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Swedish prog metallers Katatonia will tour throughout Europe in support of 2025's Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State album
M Shadows owns up to the things they didn’t foresee – but argues the 2016 album has become a jewel in their crown, and was always an artistic victory
Drummer explains Robert Fripp’s flexibility to tour scheduling, and reveals why he doesn’t have a favourite among the songs he’s created with Bruce Soord
Mikael Åkerfeldt says his prog metal outfit might not have got away with their heavier first stage if other bands had seen photos of them
Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt are bringing Storm Corrosion back from the dead
A four-LP deluxe vinyl box set of Phil Collins' debut album, Face Value, is out now
Future King Crimson guitarist recalls how big names battled to have him in their bands, and the one-liners each used about the other
The frontman joined the progressive metal masters after somebody challenged him to put up or shut up regarding the state of the local scene
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While his new bandmates loved Metallica and Iron Maiden, the keyboardist’s heart was with ELP, King Crimson and classical music. Then his contribution to Metropolis Pt.2 showed he was a good fit
Jacqui McShee recalls her folk-rock adventures in America with Bert Jansch and John Renbourn via 1968 album Basket Of Light – and reflects on why it couldn’t last
From avoiding school bullies using his piano skills to burning the American flag and struggling with early Moog synths, the prog icon was determined to become known as a composer above everything else
Only the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx would get 100 per cent correct in this Rush trivia challenge
Six years before his retirement, he returned to his acoustic roots after asking fans what they wanted from his 26th record
1971 release, misunderstood by many at the time, set out their stall as the great sonic architects they’d become. But Nick Mason says it was the beginning of the end of their complete freedom
Latest Prog Reviews
Dazzling prog/math/microtonal rock fun at London’s Troxy with everyone's favourite 333-year-old aliens
One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut
The cosmonauts have shortened their songs for their fourth full-length, but they’re every bit as immersive and disorienting as before
Tool's first show of 2026 wasn't a classic crowd-pleaser, but those who lasted the distance were treated to something special
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
Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut
