Detroit Free Press — Season premieres: "Dexter," 9 p.m. Showtime; "Hung," 10 p.m. HBO Dream Theater with Trivium at Royal Oak Music Theatre Season premiere: "House," 9 p.m. Fox Larry and his Flask with Lionize at Magic Stick more info

Metalsucks — On September 15th we published Part 1 of an epic Rigged piece, in which new Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini embarked on a quest to take MetalSucks readers through every single piece of his massive drumkit. It wasn’t our intention to have to spli... more info

Metalsucks — Last week was a big, big sales week for new metal releases, I’d imagine one of the highest cumulative tallies of the year so far. The #1 through #6 entries on the Top Hard Music charts could all be considered smashes in today’s relative terms, wi... more info

Metal Injection — Oy with this Dream Theater drama. I thought we were all moving past this, but this recent bit of news is too juicy not to talk about. New information has surfaced in the Courthouse News Service that shows Mike Portnoy filed a suit against his forme... more info

Metalsucks — I didn’t see this coming, but I can’t say I’m that surprised: Mike Portnoy is suing Dream Theater. The summons was sent all the way back on April 19th so I’m shocked it’s taken this long to find its way online, but here it is in all its glo... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Mike Portnoy has launched a lawsuit against his former Dream Theater bandmates accusing them of wrongfully excluding him from the line-up The drummer who helped form the band in 1985 left last year 10 after he asked the other four members if..... more info

Metalsucks — When I contacted Dream Theater’s press folks for a Rigged interview with new drummer Mike Mangini about his new kit, I didn’t realize I’d end up publishing a book. But that’s the kind of dude Mangini is; incredibly passionate, earnest, easy-g... more info

Metalsucks — Discussing Dream Theater’s new album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, last week, Vince wrote that the release “sounds just like Dream Theater,” even without longtime drummer Mike Portnoy. And Vince is a way, way, WAY bigger Dream Theater fan than I ... more info

Metal Injection — It’s been almost impossible to avoid hearing about Dream Theater this past year if you’ve been exposed to metal in any way. The news of founding member and drummer Mike Portnoy’s departure from the band was one of the bigger pieces of news for ... more info

Metalsucks — Damn. After a few slow weeks of new releases, we have a ton of new stuff coming out this week, including new stuff from Anthrax, Dream Theater, Wolves in the Throne Room, Haste the Day, Vader, Primus and my personal favorite, Elks, plus many more. We... more info