Avenged Sevenfold have been forced to cancel their appearance at Australia's Soundwave Festival in February after parting ways with drummer Mike Portnoy."We're really sorry it's not possible for us to play this show, and apologize for any inconvenience it has caused," said frontman M. Shadows in an official statement issued yesterday evening. "T...

M Shadows has spoken out about the band’s split with Mike Portnoy and accused the ex-Dream Theater man of being too “press-release” happy about his split from DT. (more…)

It's been a dramatic year for Dream Theater

Dream Theater have found their new drummer to replace Mike Portnoy, who left the band earlier this year to pursue other musical avenues.

The Day in Rock Digest for 12/8/10