Through My Words

2025

83 articles

December 4

  1. Quarantième: Live à Paris reviewClassic Rock magazine (Germany) 145 · Review
  2. Quarantième: Live à Paris reviewMetal Hammer magazine (Germany) · Review
  3. Quarantième: Live à Paris reviewRock Hard magazine (Germany) 462 · Review
  4. The 15 Best Metal Albums of 2025 (excerpt)Rolling Stone.com · Review

November 7

  1. Dream TheaterProg magazine (UK) 165 · Review
  2. Felipe Andreoli comments (excerpt)Chaoszine YT channel · Article▶
  3. James LaBrie – Dream Theater 'Fortunately We Have Mike Portnoy Doing All The Setlists'Wall Of Sound Au.com · Interview · James LaBrie
  4. JP Henry response to previous video (excerpt)JP Henry YT channel · Article▶
  5. Mike Portnoy commentsProMark Drumsticks YT channel · Article · Mike Portnoy▶
  6. Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess comments about Tales from Topographic Oceans (excerpts)Loudersound.com · Article · Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess
  7. Quarantième: Live à Paris reviewProg magazine (UK) 165 · Review

October 8

  1. ‘I Bring a Looser Kind of Lars Ulrich Style’: Mike Portnoy Compares His Style to Neil Peart, Recalls Seeing Neil for the Last TimeUltimate Guitar.com · Interview · Mike Portnoy
  2. Dream Theater – Live LP IncomingProg magazine (UK) 164 · News
  3. European tour cancelation announcementDream Theater · News
  4. JP Henry experience in studio with Dream Theater in 2001JP Henry YT channel · Article▶
  5. Marking their 40th anniversary, Dream Theater comes home to play Nassau ColiseumNewsday.com · Interview · John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy
  6. Mike Portnoy interview107.7 The Bone YT channel · Interview · Mike Portnoy▶
  7. Mike Portnoy interviewwomen in the pit 777 YT channel · Interview · Mike Portnoy▶
  8. Ola Englund comments (excerpt)Chaoszine YT channel · Article▶

September 2

  1. Mike Portnoy commentFacebook.com · Article · Mike Portnoy
  2. My 5 Favorite Prog Metal Albums Of All Time (excerpt)Loudwire.com · Article

August 5

  1. Derek Shulman commentsFacebook.com · Article
  2. Interview with Mike Portnoy 2025Dream Theater USA.com · Interview · Mike Portnoy
  3. Mike Portnoy interview101 WRIF YT channel · Interview · Mike Portnoy▶
  4. Mike Portnoy interviewEddie Trunk · Interview · Mike Portnoy▶
  5. Mike Portnoy interviewUltimate Classic Rock.com · Interview · Mike Portnoy

July 4

  1. Dream Theater, Opeth, Apocalyptica, Geoff Tate, Cemetery Skyline – Malta Metal WeekendRock Hard.de · Review
  2. Dream Theater: “It’s nice to see 40 years later that there’s still room to grow and expand”Rocking.gr · Interview · Mike Portnoy
  3. gig review (excerpts)Metal Hammer magazine (Spain) 424 · Review
  4. Mike Mangini commentsYouTube.com · Article · Mike Mangini▶

June 5

  1. Dream Theater Fans Storm the Capitol After Tariffs Raise Price of Real DollsThe Hard Times.net · Article
  2. Marko Hietala comments (excerpt)Metal Hammer magazine (UK) 400 · Article
  3. Mike Portnoy commentFacebook.com · Article · Mike Portnoy
  4. Mike Portnoy comments on European summer 2025 showsMike Portnoy · Article · Mike Portnoy
  5. Mike Portnoy interviewEl Estepario Siberiano YT channel · Interview · Mike Portnoy▶

May 1

  1. Interview with Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater): “You can play me songs by Beyoncé or Kanye West and I won’t recognize a single one”Mariskal Rock.com · Interview · Mike Portnoy

April 7

  1. “A new drummer affects everyone in Dream Theater. We all play off the time keeper”: John Myung on how the return of Mike Portnoy has changed the band – and his bass playingGuitar World.com-Bass Player · Interview · John Myung
  2. Chris Herin commentYouTube.com · Article▶
  3. Dominic Sanderson intervew (excerpts)Prog magazine (UK) 159 · Article
  4. Dream OnGuitar World magazine · Interview · John Petrucci
  5. Dream TheaterFireworks magazine 110 · Interview · Jordan Rudess
  6. Dream Theater 40th Anniversary TourFOH Online.com · Interview
  7. vinyl reissue reviewsClassic Rock magazine (UK) 338 · Review

