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Since its arrival at the tail end of the 60s progressive rock has offered the world some of the most fascinating music ever heard, in varying guises over the years. Prog magazine brings you the stories behind the people who create these astounding sounds and amazing music, be they the classic originators such as Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes, to the 80s revivalists such as Marillion and IQ, all the way through to those musicians today who have done so much to help rejuvenate the genre such as Muse, Radiohead, Steven Wilson, Opeth and Anathema. In depth and behind the scenes stories of classic albums and tours sit side by side with widespread coverage of what‘s happening at today’s cutting edge of progressive music.

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JOHN MITCHELL REBOOTS LONELY ROBOT • Lockdown heartache, lingering grief, and one very tight deadline have led to A Model Life, the “experimental” fifth album from the polymathic progger in his solo incarnation.

REMEMBERING STEVE BROUGHTON • The Edgar Broughton Band member and Tubular Bells drummer died in May.

AA WILLIAMS BACK WITH SECOND ALBUM AND SHOWS • The singer will promote As The Moon Rests with UK dates.

ARENA TEST THEORY ON 10TH ALBUM. • Vocalist Damian Wilson to make his mark on The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance.

MOTORPSYCHO GO FOUR FOR FOUR! • August’s Ancient Astronauts will be the Norwegians’ fourth album in as many years.

O.R.K. TO OPEN UP THEIR SCREAMNASIUM IN OCTOBER • The heavyweight proggers work the floor on album four.

SUPERGROUP SIX BY SIX LAUNCH DEBUT • Robert Berry on the trio whose roots spread from Saga to Saxon, via Keith Emerson.

AT LAST: NEW SIDES FROM KING’S X! • The prog metal innovators unveil Three Sides Of One in September, and tour dates.

ORGANIC SOUNDS AND DARK HISTORY: HEILUNG RETURN • The Danish folkers unearth fourth album, Drif, in August.

FAD GADGETS • Rhodri Marsden on three of the latest must-have gizmos currently putting the prog in progress.

CRISPIAN MILLS • The Kula Shaker linchpin on how Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel’s producer Bob Ezrin helped the band to channel their inner prog rockers.

PROG IN BRIEF

SQUARE WILD • Manchester prog rockers find romance in blending together their musical passions.

PREFAB SPROUT • JORDAN: THE COMEBACK

OU • The Beijing quartet mashing jazz and prog metal to mind-boggling effect, and on a western label too.

PROG IN BRIEF

SOFT FFOG • Krokofant side-project shine on with free-flowing jazz-rock debut.

Official Progressive Albums Chart • The prog top 30 albums

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DUNCAN MARQUISS • Guitar experimentations that search for a spark in krautrock, folk and celtic spaces.

MOUNTAINSCAPE • Reading’s mythical trio swap extreme metal for post-rock soundscapes.

Q&A BILLY HOWERDEL • A Perfect Circle’s guitarist returns to his earliest roots with his second solo record – and first album under his own name – as he draws inspiration from the British bands that first ignited his love for music.

IN MEMORY OF VANGELIS • His iconic movie soundtracks paved a new path for electronic music, but there was far more to Chariots Of Fire and Blade Runner composer Vangelis than dramatic film scores. The Aphrodite’s Child instrumentalist...