Prog Features

Reading prog rockers Twelfth Night were the first of the 80s proggers to release their debut studio album

With live concerts on hold, Todd Rundgren employs technology as Something To Fall Back On

Whatever your budget, these are the headphones to buy if you're a vinyl nut

There was a time when Pavlov's Dog were bigger than the Stones or Zeppelin in Missouri. But life conspired to stop them in their tracks

Marillion keyboard player Mark Kelly talks his new record with Marathon, lockdown, and former bandmate Fish’s album Weltschmerz

The Sentinel was supposed to make Pallas stars. Instead it's a tale of ill fortune and a fabled producer whose eye came off the ball

From legends to latter-day stars, these are the progressive rock drummers you need to know

In the year of Star Wars, Pink Floyd’s former engineer Alan Parsons was creating his own barmy sci-fi masterpiece, I Robot

Drummer Simon Phillips reflects on a career with Mike Oldfield, The Who, Toto, Jeff Beck, his prog fusion outfit Protocol and more...

In Absentia was a game-changer for Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree. But it would ultimately mark the beginning of the end for modern prog’s most influential band

Step into the mind-expanding musical world of The Amorphous Androgynous

Metal Hammer Deputy Editor Eleanor Goodman has been living with tinnitus since she was 16. To mark Tinnitus Week 2021, Eleanor reveals what it’s like to live with the condition and what she does to protect her hearing

Updated From psychedelia to wild success, the very best of the band who delivered The Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall

As Tinnitus Week 2021 gets under way, we speak with the British Tinnitus Association’s Emily Broomhead to find out more about the condition and how you can protect yourself when live music returns

First recorded by the Scorpions 50 years ago, In Search Of The Peace Of Mind has been re-recorded for MSG's new album Immortal. Here, Michael Schenker tells the story of the song he calls "the theme for my life"

With Glastonbury having been cancelled for a second consecutive year, we ask industry insiders what festival season 2021 is really looking like – and if the festivals we love can survive another fallow year

Cooped up inside success, Peter Gabriel walked out of the Genesis machinery and into a brand new, mumble-free dawn

Rock is often about more than just the music: it's about The Big Idea, and ambition manifesting itself as The Concept Album

Romantic interlude: King Crimson founder Robert Fripp reveals the secrets of his long marriage to actress and musician Toyah Willcox