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Why progressive metal will rule the world in 2025
By Matt Mills published
Sleep Token headlining Download! A long-awaited Mastodon album! Polyphia x Babymetal?! This is why forward-thinking metal will have a banner year in 2025

7 new progressive metal albums that break all the genre’s rules
By Matt Mills published
So many prog metal bands want to sound like Tool, Gojira or Meshuggah – but not these seven forward-thinkers

Dool are challenging the concept of gender norms with The Shape Of Fluidity
By Jonathan Selzer published
Dutch prog metallers Dool tackle issues of liminality and fluidity on new album The Shape Of Fluidity

"We chose to be a progressive metal band because it meant that we could do whatever we want." Periphery
By Phil Weller published
The story of how Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre finds the US prog metallers at their defiant best.

“Tesseract are pushing for broad appeal while maintaining their intelligence – and it’s working!” Tesseract, Unprocessed and The Callous Daoboys just played the progressive metal concert of 2024
By Matt Mills published
At a sold-out London extravaganza, prog metal intellectuals Tesseract make a stunning play for the heavy music mainstream, backed by two of their genre’s finest up-and-comers

The 10 best progressive metal albums of 2023
By Matt Mills published
Avenged Sevenfold, Tesseract, Enslaved and more ensured that prog metal had another standout year in 2023

“We started seeing this crossroads in the progressive metal scene. Bands were going towards art-rock – more technical. We wanted to preserve that metal vibe”: Soen keep it heavy with latest album Memorial
By Matt Mills published
Despite being seen as a novelty supergroup, singer Joel Ekelöf argues they were always the real deal, and they’re still prog even if their new songs are more concise

10 up-and-coming progressive metal bands every self-respecting metalhead should know
By Matt Mills published
From Dvne to The Callous Daoboys, this is what we think the future of progressive metal will sound like

“We were just a progressive metal band going about our business… the next minute we’re on the world’s stage!” But playing to 160 million people hasn’t changed Voyager
By Matt Mills published
Eurovision Song Contest was deep in the Australian heavy synth-prog quintet’s DNA from the start
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