Mikael Åkerfeldt argues progressive music has become formulaic, saying modern prog is more about shredding than true ...

One can trace the roots of progressive rock back to the Beatles and the Beach Boys (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pet Sounds, specifically). Then, some bands found a place in the genre and ...

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

Here’s the least “prog” album by 10 of the biggest prog rock and prog metal bands! Progressive rock and progressive metal can be extremely polarizing subgenres, alienating or exciting listeners in ...

Progressive rock’s biggest names are known far and wide, even if the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ignored the genre for almost 15 years after Pink Floyd entered in 1996. It seemed inevitable that bands ...

Progressive rock isn’t for everyone. You picture the capes and think, I’m out. But as artists in the late 60s and early 70s, ranging from The Beatles to Genesis, expanded popular music with complex ...

Progressive rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is characterized by its complex and experimental arrangements, often incorporating elements of classical ...

Progressive metal is evolving at a rate of knots. Four decades on from the pioneering efforts of Savatage, Queensrÿche and Fates Warning, the ostensible divide between progressive rock and heavy metal ...

Mike Portnoy, the legendary drummer best known as a founding member of Dream Theater, has shared his personal picks for the top albums of 2025, offering fans a rare look at what inspires one of ...

In a nutshell, progressive rock kicked off in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when distinctive and imaginative artists experimented with particularly complex arrangements, lengthy track lengths, ...

Yet prog was his first gateway into music and remains one of his biggest musical loves and inspirations. As the keyboard player of Yes, he’s immersed himself in the scene and the sound that influenced ...

Progressive rock definitely shone its brightest in the 1970s and 1980s. However, a few progressive rock albums from the 1990s stand out as some of the finest the genre has to offer. Let’s revisit a ...