{"id":27446,"date":"2024-10-22T10:57:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T08:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.releaseathens.gr\/?p=27446"},"modified":"2024-10-27T22:27:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T20:27:39","slug":"dream-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.releaseathens.gr\/en\/dream-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"The pillars of progressive metal, Dream Theater, are coming to Release Athens 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Release Athens 2025<\/strong> welcomes Dream Theater<\/strong>, on Wednesday July 23rd<\/sup> at Plateia Nerou. With the classic lineup in place, after the grand return of Mike Portnoy, the mighty Americans celebrate 40 years of a glorious career that has left an indelible mark on progressive metal with the biggest show they have ever played!<\/p>\n

More acts to be announced soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n

When John Petrucci<\/strong>, Mike Portnoy<\/strong> and John Myung<\/strong> met at the world’s leading music school, Berklee College of Music<\/strong>, in 1985, no one could have imagined what they would create together in the years to come. Over the past four decades, Dream Theater<\/strong> has done it all, selling over 15 million records, winning a Grammy (for “The Alien<\/strong>“), topping charts all over the world, but most of all, being recognized as the band that elevated and established progressive metal as an important subgenre of the scene.<\/p>\n

Their impressive discography includes milestones in the history of heavy metal, since among them are undisputed masterpieces that are not reduced to the legendary “Images And Words<\/strong>” (1992), “Awake<\/strong>” (1994), “Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory<\/strong>” (1999) and “Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence<\/strong>” (2002), but also include the more recent “The Astonishing<\/strong>” (2016) and “A View From The Top Of The World<\/strong>” (2021), that not only received critical acclaim from music experts and fans, but they were also huge artistic and commercial achievements.<\/p>\n

And if the above were enough to characterize their upcoming performance at Release Athens 2025 as “highly anticipated”, Dream Theater return with new material, this time – after almost 15 years \u2013 together with Mike Portnoy, who besides being a jaw-dropping drummer and founding member of the group, was one of the main compositional cogs of the band’s golden era. “Night Terror<\/strong>“, the first sample from “Parasomnia<\/strong>“, the 16th<\/sup> album of their career, to be released on February 7th<\/sup> 2025, surpassed 1 million streams in the first 24 hours of its release, causing a frenzy among their diehard fans, who are about to celebrate four decades of incredible intensity and creativity with Petrucci<\/strong>, Portnoy<\/strong>, Myung<\/strong>, Labrie<\/strong> and Rudess<\/strong>. On Wednesday July 23rd<\/sup>, the loyal home crowd will be lucky enough to see this huge group with all their “weapons” at their disposal.<\/p>\n

Follow Dream Theater:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Official Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

X<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

TikTok<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Spotify<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tickets go on sale on Thursday October 24th<\/sup>, at 12:00.<\/p>\n