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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
“He didn’t want his masterpiece on an album where the vibes were so bad”: Rick Davies’ greatest Supertramp songs
Late co-founder always felt that collaborating was like “two people painting a picture on the same canvas.” But that didn’t stop him succeeding
“Avant-garde? It would be closer to call us ‘aven’t-a-clue!” Mick Abrahams on Blodwyn Pig
Unable to perform towards the end of his life, the singer and guitarist maintained a philosophical viewpoint, and was proud of making “good, honest music without prejudice”
“I wanted to end humanity!” Self-confessed egomaniac counts the ways of our deaths on apocalyptic concept abum
Whether you want to spend your last five months surrounded by family, living in denial or taking part in a shaggathon, there’s a song for you on this apocalyptic concept album
Prog's special Christmas Tracks Of The Week
Seasonal prog fun from Alberto Bravin, The Blackheart Orchestra, Robert Reed & Les Penning and The Sanctity Of Crows
Jethro Tull’s manager asked Ian Anderson to write a hit. He tried not to, but failed
1969’s Living In The Past reached the Top 10 in both the UK and US, and led to an uncomfortable experience on Top Of The Pops
A bright spark of modern prog brought in big prog names to make an album that’s not prog – and he’s not sorry
His debut solo album forces the concept of music without boundaries back on itself. He believes it brought the best out of his guests too
“My first boyfriend introduced me to The Wall. It was the only interesting thing about him”: Joanne Harris’ prog stars
She explains why prog makes her think of Barnsley, lists some of her favourite records and recalls taking her daughter to a Genesis tribute show only to hear her say: “Ah yes, Mastodon!”
Decades after a spliff-weilding start, Solstice have finally hit their stride
Prog stalwarts Solstice could have had Marillion's success - they just didn't want it
Debate: “They were never the same after…” What’s the most seismic line-up change in prog history?
From Yes and Pink Floyd to Dream Theater and Queensryche, most bands have experienced personnel issues over the years. Which change was the best, and which was the worst?
“The others kept putting it off. Finally I said, ‘We’ve got to do it now’”: Unique band faced the climate crisis head on
Adding elements of jazz digital percussion and alternative composition techniques to their already eclectic sound, they’re so convinced by their new direction that their seventh release will be the second part of their sixth
“We were asked to do Glastonbury. I had no intention”: John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest and the demons that drive him
New album Relativity gave him flashbacks to the 70s – and though the factors that led to his split with Les Holroyd are all in the past, he can’t see how a reunion might happen
The 80s new wave band who dabbled with prog and inspired The Pineapple Thief, Oceansize and others
Prog writer Jo Kendall reckons they did, inspiring the likes of Oceansize along the way...
Modern prog stalwart and Asia guitarist John Mitchell gears up for guest-heavy London show
John Mitchell & Friends play Dingwalls this week - and it promises to be a night filled with surprises
“I said we shouldn’t do Another Brick In The Wall at the school fête”: Slow Horses showrunner Will Smith’s record collection
Stand-up, actor, novelist and producer Will Smith on how much Marillion means to him, the four lines of Jon Anderson lyrics that bring him to tears, his favourite Vangelis soundtrack and his claim that Dire Straits are a prog band
Cool new proggy sounds from Soen, Jazz Sabbath, Therion and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Great new prog from Holosoil, Fire In Her Eyes and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
“Everything was going up its own jacksie!" Lindisfarne's down-to-earth approach saw them not always aligned with prog's loftier ideals in 1973
As part of Prog's look at prog's golden year of 1973 (for a 2013 cover feature), Ray Jackson discussed Geordie folk rockers Lindisfarne's own philosophy at the time
