The return to Dream Theater of drummer Mike Portnoy after a 15-year absence has been acclaimed by some fans as akin to the Second Coming. Although his stand-in Mike Mangini, never really departed ...

Ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini has a new band.The group is called Monolith, and also features guitarist Andy Barrow and bassist Hernan "Motley" Rodriguez ...

But, Petrucci says, “those weren’t intended as any indication that (Portnoy) might be returning. Mike Mangini [Portnoy’s replacement] was very strong in the band…even if he couldn’t ...

Yet all it took was the announcement in 2023 that Mike Portnoy was returning to the fold for the fanbase to lose their collective mind – and Mangini found himself bundled hastily out the door.

The daddy of prog metal drumming finally came home with the milk. Almost 40 years after co- founding Dream Theater and 13 since leaving to explore other musical avenues, Mike Portnoy returned in ...