Latest Prog News
The time Johnny Rotten tried to join Krautrock pioneers Can: “He was phoning and leaving messages at night. And I had to tell him, ‘It’s too late’”
John Lydon hated Pink Floyd – but he loved Can so much he wanted to join them
Get a unique, crystal-clear double-vinyl version of Rick Wakeman's new album and a signed issue of Prog here!
Our new Rick Wakeman bundle features a unique, crystal-clear double-vinyl version of Return To The Red Planet and a one-off front cover of the latest issue of Prog signed personally by Rick!
The Wakemans, uncensored, grace the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
Plus Hackett & Rothery, Gentle Giant, Haken, Lonely Robot, Ozric Tentacles, Irmin Schmidt, Long Earth, North Sea Echoes, Tom Penaguin and more...
Mastodon look back on the pressure and delight of playing Black Sabbath’s final show
The Atlanta metal band opened the last gig before Ozzy Osbourne’s death in July 2025
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
Latest Prog Features
Candiria’s sound of New York City played Tool, Meshuggah and Devin Townsend at their own game
Brooklyn boys’ 1999 album The Process Of Self-Development still feels ahead of its time, and all the more prog for it
Cool new prog you need to hear from Downes Braide Association, Clive Nolan, North Sea Echoes, The Ocean and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Top proggy sounds from Godsticks, Boss Keloid, Raphael Weinroth-Browne and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week
“We said, ‘It will ruin our career.’ That’s what happened”: The rock + electronica experiment that failed
A rising British band’s reputation was trashed by their collaboration with a French musique concrète artist. But they’d opened the door for rock’s marriage to electronic sounds
Ihsahn has never stopped progressing, and can’t understand why others did
The avant-garde maestro on why his self-titled album is his most definitive, complex and atmospheric release yet
Haunted by Grocer Jack: Steve Howe’s pre-Yes band were derailed by a standalone single
The guitarist, along with Tomorrow frontman Keith West, found their band haunted by the spirit of Grocer Jack after Excerpt From A Teenage Opera reached No.2 in 1967
Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery: Can two guitarists share a studio without dissolving into a duel of overplaying egos?
It took them 10 years to find the time, but The Roaring Waves sees the Marillion and Genesis icons following each others’ lead in turns – and includes one song they believe will shock prog fans
Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness once gave themselves an hour to write a No-Man song. Another time, they took 25 years
Their 2019 album Love You To Bits began to take form in 1994, inspired by movie soundtracks, disco epics and Pink Floyd melancholy – but spent a quarter-century in development hell
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
