Mike Portnoy Plays 'Panic Attack' | Dream Theater

Watch Mike Portnoy perform “Panic Attack” by Dream Theater. This song is featured on Dream Theater's ninth studio album ‘Octavarium’, released in 2005. “Panic Attack” features some of Mike Portnoy's most iconic drum parts – particularly the double bass intro groove.

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[albertorbinati]

Wow. The control it takes to keep those 16th and 32nd notes perfectly on beat for 7(?) minutes is astounding. The man is a machine.

[King-Gilamashur]

I'm so happy that in such divisive community as the drumming one, MP is getting such overwhelming love. He deserves it.

[asiriusworm]

For a song called panic attack, he plays the drums so calmly

[bawol-official]

Portnoy deserves a Nobel prize for this song.

[stevegoodrich]

Thank you Rock Band 2 for introducing me to this song and sending me down a 15-year rabbit hole 👍 also props to Drumeo for syncing their advertisement with the song 😆

[Dricksus]

man...I don't know. hearing Mike play these songs again just warms my heart. it genuinely feels like home. I don't care about who is the better drummer, both Portnoy and Mangini are incredible in their own right, but for me having Portnoy back in Dream Theater just feels right. can't wait to hear some new music!

[venomslair]

Portnoy. One of the most Technical yet organic drummers ever.

He's in my top 3 of drummers alongside Aquiles Priester and Gene Hoglan.

[MrSkippylee]

Drumeo, you should use this song in the 'Hears for the first time' feature and watch whoever you give it to melt before you. Actually thinking about it would be good to see what another pro drummer comes up with that has not heard this before! MP is the GOAT.

[LordShadowZ]

This song being on Rock Band 2 is one of the reasons why I started playing drums. It's a fun song to play and it's still my favorite Dream Theater song.

[marinlarin]

There are so many insane drummers out there, Eloy plays with such raw power but also precision, Mario Duplantier is like a creative mad scientist, Estepario just blows my mind with his 32 note fills and quadruple pedal action, Austin Archey mastered the art of machine gun drumming... but when I get asked who's my favorite drummer my brain can't come up with another answer other than Mike Portnoy. For me he's the GOAT for many different reasons, and I don't mind if it's a cliche answer, it's just what I feel. Legendary!

[m_tdjk]

0:37 Those classic old videos from Mike are LEGENDARY !! A lot of memories

[killerkite]

Just opened YT and this shows up. Thanks Drumeo for more Portnoy contents!

[hewiebecker]

What I find amazing is the bass, vocals, guitar and keyboards all have so much room to shine but MP absolutely shreds without being intrusive.

[whiteglovepc]

6:41 - been listening to this song for years and this is the first time I’ve noticed how great this fill is

[MatDuJardin]

Can we appreciate that Octavarium is almost 20 years old ❤

[Diatonicth]

His playing is so clean and precise. Perfect performance!

[BlakeandMarjie]

Mangini is so unbelievably technical. A serious prodigy. But Portnoy was BORN to push progressive metal boundaries. So glad he’s back in DT - my first favorite band ever.

[MatuteDrumCover]

This is what makes a drummer great, not only the talent, the difficulty in what he is playing but also that he has TOTAL control over the instrument all the time. AMAZING.

[G]

I second the vote for "Hears for the first time" for Panic Attack! Man, do I love MP!

[lucenarennan]

Mike is such a percussive drummer that if you hear without seeing it, you may assume that there are percussionists doing stuff to the music apart from the drummer itself. It's just crazy how creative, techinical, fast, yet melodic he is. I am a guitarrist, but my music hero is definatelly Mike. I hope someday I can shake hands with this guy and that will be me zeroing life.