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“Peruvian Skies” is based on an article that Petrucci read about an abused girl in Peru, which is where the title came from.

“Del Fuvio Monks was the background vocal section comprised of John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, and Myself. Underneath the surface the Del Fuvios were a secret organization based on Mockery, Bitter Diatribe, and […]

On all of DT’s previous albums, the recording was done instrument by instrument. Each band member would record all his tracks and then they would all be mixed together at the end.

During the Falling Into Infinity […]

The band wrote the album without a drummer present. John Petrucci programmed basic drums using a drum machine while the band wrote the music that would later end up on the album ‘A Dramatic Turn of Events.’ Mik […]

“On The Backs of Angels” was nominated for a Grammy Award on November 30, 2011 in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance” category.

Their second Grammy nomination, this time for “Best Metal Performance” was their […]

Wither is a song about writer’s block. It’s the first piece of music to be solely composed by a single band member (John Petrucci) since Scenes from a Memory, and the first piece of music not to be written by the […]

The Best of Times is about Mike Portnoy and the relationship with his father, Howard Portnoy. The song, along with Mike Portnoy’s vocals, was demoed during his father’s last days. The song was played before How […]

The creator was Dave McKean, a well known artist most known for his work on The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. It was based off of an earlier work he’d made for a collection of Sandman stories called “Brief […]

Originally, Metropolis part 1 was named as a joke, but after being badgered by fans, DT decided to write a song to complete part 2. It was written during the Falling Into Infinity sessions in the summer of 1996, […]

The band wrote over two albums worth of material of which a substantial amount didn’t end up being released on the album. The record label, at the time, was going through various changes and wasn’t giving the ban […]