Latest Prog News
"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
Lonely Robot issue call to arms with new single Show The Way
Lonely Robot release their sixth and final album, An Ending, in September
Latest Prog Features
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
The inside story behind the celebrations of Syd Barrett's 80th birthday
Twenty years after the former Pink Floyd frontman's death, an exhibition, gig and star-studded tribute album will celebrate Syd Barrett's legacy
When Jinjer’s Tatiana Shmailyuk saw her musical hero, she was too scared to talk to him
She discusses the Opeth album that gives her goosebumps, the one she falls asleep to, and how their work helped her create gloomy, dark paintings
Despite an armed cop drama, Joe Satriani has always loved Jethro Tull
Guitar maestro professes his love for Ian Anderson’s genius, along with early Yes, ELP and King Crimson
Great new prog tracks from Chimpan A, Polyphia, Dikajee and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Top new proggy sounds from Kalandra, Hypno5e, Could Seed, Eyre Llew and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week
When John Petrucci hired Mike Portnoy for his 2020 solo album, he didn’t want the drummer back in Dream Theater
Terminal Velocity saw the pair reuniting a decade after their traumatic split. But Petrucci said he had a selfish reason for Mike Mangini staying in DT – three years before Portnoy’s return
“Had there been a more sensitive or more efficient producer, it could have been much better”: The album that inspired prog’s most English movement was made in America in four days
When Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge created the Canterbury scene via Soft Machine’s first record, they’d already split up
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
