This is a discography of works by American drummer Mike Portnoy. For information about recordings made by Dream Theater see Dream Theater discography.
| Year | Band | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Rising Power | Power for the People | ||
| 1986 | Inner Sanctum | 12 A.M. | ||
| S. A. Adams | Unearthed | |||
| Majesty | demos | |||
| 1989 | When Dream and Day Unite | |||
| 1992 | Images and Words | |||
| 1993 | Live at the Marquee | Recorded at the Marquee Club in London, England, on April 23, 1993. | ||
| 1993 | Recorded at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, on August 26, 1993. | |||
| 1994 | Awake | |||
| 1995 | A Change of Seasons | EP album. Contains live tracks recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London on January 31, 1995. | ||
| 1996 | Various Artists | Working Man – A Tribute to Rush | Portnoy drums on six tracks | |
| 1997 | Falling into Infinity | |||
| 1998 | Once in a LIVEtime | Recorded at the Bataclan in Paris, France, on June 25, 1998. | ||
| Liquid Tension Experiment | ||||
| 1999 | Liquid Tension Experiment 2 | |||
| Various Artists | Encores Legends & Paradox; A Tribute to the Music of ELP | Portnoy drums on two tracks | ||
| 2000 | ||||
| 2001 | Bridge Across Forever | |||
| Live in America | Recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. in June 2000. | |||
| Live Scenes from New York | Recorded at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, New York, on August 30, 2000. | |||
| 2002 | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | |||
| Rama 1 | ||||
| Building the Bridge | The Making of Bridge Across Forever documentary | |||
| 2003 | Office of Strategic Influence | |||
| Testimony | ||||
| Live in Europe | Recorded at the 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands, on November 12, 2001. | |||
| A Twist of Fate | EP | |||
| Train of Thought | ||||
| 2004 | One | |||
| Live at Budokan | Recorded at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on April 26, 2004. | |||
| Testimony Live 2003 | Recorded at the 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands on November 17, 2003. | |||
| 2005 | Octavarium | |||
| ? | ||||
| Portnoy drums on three tracks | ||||
| One Night in New York City | tribute to The Beatles (with Paul Gilbert, Neal Morse, and Matt Bissonette) | |||
| 2006 | Free | |||
| Morse/Portnoy/George | Cover to Cover | |||
| Score | Recorded at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York, on April 1, 2006. | |||
| Hammer of the Gods | Two Nights in North America | tribute to Led Zeppelin (with Paul Gilbert, Daniel Gildenlöw, and Dave LaRue) | ||
| Cygnus and the Sea Monsters | One Night in Chicago | tribute to Rush (with Paul Gilbert, Sean Malone, and Jason McMaster) | ||
| Various Artists | Gigantour | Dream Theater performed The Glass Prison and Panic Attack on this DVD release of the 2005 Gigantour. | ||
| 2007 | Sola Scriptura | |||
| Systematic Chaos | ||||
| Spontaneous Combustion | as Liquid Trio Experiment | |||
| Amazing Journey | One Night in New York City | tribute to The Who (with Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, and Gary Cherone) | ||
| 2008 | Lifeline | |||
| Chaos in Motion 2007–2008 | Recorded in various places between 2007 and 2008. | |||
| 2009 | The Whirlwind | |||
| Live in NYC | Recorded at BB King's in New York City, on June 23, 2008. | |||
| As Liquid Trio Experiment. Recorded live in Chicago, Illinois, on June 25, 2008. | ||||
| Live in LA | Recorded live at the Downey Theatre, Downey, CA, on June 27, 2008. | |||
| Black Clouds & Silver Linings | Last album with Dream Theater | |||
| Wither | EP | |||
| 2010 | Nightmare | |||
| Welcome to the Family | EP | |||
| Recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, England, on May 21, 2010. | ||||
| 2011 | Adrenaline Mob | EP[1] | ||
| Testimony 2 | ||||
| Recorded in Manchester, England, and Tilburg, Netherlands in May 2010. | ||||
| One More Night in New York City | tribute to The Beatles (with Paul Gilbert, Neal Morse, and Kasim Sulton) | |||
| Testimony 2: Live in Los Angeles | Recorded at the Whittier Theater, Los Angeles, CA on May 28, 2011. | |||
| 2012 | Omertà | |||
| Flying Colors | ||||
| Morse/Portnoy/George | Cover 2 Cover | |||
| Momentum | ||||
| The Prog World Orchestra | A Proggy Christmas | |||
| 2013 | Covertà | Cover EP that covers Badlands, Dio, The Doors, Van Halen, Heart, Rainbow, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath | ||
| The Winery Dogs | ||||
| Unleashed in Japan | Recorded at the Nippon Seinen-Kan in Tokyo, Japan on July 17 2013. | |||
| Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine and Sherinian (PSMS) | Live In Tokyo | Material from their individual and collaborative careers. Recorded at the Zepp, in Tokyo, Japan, on November 14, 2012. | ||
| Live in Europe | Recorded at the 013, Tilburg, Netherlands on September 21, 2012. | |||
| Live Momentum | Recorded at the Highline Ballroom in New York City on October 11, 2012. | |||
| 2014 | Kaleidoscope | |||
| Into the Maelstrom | ||||
| Stone Pushing Uphill Man | 2 tracks | |||
| Second Nature | ||||
| Restoration | Gong on "Crystallised" | |||
| Transatlantic | KaLIVEoscope | Recorded in Cologne, Germany and Tilburg, Netherlands in March 2014. | ||
| 2015 | The Grand Experiment | |||
