This is a discography of works by American drummer Mike Portnoy. For more information about recordings made by Dream Theater see Dream Theater discography.
This is a discography of works by American drummer Mike Portnoy. For more information about recordings made by Dream Theater see Dream Theater discography.
| Year | Band | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Rising Power | Power for the People | |
| 1986 | Inner Sanctum | 12 A.M. | |
| S. A. Adams | Unearthed | ||
| Majesty | Majesty | demos | |
| 1989 | Dream Theater | When Dream and Day Unite | |
| 1992 | Images and Words | ||
| 1993 | Live at the Marquee | Recorded at the Marquee Club in London, England, on April 23, 1993. | |
| 1993 | Images and Words: Live in Tokyo | Recorded at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, on August 26, 1993. | |
| 1994 | Awake | ||
| 1995 | A Change of Seasons | EP album. Contains live tracks recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London on January 31, 1995. | |
| 1996 | Various Artists | Working Man – A Tribute to Rush | Portnoy drums on six tracks |
| 1997 | Dream Theater | Falling into Infinity | |
| 1998 | Once in a LIVEtime | Recorded at the Bataclan in Paris, France, on June 25, 1998. | |
| Liquid Tension Experiment | Liquid Tension Experiment | ||
| 1999 | Liquid Tension Experiment 2 | ||
| Dream Theater | Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory | ||
| Various Artists | Encores Legends & Paradox; A Tribute to the Music of ELP | Portnoy drums on two tracks | |
| 2000 | Transatlantic | SMPT:e | |
| 2001 | Bridge Across Forever | ||
| Live in America | Recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. in June 2000. | ||
| Dream Theater | Live Scenes from New York | Recorded at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, New York, on August 30, 2000. | |
| 2002 | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | ||
| Andy West | Rama 1 | ||
| Transatlantic | Building the Bridge | The Making of Bridge Across Forever documentary | |
| 2003 | OSI | Office of Strategic Influence | |
| Neal Morse | Testimony | ||
| Transatlantic | Live in Europe | Recorded at the 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands, on November 12, 2001. | |
| John Arch | A Twist of Fate | EP | |
| Dream Theater | Train of Thought | ||
| 2004 | Neal Morse | One | |
| Dream Theater | Live at Budokan | Recorded at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on April 26, 2004. | |
| Neal Morse | Testimony Live 2003 | Recorded at the 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands on November 17, 2003. | |
| 2005 | Dream Theater | Octavarium | |
| Neal Morse | ? | ||
| G3 | G3: Live in Tokyo | Portnoy drums on three tracks | |
| Yellow Matter Custard | One Night in New York City | tribute to The Beatles (with Paul Gilbert, Neal Morse, and Matt Bissonette) | |
| 2006 | OSI | Free | |
| Morse/Portnoy/George | Cover to Cover | ||
| Dream Theater | Score | Recorded at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York, on April 1, 2006. | |
| Hammer of the Gods | Two Nights in North America | tribute to Led Zeppelin (with Paul Gilbert, Daniel Gildenlöw, and Dave LaRue) | |
| Cygnus and the Sea Monsters | One Night in Chicago | tribute to Rush (with Paul Gilbert, Sean Malone, and Jason McMaster) | |
| Various Artists | Gigantour | Dream Theater performed The Glass Prison and Panic Attack on this DVD release of the 2005 Gigantour. | |
| 2007 | Neal Morse | Sola Scriptura | |
| Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos | ||
| Liquid Tension Experiment | Spontaneous Combustion | as Liquid Trio Experiment | |
| Amazing Journey | One Night in New York City | tribute to The Who (with Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, and Gary Cherone) | |
| 2008 | Neal Morse | Lifeline | |
| Dream Theater | Chaos in Motion 2007–2008 | Recorded in various places between 2007 and 2008. | |
| 2009 | Transatlantic | The Whirlwind | |
| Liquid Tension Experiment | Live in NYC | Recorded at BB King's in New York City, on June 23, 2008. | |
| When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago | As Liquid Trio Experiment. Recorded live in Chicago, Illinois, on June 25, 2008. | ||
| Live in LA | Recorded live at the Downey Theatre, Downey, CA, on June 27, 2008. | ||
