Latest Prog News
Three albums could be ready for release next year – but the man who admits he’s a “killjoy” at other artists’ shows says there’s a chance he could take his village on the road
He was more confident in the band’s future than in his own, he says, reflecting on his leap towards solo success
Guitarist explains how he sat himsef among clashing influences to come up with classic album Focus II and its hit single Hocus Pocus
Prog metallers confirm concept set ARC_ONE: Obscura release through Nuclear Blast, as Dan Tompkins says their fresh approach connects to 2023 album War Of Being
Rush's Elevate From The Norm residency at the revolutionary Sphere just got 100% bigger
Drummer lists the songs that prove his band did more than sprawling epics, and gets excited about discovering Big Train’s 1990s Keith Emerson spoof
Frontman says the band have completed their original mission – but it’s not the time to discuss what they could do next
Latest Prog Features
It’s a laugh a minute as the trio of keyboardists discuss their quirky relationship, highs and lows of the music industry, onstage pranks, surviving Yes, hating country and western, and more – but will they ever perform together?
Bringing 1973’s In A Glass House to reissue was tough going. But Derek Shulman – who as an A&R man worked with Bon Jovi, Slipknot and Nickelback – says it made him a fan of his own band for the first time
Only prog pedants, Arizona vintners and Aleister Crowley obsessives will get full marks on this fiendishly difficult quiz
Keyboardist reflects on the emotion and nostalgia of the suite at the centre of 14th record Indigo
Singer Alan Reed’s medical condition and guitarist Niall Mathewson’s move abroad seem to suggest their latest record is their swansong after a career spanning 50 years
While his new bandmates loved Metallica and Iron Maiden, the keyboardist’s heart was with ELP, King Crimson and classical music. Then his contribution to Metropolis Pt.2 showed he was a good fit
Jacqui McShee recalls her folk-rock adventures in America with Bert Jansch and John Renbourn via 1968 album Basket Of Light – and reflects on why it couldn’t last
From avoiding school bullies using his piano skills to burning the American flag and struggling with early Moog synths, the prog icon was determined to become known as a composer above everything else
Latest Prog Reviews
Dazzling prog/math/microtonal rock fun at London’s Troxy with everyone's favourite 333-year-old aliens
One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut
The cosmonauts have shortened their songs for their fourth full-length, but they’re every bit as immersive and disorienting as before
Tool's first show of 2026 wasn't a classic crowd-pleaser, but those who lasted the distance were treated to something special
At London’s Desertfest, the occult five-piece perform all of their darkly fun anthems while backed up by gorgeous videos, returning members and a malfunctioning, Eddie-like mascot
Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut
