Latest Prog News
Brian May and Rick Wakeman join stellar lineup at 2026 Starmus festival
The Starmus Festival celebrates astronomy, space exploration, music, art, and the natural sciences
The Mars Volta announce Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business, their first live album in over twenty years
The Mars Volta's new live album Lucro Sucio; Unfinished Business, is the result of an interactive campaign with the band's fans
First two Roger Hodgson solo albums to get half-speed remaster treatment
Roger Hodgson's first two solo albums, In The Eye Of The Storm and Hai Hai, will be reissued in August
Peter Gabriel shares latest single, the groove-laden I Belong To The Sky
Peter Gabriel is releasing a new single every full moon in the build-up to his new studio album o\i.
Peter Hammill returns with Tears In Time, his first new album for five years
Van der Graaf Generation frontman Peter Hammill will release new album, Tears In Time, in September
Nightwish’s Floor Jansen returns with metallic new single Run and announces 2027 tour dates
The symphonic metal singer is keeping busy during her band’s live hiatus
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy promises blockbuster stage production for upcoming arena shows
With a new album released and massive shows coming up, Muse are spending big on their stage setup
Latest Prog Features
Why Roger Hodgson’s most ambitious Supertramp song still gives him goosebumps
Fool’s Overture, from 1977’s Even In The Quietest Moments, came together after a few years of stewing. It still takes its writer on a journey when he hears it
Pink Floyd’s fight over Comfortably Numb’s inclusion on The Wall was a key moment in their history
How the band changed dramatically between their first two shows at Earls Court in 1973 and their five-night return in 1981
Why the happy, positive Bruce Soord writes sad, melancholy solo albums
Ghosts In The Park contains songs he’d never take to The Pineapple Thief, or talk about in coffee shops. He explains how he found the collection of stories in hotel rooms
Devin Townsend feels like it took a 10-year dump to deliver The Moth
After pushing through a gruelling period of self-analysis, he reflects on not being allowed to express emotions, feeling abandoned, not crying in front of dogs – and what’s coming next
“I got shot down many times: ‘It’s pop. It’s bubblegum. The logo is ugly. We don’t hear a single!’” Asia’s debut album
The fleeting moment when a prog supergroup hijacked the US pop charts, becoming 1982's band of the summer
“My career has been about getting it slightly, wonkily wrong”: Peter Hammill’s maverick life in prog
Standing apart from the crowd can be a hazardous business, but the Van der Graaf Generator veteran has always made it look easy
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
