The French duo’s seventh album, Les Chants De L’Aurore, arrived after a period of writer’s block. It’s still blackgaze, but it’s surprisingly uplifting – and there’s a reason for that
Operating on the cusp of the genre, they’ve provided plenty of evidence over the years that their roots lay in prog
Tony Banks reflects on Genesis's 1977 double live album Seconds Out
Their seventh studio album was the result of a failed attempt to make a movie – but the band leader believes many more significant things happened in the world of music that year
With 2014's fourth album Walking On A Flashlight Beam Lunatic Soul found themselves travelling down a far deeper and darker path
Stubbornly starting out with rock operas in the grunge era, he’s managed to secure guest spots from James LaBrie, Fish, Mikael Akerfeldt and others – but he still regrets the ones who got away
Great new prog you have to hear from Ross Valory, We Are Bodies, Yenisei, The Progressive Souls Collective and more
Steven Wilson, Arjen Lucassen, Steve Rothery and more famous fans pick their top tracks – with some surprising results
With friends (and bandmates) reunited for Dream Theater’s 40th anniversary, it’ll be a special night for fans at Wembley Arena later this month
Starting as an art-rock project in the vein of 10cc or Queen, work with producer Mutt Lange and the 1978 single 5.7.0.5. let to dispute, distraction and eventual destruction after several promising proggy albums
In 2012 Rush's drummer Neil Peart told us about modern alchemy, thinking big, how Nirvana influenced Rush, and why he'd never watch Beyond The Lighted Stage
Tales of the first true progressive rock album, from two of the men who made it
The official sound of prog, made in Birmingham
Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters and Robert Fripp were among those listening when the BBC played the record in full in 1967 – and weren’t the only ones who experienced artistic epiphanies that night
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
Five decades after an incredible year of two remarkable albums and large-scale touring, the reactivated band look back on crêpe paper mushrooms, stolen costumes and writing classic tracks in half an hour
The 80s titans have been treated to renditions of their tracks by Lorde, Gary Jules, Foals, Kanye, Drake and more
As his band reached its 50th anniversary, the Canterbury veteran still worried if going solo with From The Half House was the right thing to do
She went missing in 1937 during an attempt to fly round the world – now J Willgoose, Esq has used the material she left behind to bring her story back to life
