Originally published by L.S. Media. September 11th 2011.

Mike Portnoy may have gone, but for anyone who thought the band might fall apart or worse become an irrelevance without him simply do not get Dream Theater and their gargantuan talent that lurks behind every album. In the inspired titled new album A Dramatic Turn of Events, that almost unique style and blend of superb musicianship and the taste for splendidly indulgent lives on.