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Dream Theater won't have Mike Portnoy back after stint with Avenged Sevenfold

Following his departure from Avenged Sevenfold last week, ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy reached out to his former band in a bid to rejoin the prog-metal legends. However Dream Theater, or rather their lawyers, declined.

"Fairly recently, I reached out to the guys to try and make amends and offered to reconcile for the sake of having peace back in our lives (plus I know how much it meant to a lot of the fans)," wrote Portnoy on his blog. "I figured it was still possible to try and save us because they hadn't made any announcements yet or begun any public activity with another drummer, but sadly, they declined my offer (well, actually their lawyer did, they didn't even tell me themselves). So now the fans on my Twitter and Facebook can [you] please stop asking me to go back to DT? I tried, and the door is now shut... The ball is now in their court, not mine.

"I'm not crying or looking for mercy by posting this," he added. "I am merely trying to set the record straight as that is always the most important thing about my relationship with you guys... No bull shit, no spin, nothing to hide, and for better or for worse, I tell it like it is."

Tags: Avenged Sevenfold, Dream Theater