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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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YES SET OUT ON A NEW QUEST • The prog legends will release their 22nd album this October, their first in seven years. As guitarist Steve Howe reveals, with this new record the band want to “uplift”.

HAKEN FRONTMAN TURNS TO POP • Jennings follows in the footsteps of Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel on solo debut.

DEC BURKE GETS SOMBRE ON HIS LATEST SOLO ALBUM • Ex-Frost* man says he’s not as “upbeat” on new LP.

MARILLION’S FUGAZI GETS THE DELUXE TREATMENT • Second album to be expanded and reissued.

KATATONIA CELEBRATE 30 YEARS

ENSLAVED TO DROP ‘TRANSITION’ EP • New EP points to 16th album while Ivar Bjørnson teams up with Einar Selvik again.

THE WATCH GO CONCEPTUAL ON THEIR NEW ALBUM • The Italian quintet release The Art Of Bleeding in September.

TRT PROJECT TAKES US BACK TO 1976 • New LP by Andy Tillison, Jonas Reingold and Roberto Tiranti evokes classic Italian prog.

HAKEN ANNOUNCE 2022 TOUR

NEW ALBUM FROM JETHRO TULL • The band sign to Inside Out/Sony and The Zealot Gene will be released in 2022.

CLIVE MITTEN’S HOOKED ON THE CLASSICS FOR NEW LP • The Twelfth Night man revisits his youth on Suite Sixteen.

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

EUGENE ABDUKHANOV • Bassist with Ukrainian metalcore band Jinjer explains how Cynic showed him the way into musicianship.

PROG IN BRIEF

CROWN LANDS • Rush-mad pair wow the iconic Canadian band’s production team.

BLOODROCK • PASSAGE

SUBTERRANEAN MASQUERADE • Meet the Israeli band ushering in a new wave of progressive metal from the Middle Eastern nation.

PROG IN BRIEF

MANSUR • International trio wrestle a mythical beast with their unusual blend of live improv.

Official Progressive Album Chart • The prog top 30 albums

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Now our turn…

KARI BAND • Fusion and prog collide as Babymetal’s backing group flex some musical muscle.

DOMINIC SANDERSON • Youthful one-man-band shows the future of prog is in safe hands.

SERGE FIORI • Harmonium’s leader dusts off his old band’s back catalogue on a reissue of his most ambitious undertaking and explains why he’s happy staying out of the limelight.

A Kingdom Beyond The Skies • In the year that four-fifths of the band turned 21, Genesis came of age with Nursery Cryme, their third album, and the first to feature Phil Collins and Steve Hackett. Prog looks back on this tale of huge imaginations, faulty equipment, tapping, croquet mallets and, most importantly, a growing confidence that was to help establish the band, who, 50 years on,...