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About DREAM THEATER: Progressive metal band Dream Theater formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy. Though a number of lineup changes followed, the three original members remained together along with James LaBrie and Jordan Rudess until September 8, 2010, when Mike Portnoy left the band. In October 2010, the band held auditions for a new drummer, and added Mike Mangini to its roster. Dream Theater's tenth studio album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings (Roadrunner Records), was released on June 23, 2009. It entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at #6 and Eurochart Hot 100 at #1, marking their highest entry on either chart. Black Clouds & Silver Linings - a highlight of their 25-year career - was praised by Mojo magazine's Paul Elliott: "...their lofty ideals remain intact. By modern criteria, Black Clouds & Silver Linings is as highbrow as The Mars Volta, as grandiose as Muse and as heavy as Metallica." The legendary progressive metal masters have sold in excess of 10,000,000 records and DVDs worldwide. The release of their eleventh studio album is expected in September 2011; Dream Theater will kick off a world tour in July, 2011.

Within Temptation creates modern rock and metal music with energetic, slamming themes, urban based grooves and pounding beats - all combined with underground and cinematic vibes. In their first years, they have been at the forefront of orchestral and gothic rock/metal. Nowadays Within Temptation evolved to modern rock and metal with crossovers to many genres like, urban, trip, alternative, punk, hip-hop, mysterious, modern cinematic and action driven music.

About Hammerfall: Among many accolades, Rock Hard touted the 1997 debut, Glory to the Brave, in its book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. 2000's Renegade bowed at #1 in their home country and went gold. In 2002, Crimson Thunder yielded the seminal "Hearts On Fire," and went gold. With 25 million Spotify streams to date, the song notably became a theme for the Swedish Olympic Women's Curling Team, which led to the band performing the opening ceremony at the European Athletics Championships in front of a global audience of 250 million. In addition to playing everywhere from India to Australia, the group has shared the stage with everyone from Iron Maiden and Rammstein to Dio. 2014 saw (r)Evolution bow at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in addition to topping charts back home.