Mike Portnoy - Prophets of War

Prophets of War From DVD "SysDRUMatic Chaos"

[@unclerhombus]

I was one of the people blessed enough to record the group chant in-studio with Mike Portnoy for this record 😊

[@andrewsmith9747]

Portnoy is a master at composing drum parts to bring out the soul of the entire song. It has a consistency that is aesthetically pleasing. Mancini while a technical beast plays each drum part more isolated to focus on the technicality of that phrase. He doesn’t have the same skill that Portnoy does on bringing the whole song together. Mangini composes like he’s giving a drum seminar. Portnoy just feels the music and leaves his fingerprints all over every nuance and has his own unique style.

[@andrewsmith9747]

As a drummer who wants to see boundaries pushed I prefer mangini. But as a music fan who wants to feel the music I prefer Portnoy

[@TheBushwooky]

1:20 when the drums kick in and mimic the rhythm of Petrucci's power chords is so awesome.

[@NanoSectors]

no one can beat portnoy, even asian. end of discussion.

[@johnzee30]

One of the best drummers on this planet!!!!!

[@edelman4664]

Yeahh

[@goostmaster]

What's amazing is that even with this video I still can't figure out half of what he's doing.

[@theluke8]

Mike!!! When i think i'm going to see you in live November 7th.... You rock dude!!!!!!!! DT forever

[@elizapark6461]

And how it was?:)

[@ZufFlorestas]

Top de mais great mike portinoy

[@carolbssptri]

Just fantastic! Perfect Song ..

[@anash258]

all i want to say is, DREAM THEATER ROCKS! Mike Portnoy Rules! For me his the best modern drummer! his the best drummer! i love this song! this song was compose by James Labrie ryte? :D hehe~

[@alexgrizzard1379]

I actually have met Mike super nice down to earth guy , having been playing 43 years myself all the he's the best etc... Mike is an intense prog drummer who plays with a lot of feel and heart , he doesn't sound " mechanical " as most prog drummers do ..

[@kaotikaguitarist]

He adds alot to the song with that awesome drumming. Mr P is THE drummer!

[@loocarlosgt]

Magnífico. Um gênio da música. grande Mike Portnoy

[@mustaphaaitabderahmane2506]

5:16 portnoy is a magicien to .. he changed his short during the song

[@portnoyrlz14]

hahaha epic comment

[@mustaphaaitabderahmane2506]

+Diego Velázquez lol thnx .. but i think that he can do it in reality.. that s for sure hahaha genius drummer

[@cent3333]

This is awesome to watch

[@elkinesebaaviles]

This songs feels with a lot of MUSE's influences

[@katianyfurtado5385]

Sensacional. Assim como ele faz ao vivo. 👏🏼🇧🇷

[@cosmavitosoldato6108]

Portnoy my favorite drummer

[@yoguimasterof69]

ok, technically, there are several guys better than Mike....fortunately, music is not all about technique.....He just put the right "note" in the right time... love his composition! :)

[@dlgnlwls84]

MATE, EXACTLY!!

[@SirPwnographer]

You are damn right. You can know the whole theory but creativeness is something only few have.

[@FanaticDrummer]

Naw hes super technical. Technical today just means shredding over time signature changes. Portnoy is complicated because his parts are so methodical. Not one drummer can play Learning To Live in its entirety. Underrated song but one of Portnoys most technical. Todays chop savvy and rudimentary drummers still cant play his parts right. There is a varying degree of technical ability, Portnoys is deceivingly difficult.

[@andreastacchietti1890]

Tas un poquito equivocado.....

[@extrememind100]

My favorite muse song

[@lincarerom]

In my opinion the stuff mike wrote earlier was much more creative and challenging, i mean this is still great, love mike.

[@MrEdnilsonjr]

come back to DT, genius!

[@rtrooperw8115]

Wow!

[@TaTyAnA97]

muy buen tema :)

[@lionheart2603]

My Drum Idol! [2]

[@ShakinAitken]

My God I was getting dizzy watching him during the verse beat. Un-feaking-believable! But I got ask, is that type of beat really needed? I guess it's all in the prog-fun. Keep it real Mike, you are the Man.

[@ignamax08]

a fucking genius

[@Mazen39]

he's the prophet of drums :P

[@skater15153]

god this drum part is so sick

[@Firerace]

I agree, I get a lot of muse vibes when I hear this song

[@Cygnus_B]

reminds me of Muse for soem reason

[@FanaticDrummer]

Not so much. Octavarium was the album Portnoy said was most influenced by Muse.

[@extrememind100]

For all the reason this is 100%muse

[@tankerbrigade]

Maybe because its Muse style composition :)

[@cochodepokeria]

man, thanks for posting this videos

[@Minar94]

God I miss him

[@sirchaox1224]

/yes

[@EdBadal]

i concur

[@Nabfunny]

TOTALY AGREE ...:-) cool !! Very Nice when we speak each others without struggle :p :-)

[@DaBayman]

You go dude!

[@betoportnoy]

Only drum it's a must

[@thraxnayel]

hehe im raising the numbers i tell everyone i no about them and at first their like i dont wanna hear them!! then i makem listen to it and there like o wow there good dt is my favorite band of all time lol and portnoys my fav drummer

[@uruzumi]

well that was exactly the goal of MP when they made this song haha, i bought Systematic Chaos special edition ( with the promotional DVD) you can see em babbling about the song and see MP and JP doing the *queenish* thingies. funny to watch

[@gattosaverio]

The Father , the Son , the Holy Ghost and Mike Portnoy

[@BroJon-uk2ws]

Mangini bisa berak darah kalo di suruh main lagu ini

[@LeoSypniewskiMusic]

ugh once i see this video i realize how many little accents ive missed

[@juantonio0788]

1:35 till 2:28 AWESOME

[@jomare7006]

Muse - Resistence

[@chillymilly6063]

Satisfying as fuck

[@amaltoadie]

It appears that he goes through about 8 bottles of cymbal polish every day :D

[@normalwhitedude]

it looks sped up at 2:07 god damn!

