"

Nuno Bettencourt and Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess on the challenges of AI

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“It’s like a T-Rex made out of chocolate cake”: John Petrucci issues update on new Dream Theater album, promising the “Mount Rushmore” of guitar tones – and a special treat for Tonemission users

John Petrucci told the world that had finished up tracking guitars for Dream Theater’s 16th album, and there’s some very special studio gear secret sauce shaping his tone

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Kyros's Shelby Logan Warne and prog musician Grace Hayhurst take over at London's Sensible Music Studios

Prog musicians. announce takeover of London studio used by Pink Floyd, Dream Theater and more...

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Dream Theater announce UK and Europe dates for 40th Anniversary tour

US prog mteal giants Dream Theater will tour Europe and the UK in October and November

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“We are all blown away and extremely excited!” Mike Portnoy has finished recording drums for the next Dream Theater album

The Dream Theater drummer, who recently returned following a 13-year absence, finished his work on album 16 over the weekend

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Jordan Rudess shares first single from upcoming solo album. Listen to Embers here...

Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess will release his new, as-yet-untitled solo album in September

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“There were no egos: It was just about the music. There was an incredible flow… a magical, organic experience”: How supergroup Flying Colors made their debut album in just 9 days

When Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Steve Morse, Dave LaRue and Casey McPherson went to work, they hoped they were creating something that would last. As it turned out, they were

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“Everything from Between The Buried And Me to Duran Duran. There doesn’t seem to be a distinct barrier in terms of what we believe we can funnel into Kyros." The sound of UK prog rockers Kyros and new album Mannequin

Pop-friendly, shape-shifting prog quartet Kyros discuss their fourth album Mannquein

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“This one thing has replaced 95% of my rig”: ex-Guns N’ Roses guitar virtuoso Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal picks his 3 essential pieces of gear

Bumblefoot talks tone and changes as he returns with new band Whom Gods Destroy: "Over the pandemic, I feel like my vibrato changed"

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"We had a ‘no filter’ rule on this album: make it as crazy as you want." Haken and the story of Fauna

On their seventh studio album, Haken are ready to bust any pre-conceptions about where they might or might not fit musically.

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"The Bigelf DNA is stronger than you think." How Mike Portnoy helped resurrect Bigelf with Into The Maelstrom

After a six-year absence, Bigelf are back with an album that showcases their muscular new sound. In a career dogged by tragedy and setbacks, the future’s finally looking bright for Damon Fox and co…

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"It had nothing to with me rejoining Dream Theater!" Mike Portnoy responds to Sons Of Apollo claims

Guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal had discussed Sons Of Apollo demise on Canada's The Metal Voice podcast

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Jordan Rudess announces new solo album to feature Joe Payne on vocals

Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess has signed a new solo deal and will release a new solo album in September

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“This is the next natural step in our evolution. This is a pinnacle moment for us. It’s something we had to do.” How Dream Theater made uber concept album The Astonishing

With 2021's The Astonishing Dream Theater unveiled the daddy of all prog metal concept albums

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NAMM 2024: “Some people were like, ‘That's the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen!’ It turns out it was the most successful instrument we ever could have imagined”: John Petrucci on the wild ride of his signature guitar, the Music Man Majesty

Like many game-changing ideas, the Majesty (which wasn't the guitar's original name...) was not immediately welcomed with open arms, the Dream Theater man says

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Jordan Rudess reunites with Dixie Dreggs for US tour

Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess will perform with prog fusioneers Dixie Dregs on the Anachronicity tour of the US

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10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard

From Iron Maiden going full prog to Black Sabbath smashing Smoke On The Water, only completists will have heard these extraordinary covers

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"I was like, 'I've never heard any of these songs!'" Mike Portnoy almost drummed for Nickelback

Prog metal legend and Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy almost bagged a very unlikely gig

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Watch Mike Portnoy join Umphrey's McGee onstage in Chicago for covers of Spinal Tap's Big Bottom and Rush's YYZ

Dream Theater man Mike Portnoy contributed the traditional "lead bass" part to Big Bottom before retreating to the kit to tackle Neil Peart's iconic drum part on YYZ

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"Within five seconds of seeing each other, it was hugs, kisses... the drama and bulls**t just melted away": Mike Portnoy on the meeting which led to his return to Dream Theater after 13 years

How a 2022 meeting in New York paved the way for Mike Portnoy's surprise reunion with Dream Theater

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