Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 2006, Rhino Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP The cleverly titled SCORE (with double meaning fully intended) is the bands 20th anniversary DVD. As I mentioned in a previous review, the home video 5 YEARS IN A LIVETIME sort of masqueraded as a fifth anniversary compilation despite it…
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Dream Theater-5 Years In A Livetime (DVD Review)
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 1998 EastWest / Reissue 2007, Rhino Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP As of time of writing, on October 22, 2022 Dream Theater are poised to release their 15th studio album entitled A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD. Any time the band releases a new album it’s…
Dream Theater-Images And Words-Live In Tokyo (DVD Review)
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 1993 EastWest / Reissue 2007, Rhino Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP As of time of writing, on October 22, 2022 Dream Theater are poised to release their 15th studio album entitled A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD. Any time the band releases a new album it’s a…
Vokonis – Odyssey
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, The Sign Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter There’s somewhat of an expectation with modern progressive metal music that it needs to sound somewhat introspective. Whether that is in harder, heavier subgenres such as death metal, or lighter examples, there’s a certain level of brood that…
Anthea – Illusion
Reviewed: October 2020 Released: 2020, Rockshots Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter If you have even a passing interest in rock or metal, it’s quite likely you will have heard some form of either that weaves in symphonic/orchestral elements. Done well, the grand aural spectacle that unfolds can pack the…
DREAM THEATER – James LaBrie discusses “Distance Over Time -Scenes from a Memory” tour, the early days of Dream Theater, solo career and more
JAMES LABRIE INTERVIEW AND LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Dream Theater is undoubtedly one of the most important and successful progressive metal bands in the world. Founded in 1985, originally under the name of Majesty, the group has managed to retain its popularity despite the numerous lineup changes. The current…
Best of 2019: Marko Syrjälä
BEST ALBUMS OF 2019 WHITESNAKE FLESH & BLOOD David Coverdale and his snakes return with FLESH AND BLOOD. The album is the band’s most fresh and vital album since SLIP OF THE TONGUE (1989). The renewed line-up sounds just fantastic together. Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra make a great guitar…
JORDAN RUDESS TO RELEASE NEW SOLO ALBUM APRIL 29TH, 2019
Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess will release his brand new spiraling and stunning solo album ‘Wired for Madness’ on April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. ‘Wired for Madness’ bursts and flows forth with all of the drama, technique and melodicism that have become his musical hallmarks,…
Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess To Release New Solo Album
Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess will release his brand new spiraling and stunning solo album ‘Wired for Madness’ on April 19th via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. ‘Wired for Madness’ bursts and flows forth with all of the drama, technique and melodicism that have become his musical hallmarks, the album also features the keyboard…
DREAM THEATER – Live at Ice Hall, Helsinki
ICE HALL, HELSINKI 27.02 2016 REVIEW BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ AND ARTO LEHTINEN PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ To be honest, I’m not the biggest fan of tours where bands perform their classic albums in their entirety. The reason for that is quite simple; there are only a handful of albums without…
DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE ‘AN EVENING WITH DREAM THEATER’ AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2014
Tombowler and Metropolis Touring Present: If there is one name that is synonymous with modern Post Progressive Metal, it would undeniably be Dream Theater. The supreme lords of the genre own their style, best described as mixing the progressive tendencies of bands such as Pink Floyd, Rush and Yes with the metal edge of Metallica and Iron Maiden. With a…
DREAM THEATER: Live at Ice Hall, Helsinki
ICE HALL, HELSINKI 24’th of February 2014 REVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Progressive metal maestros Dream Theater have always been diligent Finnish visitors. The band made its live debut in Finland in 1995. This show on Feb.24th, 2014 was their tenth show here. The band released its 12’th studio album…
DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE “ALONG FOR THE RIDE” TOUR
NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TREK KICKS OFF ON MARCH 20TH IN TORONTO; PROGRESSIVE METAL TITANS EARN SECOND GRAMMY NOMINATION, “THE ENEMY INSIDE” UP FOR 2014 “BEST METAL PERFORMANCE”; CRTICALLY ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM “DREAM THEATER” OUT NOW Roadrunner Records group Dream Theater has announced new tour dates for a North American headline…
James LaBrie reveals lyric video for brand new track ‘Back On The Ground’
It is just under two weeks till the latest studio album from Dream Theater’s James LaBrie hits the streets, and as such a lyric video for the anthem ‘Back On The Ground’ has been released for your listening pleasure. This track is taken from the album “Impermanent Resonance”, to be…
DREAM THEATER – RELEASE EXCLUSIVE IN STUDIO PHOTO GALLERY
Dream Theater have released an exclusive 18-shot photo gallery from the making of their self-titled album, which will be available everywhere September 24! Three shots are above, and you can see the whole set right here!