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 [...]

Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare Review

It’s your fucking nightmare…

A7x Nightmare Cover And Tracklisting

Avenged Sevenfold have revealed the cover art and tracklisting for their forthcoming album Nightmare 1. Nightmare 2. Welcome To The Family 3. Danger Line 4. Buried Alive 5. Natural Born Killer 6. So Far Away 7. God Hates Us 8. Victim 9. Tonight The World Dies 10. Fiction 11. Save Me Nightmare features Mike Portnoy [...]

Interview: Chris Jericho of Fozzy

I had a chat with WWE superstar and Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho before Fozzy’s sold out show in Glasgow.

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. [...]

Mike Portnoy To Tour With A7x

Mike Portnoy is to play drums with Avenged Sevenfold for the rest of 2010. A statement from Portnoy read: “After having had such an amazing experience recording my drum tracks for the new Avenged Sevenfold album, we all knew it would be awesome if I’d be able to do some touring with the band after [...]

Mike Portnoy On Playing With A7x

Mike Portnoy has commented on Playing drums on the new Avenged Sevenfold album: “Even under normal circumstances I would’ve been happy to help the guys out in any way I could, as I think AVENGED SEVENFOLD are a great band…but under these incredibly sad and tragic circumstances, I must say I am truly honored to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]