Latest articles by Dom Lawson
How Steve Harris stepped away from Iron Maiden to launch his debut solo album
In 2012, Steve Harris launched British Lion - the solo project that took 20 years to get off the ground
“It makes the whole God thing seem plausible!” Kavus Torabi’s Guide To Cardiacs
Gong and Knifeworld guitarist recalls his time in Tim Smith’s band via five of their songs chosen by Prog
Rotting Christ have just crafted their most accessible - and perhaps most magnificent - album yet
Rotting Christ have written the most immediate hooks of their career without compromising one jot
"Dark Superstition is the moment where Gatecreeper become a more well-rounded and versatile heavy metal band." Gatecreeper confirm their status as one of the most exciting bands in death metal with album three
Gatecreeper have evolved nicely without compromising their extreme metal roots on the excellent Dark Superstition
From Hell I Rise is Kerry King at his tooth-gnashing, head-banging best
Slayer might have called it quits in 2019, but From Hell I Rise proves Kerry King still has a lot to say
Kyuss’ Blues For The Red Sun: the inside story of a stoner metal landmark
How cult stoner rock visionaries Kyuss made 1992’s classic Blues For The Red Sun
"It’s a responsibility but also a privilege to share this same kind of consciousness with new generations of people." The fantastic return of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
The story of the Italian prog legends Banco del Mutuo Soccorso return after 25 years with new album Transiberiana
Sebastian Bach appears ageless on the bombastic and sonically monstrous Child Within The Man
An impressively explosive return from one of metal's biggest fans, Sebastian Bach
Why Ihsahn and his wife want you to listen to Radiohead
When people were just beginning to see that the Emperor man was a progressive musician, he’d long been all over Thom Yorke’s artistic bravery
How Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt made Storm Corrosion a different kind of aggressive
Porcupine Tree and Opeth leaders’ 2012 collaboration wasn't what many people thought it would be – instead it was something more experimental which they described as “organic pagan minimalism”
“They couldn’t get the chicken feathers and blood cleaned up quick enough”: the epic story of Motorhead in the 21st century
How Motörhead’s late 90s and early 2000s three-piece line-up more than lived up to past glories
"A glistening benchmark for melodic rock excellence since the mid-80s": FM continue to glisten on Old Habits Die Hard
London’s AOR lifers FM keep up the good work on album number 14, Old Habits Die Hard
“There’s plenty to sustain and even expand the myth of their mission to reconstruct rock music”: Faust’s Momentaufnahme III
Infectious enthusiasm glows out of unheard curios and a few previously-released tracks
Melvins Tarantula Heart Metal Hammer Album Review: "Their best since the 90s"
Grunge forerunners and sludge metal pioneers Melvins are pushing the envelope again with their new - and 27th! - album Tarantula Heart
"We both wanted to rock out, so we started coming up with those kinds of pieces and it made us all feel great so we just kept going." Glass Hammer and the making of Dreaming City
Glass Hammer co-founder Steve Babb tells Prog why the band decided to step into the world of swords and sorcery for Dreaming City.
Every Judas Priest album ranked from worst to best
Judas Priest are the ultimate defenders of the faith: here's how we ranked their incredible, storied back catalogue
"No wonder this beautifully bleak record is so heavy": Faraoese doom merchants Hamferd prove the worst things do happen at sea with monolithic new concept album Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
Based on real-life tragedy on the Faroe Islands, Hamfrerd;s new album Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk is one of the most stunningly crushing doom metal albums you're likely to hear in 2024
"It’s a maths geek’s love song to maths!" The story of Van der Graaf Generator's A Grounding In Numbers
Van der Graaf Generator's third reunion album, 2011's A Grounding In Numbers saw the trio working with shorter form but no less complex material
“Before I wrote The Cartographer, I would’ve avoided using anything except strings – because I didn’t understand and had no cause to”: Jo Quail learned to write for trombone just in time to add energy to her EP set Invocation/Supplication
Experimental cellist explains how she took two very different musical approaches and blended them with the very different voices of Maria Franz and Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari
“I shouldn’t speculate why we were singled out, other than because we were massively offensive”: how Cannibal Corpse became death metal’s first million selling band
Blood, guts and Jim Carrey – the epic story of death metal provocateurs Cannibal Corpse
“It might be significant that my two favourite pieces of music of all time are Supper’s Ready and Thick As A Brick”: What Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris learned from prog
The guiding light of NWOBHM geeks out on Peter Gabriel leaving Genesis, covering Jethro Tull but not wanting to meet Ian Anderson, the length of ELP solos, his struggle to get into Marillion and more
“People think we get our calculators out and work out some kind of complex mathematical formula”: how Meshuggah redefined tech metal for the 21st century
With 2008’s landmark obZen album, Meshuggah were streets ahead of the competition – and the kings of punking other bands
"We like to keep the fans on their toes, and we like to keep ourselves on our toes too." The story of Between The Buried & Me's Automata concept albums
US prog metallers Between The Buried & Me Automata concept albums were so complex the band released them as two separate discs
“While recovering, I didn’t want to stress myself out, so we didn’t rehearse as much. Luckily when I write the music, I give the hard parts to everyone else!” Earthside’s choice between aiming for perfection and getting their second album out ASAP
It took eight years to deliver Let The Truth Speak, amid world events, personal health issues and logistical challenges – but the result is bold, cinematic and defies all expectation
"We’re not a band that writes about fast cars, hot chicks and partying." How Queensrÿche got their prog metal groove back with The Verdict
Seven years into their reinvention with Todd La Torre at the front, the new, rebuilt Queensrÿche are stronger than ever before. But with album number 15, they haven’t lost sight of their past.
