Portnoy And Petrucci Reunited On The Velocity Terminal Album

Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci (Twitter @mikeportnoy)

JAKARTA - Former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy took part in John Petrucci's latest solo album, Terminal Velocity. Released this fall, the album also features Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs) on bass.

Portnoy revealed his involvement in the Velocity Terminal via uploads on social media, Wednesday, July 1 yesterday.

He also shared a playlist from the album and a teaser video. Here's a list of Velocity Terminal tracks:

01. Velocity terminal

02. The Oddfather

03. Happy Song

04. Gemini

05. Out Of The Blue

06. Glassy-Eyed Zombies

07. The Way Things Fall

08. Snake In My Boot

09. Temple Of Circadia

Velocity Terminal cover artwork created by Sean Mosher-Smith at Echo Designlab.

JOHN PETRUCCI - TERMINAL VELOCITY @ JPetrucci - GuitarDave LaRue - Bass @ MikePortnoy - Drums ⠀ TERMINAL VELOCITYTHE ODDFATHERHAPPY SONGGEMINIOUT OF THE BLUEGLASSY-EYED ZOMBIESTHE INTERMEDIATE VELOCITYTHE ODDFATHERHAPPY SONGGEMINIOUT OF THE BLUEGLASSY-EYED ZOMBIESTHES

- Mike Portnoy 🤘 (@MikePortnoy) July 1, 2020

Last January, Portnoy said he would love to return to making music with Petrucci.

Portnoy commented on the possibility of working with his former bandmate at Dream Theater just weeks after the drummer posted two photos of himself and Petrucci, along with their respective families, on social media.

At that time, they posed in front of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Asked in an interview with Myglobalmind if there are any plans to work with Petrucci again, Portnoy said: "We would both like it (the partnership). We are a great team for 25 years because we are co-captains of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. I'll also hit the streets with him on the 'G3' tour.

"I look back at the relationship we have, and it's very special from a drummer-guitarist relationship," he continued. "You can see this type of partnership with Lars (Ulrich) and James (Hetfield) from Metallica, Dimebag (Darrell Abbott) and Vinnie (Paul Abbott) from Pantera, and Eddie and Alex Van Halen. I think John and I have this kind of partnership. that.

"We were both at our best and at our strongest when we worked together, and I miss that relationship," added Portnoy. "He and I have a great personal relationship now and get together with our family. It's a shame not making music in a certain capacity in the future. I hope we can."

Asked what his latest musical collaboration with Petrucci would sound like, Portnoy said: "If you listen to Dream Theater's first 10 albums, that's what you'll hear from our new music. I think Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment are a great combination of styles from both of us. as well as the other members of those bands. I think John and I both have very different styles. We've written hundreds of songs, so I thought it would be pretty clear what that sounded like. "

Portnoy, who co-founded Dream Theater more than 30 years ago, suddenly left the band in September 2010 while on tour with Avenged Sevenfold. Since then he has been replaced by Mike Mangini (Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, Steve Vai).