Altsounds — *High Voltage* headliners *Dream Theater* are pleased to confirm *two additional UK shows* prior to their Sunday 24thJuly, *LONDON* Victoria Park performance. The band will now also play: Friday 22nd July – *DONCASTER* Dome Satur... more info

Altsounds — Lick Library (http://www.licklibrary.com/) has just released the ultimate shredding guitar tuition DVD with the launch of Jam With Dream Theater. This is a double DVD guitar tuition set, with Andy James taking you through the intricacies of some of t... more info

Metalsucks — I wasn’t really familiar with Eden’s Curse before today, but I assumed they were a dork metal band. I made this deduction based on the following facts: They’re called “Eden’s Curse.” They recruited Dream Theater’s James LaBrie (Fun fact... more info

Metalsucks — A quick catch-up sesh for anyone who’s not a DT fanboy like me: YtseJam Records is Dream Theater’s own label imprint they’ve been using for years to release official bootlegs of live recordings. “YtseJam” is “Majesty” backwards; again, ... more info

Metalsucks — This is easily some of the best prog metal I’ve heard all year… which is an incredibly grand statement in a year when Scale the Summit, Protest the Hero, Devin Townsend, Mastodon, Dream Theater, Opeth and Meshuggah all have albums coming out or a... more info

Altsounds — Following the launch of the UK's new prestige rock festival, in 2010, High Voltage returns in 2011 with exclusive performances from headliners Judas Priest and Dream Theater. The further acts announced are *BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION (Main Stage, Su... more info

Metalsucks — New Devin (now times three!), new BTBAM, new Protest the Hero, new Meshuggah, new Obscura, new Scale the Summit… most likely new Opeth, Mastodon and Dream Theater… and now new TEXTURES. What did we do to deserve this? As in, can someone pleas... more info

Metalsucks — When metalgf and I first started dating she famously confused “prog metal” with “Prague metal” because she’d only ever heard me say it aloud. Despite this still-hilarious gaffe we’ve never made it to Prague, although these days she’s ab... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Actress Mischa Barton (1986) "That's So Raven" actor Ricky Ullman (1986) American actress/singer Tatyana Ali (1979) "Scooby Doo" actor Matthew Lillard (1970) Dream Theater b... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers AVENGED SEVENFOLD have hired former CONFIDE star ARIN ILEJAY as their new drummer, after parting ways with MIKE PORTNOY.Portnoy was drafted in to replace tragic Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan, who died from a drug overdose in December 2009 - but he... more info