Page 113 - Metal Hammer Issue 334 - UK (May 2020)

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DREAM

THEATER

HAMMERSMITH APOLLO, LONDON
Progressive metal overlords embark
on a three-hour odyssey

DREAM THEATER ARE the kings of
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