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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 SUMMON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM • Guitarist Steve Howe stresses that more is yet to come with ideas already shining through for their next adventure.

ELDER COMBAT FRUSTRATIONS • The Berlin-based prog rockers tackle tough themes with experimentalism.

MUSE ANNOUNCE THEIR 10TH STUDIO ALBUM • Award-winning trio return with heavy cosmic jive.

ED O’BRIEN NEW SOLO ALBUM INCOMING • The guitarist drops his EOB banner and steps into the limelight under his own name.

LIMINAL SKY DEBUT LP ANNOUNCED • Ex-Messenger members team up with a range of guests for new post-rock band.

MATH ROCKERS ANGINE DE POITRINE BREAK OUT • New album precedes sold out UK tour and festival shows.

BRUCE SOORD FACES DOWN HIS GHOSTS • The Pineapple Thief’s frontman steps up with his fourth solo album.

DEVIN TOWNSEND UNVEILS THE MOTH • Prog maestro confirms a symphonic opus that’s been 10 years in the making.

JUDGE SMITH’S LONG-LOST 70S MUSICAL REVIVED • The Kibbo Kift resurfaces after a gap of 50 years.

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

JAY BUCHANAN • The search for self-realisation led the Rival Sons frontman from psychedelics to the expansive music of The Mahavishnu Orchestra.

BRASS CAMEL • The Canadian band putting colour and fun back into modern music.

BIG COUNTRY • STEELTOWN (Mercury, 1984)

THE FAR OUT TELESCOPE • These Swedes are on a mission to revive the long-lost art of the space opera – and some heavyweight help is at hand.

HAMASAARI • Heart-on-sleeve French quartet who want to put the danger back into modern prog.

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HEN OGLEDD • Their name means ‘Old North’, but this collective’s music is refreshingly new.

BOVIDAE • From polyrhythms to aggressive violins, this Sheffield band pursues the unplayable.

Q&A CYRILLE VERDEAUX • The Clearlight mastermind reflects on working with members of Gong in the 70s, his memorable trip to the Manor Studio, and giving his albums some overdue attention on a new anthology.

Making Memories • Eleven years after their dissolution, Rush are back on the road with a new drummer to boot. The upcoming Fifty Something tour marks the debut of German musician Anika Nilles filling some impossible boots. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson tell Prog about the unexpected reunion, the spark that led to their ‘unretirement’ and we even manage to tease out some details about this year’s shows.

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