There is one particular approach to the music that has allowed them to remain consistently relevant through 40 years as a ...

Nothing like rocking out so hard that you literally blow a fuse. That’s what happened at the Dream Theater concert at MGM Northfield Park on Sunday night. About 20 minutes into the show, a rousing ...

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The band’s new album Parasomnia, which was released in February, is no exception. Like a number of Dream Theater’s past releases, it’s a full-blown concept album, complete with sound effects ...

This week in concerts, the sun is shining and the music's playing with shows from Gramatik, Dream Theater, Oh He Dead and ...

When news broke back in October 2023 that Dream Theater had reunited with Mike Portnoy, it was immediately apparent that now former drummer Mike Mangini was the odd man out. He’d said he “understood” ...

Album covers can sometimes make or break the appeal of an album. These five super-cool album covers from the 1990s only made the music within their sleeves even better. Let’s take a look at just ...

Progressive metal powerhouse Dream Theater is back with a new album of epic, expertly crafted melodic metal. With Parasomnia, the Boston rockers that helped pioneer the prog-metal scene reunite its ...

Former Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini has launched a new band called Monolith. Stream their debut single/video "Oligarchs ...

In 2023, Speedway followed that EP with an album promo that featured two tracks ... The lead single from A Life’s Refrain is called “Permission To Dream,” and it’s got guest vocals ...

Ragne Wahlquist’s memorial service in Stockholm last month had all the solemnity (and the stacked guest list) of a state funeral. Wahlquist, who for nearly 50 years led the heavy metal institution ...

Yusuf / Cat Stevens’ little known 1974 concert album, Saturnight: Live From Tokyo, will be released in the U.S. in multiple formats for the first time ever, more than 50 years after it was originally ...