If you haven't been paying attention since around 8:00 p.m. last night, Mike Portnoy announced that he was going to stop playing drums for his band of 25 years, Dream Theater. He released a statement saying that he needed a break after 20 years of nonstop recording and touring and that he needed a break. He also said that the band will continue to work without him. Now, according to Blabbermouth, Dream Theater have released their own statement on Portnoy's… Read More
Wow. Well I certainly didn't see this coming. Mike Portnoy, legendary drummer of Dream Theater for 25 years, has left the band. Portnoy recently released a statement which could probably explain the situation better than I could. I leave the floor to him. 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 will come as a complete shock, and will also likely… Read More
The way I see it, hard-rock and video games about war go hand in hand. So it makes sense to me that a new song from Avenged Sevenfold would be made into a music video featuring footage from Call of Duty. … Read More
Avenged Sevenfold are looking to make some major waves with their new album, Nightmare, which is in stores on July 27th. Up top is the official and unedited video for the first single which is also the… Read More
See that artwork right there? That would be the brand new cover art for Avenged Sevenfold's upcoming album Nightmare. The band just released the artwork along with the track list for the album which will be in stores on July 27th. They also announced that they'll be releasing a special limited edition of the album on the 27th as well called Book Of Nightmares. The special edition will include an expanded booklet with lyric sheets… Read More
Six months after Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan passed away, a toxicology report has revealed the former Avenged Sevenfold drummer's cause of death. It was an accidental overdose. Rolling Stone spoke to Orange County Deputy Coroner Mitchell Sigal who said that Sullivan suffered "acute polydrug intoxication due to combined effects of Oxycodone, Oxymorphone, Diazepam/Nordiazepam and ethanol."… Read More
So Rock Band is releasing their special edition Green Day game this coming Tuesday which means, in the spirit of competition, Guitar Hero just made an announcement regarding their newest game and it's gonna be a heavy one. Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock is the newest installment in the long running plastic guitar franchise and the music will focus solely on the heavier side of rock n' roll. More than 90 tracks from bands including Slayer,… Read More
The new Avenged Sevenfold single has hit the interwebs and it isn't your typical single. Coming in at a lengthy 6:25, "Nightmare" is a big song for the band. Featuring Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater on the drums, the song can almost be split into two parts. The break comes at 3:25 when the song switches gears and kicks off with a guitar solo. The vibe of the… Read More
