NEW SITE CHANGES!

You may have noticed that over the past few months quiet changes have been made to the site. First we gave you new artist pages. Check out your favorite and you'll find widgets, videos, music, and much more. Plus they look great.

A few weeks back we also updated our Artists page. You'll see highlighted artists up top in blue. These change as artists are updated with news, video, and music. This is a great page to make your first port-of-call after the news section!

Today we've relaunched three other pages. Music and Video are all new. You can now embed all of our music and video posted to the site in your blog, web site, or MySpace/Facebook profiles. At the right of these pages you'll see charts driven by what YOU do on our site. You can also leave comments at all songs and videos, rate them, and favorite them in our new profile system (more on that in a sec).







 

The Releases page has gotten a huge makeover. Every album now has its own home page where you can see the available tracks, rate it, leave a review, or comment on others' reviews. Snazzy huh?

Finally, we just launched our new profile pages. If you're a subscriber to our email newsletters, you can log in, add your own picture, keep track of the latest updates on our site (and partner sites), follow your favorite videos and music, and tell us what bands you want to hear about.

Of course, many of these new features require that you be a member of the site to use them, so please join today!

We are, of course, in a beta phase and need your help to make the site work the best for YOU. If you see any problems or want to suggest changes to the new features, please send an email to webmaster@roadrunnerrecords.com with "NEW SITE REPORT" in the subject line. If you receive an error, please be as detailed as possible, including what page you were on, what browser you are using, and copy any error message you receive into the body of the email.

Please feel free to leave comments here below!

Cheers!

Jeremy Rosen

GET THE NEWEST DREAM THEATER RELEASE EARLY

Pre-order either configuration of Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 from FYE and instantly receive an MP3 of "The Ministry Of Lost Souls (Live)!"

2-DVD Set features over 5 hours of live performances, behind-the-scenes documentaries, live screen projection films, music videos and more.

Limited Deluxe Collector's Edition 5-Disc Set features the 2-DVD set PLUS the entire show on 3 CD's. (Limited to a pressing of 5,000)

GO HERE to pre-order the ultimate tour souvenir now!

To catch a sneak peak of footage from the DVD as well as a live performance of "Forsaken", GO HERE.

GHOSTS, DRUMMERS, AND THE FIRST SLIPKNOT ALBUM

Some guy wrote in to our website email account the other day promoting his book about the paranormal and I almost lost it. No, actually I did lose it. Check out my response to him and more in the new Mail Bag. I also help an out-of-work guitarist find a job.

Another person was quite worried that perhaps Roadrunner founder Cees Wessels was no more, but Amy set that guy straight in Ask Amy. Of course there are the usual raft of proposals (sexual, romantic, and both), dumb questions, and smart questions as well.

New Slipknot artwork and a bunch of other band photos and images have been uploaded to the Fan Art section.

Mike Patton for President! Okay, Mike Patton's not on the list, but put forth your Roadrunner candidate for president in this week's poll.

The Forum this week asks: What's your favorite metal site?

And finally don't forget that we're running Tyler Connolly from Theory of a Deadman's advice column, Tell Tyler, in our Ask the Artist section. Read about bad girlfriends now.

WANT A TASTE OF THE NEW DREAM THEATER DVD?

Been sitting on the edge of your computer chair waiting anxiously for a morsel from the upcoming Dream Theater DVD Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 due to hit shelves September 23rd? Well today is your lucky day, my friends. Click the the pic of the exclusive footage below of John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess rocking the hell out for a teaser clip of the new DVD...

A MUST HAVE FOR DREAM THEATER FANS!

Few bands inspire such fanaticism among their fans as Dream Theater. The best way to satiate this dedicated legion is to provide them with even more material to devour and Dream Theater are doing just that this September. The band will release Chaos In Motion 2007/2008, which documents their "Chaos In Motion" world tour, which kicked off June 3, 2007 at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Milan, Italy and concluded almost a year to the day later on June 4, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's essentially a travelogue of their most recent touring experience and it hits shelves on September 23. Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 will be available in two configurations: as a double DVD set and as five disc collector's set which includes two DVDs and three CDs, containing 14 live tracks featured in the DVD set and expanded artwork.

The Chaos in Motion Tour was a trek that found the band traversing the globe, playing 115 shows in 105 cities in 35 countries on five continents to hundreds of thousands of fans. It also included the first annual Progressive Nation Tour, an idea that the band had kicked around for a few years and finally launched into action this past spring.

Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 is the latest in a series of DVDs from the band and it features performances captured throughout the entirety of the tour, unlike their last three RIAA-certified Platinum DVDs, Metropolis 2000: Live Scenes From New York, Live at Budokan and Score, all of which focused on as single concert event.

Drummer and DVD creative director Mike Portnoy plumed his personal archives for footage in order to provide fans with the ultimate tour souvenir. He assembled over three hours of complete live performances, taking footage from shows in Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Boston, Bangkok and Vancouver. The tracks were mixed and effectively brought to life by Kevin Shirley. The second disc is packed with bonus material, including promo videos, live screen projection films, a photo gallery and a 90-minute documentary that'll make you feel like you're riding in the passenger's seat of the band's tour bus, as it takes you on the road and behind the scenes with the band and crew. It's like a virtual backstage pass that grants fans further unprecedented access.