| Dream Theater | Black Clouds & Silver Linings | Last album with Dream Theater | |
| Wither | EP | ||
| 2010 | Avenged Sevenfold | Nightmare | |
| Welcome to the Family | EP | ||
| Transatlantic | Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London | Recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, England, on May 21, 2010. | |
| 2011 | Adrenaline Mob | Adrenaline Mob | EP [1] |
| Neal Morse | Testimony 2 | ||
| Transatlantic | More Never Is Enough: Live In Manchester & Tilburg 2010 | Recorded in Manchester, England, and Tilburg, Netherlands in May 2010. | |
| Yellow Matter Custard | One More Night in New York City | tribute to The Beatles (with Paul Gilbert, Neal Morse, and Kasim Sulton) | |
| Neal Morse | Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles | Recorded at the Whittier Theater, Los Angeles, CA on May 28, 2011. | |
| 2012 | Adrenaline Mob | Omertà | |
| Flying Colors | Flying Colors | ||
| Morse/Portnoy/George | Cover 2 Cover | ||
| Neal Morse | Momentum | ||
| The Prog World Orchestra | A Proggy Christmas | ||
| 2013 | Adrenaline Mob | Covertà | Cover EP that covers Badlands, Dio, The Doors, Van Halen, Heart, Rainbow, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath |
| The Winery Dogs | The Winery Dogs | ||
| Unleashed in Japan | Recorded at the Nippon Seinen-Kan in Tokyo, Japan on July 17 2013. | ||
| Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine and Sherinian (PSMS) | Live In Tokyo | Material from their individual and collaborative careers. Recorded at the Zepp, in Tokyo, Japan, on November 14, 2012. | |
| Flying Colors | Live in Europe | Recorded at the 013, Tilburg, Netherlands on September 21, 2012. | |
| Neal Morse | Live Momentum | Recorded at the Highline Ballroom in New York City on October 11, 2012. | |
| 2014 | Transatlantic | Kaleidoscope | |
| Bigelf | Into the Maelstrom | ||
| Paul Gilbert | Stone Pushing Uphill Man | 2 tracks | |
| Flying Colors | Second Nature | ||
| Haken | Restoration | Gong on "Crystallised" | |
| Transatlantic | KaLIVEoscope | Recorded in Cologne, Germany and Tilburg, Netherlands in March 2014. | |
| 2015 | The Neal Morse Band | The Grand Experiment | |
| Metal Allegiance | Metal Allegiance | Collaborative Album with David Ellefson from Megadeth and Alex Skolnick from Testament | |
| The Winery Dogs | Hot Streak | ||
| Flying Colors | Second Flight: Live at the Z7 | Recorded at the Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland, on October 12, 2014. | |
| Neal Morse | Morsefest 2014: Testimony and One LIVE | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | |
| 2016 | Twisted Sister | Metal Meltdown | Recorded at the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, USA on May 30, 2015. |
| The Neal Morse Band | The Similitude of a Dream | ||
| Alive Again | Recorded at the Cultuurpodium Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Netherlands on March 6, 2015. | ||
| Metal Allegiance | Fallen Heroes | EP | |
| Tiles | Pretending 2 Run | Guest drums on two tracks | |
| 2017 | The Winery Dogs | Dog Years / Live in Santiago & Beyond 2013–2016 | EP and live release box |
| Sons of Apollo | Psychotic Symphony | ||
| Neal Morse | Morsefest 2015: ? and Sola Scriptura LIVE | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | |
| 2018 | Metal Allegiance | Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty | |
| The Neal Morse Band | The Similitude of a Dream: Live in Tilburg 2017 | Recorded at the 013, Tilburg, Netherlands on April 2, 2017. | |
| Morsefest 2017: Testimony of a Dream | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | ||
| 2019 | The Great Adventure | ||
| Sons of Apollo | Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony | Recorded at the Ancient Roman Theatre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria in September 2018 | |
| Flying Colors | Third Degree | ||
| Noturnall | Scream! For!! Me!!! | Single released in October 2019 | |
| 2020 | Sons of Apollo | MMXX | |
| Morse/Portnoy/George | Cov3r to Cov3r | ||
| John Petrucci | Terminal Velocity | ||
| Neal Morse | Sola Gratia | ||
| Flying Colors | Third Stage: Live in London | Recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, England, on December 14, 2019. | |
| The Neal Morse Band | The Great AdvenTour: Live in Brno 2019 | Recorded at the Sono Centrum, Brno, Czech Republic on April 7, 2019. | |
