Mike Portnoy & Jordan Rudess Play “The Dance Of Eternity” | Dream Theater
“The Dance of Eternity” is one of the most iconic (and toughest) progressive metal songs ever recorded. Over the past two years, both Mike Portnoy and Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater visited the Musora studios — and filmed some amazing performances.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory”, we put together a mashup of Mike and Jordan playing this legendary (and seriously complex) track.
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February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
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@KaiYang-m9b
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
2:51
@pianoabhi
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
btw these guys are kinda coworkers as they both worked in the same legandary band, DREAM THEATER
@ottoman-y9p
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
I remember that double bass in 4.42 in Mangini era on Boston concert 2014
@psychoelectric
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Not for a Piano.
@HadesArmy1990
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
There no band on this earth can be like this band. One in a billion. ❤
@SapetarCreations
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Give it 4,500 years and The Dance of Eternity might just become the Eighth Wonder of the World. Scientists and scholars will keep studying it forever, still wondering how on earth it was "made", right up there with the Pyramid of Giza.
@faujiali9129
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
7:35 you have drum, piano, guitar, and singing. hopefully there will be a bass content too.
@arifnurrifaie
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
I like t shirt mike portnoy 😂😂
@cwaddle
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Mike portney! Wow
@arnyhook1330
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Úžasné… Balzám na duši ;)!!!
@juliofernandesjr.1112
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
👊
@fahrezaahmad9387
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Both are sufficient.
@ossasungkarfull2596
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
AMAZING DREAM THEATER 👍👍👍❤
@omarvillarreal3850
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
I'd love to see Portnoy do his interpretation of "Enigma Machine"!!
@moonshadow7475
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
👍🎶🥰❤ T wo of the Best Doing the Best!! 🥰🎶👍
@cjune7836
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Technically insane, otherwise unlistenable
@beat1676
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
I seriously wanna see the guys do a Weekly Idol style challenge. Just drop the song in the middle and make them play along
@jimmike10
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Breathtaking!
@BobGrayson-k8p
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Why do the subtitles say Mikee porno? lol
@thiagoleite9152
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Quero ver tocar the Alien, será que é pedir muito?
@ARMeow-k3q
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
cool
@xAfroMetalHead1990x
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Final Fantasy boss fight ahhh music
@AndresLopez-uf4ew
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Thats not a song….its a special kind of Drum solo. Hahaha
@WilliamMurrayIII
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Everyone wants to drag down others. You could make the argument of it is on the keyboard and sequencer. But I tell them " make that argument for Mike" 😳
@dedykurniyanto6349
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Who's play gitar? And bass?
@donhyramadhan1543
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
skil dewa
@rolandowise
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Its more of an exercise than a song
@ceneblock
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Psh…this is an easy song. Any n00b can do it blind folded. Those time signature changes are just for show to make it appear hard.
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Edit:
4:05, I love that bass solo where John plays a solo.
@MarcoPassanezi
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
This song is called Dance of Eternity because it never ends…😂😂
@liquidsofa
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
I work with a boy who is ASD2. He loves music, and loves music theory. When I play this song for him in the car, he is dead silent. I can see the gears turning in his head. I wish I could hear, the way he hears this song. He will often request, Dance of Eternity, Tool – 46 and 2, Diana Ross – Chain Reaction and Lindsey Stirling – Roundtable Rival.
@GeoffreyGodshall
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess, or Rudess/Portnoy-all you need.
@syo7611
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
いっそ全員呼んでくれ
@Pedro-jl1ft
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Damn, how I missed Portnoy's tune!!!
@kyra.agh07
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Final boss appears in Contra game
@MartinusVincensius
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
When the prophet become in one videos
@VetaElite
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
I'm procrastinating from doing my time and rhythm course work to listen to Dream Theatre. I loved them since I was first exposed to them when I was 16 by my metal head aunt.
@fmstany
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
demonstration of liveliness but NOT music!
@DiegoGonzalez-zw3nj
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
return magini
@AberrationNexus
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
While this music isn't my cup of coffee, these bros got some serious chops! 🤘
@frickin_jamal
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
I would love to see a quality video of mike playing the glass prison. Its a really under recognized song for what it is
@Janoschman
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
hey @drumeoofficial, give us some drum lessons with MP on drumeo plz
@Fromsomewheretosomewhere-eo6kx
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Cette vidéo fait moins de vues que « Papa Roach » !!! 😮
@thejkyle
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Jordan is an absolute monster on the keys.
@AdamShepard
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Guitarists everywhere are overjoyed at this video
@Wulli05
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Only to remember all those rythm changes, hell. Its crazy.
@marley198312
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
This od epopey of a metal and classic miusic.🖕🏳️🌈
@scoobydoo3217
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
This shit is trash. Bug music shit
@eduardoreyna743
February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Michael Jordan Experiment
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