The official content and tracklisting for the DVD are as follows and are subject to change:

Double DVD Set

Disc One:

"Around The World In 180 Minutes" Live Concert Footage
1. Intro/Also Sprach Zarathustra
2. Constant Motion
3. Panic Attack
4. Blind Faith
5. Surrounded
6. The Dark Eternal Night
7. Keyboard Solo
8. Lines In The Sand
9. Scarred
10. Forsaken
11. The Ministry Of Lost Souls
12. Take The Time
13. In The Presence Of Enemies
14. Medley: I. Trial Of Tears II. Finally Free III. Learning To Live IV. In The Name Of God V. Octavarium
Disc Two:

"Behind The Chaos On The Road" Documentary

Promo Videos: Constant Motion, Forsaken, Forsaken (In Studio), The Dark Eternal Night (In Studio)

Live Screen Projection Films: The Dark Eternal Night (N.A.D.S), The Ministry Of Lost Souls, In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 2
* "Mike Portnoy Stage Tour"
* "Mike Portnoy Backstage Tour"
* Photo Gallery
* Deluxe Collector's Edition 5-Disc Set

Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 Double DVD Set PLUS:
* 3 CD's containing the live 14 tracks featured in the DVD set
* Expanded artwork and more

Indeed, Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 is a completist piece that will keep Dream Theater diehards satisfied until the band takes to the road again.

GHOSTS, DRUMMERS, AND THE FIRST SLIPKNOT ALBUM

Some guy wrote in to our website email account the other day promoting his book about the paranormal and I almost lost it. No, actually I did lose it. Check out my response to him and more in the new Mail Bag. I also help an out-of-work guitarist find a job.

Another person was quite worried that perhaps Roadrunner founder Cees Wessels was no more, but Amy set that guy straight in Ask Amy. Of course there are the usual raft of proposals (sexual, romantic, and both), dumb questions, and smart questions as well.

New Slipknot artwork and a bunch of other band photos and images have been uploaded to the Fan Art section.

Mike Patton for President! Okay, Mike Patton's not on the list, but put forth your Roadrunner candidate for president in this week's poll.

The Forum this week asks: What's your favorite metal site?

And finally don't forget that we're running Tyler Connolly from Theory of a Deadman's advice column, Tell Tyler, in our Ask the Artist section. Read about bad girlfriends now.

A MUST HAVE FOR DREAM THEATER FANS!

Few bands inspire such fanaticism among their fans as Dream Theater. The best way to satiate this dedicated legion is to provide them with even more material to devour and Dream Theater are doing just that this September. The band will release Chaos In Motion 2007/2008, which documents their "Chaos In Motion" world tour, which kicked off June 3, 2007 at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Milan, Italy and concluded almost a year to the day later on June 4, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It's essentially a travelogue of their most recent touring experience and it hits shelves on September 23. Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 will be available in two configurations: as a double DVD set and as five disc collector's set which includes two DVDs and three CDs, containing 14 live tracks featured in the DVD set and expanded artwork.

The Chaos in Motion Tour was a trek that found the band traversing the globe, playing 115 shows in 105 cities in 35 countries on five continents to hundreds of thousands of fans. It also included the first annual Progressive Nation Tour, an idea that the band had kicked around for a few years and finally launched into action this past spring.

Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 is the latest in a series of DVDs from the band and it features performances captured throughout the entirety of the tour, unlike their last three RIAA-certified Platinum DVDs, Metropolis 2000: Live Scenes From New York, Live at Budokan and Score, all of which focused on as single concert event.

Drummer and DVD creative director Mike Portnoy plumed his personal archives for footage in order to provide fans with the ultimate tour souvenir. He assembled over three hours of complete live performances, taking footage from shows in Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Boston, Bangkok and Vancouver. The tracks were mixed and effectively brought to life by Kevin Shirley. The second disc is packed with bonus material, including promo videos, live screen projection films, a photo gallery and a 90-minute documentary that'll make you feel like you're riding in the passenger's seat of the band's tour bus, as it takes you on the road and behind the scenes with the band and crew. It's like a virtual backstage pass that grants fans further unprecedented access.

