Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has just posted a video online of him and his son Max playing Avenged Sevenfold’s “Nightmare” on drums together. Oh yeah, did we mention that his son is only 11 years old?! And damn can he keep up with his old man, who has also been helping Avenged Sevenfold out [...]
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie is streaming a new song called “One More Time” on Noisecreep.com. The track comes off of LaBrie’s new solo album Static Impulse, which will be released on September 28 via InsideOut Music.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
In an announcement that’s sad but not all that surprising, it’s been revealed that Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan died of an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol. Rolling Stone reports that Orange County Deputy Coroner Miitchell Sigal revealed that he suffered “acute polydrug intoxication due to combined effects of Oxycodone, Oxymorphone, Diazepam/Nortiazepam [...]
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Many were curious as to who will be filling in for the late Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan during Avenged Sevenfold’s upcoming tour commitments. It seemed unlikely that Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy, who helped record drums on the band’s fifth studio album, would be able to help out. However, Portnoy himself has confirmed that he will [...]
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Beatallica, the Beatles and Metallica mash-up band, will support Dream Theater at their gig at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio on July 2.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Charred Walls Of The Damned, the new group featuring former Judas Priest singer Tim “Ripper” Owens and ex-Iced Earth/Death drummer and current Howard Stern show sidekick Richard Christy, will open for Dream Theater at their show in Worcester, Massachusetts on July 10.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Dream Theater has announced a batch of “intimate” dates to occur during off dates throughout their tour with Iron Maiden.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Keyboard cat, you’ve been served. The latest YouTube sensation is 17 year-old Jacqueline Mannering, an aspiring 17 year-old guitarist from London. Twitter overlord Ashton Kutcher (4.6 million followers!) tweeted about her latest video, and it has gotten almost 2.9 million views in a little over a week. Granted, if it was just some normal looking [...]
Thursday, March 4, 2010
A few years ago, Iron Maiden had an album out, A Matter of Life and Death. They thought it would be a good idea to play the entire album on tour, sprinkling in a few classics from, oh, the other 13 albums they had. That kinda sucked. Then they realized that hey, maybe some fans [...]
Thursday, February 18, 2010
While the prog-metal stylings of Dream Theater and the metalcore-esque radio rock of Avenged Sevenfold don’t necessarily fit together, drummer Mike Portnoy announced that he’ll be laying down drums for the new Avenged Sevenfold album following the untimely death of James “the Rev” Sullivan in December. “We asked Jimmy’s all time favorite drummer Mike Portnoy [...]
Taddy Porter is giving fans a chance to win two tickets to see them open for Slash this Fall.
CKY has added more dates to their previously announced Fall tour.
Audio samples from Lordi’s new album Babez For Breakfast can be heard at Amazon.de.
36 Crazyfists has announced dates for a headlining tour, with Straight Line Stitch and Taking Dawn providing support.
Stone Sour is streaming their new album Audio Secrecy in its entirety at NME.com.
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