Prog Features

Great new prog you have to hear from Ross Valory, We Are Bodies, Yenisei, The Progressive Souls Collective and more

Steven Wilson, Arjen Lucassen, Steve Rothery and more famous fans pick their top tracks – with some surprising results

With friends (and bandmates) reunited for Dream Theater’s 40th anniversary, it’ll be a special night for fans at Wembley Arena later this month

Starting as an art-rock project in the vein of 10cc or Queen, work with producer Mutt Lange and the 1978 single 5.7.0.5. let to dispute, distraction and eventual destruction after several promising proggy albums

In 2012 Rush's drummer Neil Peart told us about modern alchemy, thinking big, how Nirvana influenced Rush, and why he'd never watch Beyond The Lighted Stage

Tales of the first true progressive rock album, from two of the men who made it

The official sound of prog, made in Birmingham

Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters and Robert Fripp were among those listening when the BBC played the record in full in 1967 – and weren’t the only ones who experienced artistic epiphanies that night

After spending endless nights on the road – complete with Stacia Blake colouring their shows – the band proved what a musical powerhouse they’d become with their second record in 1971

Keyboardist’s solo albums may not have reached the heady heights of his bandmates’ output – but he’s had a great time making “more progressive” music with artists of his own choosing, including Fish, Toyah and Nik Kershaw

Five decades after an incredible year of two remarkable albums and large-scale touring, the reactivated band look back on crêpe paper mushrooms, stolen costumes and writing classic tracks in half an hour

The 80s titans have been treated to renditions of their tracks by Lorde, Gary Jules, Foals, Kanye, Drake and more

As his band reached its 50th anniversary, the Canterbury veteran still worried if going solo with From The Half House was the right thing to do

She went missing in 1937 during an attempt to fly round the world – now J Willgoose, Esq has used the material she left behind to bring her story back to life

Guitarist names his favourite track by the American prog metal titans, and some of the bands he discovered through them

He recalls breaking out of the Netherlands, his relationship with former guitarist Jan Akkerman, and the one album he’d like to remake

Previously voted Prog’s best unsigned band, they spent two years perfecting their concept’s sounds and story – with every atonal note and slash from a set of keys entirely deliberate

Sleep Token’s singer gave Metal Hammer his first and last interview in 2017. When he did, he named the 90s alt-rock record that moves him most.

Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, John Wetton and guests struggled to deliver the 1974 album that, for many years, remained severely underrated

The Banishing is the triumphant result of Gong and Utopia Strong member’s mental battle, loss of his family, support from his friends and a “heroic dose of magic mushrooms”