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Album Review: Dream Theater’s A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS

October 18, 2011

There’s been quite a lot of drama over the past year for progressive metal band Dream Theater. In September 2010, drummer Mike Portnoy, one of the founding members, shocked everyone when he announced he would be leaving the band. He had served as spokesperson, co-producer for many of their albums (along with guitarist John Petrucci), [...]

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Concert Review: Dream Theater and Trivium At The Rosemont Theater

October 4, 2011

Over the weekend, Viola and I attended the Dream Theater and Trivium concert at the Rosemont Theater in Rosemont, IL.  We’ve provided a few Dream Theater concert reviews in the past, so this won’t be as in-depth of a review. But with recent developments in the band, we think offering a few comments is appropriate. [...]

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Jordan Rudess does Beethoven’s Symphony 5

September 21, 2011

Dream Theater‘s Jordan Rudess is renowned for his wizardly keyboard chops. But did you know that he sings, too? Jordan shows off his vocal “skills” in his latest YouTube video, “Beethoven Revisited”, by singing the melody and accompaniment lines from the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. He used VidRhythm on the iPhone to create [...]

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The Fans’ Take on Dream Theater’s New Drummer Mike Mangini

May 2, 2011

After stringing out the suspense through a three-part documentary (part one is here, part two here, part three here), the big news has finally been revealed. Dream Theater has chosen Mike Mangini as their new drummer. DT is infamous for their passionate fans who love to dissect every little aspect of the band. And we’ve [...]

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Get an Official Inside Look into Dream Theater’s Search for a New Drummer

April 18, 2011

Dream Theater is my all-time favorite band, and like other legions of avid fans, I was crushed when I learned that drummer Mike Portnoy had left the band. DT lovers have gone through months of torturous speculation about who the new drummer will be. Now, Dream Theater is offering an inside look at their audition [...]

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Jordan Rudess Sends Japan A Musical Offering

March 26, 2011

Jordan Rudess, the keyboardist from Dream Theater, posted a musical offering to the people of Japan.  Like so much of the world, Viola and I have watched and are heartbroken by the catastrophe.  Really, it’s three catastrophes – earthquake, tsunami, and (possible) nuclear fallout – piled on each other.   While the impact from the [...]

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Prize-Winning Play Based on Dream Theater Song

March 16, 2011

The Derbyshiretimes.co.uk featured a story about a British schoolgirl who based her prize-winning play on progressive metal band Dream Theater‘s epic song “Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence“. 16-year-old Alice Bell was selected as one of nine semi-finalists for the New Playwrights Festival at the Pomegranate, Chesterfield. The play, entitled Monsters, is about schizophrenia. According to [...]

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Full-Length Video: James LaBrie Duets with Eden’s Curse in NO HOLY MAN

February 25, 2011

Melodic metal band Eden’s Curse has released a full-length video of “No Holy Man” featuring Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie. This song is off of their upcoming album, Trinity, to be released on March 18. Related articles Dream Theater Vocalist James LaBrie Gets Animated with Eden’s Curse (thecontrapuntist.com) James LaBrie Guest Stars on Eden’s Curse [...]

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Dream Theater Vocalist James LaBrie Gets Animated with Eden’s Curse

February 21, 2011

Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie will be performing a duet on melodic metal band’s Eden’s Curse upcoming album, Trinity. You can check out a cool animated snippet of the track, “No Holy Man”, here (unfortunately, the video is unavailable for embedding). The track is available to buy at Amazon, Play, iTunes, and Musicload. Related articles [...]

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James LaBrie Guest Stars on Eden’s Curse Album to Be Released on March 18

January 5, 2011

As a consumer of all things James LaBrie, I was excited to start off the year with news about Dream Theater lead vocalist’s upcoming appearance. According to Blabbermouth.net, James LaBrie will guest star on Trinity, the upcoming album by multinational melodic metal band Eden’s Curse. LaBrie will perform backing vocals on the entire album as [...]

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