Here are the 15 biggest news stories of the week
It’s been another busy week in the world of rock, metal and prog – here are the stories that hit the headlines
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Here are the 15 biggest news stories of the week
It’s been another busy week in the world of rock, metal and prog – here are the stories that hit the headlines
Roger Waters shares live One Of These Days clip
Roger Waters releases video of his performance of One Of These Days from his Us + Them concert film
Opus Of A Machine and Glass Ocean combine for joint Australian tour
Sydney and Brisbane bands join forces for co-headline tour...
Elbow announce 2020 UK tour
Elbow will play 21 dates across the UK in 2020 - including multiple theatre residencies in support of new album Giants Of All Sizes
Motorhead’s original guitarist Larry Wallis dead at 70
Larry Wallis who also played with Pink Fairies, Blodwyn Pig and UFO has died at the age of 70
District 97 release new European tour teaser
Chicago proggers add London date to forthcoming tour...
Tarja Turunen announces In The Raw UK tour
Tarja will return to the UK in March next year in support of her brand new album In The Raw
Steve Hackett launches video for his At The Edge Of Light track Peace
Steve Hackett’s video for Peace will be included on Genesis Revisited Band and Orchestra: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Robert Berry US tour "a dream come true"
Prog rocker finally brings his work with the late Keith Emerson to the stage...
New Australian prog metallers Introspect release debut single Ad Astra
Band will release three-track Ad Astra EP on October 18...
Watch lyric video for Pink Floyd’s 1994 track Keep Talking
The Division Bell track has been selected from the upcoming 16-disc Pink Floyd box set The Later Years - out in November
Tool have “tons of material” for Fear Inoculum follow-up
Tool’s Danny Carey hopes to "knock out another record” sooner rather than later: “It’s not going to take 12 years,” he tells Metal Hammer
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Primus: a guide to the best albums
Primus might be an acquired taste, but at their best this musically unique and gloriously oddball trio made some truly compelling records
Blut Aus Nord debut trippy new track taken from their forthcoming album Hallucinogen
Listen to the avant-black metal pioneers new track Nomos Nebuleam taken from their forthcoming new album, Hallucinogen
VOLA pick their fave prog albums of the year so far...
The Danish proggers look back over the best that 2019 has offered. So far...
Here's why you can’t afford to miss the UK Guitar Show and London Bass Guitar Show
With the UK Guitar Show and London Bass Guitar Show fast approaching, here are 7 reasons why you need to be there
Lucien Greaves: 5 songs to inspire Satanism
The Satanic Temple's Lucien Greaves picks five songs that have inspired his Satanic nature
Emma Ruth Rundle in conversation with black metal outfit Mizmor
Premiere Emma Ruth Rundle and A.L.N. – the man behind black metal act Mizmor – took a hike to discuss life, religion and art, while picking apart Mizmor's new album one lyric at a time
Rise Twain talk us us through their new album
Brett Kull and JD Beck guide through 'Rise Twain' track by track...
Devin Townsend: "I can't overstate how The Dark Crystal affected me"
With the new incarnation of The Dark Crystal hits Netflix we thought we'd chat to the original movie's biggest fan
Tool's Fear Inoculum: Your definitive track-by-track guide
It's taken 13 years, but Tool's new album, Fear Inoculum has finally arrived – here's everything you need to know about it, one track at a time
The 10 Most difficult guitar solos
Up-and-coming progressive metallers Unprocessed pick the ten most difficult guitar solos to master
Tool - Fear Inoculum review: an enigma inside Pandora’s box
Tool's Fear Inoculum album follows LA’s multi-dimensional metallers as they journey beyond all expectations
Jethro Tull: how loneliness and cold war spy thrillers shaped Minstrel In The Gallery
Jethro Tull swapped their West London studio for glamorous Monaco, but it was Ian Anderson’s ‘loner’ status and outsider observations that really informed Minstrel In The Gallery
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Jane Weaver - Loops In The Secret Society album review
Not yet ratedJane Weaver takes us on a journey both back through time and into the future with this seamless collection
Gaahl steps away from his black metal roots in new album GastiR - Ghosts Invited
The black metal icon takes a turn for the unexpected with the new album from Gaahls Wyrd
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Transiberiana album review
Not yet ratedItalian masters make a triumphant return...
Van der Graaf Generator: The Aerosol Grey Machine album review
Not yet ratedLavish 50th anniversary reissue for VdGG’s elusive debut album
Alan Parsons: The Secret album review
Not yet ratedStudio ace Alan Parsons has been tempted back into recording a new album, after 15 years away. Can he weave his sonic magic once more?
Lonely Robot: Under Stars album review
Not yet ratedJohn Mitchell’s trilogy reaches a stirring conclusion...
Arena - Double Vision album review
Not yet ratedBombast and big ideas from neo-proggers on top form
Lunatic Soul - Under The Fragmented Sky album review
Not yet ratedRiverside mastermind finds comfort in sound
The Fierce And The Dead - The Euphoric album review
Not yet ratedEight years on, as punk and prog spectacularly collide, Matt Stevens and co’s third album documents some concerning electric dreams
