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“He encouraged us to dream big”: How Bob Ezrin brought out the prog in Kula Shaker
Crispian Mills hails the “complete maniac” Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel and Alice Cooper producer for his work on 1999 album Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts
"Exul ended up being recorded at 10 different studios over two and a half years." Ne Obliviscaris and the heroic story of their fourth album
Australian prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris tell how without their Patreon-funding they might not have got to make album number four, Exul
“We embrace the spirit of early 70s prog as being the way that you should always approach music." Mastodon and their prog epic Crack The Skye
In 2009 US prog metallers Mastodon released their conceptual opus Crack The Skye. It proved to be the step up to the big time the band deserved...
"Instrumental albums are often made by musicians for musicians, so we wanted to keep things tuneful and hold the listener’s attention" How Animals As Leaders broke the mould with The Joy Of Motion
The story of the Washington instrumental trio's third album, 2014's The Joy Of Motion
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Featuring Buckcherry, Luke Spiller, Battlesnake and five other speed kings and highway stars
What Steven Wilson learned about Robert Fripp from remixing King Crimson
Admitting that arrogance played a role in accepting the challenge, Wilson was left with an even greater appreciation of Fripp’s achievements
The unbelievable rise of Opeth, the band who went from death metal no-hopers to prog royalty
Inside one of the most remarkable success stories in modern metal
How hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot restarted the party on their second album, III
Chickenfoot’s second album, III, picked up where their debut left off
How Gojira turned tragedy into music to create a profound masterpiece in Magma
A life-changing loss shaped Gojira’s classic 2016 album Magma
The “pretty little ballad” that turned Blink-182 into all-conquering punk-pop titans
The trio needed one more song to complete their third album, so Tom DeLonge went home and summoned up a classic…
10 brilliant new Irish artists you should listen to before next St. Patrick's Day rolls into view
The Irish music scene continues to go from strength to strength, and here's further proof
New Order’s Peter Hook hails Groundhogs’ Split
Long before he started playing bass, but after discovering Wishbone Ash and Curved Air, he was introduced to the pioneering power trio’s 1971 album by a future bandmate
How Disturbed’s David Draiman became the metal star the press loved to hate
In the 2000s, sections of the UK press hated Disturbed – and singer David Draiman was trying to work out why
The life and times of Steve Hillage, the maverick guitarist who helped shape the sound of prog
Steve Hillage was one of the architects of 70s prog
"The music’s pretty progressive, but it’s not Rush is it? It’s not exactly Dream Theater." TesseracT's journey to debut album One
How young UK prog metal quintet TesseracT introduced themselves to the world back in 2010...
How Finnish glam-goth metal icons The 69 Eyes blazed a trail for HIM
Before Ville Valo and HIM, there was Jyrki 69 and The 69 Eyes
If you don’t like Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home, you don’t like music. You should hand your ears back
It’s not when-Dylan-went-electric, it’s not when Dylan ditched protest songs: it's when Dylan laid the foundations for everything we love
The chaotic story of Black Sabbath’s Born Again and the booze-fuelled union of two rock legends
Black Sabbath’s Born Again: flawed classic or total disaster? Ian Gillan has opinions