The official content and tracklisting for the DVD are as follows and are subject to change:

Double DVD Set

Disc One:

"Around The World In 180 Minutes" Live Concert Footage
1. Intro/Also Sprach Zarathustra
2. Constant Motion
3. Panic Attack
4. Blind Faith
5. Surrounded
6. The Dark Eternal Night
7. Keyboard Solo
8. Lines In The Sand
9. Scarred
10. Forsaken
11. The Ministry Of Lost Souls
12. Take The Time
13. In The Presence Of Enemies
14. Medley: I. Trial Of Tears II. Finally Free III. Learning To Live IV. In The Name Of God V. Octavarium
Disc Two:

"Behind The Chaos On The Road" Documentary

Promo Videos: Constant Motion, Forsaken, Forsaken (In Studio), The Dark Eternal Night (In Studio)

Live Screen Projection Films: The Dark Eternal Night (N.A.D.S), The Ministry Of Lost Souls, In The Presence Of Enemies Pt. 2
* "Mike Portnoy Stage Tour"
* "Mike Portnoy Backstage Tour"
* Photo Gallery
* Deluxe Collector's Edition 5-Disc Set

Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 Double DVD Set PLUS:
* 3 CD's containing the live 14 tracks featured in the DVD set
* Expanded artwork and more

Indeed, Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 is a completist piece that will keep Dream Theater diehards satisfied until the band takes to the road again.

GET THE NEWEST DREAM THEATER RELEASE EARLY

Pre-order either configuration of Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 from FYE and instantly receive an MP3 of "The Ministry Of Lost Souls (Live)!"

2-DVD Set features over 5 hours of live performances, behind-the-scenes documentaries, live screen projection films, music videos and more.

Limited Deluxe Collector's Edition 5-Disc Set features the 2-DVD set PLUS the entire show on 3 CD's. (Limited to a pressing of 5,000)

GO HERE to pre-order the ultimate tour souvenir now!

To catch a sneak peak of footage from the DVD as well as a live performance of "Forsaken", GO HERE.

NEW SITE CHANGES!

You may have noticed that over the past few months quiet changes have been made to the site. First we gave you new artist pages. Check out your favorite and you'll find widgets, videos, music, and much more. Plus they look great.

A few weeks back we also updated our Artists page. You'll see highlighted artists up top in blue. These change as artists are updated with news, video, and music. This is a great page to make your first port-of-call after the news section!

Today we've relaunched three other pages. Music and Video are all new. You can now embed all of our music and video posted to the site in your blog, web site, or MySpace/Facebook profiles. At the right of these pages you'll see charts driven by what YOU do on our site. You can also leave comments at all songs and videos, rate them, and favorite them in our new profile system (more on that in a sec).







 

The Releases page has gotten a huge makeover. Every album now has its own home page where you can see the available tracks, rate it, leave a review, or comment on others' reviews. Snazzy huh?

Finally, we just launched our new profile pages. If you're a subscriber to our email newsletters, you can log in, add your own picture, keep track of the latest updates on our site (and partner sites), follow your favorite videos and music, and tell us what bands you want to hear about.

Of course, many of these new features require that you be a member of the site to use them, so please join today!

We are, of course, in a beta phase and need your help to make the site work the best for YOU. If you see any problems or want to suggest changes to the new features, please send an email to webmaster@roadrunnerrecords.com with "NEW SITE REPORT" in the subject line. If you receive an error, please be as detailed as possible, including what page you were on, what browser you are using, and copy any error message you receive into the body of the email.

Please feel free to leave comments here below!

Cheers!

Jeremy Rosen

WANT A TASTE OF THE NEW DREAM THEATER DVD?

Been sitting on the edge of your computer chair waiting anxiously for a morsel from the upcoming Dream Theater DVD Chaos In Motion 2007/2008 due to hit shelves September 23rd? Well today is your lucky day, my friends. Click the the pic of the exclusive footage below of John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess rocking the hell out for a teaser clip of the new DVD...

MUSIC RADAR INTERVIEW WITH MIKE PORTNOY

TOO MUCH DRUMMER FOR ONE BAND!

For a drummer, Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy can't seem to sit still.

Portnoy checked in with MusicRadar.com for an exclusive podcast to discuss his love of playing the music of his heroes, and to answer questions. Download both parts of this interview below for free!

Part 1 - on musical memory, multi-tasking and tribute bands

Part 2 - Portnoy answers questions

DREAM THEATER INTERVIEW ON WOOZYFLY.COM

Buckshot from Buckshot's Bonanza interviewed guitarist extraordinaire John Petrucci of Dream Theater about the Progressive Nation tour. They discussed determining the tour lineup, the new Opeth record, Dream Theater's history, playing with some of the most legendary guitarists and continuously learning new things, advice for aspiring musicians, and much more!

Check out this live video taken at Terminal 5 in New York City on May 22nd on Woozyfly.com here.

MIKAEL AKERFELDT SINGS WITH DREAM THEATER

Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth joined Dream Theater on stage to sing a part of "Repentance", May 22, 2008 at Terminal 5 in New York City.

METALSUCKS TALKS PROGRESSIVE NATION 2009

Our partners in the Completely Unreadable Band Logo of the Week, MetalSucks.net, have posted their suggestions for next year's Progressive Nation tour. This year's tour, hosted by Dream Theater has been a great success with labelmates Opeth! (By the way, new Opeth out today!)

DREAM THEATER VIDEO INTERVIEW PT 2

Here's the second and final part of MTV2 Headbangers Blog's exclusive Dream Theater interview. Check out guitarist John Petrucci and drummer Mike Portnoy talking about how they keep their vintage material exciting, their recent remixes and the pitfalls they've encountered over the years. Click below!

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