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By Matt Mills Published
They were dismissed by many as a one-off supergroup. But vocalist Joel Ekelöf insisted the spirit of Genesis and Peter Gabriel were embedded in his band’s concise sixth album

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

By Matt Mills Published
So many prog metal bands want to sound like Tool, Gojira or Meshuggah – but not these seven forward-thinkers

By Jonathan Selzer Published
Dutch prog metallers Dool tackle issues of liminality and fluidity on new album The Shape Of Fluidity

By Phil Weller Published
The story of how Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre finds the US prog metallers at their defiant best.

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

By Matt Mills Published
Avenged Sevenfold, Tesseract, Enslaved and more ensured that prog metal had another standout year in 2023

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

By Matt Mills Published
From Dvne to The Callous Daoboys, this is what we think the future of progressive metal will sound like

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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