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“He had a knife to my groin. I was petrified. He went for my guitar”: Mikael Åkerfeldt on nearly losing his prized PRS on the way to record a landmark Opeth album – and why he doesn’t deserve a signature model (even though he’s got one)

The Opeth mastermind on being robbed as they made Blackwater Park, what he hated about Kurt Cobain’s ’53 Martin D-18 and loved about Hank Williams’ ’40s D-18, the ’90s band he still adores and the ’70s guitarist he still worships

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“Anyone who tells you it’s not a Genesis album isn’t a real fan. Come at me!”: Camel’s Peter Jones stands up for two records that others love to hate

Multi-instrumentalist Tiger Moth Tales leader shares a couple of contentious opinions, while heaping praise on his boss Andy Latimer

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Camel's Andy Latimer releases new material on Bandcamp

Andy Latimer's collaboration with Peter Jones, In The Dark, is one of five new tracks the Camel guitarist has shared online

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"A little more restraint in the number of extra notes would help let things shine": Camel break out the complexity but fail to enthral on Mirage

Mirage: a flute-heavy mix of symphonic sweep, jazz fusion and melodic subtlety

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“There was a girl who wrote letters to Fish in her own blood, and there was an American you could imagine having a John Lennon moment with. You have to be careful”: Steve Rothery’s life and times with Marillion

It’s always been about music for the veteran guitarist, although distractions have included catching fire at the band’s first gig, realising he should be much richer than he actually was, and an alternative career he came close to pursuing

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“Despite having settled into an MOR-leaning sound, highlights cut through of-their-time instrumental traits”: Camel’s Nude and Pressure Points remixed

Camel’s 1981 concept studio album Nude and 1984 live set Pressure Points are remastered and presented in three-disc sets

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“An already fabulous performance feels even more vital… sudden twists and turns are thrillingly kinetic”: Camel’s 3-disc reissues of Mirage and Moonmadness

Steven Tayler’s stereo and 5.1 remixes add fresh value to what are arguably the underrated band’s best albums

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“From here I drew a line to Pink Floyd and painted my room black … who knows where I’d be now if I’d never heard them?” Mikael Åkerfeldt, Bruce Soord and others pick their favourite Camel albums

Five prog musicians explain the lasting impact of Andy Latimer’s band

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“I borrowed an iPod for a flight and put Moonmadness on it. Flying through the clouds, I was listening to Air Born thinking, ‘This is great!’” Why Baroness ex Peter Adams loves Camel

Brought up with Pink Floyd and Gentle Giant, the American guitarist discovered The Snow Goose live and never looked back – and Andy Latimer’s band inspired a musical ambition in him

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"It's only afterwards that you realise, 'Hey, Kayak could really have been something'": the story of the Dutch proggers and their 2018 album Seventeen

When Dutch prog rock legends Kayak released album number Seventeen, longstanding keyboard player Ton Scherpenzeel looked back and pondered what might have been

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“It might not be commercial, but it’s important that the art be preserved”: The attitude that built Decca’s offshoot Deram into one of the labels that pioneered prog

Pye Hastings, Davy O’List and others recall the company that aimed for an audience of “groovy people” and backed The Moody Blues, Caravan, The Move, Camel, Procol Harum and others

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“Genesis, Floyd and ELP all received so much more popularity… I’ve always just accepted who and where we were and I don’t think about why we didn’t reach those same heights”: Andy Latimer is happy if Camel managed to matter

Despite having once discovered that “orchestras are a bunch of little kids and hooligans,” the band leader wanted to return to the Albert Hall after reinventing The Snow Goose

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Andy Latimer guests on new Colin Bass & Daniel Biro album

Colin Bass and Daniel Biro will release new album More this Spring

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“It suddenly made me feel so mature. I remember getting the shivers! It was not death metal”: How Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Grand Theft Auto III and Steven Wilson helped Opeth become modern-day prog icons

20 years on, Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back at Opeth’s evolution from death metal heavyweights to prog mainstays on landmark 2003 album Damnation

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Camel provide update on guitarist Andy Latimer's recent surgery

Back surgery for mainman Andy Latimer forced Camel to cancel The Final Chapter live dates

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