Latest Prog News
Rush add more dates to Fifty Something tour
Rush's acclaimed comeback tour will now take in 92 shows
"She's all that and a bag of chips." Anika Nilles loves pranking Rush bandmates
Rush drummer Anika Nilles regularly pranks Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson during shows
"I think it surprised a lot of people!" Tears For Fears announce Deluxe Reissue of 1989's The Seeds Of Love
New Deluxe Reissue of Tears For Fears' The Seeds Of Love features brand-new Steven Wilson Atmos and Stereo mixes
17-disc Soft Machine box set, Slightly All The Time Recordings 1970-1974, due in October
Mammoth new Soft Machine box set the most comprehensive anthology of the band ever released
Nightwish have six songs written for their next album
Work is underway on the followup to 2024’s Yesterwynde
Mike Portnoy's review of Rush's Fifty Something tour hits the internet
Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy reports on Rush and Anika Nilles
Enslaved share transcendent new single, Solar Will, as they announce new album, Mið
Norwegian prog metal trailblazers Enslaved will release their latest album, Mið, in October
Latest Prog Features
Jethro Tull’s 1980s: Haunted studio, nuclear evacuation cars on standby and a tasteless stage trick
Ian Anderson looks back on A, Broadsword And The Beast, Under Wraps and Walk Into Light, and the musicians that made it a rich and rewarding era – even if some fans weren’t happy
“The label staff just assume the artists get rich”: Marillion’s bad old days before crowdfunding
The pledge pioneers got out before the platform collapsed – and they’ve never gone back to the way it was before their great escape
Trevor Horn’s fun adventures with Yes, Genesis and Mike Oldfield, and sneaking prog into the pop charts
In a time when producers were rarely remembered, the Buggles co-creator established himself as a big name in music
“Our fans agree with Yngwie Malmsteen!”: What Leprous learned when they wrote a song with their audience
The Norwegian prog metallers’ lockdown collaboration led to the explosive energy of most recent album Melodies Of Atonement. But they stripped down instead of maxing out
Perfect timing sent the Alan Parsons Project touring galaxies far, far away with I Robot
When their second album arrived alongside Star Wars in 1977, the dream-come-true coincidence changed their career path
“Like true pioneers, their hats were shot through with arrows”: The prog power of Cocteau Twins’ Treasure
Elizabeth Fraser’s lyrics for the trio’s 1984 album became the subject of press ridicule – but she was much smarter than the jokes
Latest Prog Reviews
Lowen bring Middle Eastern mysticism and big, crushing riffs to Download 2026
One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut
Slift score an immediate, dizzying masterpiece with new album Fantasia
The cosmonauts have shortened their songs for their fourth full-length, but they’re every bit as immersive and disorienting as before
Tool's Sonic Temple headline set was peak Tool, and we wouldn't have it any other way
Tool's first show of 2026 wasn't a classic crowd-pleaser, but those who lasted the distance were treated to something special
Green Lung’s first festival headline show cements them as the future of metal
At London’s Desertfest, the occult five-piece perform all of their darkly fun anthems while backed up by gorgeous videos, returning members and a malfunctioning, Eddie-like mascot
Viral sensations Angine de Poitrine dazzle, confuse and delight at debut London show
Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut
Soen continue to become more metal and less prog with Reliance
Sticking to compositions of around four minutes, the musicianship and production remain exemplary. But it’s too often funnelled into predictable patterns
