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“People prefer to deal with the shadows rather than dealing with the truth”: 10 epic songs that showcase Orphaned Land’s ferocious pursuit of a better world

By Prog Magazine published 10 January 25

An introduction to the music of the Israeli prog metal powerhouse and their mission to promote peace and wipe out war

“Polyrhythms, unusual sounds from didgeridoos to sitars, bizarre song structures, people singing backwards… It’s prog with loops and breakbeats”: Orbital’s Orbital 2 (The Brown Album)

By Prog Magazine published 6 January 24

By combining a wide range of genres in a melting pot of musical structures, brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll were closer to Gong, Genesis and Yes than acid house

"It blurred all the boundaries of my musical vocabulary." - John Wetton on Surf's Up

By Prog Magazine published 30 August 23

Back in issue 48, we polled readers and musicians on their favourite prog albums. This was John Wetton's

Gandalf and Frodo get ready for an epic adventure in Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings

Prog songs inspired by Lord Of The Rings and Middle-earth

By Prog Magazine last updated 15 September 22

With The Lord Of The Rings: Rings Of Power out now, we count down the prog songs inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy world

Girih premiere new track The Ring with Prog – stream it here

By Prog Magazine last updated 1 August 22

Listen to Girih’s new track The Ring, taken from their upcoming second album Ikigai

Neu duo shot 2022 in black and white against a wall

Listen to a new version of NEU!'s Weissensee from upcoming 50th anniversary box set

By Prog Magazine published 1 August 22

NEU! celebrate their influential krautrock debut with box set that includes and a special Tribute disc with contributions from Mogwai, New Order and more

Watch the stunning video for Ryo Okumoto's Chrysalis

By Prog Magazine published 1 August 22

Spock’s Beard keyboardist Ryo Okumoto's new solo album The Myth Of The Mostrophus is out now

Darryl Way teams up with Steve Hogarth on The Rock Artist’s Progress

By Prog Magazine published 29 July 22

Former Curved Air violinist Darryl Way will release the linked concept album and novel this September

Glass Hammer with Hannah Pyror at a train station in 2022

Glass Hammer announce final Skallagrim album At The Gate – check out the teaser!

By Prog Magazine published 29 July 22

Glass Hammer bring back the choirs and pipe organs on the third album of The Skallagrim Trilogy – due in October

The 20 greatest proggy TV shows ever!

By Prog Magazine last updated 16 October 21

Did what you watch as a kid inform your later musical taste? Here's 20 very proggy TV offerings we've watched over the years

Watch: Fish on going out on a high and why he didn't want to 'do a Love Beach'

By Prog Magazine published 21 August 20

EXCLUSIVE! Exclusive: Fish on his final album Weltschmerz, his touring plans and why this will be his last album

Fish: How we made the Garden Of Remembrance video

By Prog Magazine published 29 July 20

EXCLUSIVE! A mini-documentary that takes you behind the scenes of the making of Fish's extraordinary new video for Garden of Remembrance

The new video from Fish is so heartbreaking that even he cried

By Prog Magazine last updated 28 July 20

EXCLUSIVE! Watch the poignant new promo for new single Garden Of Remembrance exclusively here

Arjen Lucassen builds the Electric Castle on stage

By Prog Magazine published 27 March 20

Dutch prog icon takes his Inside The Electric Castle to the live stage

The Pineapple Thief announce new live album Hold Our Fire

By Prog Magazine published 30 September 19

The Pineapple Thief will release new live album Hold Our Fire on November 15 ahead of their debut North American tour.

Vote now in the 2019 Progressive Music Awards

By Prog Magazine published 4 June 19

Have your say at the eighth annual Progressive Music Awards

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By Prog Magazine published 28 March 18

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A collage of some of the greatest prog anthems' cover art of all time

The 100 Greatest Prog Songs Of All Time

By Prog Magazine published 26 March 18

The 100 greatest prog anthems as voted for by you…

The 10 most epic Orphaned Land songs

By Prog Magazine published 13 March 18

Introduce yourselves to the world of Israeli proggers Orphaned Land, with this run down of their 10 most epic tracks

2017: The Prog critics' choice

By Prog Magazine published 20 December 17

2017 has been a year of fine proggy cuts. Here, our critics compile their favourites

"Acquiring The Taste has a special place in my heart” – prog stars discuss their love of Gentle Giant

By Prog Magazine published 20 December 17

Mikael Åkerfeldt, Nad Sylvan, Tim Bowness and more discuss their favourite of Gentle Giant’s first four albums

Prog stars pay tribute to Rush's A Farewell To Kings

By Prog Magazine published 17 November 17

Top prog stars including Geoff Tate, Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson and Gong's Kavus Torabi tell us what Rush's seminal album A Farewell To Kings means to them

The 6 best jazz rock albums you’ve never heard

By Prog Magazine published 31 October 17

Six of the best jazz rock albums that have been either overlooked or underrated

The five most prog Enslaved songs

By Prog Magazine published 18 October 17

They've made an art out of reinventing themselves, but with Enslaved now considered forbearers of the prog metal scene, we compile their five proggiest moments to date

What do the world's biggest prog stars think of Mikael Akerfeldt?

By Prog Magazine published 16 October 17

We catch up with Mike Portnoy, Steve Hackett, Steven Wilson and more to find out what they make of Prog Magazine's latest cover star, Mikael Akerfeldt

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