Metalsucks — What Would Mike Portnoy Have Done? Certainly not put clip art on his band’s album cover or subject his fans to this “snippet” bullcrap they’ve been pulling for weeks now. This is 2011, not 2005; you release full songs, not snippets. No one g... more info

Altsounds — Californian blues-rockers RIVAL SONS recently played a blistering set at the UK's High Voltage festival in front of thousands of fans. The band played alongside such acts as JUDAS PRIEST, DREAM THEATER, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, JETHRO TULL and mor... more info

Metalsucks — I’m not one to place much significance on album artwork in 2011. It’s pretty to look at and can compliment the music nicely, but when all you ever listen to are digital files you really only end up looking at the artwork once — when it’s anno... more info

Metal Injection — Dream Theater is heading out on the road to promote the release of A Dramatic Turn Of Events, their first album with new drummer Mike Mangini. The band will be taking labelmates Trivium along for the ride, in what I'm sure will be a very excitin... more info

Metal Injection — Ok, this time it's totally real. Roadrunner has uploaded the first full track from Dream Theater's upcoming album, A Dramatic Turn of Events. The nine-minute opus is titled "On The Backs Of Angels" and is filled with signature keybaord and ... more info

Metalsucks — Yep, it’s finally here — Dream Theater’s first song with new drummer Mike Mangini. Vince is really the resident Dream Theater expert, and even Anso is a bigger fan than I am, so I feel weird talking about it. The short version is, I feel the s... more info

Metal Injection — Have you guys heard any new Dream Theater yet? No, I don't have an advance copy, but a few days ago brand new Dream Theater music had surfaced on Youtube in a very peculiar manor. As you may know, the band's upcoming album titled A Dramatic... more info

Metalsucks — Yesterday I interviewed Mike Mangini for a new Rigged feature in which he’ll run through the gigantamongous new drum kit Pearl built him for his brand new gig. It’s a good thing we decided to do a phoner instead of him just sitting down and writi... more info

Altsounds — The recent announcement that current *Rhythm* cover star *Mike Mangini* would be joining *DREAM THEATER*, replacing departed drummer *Mike Portnoy* caused such fanfare that Mangini was a *trending* topic on *Twitter*, second only to the Royal Wedding... more info

Guardian Music — With the 'big four' thrash bands all playing sonisphere, Louis Pattison steels himself for a summer of metalHeavy metal is back. Of course, true metalheads would say that it has never been away. Metal isn't a trend that comes and goes – it's sturdy... more info