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“When it comes to many of the classics, I don’t even know what they’re about!” How Mikael Åkerfeldt’s policy of not taking advice led Opeth to Pale Communion

Inspired by sharing records with Steven Wilson, he took a more melodic approach, added a vague title that just sounded cool, and forged them into a “journey through life that starts pretty good and ends shit”

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“It was a tragedy what happened to Jaco Pastorius… It’s why I’m glad I only have a modicum of talent”: Chicago ex Jason Scheff hails his prog heroes Weather Report

Always looking for a gritty, funky edge, he loves Genesis too – but it was emulating Pastorius as a kid that got the bassist-vocalist going

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Cyan share video for emotional new version of All Around The World

Modern-day prog supergroup Cyan will release new mini-album The Guardians in September

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“We were trying to get to that level of the music we really loved… It’s always slightly out of reach, but my God, you can have fun trying to get there”: Tears For Fears on their mystical purpose

A King Crimson show in 1981 kickstarted the duo’s partnership, powered by all kinds of prog and never completely destroyed by their battles

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“Tchaikovsky was a sort of mentor; if it was good, ABBA or whatever, we didn’t shut anything out”: When Gentle Giant revisited seventh album Free Hand

The reissue, complete with Steven Wilson remixes, was the band’s chance to look back on what the band had liked about 1975 release, and what they hadn’t

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“He asks the tech to put a light close to him so he sweats more. He likes feeling that we’re fully engaging ourselves”: When Von Hertzen Brothers began their ascent out of Finland

Already huge in their home country, fourth album Stars Aligned was their chance to sell their brand of prog – inspired by Queen and Pink Floyd, among others – to the wider world

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New proggy sounds from Nightwish, i Häxa, Souls Of Ambience and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Cool new prog you must hear today from Kosmodrome, The Wring, Death By Gong and more...

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Hear the first new Frost* music from upcoming album Life In The Wires

UK prog quartet Frost* will release double concept album Life In The Wires in October

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“There’s stuff that’s quite ugly for the sake of being ugly and quite noisy for the sake of being noisy… I find myself almost talking people out of it”: What Steven Wilson knows – and doesn’t know – about his new Bass Communion album

Surprised that Prog wants to talk about The Itself Of Itself, he explains why he’s exploring ideas with sound rather than melody or rhythm, and how Pink Floyd might be where it all started

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“Anticipatory grief just walks with you all the time… that’s why I was trying to search for joy in certain pockets of places”: Jane Weaver’s recent experiences of death lent a “heavy mellow” to her new album

Being prepared and embracing deadlines have never been her strong suits – but when she developed a new approach for Love In Constant Spectacle, she was delighted with the results

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“I felt so embarrassed for him and I didn’t want to make things even worse”: Ian Anderson, the man who refused to meet Elvis Presley

The King had just staged his comeback and Jethro Tull were touring breakthrough album Stand Up – but when the ‘invitation’ came to greet Presley, Anderson resisted

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Cool new proggy sounds from Dilemma, Nytt Land, Ebony Buckle and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

New prog you must hear today from Haven Of Echoes, The Aphelion, Arild Brøter, Luca and more...

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“Chatting to the crowd never sat comfortably with us… being more mysterious really appealed”: Nordic Giants nearly unmasked for Prog, but changed their minds

Change is in the air after perplexing pair drew a line under their past with Origins anthology, and began work on their heaviest and proggiest album to date

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“Peter Gabriel got all the credibility, and I got the money – ha!” Phil Collins on his role as Genesis’ class clown and their only contact with the outside world

How the “junior member” broke into the band’s songwriting clique, his embarrassment over his solo success, and how the Sex Pistols influenced his choice of record label

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"He was kind, patient and self-deprecating..." Julianne Regan recalls All About Eve working with David Gilmour

David Gilmour graces the front cover of the brand new issue of Prog Magazine, on sale now

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“I just had to tell him, ‘You’ve outdone me, you bugger!’” Iron Maiden used to merely hint at their prog credentials… now they flaunt them

A selection of the NWOBHM veterans’ longest, deepest and weirdest tracks – and they weren’t all written by Steve Harris

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“This is the best album I’ve made since The Dark Side of the Moon”: David Gilmour says his first solo record in 9 years is good enough to rival his best Pink Floyd work – and one of the best guitar albums ever

Gilmour will release Luck and Strange later this year, and if his own words are to be believed, it could shape up to be a classic

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Great new prog music you need to hear from Tim Bowness, Jordan Rudess, Oceans Of Slumber in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

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Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Focus, Gryphon, Tim Bowness, Leprous, Yes, Saucerful Of Secrets, Jadis, ELO, Caligula's Horse, Azure and loads more...

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“It became cool to slag off prog, but what do you think these punk musicians did when they got home? Listened to the bands they’d been having a go at”: JJ Burnel on how Caravan inspired a Stranglers track

After falling in love with In The Land Of Grey And Pink, the bassist created Down In The Sewer as a response – and if that makes his band prog, he’s fine with it

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I thought they’d drop us… the daft stuff made the label think it was viable”: Trifecta’s new album features Alex Lifeson, didgeridoo and Zappa nods – but Nick Beggs insists he’s no prog musician

The New Normal is the surprise second helping from Steven Wilson bandmates Beggs, Holzman and Blundell. Among the silliness there’s also deep love and sincere cynicism

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“I was always the lowest common denominator… but occasionally less can be more”: Jeffrey Hammond’s five years with Jethro Tull

Bassist contributed to some of the band’s most definitive works – but ultimately couldn’t resist the call of another art form

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“It’s about coming to terms with being weirdos, having doors shut in our faces and being told we’re a little too strange”: Thank You Scientist on how to embrace being different

Despite the naysayers, the New Jersey alt-proggers went bigger and better on their shape-shifting second album

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“We grew up with the album Crises from Mike Oldfield… The Beatles’ I Want You (She’s So Heavy) could be on of our songs”: From eco activism to maddening production values, there’s more to Gojira than you might think

Taking influence from Pink Floyd, Björk and Metallica, the French band have never been shy about wanting success – but they’ve never sacrificed any of their progressive values

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