Latest articles by Holly Wright
Yes, they were Ihsan’s backing group… yes, they use to play extreme music and wear corpse paint… but lead singer Einar Solberg explains they’re really a grandiose prog unit.
From Metallica to Babymetal, Cattle Decapitation to Sleep Token, these are the best metal albums of the year to date
By the time London prog rockers Haken released their second album Visions they were already headed for glory
Album number two. Vocalist number eight. The story of TesseracT's Altered State is quite something...
Album review: Avatar are a little too eclectic for their own good on new album Dance Devil Dance is
From Sabaton and Blind Guardian to Wind Rose and Bridear, these are the 10 best power metal albums of 2022
Dutch polymath Arjen Lucassen discusses his star-studded 2013 Ayreon album The Theory Of Everything
With 2012's conceptual The Parallax II: Future Sequence US prog metallers Between The Buried Me really let their prog side to the fore
Album review: ex-Murderdolls man Wednesday 13 brings the noise on his heaviest album yet, Horrifier
Trading in prog metal riffs for a sound inspired by 80s pop, Riverside’s sixth album marks a daring change in direction, which perfectly suits a record that’s all about change itself.
Back in 2013 Haken had just signed to InsideOut Music and Charlie Griffiths and Ross Jennings sat down with Prog to discuss their new album The Mountain
Ihsahn’s former backing band have gone full prog on their latest album, Malina. As frontman Einar Solberg tells Prog, Leprous are still searching for their true identity
Album review: Chris Jericho’s buffed-up rockers Fozzy land a few body slams on new album Boombox
Dutch prog legend Arjen Lucassen is famed for his myriad of projects, but here he discusses his 2012 solo album Lost In The New Real
If you're looking for a band that sounds like Bonnie Tyler fronting Dragonforce and feels like a power metal take on Eye Of The Tiger, Battle Beast's Circus Of Doom has you covered
Powerwolf's eighth album Call Of The Wild is chock-full of epic trademark tales and long-toothed fiends
Can you have too much of a good thing? Not if you’re Epica, you can’t
Ayreon’s epic Transitus is the missing link between prog metal and Andrew Lloyd Webber – with added Doctor Who
Power metallers Unleash The Archers finally hit the bullseye on new album Abyss
Finnish folk metallers Ensiferum put fresh wind in their sails with new album Thalassic
Pirate metal lunatics Alestorm go grog-crazy on new album Curse Of The Crystal Coconut
Greek stoner rockers 1000mods channel Soundgarden and Alice In Chains on new album Youth Of Dissent
Occult-infused rockers Lucifer bring their twin poles into harmony with third album, Lucifer III
