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Prog-metal veterans Mastodon surmount personal tragedies to deliver stellar ninth album Marrow Deep
By Dave Everley Published
Prog-metal veterans Mastodon's first album since the death of former guitarist Brent Hinds doesn’t hide the seam of anguish at its core

Pearl Jam celebrate Ten's 35th birthday with rare live performance on vinyl
By Fraser Lewry Published
Pearl Jam have played Ten in its entirety just twice in the decades since it was released

“Had there been a more sensitive or more efficient producer, it could have been much better”: The album that inspired prog’s most English movement was made in America in four days
By Sid Smith Published
When Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge created the Canterbury scene via Soft Machine’s first record, they’d already split up

"I think it surprised a lot of people!" Tears For Fears announce Deluxe Reissue of 1989's The Seeds Of Love
By Jerry Ewing Published
New Deluxe Reissue of Tears For Fears' The Seeds Of Love features brand-new Steven Wilson Atmos and Stereo mixes

Mastodon triumph over tragedy with Marrow Deep
By Chris Chantler Published
The departure of guitarist Brent Hinds in 2025 might've spelled disaster for Mastodon, but the prog metal pioneers are ambitious as ever

Tom Scholz reveals the secrets of Boston's masterful debut album
By Ken Sharp Published
Driven on by one man’s perfectionism, Boston’s debut took seven painstaking years to complete, yet its creation was inspired by just 20 seconds of music

Why Rush fans had to wait 11 years for Vapor Trails to become the album it deserved to be
By Philip Wilding Published
After tragedy shattered drummer Neil Peart’s life, many were just glad to have their 17th studio album in 2002. But it left almost everyone disappointed at the time

17-disc Soft Machine box set, Slightly All The Time Recordings 1970-1974, due in October
By Jerry Ewing Published
Mammoth new Soft Machine box set the most comprehensive anthology of the band ever released
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