Meanstreak, the reunited all-female thrash metal band featuring the wives of three Dream Theater members, have announced a new EP titled Blood Moon. In advance of its February 2nd release, the band has unleashed the single “Giant Speaks.”
Slyly promoting themselves as “The Real Housewives of Heavy Metal” in a new press release, Meanstreak feature guitarist Marlene Portnoy (wife of Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy), guitarist Rena Sands Petrucci (wife of Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci), and bassist Martens Myung (wife of Dream Theater bassist John Myung). The lineup is rounded out by singer Bettina France and drummer Yael Rallis.
As one of the first all-female thrash bands ever, Meanstreak’s first run lasted from 1985 to 1994. They reunited in 2022 to support John Petrucci’s tour featuring Mike Portnoy.
Blood Moon will be the band’s first official release since their one-and-only full-length studio album, 1988’s Roadkill.
“The Meanstreak reunion has been nothing short of incredible,...
Slyly promoting themselves as “The Real Housewives of Heavy Metal” in a new press release, Meanstreak feature guitarist Marlene Portnoy (wife of Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy), guitarist Rena Sands Petrucci (wife of Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci), and bassist Martens Myung (wife of Dream Theater bassist John Myung). The lineup is rounded out by singer Bettina France and drummer Yael Rallis.
As one of the first all-female thrash bands ever, Meanstreak’s first run lasted from 1985 to 1994. They reunited in 2022 to support John Petrucci’s tour featuring Mike Portnoy.
Blood Moon will be the band’s first official release since their one-and-only full-length studio album, 1988’s Roadkill.
“The Meanstreak reunion has been nothing short of incredible,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Dream Theater have announced the return of founding drummer Mike Portnoy after a 13 year absence from the band. The legendary stickman is back in the veteran prog-metal act’s lineup, as his replacement Mike Mangini exits the group.
Portnoy, who formed the band under the name Majesty with guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung in 1985, officially exited Dream Theater in September 2010. The drummer had begun working with Avenged Sevenfold around that time, filling the shoes of that band’s late drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan. He ultimately didn’t get the full-time gig in Avenged Sevenfold, and ended up out of both bands. He soon lobbied for his job back in Dream Theater, but had been replaced by Mangini.
Recent events have suggested a reconnection between Portnoy and Dream Theater, including the drummer playing on Petrucci’s latest solo album, Terminal Velocity, as well as the pair hitting the road together for a 2022 tour.
Portnoy, who formed the band under the name Majesty with guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung in 1985, officially exited Dream Theater in September 2010. The drummer had begun working with Avenged Sevenfold around that time, filling the shoes of that band’s late drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan. He ultimately didn’t get the full-time gig in Avenged Sevenfold, and ended up out of both bands. He soon lobbied for his job back in Dream Theater, but had been replaced by Mangini.
Recent events have suggested a reconnection between Portnoy and Dream Theater, including the drummer playing on Petrucci’s latest solo album, Terminal Velocity, as well as the pair hitting the road together for a 2022 tour.
- 10/25/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Dream Theater’s career has spanned three decades and more than a dozen studio albums. But when it came to the progressive metal giants’ newest effort, Distance Over Time, due February 22nd, they still managed to find new and unique ways to approach the writing and recording process. This time, the New York–based five-piece — guitarist John Petrucci, singer James Labrie, bassist John Myung, keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drummer Mike Mangini — decided to leave town together, heading up to a five-acre property in the Catskills. It was there, in a secluded barn studio dubbed,...
- 11/14/2018
- by Richard Bienstock
- Rollingstone.com
Cinelinx recently had a chance to preview Live at Luna Park, the latest concert film being released by Dream Theater. Check out our review of the film before it hits select theaters tomorrow!
The idea of watching a concert at a movie theater may seem a little weird. The whole purpose of a concert is to witness and experience the performance live and in person. At a concert, you get to be in the same place as your favorite artists and share a night of fun with them. But when you consider the high cost of concert tickets these days, maybe it makes sense. You don’t have to deal with the often riotous behavior of other avid fans and the focus is more on the music itself. Another benefit may be the fact that when all is done your hearing should still be intact. But depending on your perspective,...
The idea of watching a concert at a movie theater may seem a little weird. The whole purpose of a concert is to witness and experience the performance live and in person. At a concert, you get to be in the same place as your favorite artists and share a night of fun with them. But when you consider the high cost of concert tickets these days, maybe it makes sense. You don’t have to deal with the often riotous behavior of other avid fans and the focus is more on the music itself. Another benefit may be the fact that when all is done your hearing should still be intact. But depending on your perspective,...
- 9/18/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
“Of the 10 videos we've done through the years, I felt we have never been truly captured ‘in our element...which of course is on tour, playing to our fans, with our lighting and video show. So I thought it was time to do a video that showed us in our ‘real world’ (unlike the ‘fake worlds’ that are usually created when shooting a promo video),” says Mike Portoy of Dream Theater about the band’s new documentary road video for their new single “Wither” from their 10th studio release Black Clouds & Silver Linings (Roadrunner). See interview with Portnoy about the video below.
Directed by Ramon Boutviseth, who did the same honors for the first clip for the album’s first single “A Rite Of Passage,” the “Wither” video was shot on location in the U.K. (London, Manchester), France (Paris, Lille) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) as part of Dream Theater...
Directed by Ramon Boutviseth, who did the same honors for the first clip for the album’s first single “A Rite Of Passage,” the “Wither” video was shot on location in the U.K. (London, Manchester), France (Paris, Lille) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) as part of Dream Theater...
- 12/2/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Roadrunner Records)
- Fangoria
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