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 ...

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

Progressive metal, unlike other sub-genres of heavy metal, borrows heavily from hard rock, classical rock and early heavy metal influences. Although several of the bands on this list might not ...

Focus was one of the best prog metal debut albums ever and one of the best prog metal albums of the ‘90s. So, it inevitably ...

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 ...

Anomaly-chasing quartet’s challenging response to funk metal came out of their love for Rush, Phil Collins and being odd ...

Mikael Åkerfeldt argues progressive music has become formulaic, saying modern prog is more about shredding than true ...

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, ...

When Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn made their documentary, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, the film was embraced by fans, musicians and critics as the first film to treat Heavy Metal as a legitimate and ...

Progressive Metal, unlike other sub genres of heavy metal borrows heavily from hard rock, classical rock and early heavy metal influences. Although several of the bands on this list might not ...

Although they remain something of a cult band in America, X Japan are one of the most successful metal/hard-rock bands to emerge from Japan, and have sold millions of records worldwide, mostly in Asia ...

Here’s the best song by 10 legendary prog metal bands! As with progressive rock, a great progressive metal song needs to include both top-notch instrumentation and top-notch songwriting. Therefore, it ...