Prog
JHB GUITARIST DELVES DEEP
Nick Fletcher's fifth album, Mask of Sanity, is inspired by the psychologist Carl Jung.
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Prog
SPOCK'S BEARD REUNITE FOR NEW LP
Prog veterans channel their post-tour energy into writing and recording.
2 min |
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Prog
PETE LAMBROU (VLMV)
The great and good of progressive music give us a glimpse into their prog worlds. As told to Grant Moon.
2 min |
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Prog
VIPER SOUP COMPLEX
Maltese avant-proggers eyeball the path to success via performance art.
2 min |
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Prog
SUEDE
Some of the more disparaging reviews of Suede's second album accused it of being pretentious, overblown and pompous.
2 min |
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Prog
THE WOOD DEMONS
If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a twig surprise...
2 min |
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Prog
CONNOR KAMINSKI
YouTube shredder teams up with Jordan Rudess and more on his debut.
2 min |
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Prog
GAZPACHO
Feeling lucky, punk? The Norwegian art-rockers explore randomness, chance and more focused songwriting on their 12th album.
3 min |
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Prog
DREAM THEATER LIVE LP INCOMING
The LP celebrates Mike Portnoy's return to the band he formed 40 years ago.
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Prog
"It's an honest, autobiographical album."
In a state of flux and floundering after the commercial flop of their first two albums, Supertramp were close to throwing in the towel in early 1973. Enter producer du jour Ken Scott, hired in a desperate attempt to harness the creative yin and yang of songwriters Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson. The result was Crime Of The Century, an album that changed everything, and set the group on the pathway to artistic longevity and blockbuster future success.
8 min |
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Prog
Bewitched And Bedazzled
Pagan folk-rockers Spriggan Mist were virtual unknowns in prog circles. Then came their breakthrough set at HRH Prog, which launched them as one of the most must-see live acts. With the release of their seventh studio album, The Glare, Prog sat down with husband and wife founders Baz and Maxine Cilia to talk faeries, festivals and friendly feuds.
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Prog
No Reservations
After 10 wildly eclectic albums, Between The Buried And Me are changing tact. In The Blue Nowhere, the fictional hotel in which their latest concept album lives, the best and worst of humanity can be found. A gradient of genres conveys its chaos and calm, making for their brightest and boldest record to date. Prog checks in to find out more.
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Prog
YES TO TOUR FRAGILE IN THE UK NEXT YEAR
They also revisit Fly From Here - Return Trip and hint at the release of new material.
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Prog
Living On The Edge
Luke Machin is one of modern prog’s brightest sparks, but with his solo debut as Soulshine he wanted to do something completely different. The soul-heavy, genre-twisting album features a healthy number of guest spots from prog luminaries as it teeters off the edge of the genre's borders. That, says the guitarist, was intended and Prog catches up with him to find out more.
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Prog
SOEN ANNOUNCE HEAVY NEW ALBUM RELIANCE
Upcoming release is previewed by emotive single Primal.
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Prog
I Wanted To End Humanity!
It's the end of the world as we know it, but Arjen Lucassen feels fine. So fine, in fact, that he's written what's described as \"the soundtrack to humanity's final days\". Thirteen years after his last proper solo album, the Dutch polymath has gone apocalyptic on Songs No One Will Hear with a little inspiration from some of his favourite sci-fi-themed records. He tells Prog what he'll be doing when the asteroid hits and his future plans for Ayreon.
7 min |
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Prog
Motivational Radio!
Ten years ago two prog fans with a background in broadcasting teamed up to launch the UK's only dedicated progressive rock radio network. As Progzilla celebrates a decade of airtime, station founders Stacy Doller and Cliff Pearson discuss the past, present and future of one of the few broadcasters that'll play Supper's Ready in its entirety!
7 min |
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Prog
KARNIVOOL ARE BACK WITH FIRST NEW LP IN 13 YEARS
In Verses sees the light of day next February.
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Prog
Time Is Relative
Barclay James Harvest's co-founding singer and guitarist John Lees has been leading his iteration of the prog overlords since the band split into two separate entities in 1998. With a new studio album - their first in 12 years - having recently landed, Lees joins Prog to chew over the band's legacy, the perils of playing to 250,000 fans by the Berlin Wall, and why the door has seemingly been left ajar for future live dates and, whisper it, even a reunion.
7 min |
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Prog
Green Awakening
The Emerald Dawn have placed the climate emergency at the centre of their sixth album, The Land, The Sea, The Air. Ally Carter and Tree Stewart tell Prog how the first volume of this ambitious two-album set came together and how a new-found love of fusion has bolstered their sound.
5 min |
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Prog
Elegy In Sound
Prog's favourite dog whisperer Rick Wakeman has taken an unexpected path on his latest release, Melancholia. The virtuoso musician explains the inspiration behind his new piano album of originals and reveals his exciting plans for the English Rock Ensemble, which include a \"full-on\" prog record with a tribute to his old friend David Bowie.
6 min |
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Prog
AURI
As the moonlight pierces through the stained glass windows of the Union Chapel with the stage illuminated by lanterns, Johanna Kurkela takes to the stage in a dazzling ballgown, opening the show with Those We Don’t Speak Of before the rest of Auri join her on this autumnal night.
2 min |
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Prog
A SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER
We're off to Balham in south London for the sixth annual A Sunday In September, a 'boutique' all-dayer in the delightful music room of The Bedford.
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Prog
Breaking The Habit
After releasing four solo albums under his own name, Riverside frontman Mariusz Duda has turned his attention back to Lunatic Soul. He's rightly proud of The World Under Unsun, an ambitious new double album that he refers to as his “calling card”, but could it spell the end of this particular outlet? He tells Prog why he's gone big and bold on his eighth release under the LS banner and reveals his plans for the future.
7 min |
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Prog
NEW BIOGRAPHY ON PETER HAMMILL DUE
Upcoming book includes exclusive and revealing new interviews.
1 min |
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Prog
Goodbye Stranger
When Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies' death was announced in September, the prog world mourned the loss of a great talent. We pay tribute to the British-born singer-songwriter by looking back over his remarkable career, which spanned nearly six decades, and place some of his best-loved songs under the microscope.
8 min |
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Prog
ADAM WAKEMAN
He's played live with everyone from Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne to Tony Hadley this year, and before some rare shows by his band Headspace, the keyboardist reflects on a very busy 2025.
4 min |
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Prog
ARCTANGENT FESTIVAL
Named after a mathematical calculation, ArcTanGent is a haven for prog-leaning music fans, and 2025 brings another kaleidoscopic lineup that twists the genre's tropes through a modern lens.
5 min |
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Guitarist
GARY MOORE THE FINAL ENCORE
NEARLY 15 YEARS AFTER HIS PASSING, THE LAST OF GARY MOORE'S GUITARS WILL GO UNDER THE HAMMER IN NOVEMBER, INCLUDING HIS ICONIC 'RED STRAT'. HERE, WE EXPLORE THE FINAL TREASURES OF GARY'S COLLECTION AND WHAT THEY TELL US ABOUT THE MUCH-MISSED KING OF BLUES-ROCK AND HIS MUSIC
10 min |
November 2025
Guitarist
A Little Pick Me Up
Michael Watts explores solutions to the challenge of amplifying acoustic guitars over the decades - are we nearly there yet?
4 min |