Latest Reviews on Prog
The Complete Godley & Creme is a trip into a subversive, mischievous world of erratic genius
11-disc set gathers what the perverse polymath pair did after 10cc – which was basically anything they wanted to do
“A fabulous performance feels even more vital”: Camel’s Mirage and Moonmadness reissues
Steven Tayler’s stereo and 5.1 remixes add fresh value to what are arguably the underrated band’s best albums
“Blistering with blazing technicality”: Jinjer’s Duél is not for the faint-hearted
Prog metal touches and djent influences shine through the barely-checked aggression on Ukrainians’ fifth album
John Lodge’s Love Conquers All EP will pleasantly trigger Moody Blues fans
Yes’ Jon Davison is among the guests as bassist/singer limbers up for a return to the road after suffering a stroke
"A towering two-hour concept work on a Norse saga scale." Motorpsycho and Ståle Storlokken's The Death Defying Unicorn is a "battered, barnacled beauty."
Norwegian prog trio hook up with Elephant9 keyboard player for epic saga
Marko Hietala blends love and instinct on Roses From The Deep, featuring Tarja reunion
Reunion with Tarja Turunen is a high point on his second solo album, which mixes prog with vintage metal to impressive effect
Dream Theater’s Parasomnia largely lives up to the hype
It’s back to the future as Mike Portnoy returns to the prog metal giants – bringing a little of their old magic with him
“They let go of a degree of preciousness”: Riverside are charged up on Live ID
The Polish prog metallers’ fourth live album contains maximum simpatico between band and audience
“Sometimes his lyrics are so indistinct they may as well be wordless. Sometimes they are actually wordless”: Jonathan Hultén’s Eyes Of The Living Night is brilliant and beautiful
After channeling Nick Drake and Bert Jansch on his first record, the Swedish guitarist’s pivot from extreme metal brings him to a Kate Bush-like world
“These pieces aren’t so much produced as dramatised”: Soft Machine’s Softs vinyl remaster
John Etheridge’s arrival adds a harder, defined edge to the band’s 1976 album
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’s An Evening Of Yes Music Plus returns in 4-disc set
Sound and vision elements of 1989 pay-per-ew show brought together in clamshell
“An airier touch on a record of extraordinary scope”: Wardruna’s Birna
Dark Nordic folk collective’s sixth album takes the listener into hibernation and on to the new spring
Matt Berry’s Heard Noises adheres to his oblique vision
His 13th album, self-performed except for drums, is another example of his fathomless imagination and instrumental prowess
Mogwai’s The Bad Fire is reassuringly blurry
11th album, which follows No.1 hit As The Love Continues, is a confident and competent helping of their curiously uplifting dourness
“As smart and surprising as Cardiacs themselves”: A Big Book And A Band And A Whole World Window
The idiosyncratic English art-rockers’ history is detailed in a pleasingly DIY limited-edition chunky read.
“Welcome textures… but the mix lacks coherence”: White Willow’s remaster of Storm Season
Mainman Jacob Holm-Lupo took his band in a new direction with 2004 release, but the material shows its age in latest update
Seven Impale’s City Of The Sun: 10th anniversary edition
Charting a different course from their Scandinavian contemporaries, new version of their debut album confirms they were right to record without a click track – or indeed brakes
