Dream Theater

Our annual roundup of Top 10 lists has been posted, and as usual, it's a mixture of picks from staffers and artists. Three members of Dream Theater offered lists this year, and in case you don't want to dig through the site looking for them, here are some handy links. Guitarist John Petrucci gave the nod to a wide variety of bands and artists, including labelmates Opeth, Trivium and Young the Giant, but also Adele, Bon Iver and comedy glam-rockers Steel Panther.

Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini posted a message on the band's Facebook page yesterday regarding his health at recent shows. He wrote, "Hi All, I seriously played my two best shows/solos while being the sickest I've been in 20-30 years. But not enough to jeopardize me too much or affect the show negatively.

Dream Theater's "On the Backs of Angels," from their latest album A Dramatic Turn of Events, and Megadeth's "Public Enemy No. 1," from their new album TH1RT3EN, were nominated for Grammy Awards in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category.

Roadrunner Records presents the brand-new compilation Rock Out Loud, jammed with new and classic tracks by 10 of our heaviest artists. The CD is available for just $7.99, exclusively at FYE stores. Here's the track listing: Stone Sour – "The Pessimist" Megadeth – "Public Enemy No.

In a new interview for Noisecreep, Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess has named five albums that changed his life. Among the descriptions of his five choices (which we're not going to reveal here): "The combination of the energy, the harmonies and intricate chord changes, opened up my mind to the possibilities of what I could do with a keyboard." "It literally sounded like his guitar was talking.

Back in September, we announced a contest: Create a lyric video for a song from Dream Theater's latest album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, and you'd win a copy of the CD signed by all five members of the band. We got a lot of entries, and we've finally sat down and chosen the five that truly impressed us. Now, the five prizes are identical, so these clips aren't in order from #5 to #1.

Earlier this month, we went back through our history and put together a look at the classic live albums we've released over the years, including titles by Slipknot, Machine Head, Opeth, Sepultura, Type O Negative (well, sorta) and many more. Now we want to know which of these is your favorite.

D'Addario Strings caught up with Dream Theater when the band was on tour in Europe, and recorded this clip of the band soundchecking and keyboardist Jordan Rudess talking about the company's Planet Waves cables, which he uses in the studio. Check it out below: .

Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci recently sat for a lengthy interview when the band was playing in Wolverhampton, England, and the whole thing - along with an in-depth feature about him and the band - is part of the latest issue of iGuitar online magazine. To read the story and watch the whole 27 and a half minute interview, go here, but you can see a short clip below. .

Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci recently sat for an extensive interview with the Canadian website WatchMojo.com. In this first of two clips, he discusses the band's latest album, A Dramatic Turn of Events, what the band's goals were in making the record, and where he sees it fitting into the band's discography. Here's a second clip, in which Petrucci discusses former drummer Mike Portnoy's departure from a very personal standpoint, and discusses the audition process by which Mike Mangini joined the group: .