Altsounds — Roadrunner Records regretfully announces that acclaimed drummer MIKE PORTNOY has parted ways with DREAM THEATER. A statement from the band and from Mike follows. _DREAM THEATER STATEMENT_ To all of our loyal fans and friends: It is wit... more info

Metal Injection — Talk about out of nowhere. A few months after just opening for Iron Maiden, perhaps the highlight of their career, Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy announced that he is leaving the band. We were on air doing the Livecast when we heard the news and ... more info

Thrash Hits — In a total WTF moment, Dream Theater drummer and founding member, Mike Portnoy has announced on his website that he has left the band after 25 years. WE REPEAT: MIKE PORTNOY HAS LEFT DREAM THEATER. This is a bit weird. We had noticed that Mike had be... more info

Metalsucks — Our inboxes are currently blowing up with this link, a lengthy post on Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy’s personal Facebook page, in which the DT mastermind / genius / orchestrator / everythingman announces he is leaving the band. Yes, you read t... more info

Metalsucks — With the passing of James “The Rev” Sullivan, it hasn’t been an easy year for the members of Avenged Sevenfold. But with their new album Nightmare coming out tomorrow and the band out on tour once again — with fill-in drummer Mike Portnoy of ... more info

Guardian Music — After its 1970s heyday, prog rock receded in on itself, but now a new wave of bands are embracing long, difficult songs and fantastical lyrics – and finding fans for it, tooAt the end of 2008, the journalist Jerry Ewing pitched an idea for a new ma... more info

Metalsucks — As previously reported, Iron Maiden’s July 12th set at Madison Square Garden with Dream Theater was a doozy! MS photographer Jacqueline Cheng thought so too — although various contingents within the MS Mansion disagree — and was there, camera i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Justina Villanueva "Last night at MSG -- in between hopping around the stage like an eager So You Think You Can Dance contestant and sharing the spotlight with a ten-foot, ax-shredding demon creature -- Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson... more info

Metalsucks — This one’s for all the nerdy prog-metal fiends of the world. Dorks, recognize! Gladiator: Up-beat, driving instrumental prog metal in the vein of Scale the Summit meets Dream Theater, with a tad bit of Intronaut jazziness thrown in (especially in ... more info

Altsounds — “Black Country Communion”, the new rock supergroup featuring former Deep Purple/Black Sabbath's GLENN HUGHES (vocals, bass), Led Zeppelin's JASON BONHAM (drums), guitar player JOE BONAMASSA (guitar, vocals), and Dream Theater's D... more info