Latest articles by Phil Weller
The 10th of 12 planned albums brought completion of The Amory Wars saga into sight. It also left leader Claudio Sanchez pondering his future outside a prison he’d built for himself
Daniel Tompkins and Paul Ortiz’s Prince Of Failure has become a way of dealing with anxiety, impostor syndrome and career-threatening change
It took them 10 years to find the time, but The Roaring Waves sees the Marillion and Genesis icons following each others’ lead in turns – and includes one song they believe will shock prog fans
The Norwegian prog metallers’ lockdown collaboration led to the explosive energy of most recent album Melodies Of Atonement. But they stripped down instead of maxing out
When Doja Cat turned her hit song Say So into a heavier piece for an awards show, the Australian guitarist’s work was unexpectedly part of it. Surprisingly, he didn’t call a lawyer
Burnt-out leader Nick DiSalvo got sick of washing dishes in Boston and started a new life in Berlin, which inspired the psych rock giants to make their broadest, brightest album yet
Daniel Tompkins and Paul Ortiz smash prog together with nu metal on their cathartic self-titled record
Brass Camel's musical ingredients might not be new, but it's how they blend them that counts
The Finnish band play down negative experiences of their second collaboration with Jens Bogren, pointing to the creative triumph of their 13th album
Misha Mansoor explains why people who think his band need advice have misunderstood their entire purpose
They split up in 2017, feeling they’d been overshadowed by the djent bands they’d inspired. Much to their own surprise, they’ve returned with Genotype – a rewritten ending to the story they began with 2016’s Phenotype
His 2024 album PowerNerd was a risky, vulnerable and honest facing of his demons, which he’d been avoiding until a dam broke in his mind
Meet Pinkshift, Turn Cold, Opia and Vianova: the hot new metal bands causing a stir
Rush, Yes and King Crimson inspired them to confound expectations and create a three-album arc of otherworldly spirituality – in an era when, they believe, there’s no way to win the music industry game
The prog genre has enjoyed an incredible year in 2025. Here are our top 50 albums of the past 12 months – did your favourite make the cut?
His debut solo album forces the concept of music without boundaries back on itself. He believes it brought the best out of his guests too
The Blue Nowhere is their first after Dustie Waring’s acrimonious departure, and the remaining quartet say the process was business as usual
Maschine and The Tangent guitarist Luke Machin is one of prog's most respected young guitarists. But for his Soulshine project he turned away from the day job to soul music
Deathcore newcomers Face Yourself, NWOBHM revivalists Seven Sisters, bone-faced black metallers Abduction and videogame inspired alt metallers Luna Kills, these are the new metal bands you need to hear in November 2025
Six years after beloved debut Union, the British prog-metallers deliver a record that floats and comes crashing down at all the right moments
The Dutch guitarist lists some British musicians who inspired the world at large, as much for their attitudes as their creations
Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State, their first album without Anders Nyström, embraces first takes, shelved ideas and outside influences – and hints at how they might use more electronic elements in the future
Secretly the second part of previous album Vector, their 2020 release featured more collaborative writing, more influences, and revealed more details about their Cockroach King character
