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“I’ve done Genesis longer than Peter Gabriel!” Nad Sylvan is being more himself than ever
By Johnny Sharp published
Best known for his12 years with Steve Hackett, the US-born Swede explores his own life and times at last. And is that a Pink Floyd reference as sings about being frontman and sideman in someone else’s project?

Marillion and Tangerine Dream men took six years over an album that sounds like neither band
By Dave Everley published
Their Bioscope debut arrived after the pair took advice from Steven Wilson, spent a week every winter exploring sounds and ideas, and borrowed Elbow’s drummer to fulfil their instrumental cinematic vision

The grimness of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here may have been overstated
By Daryl Easlea published
1975 album remains a fan favourite – and despite their struggle to make it, the band insist the spirit of love shines through the grief and anger amid the theme of absence and their feelings about Syd Barrett

“Still a bewildering but rewarding experience”: Faust’s self-titled debut album returns
By James McNair published
The German collective’s opening salvo remains as uncompromising as ever

Darryl Way’s Wolf: Cadenza box set proves they should never have been out of the spotlight
By Sid Smith published
3CD set shows the Curved Air man’s underdogs had plenty of bite in Canis Lupus, Saturation Point and Night Music

I'm an Iron Maiden fanatic and decided to rank every single one of their live albums from worst to best
By Dom Lawson published
UPDATED Iron Maiden are the undisputed heavy metal daddies of live albums. Here's every one they've released so far, in reverse order of excellence

Can Vimic's Open Your Omens live up to Joey Jordison's legacy?
By Dom Lawson published
Almost a decade since Vimic first released music, their debut album Open Your Omen is finally here

Why Dan Tompkins had to leave Tesseract – and what brought him back for Polaris
By Tom Dare published
2015 album saw the djent pioneers continue their move away from frenzied metal to thought-provoking prog, meaning the singer had to embrace a new way of creative thinking
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