The end of September is rapidly rushing up upon us and that means the release of the latest release from progressive metal legends Dream Theater. The band will be releasing the first self titled album in their multi-decade spanning career, and the first song from “Dream Theater” has now surfaced. The band have released a…
A huge announcement for Dream Theater and progressive metal fans all across Europe as the much loved prog metal quintet have announced an extensive European Tour (including a UK leg) for the beginning of 2014. Kicking off in mid January in Portugal, the tour will travel across thirty cities in sixteen countries over the course…
After yesterday’s excellent news that a new Dream Theater album is forthcoming in September 2013 (view the announcement here), that gave us ideal inspiration for our Download Festival video of the day. Going back in time to the awesome year that was 2009, one of the very best Download Festivals, the sunny Sunday afternoon saw…
A piece of news that will be joyfully received amongst fans of the band worldwide as well as the wider metal community, September 2013 will see the release of a new Dream Theater album. The band, who released previous album A Dramatic Turn Of Events two years, have unveiled the first details of the new…
Prog metal titans Dream Theater have announced their first full European Tour in support of their new album A Dramatic Turn Of Events appropriately titled “A Dramatic Tour of Events”. The tour will hit the UK in February 2012 and will be Mike Mangini’s first full UK tour since joining the band and follows their…
The first Dream Theater album without Mike Portnoy was always going to be a very interesting experience. After the band’s long and well publicised search for his replacement, they found a most capable drummer in Mike Mangini, no less than the fastest drummer in the world. With Mike on board the band set about carving…
As the second and final day of the High Voltage Festival rolled out, the sun was out in force and as a result seemingly so were the people. The population of Victoria Park compared to the same time on the previous day seemed greatly increased. The first stop of the day was the Metal Hammer…
SETLIST ~ Dream is Collapsing (Intro by Hans Zimmer) ~ Under a Glass Moon ~ These Walls ~ Forsaken ~ Endless Sacrifice ~ Drum Solo (Mike Mangini) ~ The Ytse Jam ~ Peruvian Skies ~ The Great Debate ~ On the Backs of Angels ~ Caught In a Web ~ Through My Words ~ Fatal…
Florida thrashers Trivium have just announced they will be supporting Roadrunner Records label mates and prog masters Dream Theater on their first US tour with new drummer Mike Mangini. Both bands will be touring in support of their new albums, In Waves and A Dramatic Turn Of Events. Tour Dates are as follows: Sept 24…
For anyone who’s yet to buy their tickets to what will be the classic rock and metal event of the summer, Ticketmaster are offering buy one get one free tickets to the High Voltage Festival this weekend (July 23rd and 24th) in Victoria Park, London. This applies to both weekend and day tickets. For anyone…
Mike Portnoy, drummer and founding member, has left Dream Theater. He has issued the following statement… “I am about to write something I never imagined I’d ever write. “After 25 years, I have decided to leave DREAM THEATER… the band I founded, led and truly loved for a quarter of a century. “To many people…
