Dream Theater ’s first narrative record (1999’s Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory) is frequently regarded as their ...

Back at the dawn of history – well, the 1970s – prog and metal were distant cousins. Prog OGs such as King Crimson and Rush fused heavy riffs with dazzling musicianship and boffin-level lyrics, while ...

Commit to keeping an open mind before you read our list of the best prog song by five hair metal bands. No, we’re serious. We know as well as you do that the ’80s glam metal boom was not necessarily ...

The prog genre has enjoyed an incredible year in 2025. Here are our top 50 albums of the past 12 months – did your favourite ...

In a nutshell, progressive rock kicked off in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when distinctive and imaginative artists experimented with particularly complex arrangements, lengthy track lengths, ...

Here are the 11 best prog rock songs of 2025! Elsewhere in recapping the year's best in prog, Loudwire rummaged through both the best progressive metal albums and best progressive metal songs of 2025, ...

Progressive metal is evolving at a rate of knots. Four decades on from the pioneering efforts of Savatage, Queensrÿche and Fates Warning, the ostensible divide between progressive rock and heavy metal ...

Here are the best ballads from 11 big prog metal bands! We recently looked at the best ballad by 11 big prog rock bands, so it’s only fair that we shine the same spotlight on nearly a dozen ...

Voivod started out as naïve young noiseniks, but within four albums they’d become pioneers of the progressive metal genre. In 2017 drummer Away reflected on the rapid development demonstrated on their ...