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The Beatles group portrait
The Beatles' Rubber Soul is pivotal: the pop album as a complete artistic statement

By Mark Beaumont Published

The Beatles' historic Sixties psych-folk moment Rubber Soul gets an insightful expanded treatment

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Opeth's Fredrik and Mikael throw devil horns in a London pub
“Love is like a mental disease that everybody wants to catch”: How Opeth made Sorceress

By Polly Glass Published

Released on September 30, 2016, Opeth's 12th album found Mikael Åkerfeldt taking new risks: "The idea of stagnating, of writing a record simply to feed a career, that’s scary"

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William Shatner, Billy Sherwood, Tony Kaye and Circa
How William Shatner learned to love prog and make an album with the humanity of Star Trek

By Grant Moon Published

Knowing some people would never get over the novelty, Billy Sherwood decided to go for broke with Ponder The Mystery, featuring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman, Nik Turner, Edgar Froese and others

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Kristoffer Gildenlow in 2026
20 years after Pain Of Salvation split, Kristoffer Gildenlöw says he’s still under the shadow of sibling Daniel

By Paul Travers Published

Latest album [Humanised] is a confident return to his prog roots. And he has no bad blood left; just a cautious optimism for the world’s future

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Rod Stewart in 1969
Six essential Rod Stewart albums every rock fan needs in their collection

By Ian Fortnam Published

Buying guide Forget the Great American Songbook series – these are the albums that prove Rod Stewart is one of rock’s greatest voices

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Slipkknot
Slipknot’s Jim Root says new album is “gonna hurt some feelings”, agrees with harsh criticism of The End, So Far

By Matt Mills Published

The guitarist says the nu metal wrecking crew are “experimenting with different approaches”

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Iron Maiden's Somewhere In Time artwork dissected
The secrets of Iron Maiden's Somewhere In Time album artwork laid bare

By Simon Young Published

As Somewhere In Time turns 40, we reveal the secrets hidden in Iron Maiden's most intricate album artwork

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Nirvana in 1989
Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and the very best of Sub Pop records

By Emma Johnston Published

Sub Pop: the best releases from Seattle's game-changing record label

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Steven WIlson
“Life is meaningless – so embrace it”: Steven Wilson looks back at Planet Earth

By Dave Everley Published

His challenging return-to-prog album The Overview contrasts the collapse of a nebula with a bursting grocery bag in Swindon, all to illustrate that space is “nothingness; it’s scary; it’s death”

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Yes in 1996
Yes to release complete studio recordings from both Keys To Ascension albums, on vinyl for the very first time

By Jerry Ewing Published

Yes's Keys To Ascension: The Studio Recordings​ will be released on double vinyl and as a single CD in January

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