| Metal Allegiance | Collaborative Album with David Ellefson from Megadeth and Alex Skolnick from Testament https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01005S25E/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0FVM5J9V2TG7G75WJNEM&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=577048787&pf_rd_i=desktop | |||
| Hot Streak | ||||
| Recorded at the Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland, on October 12, 2014. | ||||
| Morsefest 2014: Testimony and One LIVE | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | |||
| 2016 | Metal Meltdown | Recorded at the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, USA on May 30, 2015. | ||
| The Similitude of a Dream | ||||
| Alive Again | Recorded at the Cultuurpodium Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Netherlands on March 6, 2015. | |||
| Fallen Heroes | EP | |||
| Pretending 2 Run | Guest drums on two tracks | |||
| 2017 | Dog Years / Live in Santiago & Beyond 2013–2016 | EP and live release box | ||
| Psychotic Symphony | ||||
| Morsefest 2015: ? and Sola Scriptura LIVE | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | |||
| 2018 | Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty | |||
| The Similitude of a Dream: Live in Tilburg 2017 | Recorded at the 013, Tilburg, Netherlands on April 2, 2017. | |||
| Morsefest 2017: Testimony of a Dream | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | |||
| 2019 | The Great Adventure | |||
| Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony | Recorded at the Ancient Roman Theatre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria in September 2018 | |||
| Third Degree | ||||
| Noturnall | Scream! For | Me | ! | Single released in October 2019 |
| 2020 | Sons of Apollo | MMXX | ||
| Morse/Portnoy/George | Cov3r to Cov3r | |||
| John Petrucci | Terminal Velocity | |||
| Neal Morse | Sola Gratia | |||
| Flying Colors | Third Stage: Live in London | Recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, England, on December 14, 2019. | ||
| The Great AdvenTour: Live in Brno 2019 | Recorded at the Sono Centrum, Brno, Czech Republic on April 7, 2019. | |||
| American Made | ||||
| Brainwashed Generation | Guest drums on It's All In Vain | |||
| 2021 | The Absolute Universe | Released in three versions: The Breath of Life (Abridged Version), Forevermore (Extended Version) and Blu-Ray 5.1 Mix (Ultimate Version). | ||
| Liquid Tension Experiment 3 | ||||
| Colors II | Drum solo on "Fix the Error" | |||
| NMB (formerly The Neal Morse Band) | Innocence & Danger | |||
| Morsefest 2019 | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | |||
| Flying Colors | Morsefest 2019 | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | ||
| 2022 | NMB (formerly The Neal Morse Band) | Morsefest 2021 | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | |
| 2023 | Morsefest 2020 | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN. | ||
| An Evening Of Innocence & Danger: Live in Hamburg | Recorded in Hamburg, Germany on June 13, 2022. | |||
| The Winery Dogs | III | |||
| The Final Flight: Live at L'Olympia | Recorded at L'Olympia in Paris, France on July 28, 2022. | |||
| 2024 | Live at Morsefest 2022: The Absolute Whirlwind | Recorded at New Life Fellowship in White House, TN on April 29-30, 2022. |
Portnoy has released several instructional drumming videos/DVDs. These include:
Portnoy has self-released "drum-cam" DVDs and digital downloads of the last several Dream Theater and side project recording sessions as well as various live performances through his own "MP4" production company which can be found on his website. These are "in-studio" with some live recordings typically consisting of Full Band, Isolated Drums tracks, and an Audio Commentary.
Portnoy won the following Modern Drummer magazine Reader's Poll awards:
He also is the recipient of 16 DRUM! Magazine Drummie Awards including “Drummer Of The Year” three times (2011, 2012 & 2014) and was awarded Revolver’s Golden God Award in 2011 for Drummer Of The Year.[4]
He has released three instructional videos, "Progressive Drum Concepts", "Liquid Drum Theater", which has won awards from Modern Drummer Magazine, and his latest "In Constant Motion". He has released many "Official Bootlegs" on his website, including footage of the studio sessions for the Dream Theater albums Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, Train of Thought, Octavarium and the Transatlantic release Bridge Across Forever. He has released bootlegs of his tribute bands Hammer of the Gods (a Led Zeppelin tribute), Yellow Matter Custard (The Beatles), Cygnus and the Sea Monsters (Rush), and Amazing Journey (The Who).
In the October 2009 issue of Rhythm Magazine, Portnoy was listed as #5 in their list of the Top 50 Drummers of All Time.[5]
He was featured on Fuse TV's Talking Metal where he joined with Bobby Ellsworth and the show's hosts in covering Motörhead's "Overkill."
On June 14, 2010, Mike Portnoy won the Metal Hammer Golden God Award for Best Drummer.[6]
As voted on by 6,500 drummers worldwide, Portnoy won the Drummies Award for Best Progressive Rock drummer in 2010, while Joey Jordison of Slipknot/Rob Zombie/Murderdolls won the award for Best Metal drummer.[7]
At the Revolver Golden God Awards on April 20, 2011, he won the "Best Drummer Award" for his work with Avenged Sevenfold.[8]
On June 7, 2011, Portnoy posted on his Facebook that he had won Drum! magazine's "Drummer of the Year Award" and the "Metal Drummer Award".[9] [10]
Portnoy won the "Virtuoso" award at the 2013 Progressive Music Awards.[11]