| BPMD | American Made | ||
| Enuff Z'Nuff | Brainwashed Generation | Guest drums on It's All In Vain | |
| 2021 | Transatlantic | The Absolute Universe | Released in three versions: The Breath of Life (Abridged Version), Forevermore (Extended Version) and Blu-Ray 5.1 Mix (Ultimate Version). |
| Liquid Tension Experiment | Liquid Tension Experiment 3 | ||
| Between the Buried and Me | Colors II | Drum solo on "Fix the Error" | |
| NMB (formerly The Neal Morse Band) | Innocence & Danger | ||
| Morsefest 2019 | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | ||
| Flying Colors | Morsefest 2019 | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | |
| 2022 | NMB (formerly The Neal Morse Band) | Morsefest 2021 | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. |
| 2023 | Morsefest 2020 | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | |
| An Evening Of Innocence & Danger: Live in Hamburg | Recorded in Hamburg, Germany on June 13, 2022. | ||
| The Winery Dogs | III | ||
| Transatlantic | The Final Flight: Live at L'Olympia | Recorded at L'Olympia in Paris, France on July 28, 2022. | |
| 2024 | Transatlantic | Live at Morsefest 2022: The Absolute Whirlwind | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN on April 29-30, 2022. |
| NMB | Morsefest 2023 | ||
| 2025 | Dream Theater | Parasomnia |
Portnoy has released several instructional drumming videos/DVDs. These include:
Portnoy has self-released "drum-cam" DVDs and digital downloads of the last several Dream Theater and side project recording sessions as well as various live performances through his own "MP4" production company which can be found on his website. These are "in-studio" with some live recordings typically consisting of Full Band, Isolated Drums tracks, and an Audio Commentary.
Portnoy won the following Modern Drummer magazine Reader's Poll awards:
He also is the recipient of 16 DRUM! Magazine Drummie Awards including “Drummer Of The Year” three times (2011, 2012 & 2014) and was awarded Revolver’s Golden God Award in 2011 for Drummer Of The Year. [4]
He has released three instructional videos, "Progressive Drum Concepts", "Liquid Drum Theater", which has won awards from Modern Drummer Magazine, and his latest "In Constant Motion". He has released many "Official Bootlegs" on his website, including footage of the studio sessions for the Dream Theater albums Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence , Train of Thought , Octavarium and the Transatlantic release Bridge Across Forever . He has released bootlegs of his tribute bands Hammer of the Gods (a Led Zeppelin tribute), Yellow Matter Custard (The Beatles), Cygnus and the Sea Monsters (Rush), and Amazing Journey (The Who).
In the October 2009 issue of Rhythm Magazine, Portnoy was listed as #5 in their list of the Top 50 Drummers of All Time. [5]
He was featured on Fuse TV's Talking Metal where he joined with Bobby Ellsworth and the show's hosts in covering Motörhead's "Overkill."
On June 14, 2010, Mike Portnoy won the Metal Hammer Golden God Award for Best Drummer. [6]
As voted on by 6,500 drummers worldwide, Portnoy won the Drummies Award for Best Progressive Rock drummer in 2010, while Joey Jordison of Slipknot/Rob Zombie/Murderdolls won the award for Best Metal drummer. [7]
At the Revolver Golden God Awards on April 20, 2011, he won the "Best Drummer Award" for his work with Avenged Sevenfold. [8]
On June 7, 2011, Portnoy posted on his Facebook that he had won Drum! magazine's "Drummer of the Year Award" and the "Metal Drummer Award". [9] [10]
Portnoy won the "Virtuoso" award at the 2013 Progressive Music Awards. [11]
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts. The band comprises John Petrucci (guitar), John Myung (bass), Mike Portnoy (drums), James LaBrie (vocals) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards).
Liquid Tension Experiment (LTE) is an American instrumental progressive metal supergroup founded by Mike Portnoy in 1997. The band initially released two albums, between 1998 and 1999. An extension of their second regular album, with the absence of John Petrucci was released in 2007 under the name "Liquid Trio Experiment".
Michael Stephen Portnoy is an American musician who is primarily known as the drummer, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater.
