Prog Features

Ninth album deals with two different concepts, as the Finnish group look forward to a future of total control over their catalogue

When it comes to enjoying live music, looking after your hearing is paramount. Myself and the Louder team have tested what we think are the best earplugs for gigs, plus we have full reviews and advice from hearing experts

Even as they began spiralling out of control, the cut-down double album delivered 46 minutes of creativity, complexity and power

Keyboard master – who took the plunge and played guitar on his new solo album – on his decision to lay aside some of the crazy and create a song-based work

I thought my kids would be a little army of music nerds but social media and video games had other plans for them. And then I got them a serious pair of headphones…

Cool new proggy sounds you really should check out from Allamedah, Astreyane, The Wring and more...

Folk and folk rock bands are responsible for some of the most progressive music ever made. Not only that, but they influenced the rock world as we know it

The band suffered a few false starts before delivering a triumph with a daring album that explored a new kind of energy

The story of Marillion. keyboard player Mark Kelly's first solo venture with Mark Kelly's Marathon

"He said, ‘Well, clearly your wife has impeccable taste where you have little. I suggest you listen to her'."

From 1995's Orchid through to 2024's The Last Will And Testament, we ranked every Opeth album in order of greatness

The amateur impressionist on finding his birth mother then closing communications with her, Stiff Records’ plans to make him a star, and saying the “stupidest thing” to Michael Jackson

In 2005, Classic Rock spoke with former Marillion frontman Fish as he released a best-of collection, Bouillabaisse

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired

American guitarist knew his recordings would never appear on the record, but knows his contribution made a difference to the 1979 song

Cool new prog you really should check out from The Hypothesis, Somewhere, Gerd Weyhing and more...

Mikael Åkerfeldt insists his band’s new concept album, featuring Jethro Tull and Europe men, is no return to their death metal past – and won’t keep prog fans away

The Yes powerhouse bassist had a unique talent for knowing where to be among a relentless band of virtuosos

Norwegians didn’t make things easy for themselves by forming as an octet, while one member tried to avoid their natural musical tendencies; but thanks to the European prog community they’re riding high at last

Having recently quit Deep Purple, the bassist was looking for a new challenge in 1973. It came in the form of The Butterfly Ball And The Grasshopper’s Feast, featuring notable prog guest stars