Mike Portnoy Leaves Dream Theater

Mike Portnoy released the following statement in the early hours of this morning (UK time) “I am about to write something I never imagined I’d ever write. “After 25 years, I have decided to leave Dream Theater… the band I founded, led and truly loved for a quarter of a century. “To many people this [...]

Stars Pay Tribute To Dio

Some of the biggest names is rock and metal have commented on the tragic passing of Ronnie James Dio. Gary Holt (Exodus): “What more can be said about Ronnie that hasn’t been said by so many others. He was the kindest, most humble metal god I’ve ever had the pleasure and honor of touring with. [...]

God Of War: Blood & Metal EP Review

Roadrunner records have teamed up with Sony and Playstation to release this EP of songs from Roadrunner artist, paying tribute to the game. First up is Killswitch Engage with My Obsession. This is a standard Killswitch song, they’re not breaking new barriers, but it’s still a great song, and if you are a fan, you [...]

Iron Maiden Album Title Revealed

The new Iron Maiden album is to be called The Final Frontier and it is set to be released late this summer. The band will also be on tour in the states and Canada with support from Dream Theater. The only thing I don’t like about this is the album name… Final… Let’s hope not.

A7x New Album Drummer Revealed

Avenged Sevenfold have announced that Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater will play drums on their upcoming album: “We want our fans to know that with Jimmy in our hearts, our journey to record has officially began Jimmy helped leave this world an amazing gift and now it’s our job to make sure to deliver that [...]

More Details About God Of War EP

The rest of the bands have been announced for the God Of war EP, it will be released by RoadRunner, so it is all RoadRunner artists. Killswitch Engage, Opeth and Taking Dawn will be featured aswell as already confirmed Trivium and Dream Theater.

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Dream Theater In God Of War Soundtrack

It’s not only Trivium involved with PS3 game God Of War 3, Dream Theater are in on it too, Mike Portnoy said in a recent update: “In an unexpected move, we will then enter the studio right after New Year’s to write and record a brand new instrumental track for inclusion on the upcoming ’God Of [...]

Classic Rock Awards Winners

The annual Classic Rock awards were last night, heres a list of the winners: “Best New Band” Voted for by readers of Classic Rock magazine Sponsored by Mean Fiddler Winner: CHICKENFOOT “Album Of The Year” Voted for by readers of Classic Rock magazine Sponsored by Universal Catalogue / Lost Tunes Winner: AC/DC – “Black Ice” [...]

Progressive Nation Tour 2009 – Glasgow SECC – 11/10/09

Despite the fact the SECC can hold 12500 people, i was informed that only 2000 tickets had been sold for the gig, obviously there wouldhave been some more sold at the box office, but still this is a rather poor attendance, I guess because of the shoddy sound in the SECC and scottish fans deciding [...]