Images and Words is the second studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on July 7, 1992, through Atco Records. It is the first Dream Theater release to feature James LaBrie on vocals. Since its release, the album has maintained its position as the band's most commercially successful studio album, and the song "Pull Me Under" has the distinction of being the only Top 10 hit the band has had to date. This particular song has also had more recent success as it has appeared in the 2008 video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
John Peter Petrucci is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. He produced or co-produced all of Dream Theater's albums from Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999), and has been the sole producer of the band's albums released since A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011). Petrucci has also released two solo albums: Suspended Animation (2005) and Terminal Velocity (2020).
Stone Sour was an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992. The band performed for five years before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor, Josh Rand (guitar), Christian Martucci (guitar), Johny Chow (bass) and Roy Mayorga (drums). Longtime members Joel Ekman and Shawn Economaki left the band in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Former lead guitarist Jim Root left in 2014. The band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2020.
Derek Sherinian is an American keyboardist of Armenian descent who has toured and recorded for Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, and Joe Bonamassa, among others. He was also a member of Dream Theater from 1994 to 1999, is the founder of Planet X and also one of the founding members of Black Country Communion, Sons of Apollo, and Whom Gods Destroy. He has released nine solo albums that have featured a variety of prominent guest musicians, including guitarists Slash, Yngwie Malmsteen, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather, Joe Bonamassa, Michael Schenker, Steve Vai and Al Di Meola, and extensively drummer Simon Phillips.
Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, bassist Johnny Christ, and drummer Brooks Wackerman.
Michael Anthony Mangini is an American musician, primarily known as the former drummer of progressive metal band Dream Theater, with whom he played between 2010 and 2023. He has also played for bands and artists such as Annihilator, Extreme, James LaBrie, and Steve Vai. Before joining Dream Theater, Mangini was a faculty member at Berklee College of Music. Between 2002 and 2005, he set five World's Fastest Drummer records. Mangini appeared on the Discovery Channel show Time Warp, displaying his drum skills for high-speed cameras.
Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison was an American musician. He was the original drummer of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he was designated #1, and the guitarist for the horror punk supergroup Murderdolls.
Inside Out Music is a German progressive rock record label originally based in Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, and dedicated to the publication of progressive rock, progressive metal and related styles. In 2009, it formed a partnership with Century Media Records and moved its base of operations to Dortmund, also in North Rhine-Westphalia. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music and became its premier label for progressive music.
Systematic Chaos is the ninth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Released on June 4, 2007 in the United Kingdom and June 5, 2007 in the United States, Systematic Chaos was the band's first release through Roadrunner Records, which was sold to their previous label Atlantic Records, through which the band had released their previous studio album Octavarium (2005). The album was recorded from September 2006 to February 2007 at Avatar Studios in New York City, after the band's first break from summer touring in ten years. The lyrics of the album were written by John Petrucci, James LaBrie, and Mike Portnoy about fictional, political, and personal topics, respectively.
Chaos in Motion 2007–2008 is the sixth video album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater. Released on September 30, 2008, the DVD contains a compilation of live concerts from the band's Chaos in Motion Tour, in support of their 9th studio album Systematic Chaos. This was also the band's last official live album to be released with their founding member and drummer Mike Portnoy before his departure from the band in September 2010. The tour, which lasted from June 3, 2007, to June 4, 2008, contained 115 shows throughout 35 countries. Two forms of the DVD were released, a 2-disc set and a 5-disc special edition. The special edition was limited to 5,000 copies.
Black Clouds & Silver Linings is the tenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on June 23, 2009 through Roadrunner Records. It is the last album to feature drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy for fifteen years until his return to the band in 2023.
Bigelf is an American progressive rock/progressive metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1991. They have released four studio albums.
Nightmare is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, released on July 23, 2010, through Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Mike Elizondo, mixed in New York City by audio engineer Andy Wallace, and mastered by Ted Jensen.
"Fiction" is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. It was released on their fifth studio album, Nightmare. The song was written by the band's original drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, who died in December 2009. The song is a duet between The Rev and M. Shadows.
A Dramatic Turn of Events is the eleventh studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released worldwide in September 2011 through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's first recording to feature drummer Mike Mangini, following the departure of founding member Mike Portnoy in September 2010. The album was written, recorded, mixed, and mastered between January and June 2011 at Cove City Sound Studios in Long Island, New York. It was produced by guitarist John Petrucci and mixed by Andy Wallace. Two singles, "On the Backs of Angels" and "Build Me Up, Break Me Down", were released in promotion of the album.
This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 2010–2019.