Latest Features on Prog
Styx fired Dennis DeYoung in 1999, but he still wants a reunion for the fans
The co-founding Styx singer and keyboardist on his prog influences, why he hired a woman to shout at his kids – and why he doesn’t care if he isn’t remembered
The 20 best prog reissues of 2025
Long-awaited cuts from Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rush, Mike Oldfield and many more got the deluxe treatment over the past 12 months. Is your favourite on our list?
Prog's 50 best albums of the year 2025
The prog genre has enjoyed an incredible year in 2025. Here are our top 50 albums of the past 12 months – did your favourite make the cut?
Debate: What’s the best prog album of 2025?
Steven Wilson, Dream Theater, Solstice, Cardiacs and IQ have delivered strong records this year. But what’s your number-one choice?
Pagan band harnessed a fake feud, kickboxing and a Cornish faery, and it all ran out of control
After falling together by accident, making use of family talents and winning festival slots the hard way, their seventh album shows they’ve really arrived
How Emerson, Lake and Palmer charted with Aaron Copland’s Fanfare For The Common Man in the year of punk
Even cut down to a third of its length, the 1977 track became their biggest hit, and one of the most successful instrumental single of all time
“Lemmy got the job because he elbowed everybody else out the way!” How Hawkwind made Silver Machine
It was only their second-ever single, but it made a massive impact – and Brock still doesn’t really know how it happened
Terry Bozzio asked a question when he joined Frank Zappa. He asked it again when he left
Drummer, composer and painter recalls his experiences with Captain Beefheart, UK and others, names the best band he’s ever been in and reveals how long it takes to set up his Big Kit
Jo Quail’s music education was free. She believes yours should be too
Virtuoso on pushing her boundaries with latest album Notan and upcoming companion Ianus, and how she acts on her belief that music training is a right, not a privilege
“We came on after the bingo but before the stripper. It freaked me out when this woman walked past us naked… it was enough to put you off sex for ever”: Jon Anderson before, during and after Yes
His unique voice has made him revered among music fans – while his unique attitude has made him notorious among label execs
Nine Kate Bush albums you should definitely hear, and one to avoid
Famously discovered by David Gilmour, Kate Bush made history with her first single and hasn't looked back
“I even had them working on Christmas Day!” Marillion producer aimed to make the perfect album. He didn’t.
He made the move from punk to prog in the early 80s, but it didn’t last
“It’s one of our few songs I listen to without cringing”: Canadian band surprised themselves with 1981 hit
Written in an English market town with a producer who worked them hard, their 1981 track became the third most-played single in the US that year
Jane’s Addiction represented a new form of prog when they released Nothing’s Shocking
Authentic and challenging, the quartet shaped the music of a decade with their major-label debut
Alien Sex Fiend’s mushroom-powered path to prog appreciation
Nik Fiend’s journey from a cover of Silver Machine that Lemmy liked to sharing a label with Hawkwind
“He was unable to write something with delight in it. It’s epic”: William Shatner’s surprising Christmas album
The Star Trek icon gets silly and serious in turns as he discusses what the season means to him, the secret to living long and prospering, and the presents Kirk and Spock might give each other
The 10 best progressive metal albums of 2025
Epic space operas, anticapitalist jazz odysseys, the return of Mike Portnoy – 2025 has been a brilliant year for progressive metal
