New Issue Of Prog Onsale Today! By Hannah May Kilroy published 12 October 17 Prog 81 features Opeth on the cover, plus the Progressive Music Awards, Sons Of Apollo, Magma, Radiohead and more...
Eddie Jobson retires from touring By Hannah May Kilroy published 11 October 17 Eddie Jobson has announced via his website that he will be retiring from touring.
Meet IT, the band bringing politics to prog By Chris McGarel published 10 October 17 London prog collective IT take aim at the London riots on new album We’re All In This Together
Is Centipede's Septober Energy the best prog album you've never heard? By Sid Smith published 10 October 17 Making the case for Centipede's classic album Septober Energy and its addition to the prog canon
Why I love Dream Theater, by DragonForce's Herman Li By Natasha Scharf published 10 October 17 How DragonForce guitarist Herman Li discovered a love of prog at the height of grunge...
Inside the mind of Magma's Christian Vander By Bill Kopp published 10 October 17 We catch up with Christian Vander and his wife Stella to discuss Magma, Vander’s method of composition, the Kobaïan constructed language, and how Magma fit into the musical landscape
"I was a huge King Crimson fan and, I have to say, a teenage devotee of Blue Öyster Cult." Mike Scott on his progressive influences By Paul Rees published 10 October 17 Whether he was leading The Waterboys or going solo, this Scottish musician has always been unafraid to hold back, so now we have to ask: how prog is Mike Scott?
Enslaved have gone more prog than ever and they're not looking back By Malcolm Dome published 10 October 17 They’ve already travelled a long way from their metal origins, and now Enslaved are changing their sound again with their none-more-prog 14th studio album. Guitarist Ivar Bjørnson reveals all
The Prog Awards 2017 as they happened By Malcolm Dome published 9 October 17 It’s that time of the year again: when the great and good of the progressive music scene don their finery and come together to celebrate the music we all love. Here's how it all went down...
Is Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt the future of prog? By Dave Everley published 9 October 17 Mikael Åkerfeldt has spent nearly 30 years steering the ship of Opeth, a group that have progressed far beyond their metal beginnings. Could he be the new figurehead for modern prog rock?
“It really is an original sound and it’s not fair to compare us with Dream Theater." The sotry of Sons Of Apollo, prog's exciting new supergroup? By Rich Wilson published 4 October 17 With former members of Dream Theater plus hard rock and AOR heroes on board too, Sons Of Apollo are an exciting prospect. Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian tell us more
Anneke van Giersbergen talks VUUR and her heavy new direction By David West published 4 October 17 Anneke van Giersbergen plunges into the turbulent waters of progressive metal with VUUR. She tells Prog about her new direction and finding players who can kick her kick her songs in the butt
White Moth Black Butterfly on the joys of making "happy music" By Natasha Scharf published 4 October 17 How TesseracT’s Daniel Tompkins braved sadistic midges, toxic fumes and self-sacrifice to find atonement at the end of the rainbow with White Moth Black Butterfly
The 20 Great Lost Albums of British Rock, 1968-72 By Lee Dorrian published 12 September 17 Label boss, former Cathedral singer and late 60s/early 70s music aficionado Lee Dorrian picks the best forgotten prog-psych albums of the 1960s
Arcane Roots: "Our music is going to keep evolving" By Eleanor Goodman published 6 September 17 Ten years into their career, Arcane Roots are preparing to release their proggiest album to date, inspired by frontman Andrew Groves’ eclectic listening habits. Prog finds out more...
Threshold: "Sometimes it's good to shake things up a bit" By David West published 6 September 17 Two decades after he was last in the line-up, vocalist Glynn Morgan reunites with Threshold as they embrace their prog proclivities on Legends Of The Shires
"This is us at our absolute best." Caligula’s Horse and the maing of In Contact By Rod Whitfield published 6 September 17 On their fourth album In Contact, Caligula’s Horse have challenged themselves not only musically but also lyrically, with their most ambitious concept to date. Frontman Jim Grey tells us more
How Detroit's Discipline created magic with album number five By Chris Cope published 5 September 17 Detroit’s Discipline don’t have the biggest back catalogue for a band that was born in the late 1980s. But as their new shows, when the quartet hit the ‘record’ button, magic happens
Chon introduce their sweet second album Honey By Grant Moon published 5 September 17 A decade ago, they were playing to empty rooms in their hometown of San Diego, but today Chon are packing out venues with their friendly math rock sound. Mario Camarena sums up their progress
The outer limits: How prog are Laibach? By Rob Hughes published 5 September 17 This Slovenian troupe are known for their intriguing covers of rock classics and were the first Western rock group to play in North Korea - but how prog are Laibach?
