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“He says he’s mediocre. I understand – I say the same thing. But he’s a great musician, and that has nothing to do with ability”: What Mikael Åkerfeldt’s peers really think of him

Steven Wilson, Mike Portnoy, Steve Hackett and Arjen Lucassen list the reasons they like and admire Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt

“There’s not one lyric that’s light-hearted… We’ll see what the tear-shedding level for this album is!” Epica’s Simone Simons waited 20 years to make Vermillion

“There’s not one lyric that’s light-hearted… We’ll see what the tear-shedding level for this album is!” Epica’s Simone Simons waited 20 years to make Vermillion

Singer explains how Arjen Lucassen helped realise her long-held dream, what she’s saying with her songs, and why she chose a colour as her solo record’s title

“It was originally going to be a Bruce Dickinson solo album – but then I did a very stupid thing”: Arjen Lucassen didn’t make it easy for himself with Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon and other projects

“It was originally going to be a Bruce Dickinson solo album – but then I did a very stupid thing”: Arjen Lucassen didn’t make it easy for himself with Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon and other projects

Stubbornly starting out with rock operas in the grunge era, he’s managed to secure guest spots from James LaBrie, Fish, Mikael Akerfeldt and others – but he still regrets the ones who got away

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Great new proggy music you must hear from Ulver, Simone Simons, Dark Sky Burial and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Cool new prog music to discover from Giant Walker, Throat, Johan Steensland and more...

Brittney Slayes shines in new Ayreon live video for Fate Of Man

Dutch prog rockers Ayreon will release 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves in May

Epica singer Simone Simons announces debut solo album Vermillion, lead single Aeterna now streaming

Epica’s lead vocalist is going it alone, with help from Ayreon mainstay Arjen Lucassen

“He really immersed himself in the story and spent weeks rewriting the narration… I had no idea what he was talking about, but it was so much better than what I wrote”: When Arjen Lucassen worked with his hero Rutger Hauer

Blade Runner star worried the Ayreon mastermind with the amount of swearing in his rewrites for concept album Lost In The New Real

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Ayreon announce new star-studded 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves release

Ayreon announce new star-studded 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves release

Dutch prog rockers Ayreon will release 01011001 - Live Beneath The Waves in May

If you can sing prog, you can dub foreign-language movies: the satisfying double career of ex Kayak vocalist Edward Reekers

If you can sing prog, you can dub foreign-language movies: the satisfying double career of ex Kayak vocalist Edward Reekers

He’s voiced Obi-Wan Kenobi and Harry Potter characters for Dutch editions - but returns to his first love with rock opera The Liberty Project featuring Steve Hackett, Arjen Lucassen and Damian Wilson

Pink Floyd grace the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Pink Floyd grace the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

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Former Kayak vocalist Edward Reekers unveils star-studded The Liberty Project

Former Kayak vocalist Edward Reekers unveils star-studded The Liberty Project

Steve Hackett, Arjen Lucassen and Damian WIlson all feature on Edward Reekers' first solo album for 15 years

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