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Harrison/Johnston – Early Mercy
“Terrifying quality and no noodle-fest”: Gavin Harrison and Nick Johnston’s Early Mercy

By Grant Moon Published

King Crimson and Porcupine Tree drummer and new Mastodon guitarist deliver strange, beautiful music with help from Allan Holdsworth bassist Evan Marien

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Steven Wilson and Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt standing side-by-side in 2010
Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why Steven Wilson stopped producing their albums

By Matt Mills Published

Prog idol Steven Wilson co-produced Opeth’s Blackwater Park, Deliverance and Damnation albums – Mikael Åkerfeldt explains why he didn’t return for Ghost Reveries

Bands & Artists
Steve Hogarth and Richard Barbieri
Steve Hogarth and Richard Barbieri pushed each other hard on Not the Weapon But The Hand

By Natasha Scharf Published

Marillion vocalist found himself singing over drum’n’bass music on 2012 release, while Porcupine Tree keyboardist had to allow lyrics in a piece he’d wanted to be instrumental – but the result of years of effort satisfied them both

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Steven Wilson headshot
Steven Wilson on being a control freak, the wonder of space, Porcupine Tree and more

By Rob Hughes Published

Steven Wilson's new album The Overview promises to take listeners "on an incredible journey from Earth to the other side of the universe"

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Jesse Leach and Porcupine Tree
“Steven Wilson changed the way I write”: Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach loves Porcupine Tree

By Natasha Scharf Published

Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach chooses his favourite Porcupine Tree song, and gives some love to Pink Floyd and Mikael Åkerfeldt

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Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson posing for a photograph in 2009
How Porcupine Tree reinvented progressive rock for the 21st century metal generation

By Dom Lawson Published

Porcupine Tree’s 2010 album The Incident capped their rise from cult psychedelicists to prog metal giants

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Colin Edwin
Colin Edwin’s prog world includes Captain Beefheart, Magma, Cardiacs, Gong and more

By Grant Moon Published

Former Porcupine Tree and current O.R.k. member on seeing Daevid Allen live, falling under Tim Smith’s spell, messing about with plastic cameras and, well, Lonnie Donegan

Interviews
Porcupine Tree posing for a photograph in 1999
The story of Porcupine Tree’s Stupid Dream, the cult classic that prepared prog for the 21st century

By Jerry Ewing Published

Steven Wilson looks back on the making of Porcupine Tree’s breakthrough 1999 album, Stupid Dream

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Porcupine Tree – In Absentia
How In Absentia marked the beginning of the end for Porcupine Tree

By Dave Everley Published

They delivered a defining moment in progressive metal with their 2002 album, but it wasn’t easy to do it – and once they had, Steven Wilson didn’t want to do it again

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New six-disc reissue for Porcupine Tree's Fear Of A Blank Planet

By Jerry Ewing Published

New deluxe edition of 2007 album Fear Of A Blank Planet will be released in October

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