Latest Prog News
Ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds hits out at his former bandmates on social media
It seems that Brent Hinds' exit from Mastodon may not have been entirely amicable
Gentle Giant's Derek Shulman to publish career-spanning memoir, Giant Steps, in October
Giant Steps traces Derek Shulman's career from Simon Dupree & The Big Sound through Gentle Giant to record executive working with Bon Jovi, Dream Theater, AC/DC and more...
Vangelis's epic 1492: Conquest Of Paradise soundtrack to be reissued on coloured vinyl and CD
The Vangelis soundtrack for Ridley Scott's epic 1492: Conquest Of Paradise will be reissued on coloured vinyl and CD in August
Fundraiser set up for leading rock music journalist after heart attack
Writer Mick Wall has written books on Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Eagles and more
The Zombies announce documentary screenings for June and July
The Zombies: Hung Up On A Dream documentary is set for UK-wide release across all video platforms from July
Thom Yorke shares mind-bending video for new TV theme Dialing In
Thom Yorke's new track, Dialing In, is the theme for Apple TV's new drama Smoke, which airs on June 27
Watch Muse jam a Gojira riff during recent headline performance at Hellfest in France
Matt Bellamy’s hard rock powerhouse played a short snippet of Stranded at one of Europe’s biggest metal festivals last weekend
Latest Prog Features
Billy Sherwood’s journey to Yes started with the wayward World Trade
By the time he reunited his 80s group for third album Unify, he’d replaced Chris Squire and started fronting Asia. None of it would have happened without Toto and Gentle Giant
Black Country, New Road battled steep odds to make Forever Howlong - but they won
Line-up changes, cancelled tours, shyness, outside commitments left the Canterbury crew with no option but to gamble on their future. Their third studio album proves they won
How Jon Anderson and Roine Stolt made Invention Of Knowledge
The former Yes vocalist and the Flower Kings leader spent two years creating and fine-tuning a record designed to be an in-depth experience – and surprised even themselves
Dan Hawkins hates how The Darkness treated Ian Anderson
Guitarist says one of the worst days of his life came when a song featuring the Jethro Tull leader was dropped from their 2012 comeback album
Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, Sandy Denny, Phil Collins and the novelty single no one talks about
In 1975 some of the biggest names in prog became the backing band for comedian Charlie Drake to record the Gabriel-penned song You’ll Never Know. It was an utter flop
Six of the newest, coolest proggy sounds around from Sam Vallen, Heather Findlay, Esoterica and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Great new prog you need to hear from Tribe3, Esthesis, Fields Of Næcluda and more in our Tracks Of The Week...
Latest Prog Reviews
"Fuelled by a cartoonish energy”: Atomic Rooster’s Atomic Rooster, remastered and expanded
The proto-prog trio’s crunching 80s revamp revisited, with extras and a live set
Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe’s Luminal and Lateral are a double victory
Stunning collaboration yields two albums that are different – while also, somehow, the same
“He seems determined to prove he can sound unlike Genesis”: Nad Sylvan’s Monumentata
Best known as Steve Hackett’s live vocalist, he moves away from his usual tone with darker, more personal music than his earlier solo output
“Rick Wakeman-like piano flair and an agile, crystalline voice”: Renaissance’s Running Hard
Clamshell set illustrates a wondrous purple patch of symphonic prog-folk from Annie Haslam and co
Katatonia’s new era begins with Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State
Sweden’s melancholic masters successfully navigate recent choppy waters to deliver their lucky 13th album
“There’s no denying its compositional prowess”: Greenslade’s Large Afternoon Expanded
Fruits of their short-lived new-millennium reunion provides nostalgia and commentary, with live tracks containing more meat and punch
