Prog Features

"The key to the band's sound is that all the guys in the band are really into progressive rock..." Magic Pie beat a case of writer's block to make sixth album Maestro

By David West published 14 May 26

Norwegian proggers (with an Icelandic singer) Magic Pie dialled up the heavy rock quota on 2025's Maestro, their first new album for six years

How unlikely proggers Karnivool made the last great nu metal debut

By Matt Mills published 14 May 26

Nu metal was considered dead by 2005 – but a ragtag band from Australia ensured that the genre would bow out in a blaze of glory

The story of Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, Quiet Sun and their sly posthumous album

By Sid Smith published 14 May 26

Guitarist’s mid-70s juggling act proved his previous band’s worth via their LP Mainstream, assembled in a rush while he was tracking solo debut Diamond Head

How a robbery in New Orleans in 1970 forced David Gilmour to purchase what has become the highest-priced guitar in history

By Paul Brannigan published 13 May 26

"The police hadn't helped us much, but the FBI got to work"

They took a risk to escape broken music industry models. So far, it’s paying off

By Alison Reijman published 13 May 26

Anglo-Welsh quintet wrote enough material for a double album, but that’s not the format it’s being released in. Have they found a way to break the mould?

How Gong became more Gong than ever with latest album Bright Spirit

By Phil Howitt published 13 May 26

The most stable line-up in the band’s six-decade history have completed their first trilogy, with new spiritual insight and an old but well-loved guitar style borrowed from Syd Barrett

If you can’t connect Sunn O))) with King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis, let them explain

By Dom Lawson published 12 May 26

If you can’t connect the drone metal heroes with King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Miles Davis, allow co-founder Greg Anderson to explain

Traffic’s spiralling demise sent Steve Winwood driving his Rolls-Royce into the sunset

By Paul Rees published 12 May 26

With seemingly constant personnel issues, the band leader wound up recording in a heavy coat with the hood pulled up, and his keyboards facing the wall

The only person to have won Grammys in 10 different categories isn’t afraid of AI

By James McNair published 11 May 26

Guitar virtuoso explains why he can’t wait to escape domestic life and get back on tour, and reveals his multi-generational approach to his many collaborations

Keith Emerson remembered by PP Arnold, who named his band The Nice – and had them stolen from her

By Rob Hughes published 11 May 26

The soul singer who named The Nice – and had them stolen from her – still recalls the keyboard wizard with great affection

They played alongside Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Blind Faith and Keith Chegwin. Then they were gone

By Malcolm Dome published 10 May 26

Rumours of alchemy, magick, war heroism and Van Gogh’s ear surrounded the “bonkers, eclectic and free-thinking” group earlier known as The Giant Sun Trolley, National-Balkan Ensemble and Hydrogen Jukebox

"I always go back to the early 1970s because those sounds are timeless, even though they’re from before I was born." Why Lars Fredrik Frøislie plays it defiantly old school on second solo album Gamle Mester

By Stephen Lambe published 9 May 26

Wobbler and White willow musician Lars Fredrik Frøislie tells the story of his second solo album, 2025's Gamle Mester

“I saw Frank Zappa sit in with Pink Floyd. He was terrible”: Swans’ Michael Gira

By Dom Lawson published 9 May 26

The lifelong experimental rocker believes only the first three Mothers Of Invention albums are worth listening to, because after that Zappa succumbed to “unfortunate prog tendencies”

How Voivod embraced East German culture, Killing Joke and Bauhaus to help soundtrack their prescient album Killing Technology

By Simon Young published 9 May 26

Canadian prog-thrashers Voivod predicted a grim future on their 1987 album

Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Muse, If These Trees Could Talk, Raphael Weinroth-Browne and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing published 8 May 26

Ace new prog from Hanry, Iron Jinn, Aisles and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

Anika Nilles interview: stepping into the glare of the Rush spotlight and growing up with music

By Philip Dethlefs published 8 May 26

New Rush drummer Anika Nilles will make her tour debut next month in Los Angeles

When Talking Heads asked Adrian Belew to replace David Byrne, he knew the answer

By Paul Lester published 8 May 26

Tension drowned the post-punk art quartet’s creative powers. But they point out that no one died in the making of their records

In the 80s, many artists used newfangled samplers to make jolly tunes. Art Of Noise went solid prog rock

By Rhodri Marsden published 7 May 26

Armed with a synth that cost £18,000 when that was a lot of money, this group – with strong Yes connections – made a real statement with their debut album

Six decades on from the hit that made him a legend, Arthur Brown's world continues to be crazy

By Dave Ling published 7 May 26

On tour throughout 2026, The God Of Hellfire will be unveiling his upcoming album in full later in the year