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“I never, ever get nervous before a show, but it was nerve-racking”: Mike Portnoy on his Dream Theater live return

Mike Portnoy had first night nerves on his first gig back with Dream Theater

“It’s so nice having this youthful enthusiasm and energy. It isn’t just a bunch of grumpy old men – myself included!” How Derek Sherinian and Bumblefoot levelled up from Sons Of Apollo to Whom Gods Destroy

“It’s so nice having this youthful enthusiasm and energy. It isn’t just a bunch of grumpy old men – myself included!” How Derek Sherinian and Bumblefoot levelled up from Sons Of Apollo to Whom Gods Destroy

Collapse of their promising previous band left them with new songs but no one to play them… but younger musicians gave debut album Insanium an injection of new energy

4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From sword'n'sorcery loving power metallers All For Metal to Will Putney's all-star metalcore mob END, these are the bands you need to hear in June 2024

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“Robert Fripp watched the show from the wings. As I was playing I was thinking, ‘Oh, I stole this line from Robert… that’s a riff from him too!’” Billy Sheehan’s obsession with King Crimson’s Red

Mr Big, Whom Gods Destroy and Sons of Apollo bassist once spent two weeks listening to nothing else

“This one thing has replaced 95% of my rig”: ex-Guns N’ Roses guitar virtuoso Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal picks his 3 essential pieces of gear

Bumblefoot talks tone and changes as he returns with new band Whom Gods Destroy: "Over the pandemic, I feel like my vibrato changed"

“Someone’s spiked Derek Sherinian and Bumblefoot’s cornflakes – their virtuosity is hotwired for the next gen”: Whom Gods Destroy’s Insanium

Sons Of Apollo offshoot deliver a jawdropping and sometimes preposterous prog-metal storm with their debut release

"It had nothing to with me rejoining Dream Theater!" Mike Portnoy responds to Sons Of Apollo claims

Guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal had discussed Sons Of Apollo demise on Canada's The Metal Voice podcast

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"Not everybody was on board." Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal lifts the lid on Sons Of Apollo demise

"Not everybody was on board." Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal lifts the lid on Sons Of Apollo demise

Guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal and Derek Serhinian's Whom Gods Destroy release their debut album in March

Whom Gods Destroy share first new music from debut album

Whom Gods Destroy share first new music from debut album

New prog metal group Whom Gods Destroy will release debut album Insanium in March

“When I was about 14 a friend recommended Yes and ELP to me. To be completely honest I didn’t really like the music… I don’t think I’ve ever actually bought a prog album!” Derek Sherinian, keyboard warrior

“When I was about 14 a friend recommended Yes and ELP to me. To be completely honest I didn’t really like the music… I don’t think I’ve ever actually bought a prog album!” Derek Sherinian, keyboard warrior

He’s worked with Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather and many others – but Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson remain among his heroes

Derek Sherinian and Bumblefoot unveil new band Whom Gods Destroy

Derek Sherinian and Bumblefoot unveil new band Whom Gods Destroy

New prog metal group Whom Gods Destroy will release new album Insanium in March

"I’ve been using Vigier guitars since 1997. One of their reps had me try them, but I didn’t want to – I’d been playing my own awful, homemade, Swiss cheese guitars!" Failed luthier Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal is busier than ever, but success isn't on his mind

"I’ve been using Vigier guitars since 1997. One of their reps had me try them, but I didn’t want to – I’d been playing my own awful, homemade, Swiss cheese guitars!" Failed luthier Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal is busier than ever, but success isn't on his mind

The former Guns N’ Roses man discusses giving up constructing his own instruments, learning how to sing like a bassist while playing like a guitarist for Asia, and the upcoming Art of Anarchy record

"No Dungeons & Dragons shit!": The Sons Of Apollo story

"No Dungeons & Dragons shit!": The Sons Of Apollo story

Modern day prog supergroup Sons Of Apollo introduced members of Guns N' Roses, Mr. Big and an AOR singer to the prog fraternity

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