March 10

  1. Dream Theater – “Dark And Foreboding, Daunting And Haunting”Bravewords.com · Interview · James LaBrie
  2. Interview with Mike Portnoy 2025Dream Theater World · Interview · Mike Portnoy
  3. interview-article INCOMPLETE compared to printBurrn! magazine · Interview
  4. John Petrucci & John Myung Interview: The Return of Mike PortnoyGitarre & Bass magazine · Interview · John Petrucci, John Myung
  5. Mike Mangini commentsFacebook.com · Article · Mike Mangini
  6. Mike Portnoy commentsInstagram.com · Article · Mike Portnoy
  7. Mike Portnoy interviewQ with Tom Power YT channel · Interview · Mike Portnoy▶
  8. Parasomnia reviewClassic Rock magazine (UK) 337 · Review
  9. Parasomnia reviewMetal Hammer magazine (UK) 397 · Review
  10. The Balance of Power Is RestoredBatterie magazine 222 · Interview · Mike Portnoy

February 18

  1. Dream OnRock Candy magazine 48 · Interview
  2. Dream TheaterProg magazine (UK) 157 · Review
  3. Dream Theater – No Rest For The WearyScreamer Magazine.com · Interview · James LaBrie
  4. Dream Theater – The Voice Of The PeopleMetal Italia.com · Interview · James LaBrie
  5. Dream Theater: From Dream to Reality, Part 1Radio Metal.com · Interview · Mike Portnoy
  6. Dream Theater: From Dream to Reality, Part 2Radio Metal.com · Interview · James LaBrie
  7. Dream Theater: The Roaring FortiesRock Hard magazine (France) 261 · Interview · John Petrucci
  8. gig reviewRecord Collector magazine 567 · Review
  9. Intricacies in the Sleep LabMetal Hammer magazine (Germany) · Interview · John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy
  10. John Myung interviewA&P-Reacts YT channel · Interview · John Myung▶
  11. John Petrucci and the Recording of Dream Theater’s ParasomniaGuitar Club magazine · Interview · John Petrucci
  12. Lifting Shadows Off A DreamProg magazine (UK) 157 · Interview · Mike Portnoy
  13. Mike Portnoy interview66samus YT channel · Interview · Mike Portnoy▶
  14. Parasomnia reviewGuitarist magazine 520 · Review
  15. Parasomnia reviewMetal Hammer magazine (Germany) · Review
  16. Parasomnia reviewRock Hard magazine (Germany) 452 · Review
  17. Thomas Lang, Aquiles Priester interviewRolling Stone Brasil YT channel · Interview▶
  18. Why ‘virtuosic weirdos’ Dream Theater are every rock connoisseur’s favourite bandTelegraph.co.uk · Interview · Mike Portnoy

January 9

  1. “When the two Johns and I started playing together, an invisible bond was formed between us that will never be broken in our lifetimes” – in an interview with Dream Theater’s Mike PortnoyInferno magazine · Interview · Mike Portnoy
  2. Dream Theater: “It was like Mike went out for a coffee, came back and we just started writing again”Rocking.gr · Interview · James LaBrie
  3. gig reviewClassic Rock magazine (Italy) 142 · Review
  4. gig reviewClassic Rock magazine (UK) 335 · Review
  5. John Petrucci commentsDream Theater YT channel · Article · John Petrucci▶
  6. John Petrucci interviewCBS New York YT channel · Interview · John Petrucci▶
  7. John Petrucci interviewUltimate Guitar.com · Interview · John Petrucci
  8. John Petrucci interviewWall of Sound YT channel · Interview · John Petrucci▶
  9. Parasomnia reviewClassic Rock magazine (Germany) 136 · Review

Month unknown 3

  1. 90 Essential International Albums From the First Quarter of the Century (excerpts)Metal Hammer magazine (Spain) · Review
  2. Dream Theater, The “Dream” of Their Continuous MusicGroove Back magazine 005 · Interview · John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess
  3. John Petrucci (Dream Theater): “I was trying to get that classic, dark, mysterious feel... almost like Randy Rhoads in ‘Diary of a Madman’”Metal Hammer magazine (Spain) · Interview · John Petrucci