[@zerpblerd5966]

no just the video isn't capturing enough frames to see all his movement - that's called FAST

[@andrictheman]

I'm sure DT would admit their obvious muse influence over the last couple of albums. They've never been shy about their influences. Big deal!

[@MonsieurTazGames]

maybe but he'd probably struggle with it a lil' bit

[@tschuly]

labrie wrote the lyrics, it's composed by DT ;)

[@lincarerom]

Yup, thats exactly wat i meant

[@ap22987]

does anyone know what kind of cymbal portnoy is using, the one with the inverted bell?

[@normalwhitedude]

i know i was just commenting on how quick he can move. :)

[@simji666]

This drum track is too simple for mike but it still sounds awsome.

[@krisq14]

His signature Sabian Max Stax?

[@LeoSypniewskiMusic]

thats the only cymbal i know of that has an inverted bell on top of it

[@ozanozgul]

How could I find the photo in the intro of the video?

[@karyonemos]

what? you lucky!

[@euan247]

one word. WOW btw i think i just came :o

[@FonzyDrum]

I think that who wrote that DT sometimes sound like Musa is right. If you listen to "Stockholm syndrome", there are some similarities.

[@namskalxxx]

muse fucking rules assface! but respect for DT!

[@pauloferreira4616]

Mangini is a circus drummer, no feel, cold, just faster and hard to play drums is the goal

[@MistaRowland]

No, definitely can't be that. They have lots of different fans in different areas but I guarantee if you asked 1,000 random people if they knew of DT only 10 or so would say yes.

[@1barrybrown1]

i think i agree with you and im truely hoping he brings is more technical drumming back in their new album, but this is still amazing. just not portnoy amazing yeh know?

[@mrmcevilweevil]

hey man sorry to disagree but this song is awesome. he did what was nessicarry for the beat and hestill made it sound great (yes like jks2389 said). Plus he's so fluid with his strokes. Just hits then like he's cutting a hand off...straight down and quick. he has a nice flick to it aswell

[@toxobastis]

certo che è strano veder suonare portney su un set che monta un solo tom..seppur ci siano anche gli altri tipici set enormi montati accanto...

[@A_New_Yorker_Lost_In_Florida]

he looks lil' like a white Jesus who plays drums for the NY Knickerbockers @ 00:40 🤣

[@1adonis1]

damn! "Stockholm syndrome" sounds almost like "Never Enough" wo

[@XxFadxX]

no offense to anyone.. but Portnoy do listen to Muse.

[@CarlOlav]

What? I didn't understand. Are you saying they can't play whatever the hell they want as fast as they want?

[@NoroArroyo]

2:00-2:29 what the fuck!!!!

[@Cross6666]

me to godometal555 ....:D

[@MistaRowland]

The Muse influence is incredibly obvious.

[@jks2389]

I believe the point was made earlier that a good drummer always does what sounds best for the song, not what's best for his ego/skill. MP is a very good drummer, but for him to do his normal thing on a song would've sounded out of place.

[@rayzeene]

my top 5 drumers AQUILES PRIESTER MIKE PORTNOY BOBBY JARZOMBECK TERRY BOZZIO BUDDY RICH

[@zerpblerd5966]

check out Brent Smedley

[@5tatus5eeker]

hmm, to me its different, i really prefer the older songs, I&W FII Octavarium SDOIT

[@onejamont]

DT sounds a bit like muse

[@Xitahh]

So that will mean 1/100 If you ask everyone on the planet, 60 million wil say yes then. :p lol w/e

[@petar1987]

what is this?! this is not dt i used to listen!

[@erikblokblok]

you din't listen to DT D:

[@crashxdrummer]

only if its used in the wrong context loll

[@Xitahh]

Muse influence?!?! They wish!!

[@crysis369]

also this isn't really a great drumming track for portnoy he has much better stuff

[@Thystonius]

You're obviously not a drummer when you write this... tried to watch video's with just his drumming on Constant Motion? :P

[@Xitahh]

Sorry man, but DT actually is famous

[@MistaRowland]

Dream Theater has never been famous. One could, however argue that DT are a much more established act than Muse and are much more skilled players. PS: I prefee Muse to DT but just barely. Both are in my top 2 bands. It's obvious that Mike was heavily influenced by Muse in this song. Let's just enjoy both bands and not say belittling things about either band.

[@JPSS97]

Everybody knows who DT is Japan and most of Europe. Too bad most Americans,(and I hate to say, my fellow Canadians who catch the American cold) are very narrow minded and fold their so called 'freedom' to a machine that is the media. Celebrities start playing poker, so now it's cool if you do. UFC becomes the masculine thing to watch, so now beating people up makes you a better man. Gangster rappers shoot and sell, so blacks are stereotypically deemed to the same lifestyle.So what makes famous?

[@PimpMasterT]

oh and i suppose tommy lee is "god" to you right? get some REAL taste in music. or at least keep your inaccurate comments to yourself

[@jrousnedpeh]

tool is such a gay word to call people

[@Nabfunny]

PLEASE STOP WITH THIS FU... INFLUENCE ...! Cause their influence were Led Zep, PINK FLOYD... ,So stop fucking with MUSE...I Like a lot Muse and all what they do but DT ARE MORE ABOVE ALL OF BANDS !!

[@MistaRowland]

Sorry man, but not really.