Dream Theater are celebrating Christmas (December 25) by streaming their cover of “O Holy Night.” The band recorded the track during a soundcheck at the Roseland Theater in Portland, OR in 1993 and it was previously only available on a fan-club exclusive CD. [via Blabbermouth]
Charlie Griffith (Haken), Rody Walker (Protest The Hero), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Daniel Firth (Cradle Of Filth), Jeramie Kling (The Absence), Ray Hearne (Haken), and Dan Goldsworthy (My Minds Weapon) have joined forces for a Christmas-themed cover of Slayer’s “Seasons In The Abyss.” Griffith said the following about that: “Injecting this song with some Christmas…
The nominees have been revealed for the 2022 Grammy Awards. The ceremony will take place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, CA on January 31. Rock and metal artists are featured in the following categories: Best Metal Performance: * Deftones – “Genesis“ * Gojira – “Amazonia“ * Mastodon – “Pushing The Tides“ * Rob…
Dream Theater’s North American tour has officially been rescheduled for early 2022. Arch Echo will open the U.S. dates, while Falset will open the Canadian dates. Tour Dates: 02/02 Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center 02/04 El Cajon, CA – The Magnolia 02/05 Los Angeles, CA – Microsoft Theater 02/06 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater…
Heavy metal journalist Malcolm Dome has sadly passed away at the age of 66. A number of musicians have since taken to social media to honor the writer and some of their tributes can be found below: Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath): Words cannot express how sorry I feel to hear about the passing of Malcolm…
Devin Townsend has been added to Dream Theater’s upcoming European tour. That trek is currently scheduled for spring 2022. Tour Dates: 04/20 Belfast, IRE – The SSE Arena (no Devin Townsend) 04/21 Newcastle, UK – Utilita Arena (no Devin Townsend) 04/23 London, UK – The SSE Arena Wembley (no Devin Townsend) 04/25 Paris, FRA –…
Dream Theater have premiered a new video for their song “Awaken The Master.” This track is from the band’s latest album “A View From The Top Of The World.” Guitarist John Petrucci commented: “It’s the last song we wrote. It’s also the first time I’ve used my eight-string guitar, which was fun for me. Back…
Yesterday (October 23), Dream Theater streamed a virtual album release party for their latest record “A View From The Top Of The World.” The video, which can be found below, includes a Q&A session with the band, a “Digging For A Spark” making-of documentary, a chat with engineer James “Jimmy T” Meslin and mixer Andy…
James LaBrie (Dream Theater) is planning to release a new solo album, titled “Beautiful Shade Of Gray,” on May 20. The singer worked on the effort with Paul Logue (Eden’s Curse). LaBrie said the following about working with Logue during a recent appearance on “The Everyman Podcast“: “I sang on one of [EDEN’S CURSE’s] songs…
During a recent interview with The Metal Voice, Dream Theater singer James LaBrie revealed that he almost got to audition for Iron Maiden after Bruce Dickinson left the band in 1993. However, he ultimately declined the offer. LaBrie said the following when asked if there was a discussion about him trying out for Iron Maiden:…
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