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"You can hear how much bigger it sounds!" How Amorphis went large with 2018's Queen Of Time

Thirteen is definitely not unlucky for Finnish prog metallers Amorphis whose Queen Of Time delivered the goods in style

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The legacy of Chris Squire remembered on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now

The brand new issue of Prog is on sale now! Featuring Robert Fripp, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Katatonia, Cosmograf, Savatage, Ghost Of The Machine, Black Country New Road and loads more...

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“We need him much more than he needs us. Prog as a genre owes him a huge debt of gratitude”: The lasting impact of Brian Eno, the glorious anomaly who’s a genre unto himself

Shineback and Valdez's Simon Godfrey lists just some of his hero’s achievements, and hails the creative attitude that’s driven them

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“Dismissed as bland, complacent and of the establishment, it was now outsider music. If you wanted to be a true rebel, you came out as a prog fan”: Five essential neo-prog albums of the 80s

The second-wave movement didn’t last long – but its bands revitalised the genre with an attitude and energy that’s still being felt today

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"If we’d kept things together and stopped arguing, we could have all been multi-millionaires!" The story of Hawkwind's most prog-friendly album, Warrior On The Edge Of Time

Bruised and battle-weary after a punishing live schedule, in 1975 Hawkwind weren’t in the best place ahead of recording their fifth studio LP. But what emerged was a stunning tour de force of science fantasy-inspired progressive space rock

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Stars of the 80s prog scene line up for book launch live event

Members of Pendragon, IQ, Pallas, Twelfth Night and Solstice to feature on panel discussion and an audience Q&A at launch for new 80s prog book

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“I remember wondering how many people could get into this progressive, extreme violin metal”: How Ne Obliviscaris became the first band to successfully crowdfund a world tour

Committed to a unique musical approach they’d developed over a decade, they feared they’d spend their careers trapped in the underground. And they expected a backlash when they asked for fan support – but they needn’t have worried

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“I’ve heard Robert Fripp say no to everybody. David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, you name it, he always has an excuse not to play… He’s a wonderful husband but professionally it’s done me no favours”: Toyah Willcox is more than just Mrs King Crimson

From post-punk icon and award-winning female solo artist to becoming regarded as just the prog mastermind’s wife, her rebellious creative energy is fired by Roxy Music, Devo, The Tubes and all things off the wall

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“The biggest challenge was not to come off like Tenacious D. It could easily be interpreted as some form of parody”: How Primus made an album about goblins and rainbows while trying not to mention goblins and rainbows

2017’s The Desaturating Seven was Les Claypool’s bid to explore the darkness of a 1970s children’s story, harnessing the influences of King Crimson, Tool and Sean Lennon

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“I’m super-proud of everything Rush accomplished, but it’s what I did. I’ve moved on. I’m excited to be one of the folks in Envy Of None”: Alex Lifeson loves working alone in his home studio – and he’s even brought the guitar solos back

The dark prog-pop band’s second album Stygian Wavs is confirmation they’re a band in their own right, even if they quickly abandoned attempts to work together in the same room

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“I went to Genesis on Friday, bought the album on Saturday, then went to the show again on Sunday, and I knew all the words”: A glimpse into the prog world of Lifesigns’ John Young

Keyboardist on Kate Bush’s baking, Frank Zappa’s humour, Patrick Moraz’s romance, Eva Cassidy’s mystery – and buying his own band’s album from Amazon

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“He’d start, ‘You’ll never guess what I dreamed last night…’ and the groaning would begin”: How Rush marshalled Alex Lifeson’s dreams to write a bona-fide prog-rock classic

A tour-de-force of instrumental prog, La Villa Strangiato is the sound of Rush at the height of their powers, and this is how the Hemispheres epic came together

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“Fans were tetchy about the future. When they heard these twisting rhythms and proggy sounds, all fears were allayed”: 11 great Rush songs from the 90s and beyond

The cream of the Canadian trio Rush's later years

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Tangerine Dream announce new From Virgin To Quantum Years: Coventry Cathedral 22 live album

German electronic prog pioneers Tangerine Dream also announce further live dates for 2025

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“You see people behaving properly and think: ‘I’d like to be part of the blowing of the whistle – even if it’s only writing a poem or a song or whatever”: Roger Waters changed tone, but not topic, on Is This The Life We Really Want?

2017 solo album saw him determined to look forward as he said escaping Pink Floyd was like “driving away from a dodgy wedding with cans dragging behind the car, rattling all the time”

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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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“Only the stoner fuzz intro was played on the show. I spoke about dreamy ambient passages, a variety of tones and textures... I wasn’t invited back”: Captain Sensible tried and failed to tell the world about Egg

When The Damned guitarist Captain Sensible tried to share his passion for early prog band Egg on a radio show, it didn’t go well. But he still loves their work

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“Onstage everything had to be exaggerated. I took that to heart and overdid it… I was like Benny Hill with a flute!” Ian Anderson on Jethro Tull’s one-legged hammy past – and potential future as a stripped-down four-piece

Latest Jethro Tull album Curious Ruminant has Ian Anderson reflecting on his hammy stage performances of the past, working with William Shatner and Mikael Åkerfeldt, and how the band could have a back-to-basics future

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Celebrating 50 years of Hawkwind's Warrior On The Edge Of Time on the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!

The brand new issue of Prog is on sale now! Featuring Hawkwind, Big Big Train, Solstice, IQ, The Flower Kings, Judge Smith and loads more...

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“It was so inspiring to see them put animosity to one side and just go on stage to play”: Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser explains his love for Yes and Steve Howe

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser cares so deeply for Yes that his band named an album after one of the prog giants’ songs

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“Certain things force you to progress… I’m free to do other things, but how much of a leap do I take?” Matt Berry on whether he prefers making music to comedy

Matt Berry’s Heard Noises coincided with the end of What We Do In The Shadows and his 50th birthday – making it the most confessional album of his career

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