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

Is there anything more compelling than being a diehard progressive metal fan? After all, the clue is in the name: this is a genre that, for decades, has refused to sit still, and every year its ...

Nevermore are teasing a comeback. The Seattle prog/power metal unit, initially active from 1991 to 2011, seem set to return in 2025, as guitarist Jeff Loomis has posted a video to social media ...

As the week rolled into the weekend, it was time for ProgPower USA to take it up a notch. Day Three and Day Four had both undergone numerous roster changes, including almost half of the Day Four ...

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’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 ...

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 ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Toontrack has released the Majestic Metal MIDI pack, an all-new collection of grooves and fills by drummer Alex Landenburg (Kamelot, Cyhra) inspired by symphonic, dark, melodic and progressive power ...

In this MIDI pack, drummer Alex Landenburg (Kamelot, Cyhra, Mekong Delta) dives into not only his own catalogue but also the inspirations that shaped him as a drummer, to deliver a broad collection of ...