dream theater

Solving the mysteries behind the monikers.

Three decades of excellence!

Bad timing.

See which albums rocked our 2021.

Check out who's up for an award.

Loudwire's 'Best of the Month' playlist is back with new picks for September.

Feat. members of Dream Theater, Alter Bridge, Sevendust, The Black Dahlia Murder + more.

Something for every metal head here.

'He left us with some of the most beautiful music this planet has ever heard,' said Rudess.

Portnoy's No. 1 album of the year is...

I read an article that talked about speed metal bands that were writing music that was so fast, they couldn't actually perform the song. Instead, these bands would only use the assistance of drum machines to record their albums. Anyway...It made me wonder who the fastest drummer in the world was. Turns out, this summer at a music conference in Tennessee, the near-decade-old world record was broken

Dream Theater's fans are a dedicated bunch and the love definitely goes both ways. Band members John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess recently took some time to record video messages to thank their fans for pushing the group's 'Images and Words' album to victory in Loudwire's very own 2013 March Metal Madness competition to determine the best metal album of all-time. Watch both video messages below. Rea