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Attention all planets of the Solar Federation! Rush have assumed control of the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

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Prog's 50 best albums of the year 2025

Prog's 50 best albums of the year 2025

The prog genre has enjoyed an incredible year in 2025. Here are our top 50 albums of the past 12 months – did your favourite make the cut?

“The first minute confirms that their musical identity is intact – complex and multilayered without becoming bewildering”: Spock’s Beard reference their own past and future on The Archaeoptimist

“The first minute confirms that their musical identity is intact – complex and multilayered without becoming bewildering”: Spock’s Beard reference their own past and future on The Archaeoptimist

After a seven-year silence the Americans return with a new label, new drummer, new co-writer and a new vision via Ryo Okumoto

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"Like the best modern prog rock, The Archaeoptimist reveals more and more at every new sitting": Spock’s Beard are still pushing boundaries on first album in seven years

Spock’s Beard: Still proud to be prog on The Archaeoptimist

“I hoped we could go somewhere, with all of us making a living. I don’t have that hope any more”: Stubbornness, repurposed Kansas songs and letting a long-held ambition go helped Spock’s Beard make Noise Floor

By the time they delivered their 13th album in 2018, they’d already outlived many of their expectations. With line-up issues returning and the market having changed, they decided to focus on artistic achievement

"Whether it’s a simple song with three chords or a really elaborate epic piece, it’s all miraculous to me." How Neal Morse created his rock opera Jesus Christ: The Exorcist

In 2019 the prolific Neal Morse went straight to the top as far as divine inspiration went for his rock opera about, you guessed it, Jesus!

“We got pretty eclectic and threw some stuff in that we shouldn’t. We wanted to expand our fanbase – but the effort didn’t really pay off”: When Spock’s Beard went back to basics with X

Funded via the “Marillion Method,” the band’s 10th album was their strongest since the departure of Neal Morse eight years earlier

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“There were no egos: It was just about the music. There was an incredible flow… a magical, organic experience”: How supergroup Flying Colors made their debut album in just 9 days

“There were no egos: It was just about the music. There was an incredible flow… a magical, organic experience”: How supergroup Flying Colors made their debut album in just 9 days

When Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Steve Morse, Dave LaRue and Casey McPherson went to work, they hoped they were creating something that would last. As it turned out, they were

“Every album is different, but this one was a strange process." The Neal Morse Band's Great Adventure

“Every album is different, but this one was a strange process." The Neal Morse Band's Great Adventure

Prolific prog rocker Neal Morse sat down with Prog in 2019 to talk about the latest Neal Morse Band album The Great Adventure

Spock's Beard and the story of Noise Floor

Spock's Beard and the story of Noise Floor

US prog rockers Spock's Beard released their thirteenth studio album, Noise Floor, in 2018. It remains their most recent studio release...

The story of Sound Of Contact and Dimensionaut

The story of Sound Of Contact and Dimensionaut

In 2013 Sound Of Contact released their debut album Dimensionaut to much fanfare. This is the story...

The story of prog record label InsideOut Music

The story of prog record label InsideOut Music

German record label InsideOut is home to such names as Spock’s Beard, Steve Hackett and most recently Dream Theater. Prog meets its founder to discuss the label’s journey, and its future.

Spock's Beard: The story behind Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep

Spock's Beard: The story behind Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep

Spock’s Beard's first album with Ted Leonard on vocals was always going to divide fans. Here, the band share the story behind 2013's Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep

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