Latest articles by Raziq Rauf
Just before their eighth album arrived, Bruce Soord reflected on remixing his back catalogue, learning to keep a distance from fans and the validity of comparisons with Porcupine Tree
How young UK prog metal quintet TesseracT introduced themselves to the world back in 2010...
The seasonal theme was unintentional, and so was their focus on rock operas, but that didn’t stop “the world’s most famous unknown band” starting out with a 10-date, one-truck tour before selling a million tickets per road trip 15 years later
Keyboardist’s solo albums may not have reached the heady heights of his bandmates’ output – but he’s had a great time making “more progressive” music with artists of his own choosing, including Fish, Toyah and Nik Kershaw
Evanescence’s self-titled third album saw the band return after a long hiatur - but Amy Lee had to work out whether she wanted to continue with the band first
He didn’t plan on taking a five-year break before the Swedish prog giants released their 11th album – but then, he didn’t really take a break at all
Les Claypool brought his main band to London ahead of Green Naugahyde’s launch and revealed the tribulations he’d undergone in the 14 years since his previous visit
The story of Coheed And Cambria's 2010 album Year Of The Black Rainbow
Claudio Sanchez knew his band’s sci-fi universe would turn certain people off, but there’s a reason he went there – and it’s definitely not self-indulgence
Record labels and A&R men have come and gone, but the vision of 3’s mainman Joey Eppard remains strong. As the Woodstock proggers finally ready a new album of unreleased early material, he reveals his plans
Back in 2012 young British prog hopes The Reasoning and Touchstone went out on tour together. It was a knockout!
This is what the inside of Wes Borland’s head sounds like
BTBAM celebrate the 10th anniversary of Colors in style
Steve Howe et al revisit Yes' early years at 2017's Yestival with special guests Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy and Todd Rundgren
Tool and Primus go head-to-head in a battle of the proggiest in San Bernardino
Wish you were here? Waters wows LA on the summer solstice
Tool's Danny Carey joins Doug Webb for their monthly jazz experiment
They'd sold 20 million albums while still in their teens, but after a self-enforced five year hiatus, just how did Evanescence make the long journey back?
"In plaid shirts, tight jeans and ridiculous beards, Mastodon are the incredibly cool uncles who never quite told you what they did for a job.”
Between The Buried And Me’s frontman Tommy Rogers is back with his second solo album under the moniker Thomas Giles. Written on the road, Modern Noise is eclectic and experimental.
The insanely talented musicians gallop ahead of the herd.
