Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has presented an outline of what the prog steel veterans’ subsequent album will sound like.
Chatting with Marcelo Vieira and Matheus Ribeiro, the 57-year-old, who returned to Dream Theater final 12 months following a 13-year absence, has stated that the brand new document alternatives up the place his final album with the band, 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings, left off.
“There’s a definite taste that the 5 people have once we write in combination,” Portnoy explains (by way of Blabbermouth).
“And in case you pay attention to the album with this lineup from 1999, [Metropolis Pt. 2:] Scenes From A Reminiscence, thru 2009’s Black Clouds & Silver Linings, in case you take a look at that string of 5 – 6 albums, that’s the sound and elegance of those 5 other people.
“So I feel that’s a just right indication of what you’ll be able to be expecting with the brand new Dream Theater album. It no doubt appears like vintage Dream Theater.”
Portnoy co-founded Dream Theater (in the beginning referred to as Majesty) in 1985 with fellow Berklee Faculty Of Song alumni John Petrucci (guitars) and John Myung (bass).
The band had been joined by way of present vocalist James LaBrie in 1991 and keyboardist Jordan Rudess in 1999.
Portnoy left Dream Theater in September 2010, mentioning burnout and a want to paintings on different tasks.
In a while after, he in short drummed for Avenged Sevenfold, and has since additionally performed with Twisted Sister, The Vineyard Canines, Steel Allegiance, Sons Of Apollo and extra.
Portnoy used to be changed in Dream Theater by way of Mike Mangini, earlier than the drummer shockingly returned to the band in October.
In March, Portnoy introduced by way of social media that he had completed recording his portions for Dream Theater’s subsequent album.
He wrote: “These days is my final day at the back of this package for some time…sure certainly, my drums for #DT16 are carried out!!
“However this is only the start…paintings will now proceed within the coming months forward on guitars, bass, keys, vocals, percussion (to not point out writing lyrics, blending, mastering and many others and many others).”
The drummer added, “I actually can’t expose anything else extra as we’re (purposefully) holding an excessively tight lid on any & all information at this early degree,” even though he admitted that the band “are all BLOWN AWAY and sooo extraordinarily serious about what we’ve created!”
He signed off: “We can’t watch for you all to listen to this…however endurance, all shall be published in due time…😉😎 #DreamTheater2024”
The discharge date of the following Dream Theater album is unclear, and the band are but to play a display since Portnoy’s comeback.
