Drum legend Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, The Neal Morse Band, ex-Dream Theater) has checked in with the following message to the fans:

"November 16th, 1984: it's been 32 years since that fateful night that I lost my mom in a tragic plane crash. I wrote about this life changing event in my song 'A Change Of Seasons' and the Carpe Diem message is still as important today as it was 32 yrs ago. Give my lyrics a listen and give your loved ones a hug and a kiss because you never know when they'll be gone forever. 

For those of you that don't know the full story behind my ACOS lyrics, here is a post from last year telling my story..."

Portnoy recently did a two-hour Facebook Live chat, specifically a track by track description of The Neal Morse Band’s new album, The Similitude Of A Dream, which was released last Friday, November 11th. Video footage of the session can now be seen below:

The Neal Morse Band - singer/guitarist/keyboardist Neal Morse, drummer Mike Portnoy, bassist Randy George, keyboardist Bill Hubauer and guitarist Eric Gillette - recently released a new video for The Similitude Of A Dream album track, “The Man In The Iron Cage”, which can be found below.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1
“Long Day”    
“Overture”    
“The Dream”  
“City Of Destruction”     
“We Have Got To Go”  
“Makes No Sense”   
“Draw The Line”  
“The Slough”     
“Back To The City”  
“The Ways Of A Fool”   
“So Far Gone”
“Breath Of Angels”              

Disc 2
“Slave To Your Mind”              
“Shortcut To Salvation”          
“The Man In The Iron Cage”         
“The Road Called Home”               
“Sloth”                                           
“Freedom Song”                            
“I'm Running”                                 
“The Mask”                                    
“Confrontation”                                
“The Battle”                                      
“Broken Sky/Long Day Reprise”    

“The Man In The Iron Cage” video:

"So Far Gone" video:

"The Ways Of A Fool” lyric video: