Rich Wilson

Released after several delays, 2020’s Weltschmerz was designed to be a work of beautiful melancholy. Long before it was finished he knew how his farewell had to feel

They hadn’t seen the top 10 since 1994’s Brave, but F.E.A.R. changed that. Ahead of its release in 2016, Steve Hogarth provided a track-by-track breakdown

How rookie Marillion vocalist Steve Hogarth proved to be more than just a Fish substitute

After the breakdown that left the drummer out of the band he’d led, the remaining members and new man Mike Mangini knew their next album had to be a good one. They found A Dramatic Turn Of Events surprisingly easy to make.

2022 album Surrender Of Silence emphasised his desire to keep challenging himself and his listeners – but some followers felt he’d gone too far with one particular song

The pledge pioneers got out before the platform collapsed – and they’ve never gone back to the way it was before their great escape

Order, chaos, abandoned comfort zones and healthy tension arose as Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison took the lead with the band’s 14th album – which left Soord feeling like it was only their fourth

One wanted The Similitude Of A Dream to be a double album, and one didn’t – and neither of them understood the other’s position when they stormed out of their studio in 2016

When his supergroup side-project The Jelly Jam released their most recent album in 2016, Myung compared his role in the power trio with his day job in the prog metal giants

Today they’re known for the intensity of their polished shows. But of course, that’s not how they started out…

Dutch composer’s collaborators include James LaBrie, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Floor Jansen and others. He did one song with Dickinson too – but it could have been so much more

The disaster of their first album – which remains unpopular with many fans – sent them into a nosedive. Dismissing their vocalist was part of the course correction that made them massive

Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian had big ambitions when they teamed up with Guns N’ Roses, Mr Big and Journey alumni

Singer and guitarist shared their frustrations over being called out for their vocals, drum sound and production values as their 15th album arrived

Does the only album with four entries suggest there’s a definitive record from the neo-prog giants? Does the split between the Fish and Steve Hogarth eras reveal a preferred vocalist?

The prog group established a reputation for sold-out killer shows in the 80s, but fizzled out without warning. Now the core members have returned with an EP and an album to follow

Dream Theater man’s stand-in role may have complicated his own position, but the younger band were grateful for his unflappable optimism as they fought to keep going

After watching a YouTube review, the 45-year veterans resisted the temptation to make Dominion another double LP. But they made enough music to limit the time before their next release

In 2011, while trying to find homes for his enormous collection of Dream Theater drumkits, Mike Portnoy was planning a new direction with Flying Colors, Adrenaline Mob, PSMS and Transatlantic

An Alex Lifeson track worthy of an alternative mix, a digital reunion of former Jethro Tull members and a delightful solo from Peter Frampton colour Chris Herin’s solo album Hiding In Plain Sight

Co-founding drummer discusses how easy 16th album Parasomnia came together, his sadness when he thought a reunion might not happen, and how he’s not quite the control freak some people think he is

Keyboard master – who took the plunge and played guitar on his new solo album – on his decision to lay aside some of the crazy and create a song-based work

Jon Courtney had to deal with writer’s block and line-up issues before securing Pink Floyd collaborator Guy Pratt for new album Coming Up To Consciousness

11 songs from the era when the charismatic Scotsman and Aylesbury's finest prog adventurers defined a musical identity that defied dismissal