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Label: ElectrolaRelease date: 21. 10. 1992Production: Rolf Kasparek & Karl-Ulrich WalterbachAlbum length: 58.13 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 9.5/10 In 1992, the Hamburg pirate metal crew under the command of the unruly Captain…

PrimusMonday, August 3, 2026, 8:00 PMLjubljana / Križanke / Slovenia If there were a prize for the rock band that soaked up the most commercial success in the nineties despite making music that was (and still is) anything but…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 12. 6. 2026Production: YesLength: 59.47 minGenre: Progressive Rock Rating: 7.0/10 There are a handful of legendary bands out there who'd honestly be better off never walking through a studio door…

Label: Dyad Records (CD) / Tonefloat (vinyl)Release date: 13 March 2026Production: Soft MachineLength: 64.46 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Canterbury SceneRating: 9.0/10 »Thirteen« is the band's thirteenth studio album, and it also…

Label: Kscope RecordsRelease date: 3/13/2026Production: GongLength: 43.42 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Canterbury SceneRating: 9.0/10 The new cosmic cycle of planet Gong and its radio gnomes, who live there in flying teapots, rolls…

Label: Kscope RecordsRelease date: 3. 11. 2023Production: GongLength: 39.58 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Canterbury SceneRating: 9.0/10 Gong, the cult heroes of the Canterbury scene, are one of the few bands from prog rock's golden…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: June 27, 2025Production: Jakko M. JakszykLength: 42:48 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Singer & SongwriterRating: 9.5/10 Jakko M. Jakszyk, best known among progressive rock fans as the current…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: February 6, 2026Production: Big Big TrainAlbum length: 65.45 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 10/10 When English prog rock champions Big Big Train went looking for inspiration for their latest…

Frank Zappa would have turned a round 80 today, had fate not had other plans. An unforgettable artistic genius, a great visionary and thinker, a brilliant creative mind, he opened up new musical horizons and new dimensions of rock's…

Label: Drakkar Release date: 23. 6. 2023Production: Frank BornemannAlbum length: 48.57 min.Genre: Progressive RockRating: 8.0/10 The legendary prog veterans Eloy have always been real oddballs. Despite their German roots, they…

Label: Cherry Red/Atomhenge RecordsRelease date: April 18, 2025Production: HawkwindAlbum length: Genre: Space Rock / Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 Of all the prog rock legends still active, the British space rock aliens Hawkwind…

Label: Alpha Dog 2T/UMeRelease date: July 18, 2025Production: Will EvankovichAlbum length:Genre: Arena Rock / Art RockRating: 8.5/10 “Circling From Above” is the eighteenth studio album from Styx, the American prog rock/arena rock…

Label: GEP RecordsRelease date: March 28, 2025Production: Michael HolmesAlbum length: 53.08 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 10/10 IQ, the champions of the British neo-prog rock movement, are back with a new studio album called…

Label: InsideOut Music / Sony MusicRelease date: March 7, 2025Produced by: Jethro TullAlbum length: 50.31 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 8.5/10 How is the average devotee of the legendary British prog rock institution Jethro…

GongSunday, December 1, 2024Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia Legendary psychedelic prog rockers Gong paid their first-ever visit to the Slovenian capital — a city that prog rock bands drop by about as often as it rains in the…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: November 1, 2024Production: BeardfishAlbum length: 57.30 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 An English version can be found below - please scroll down Slovenian version: Beardfish,…

Release date: 6/30/2024Label: Deko EntertainmentProduction: NektarAlbum length: 32.26 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Space RockRating: 8.0/10 Nektar, the indestructible veterans of the prog rock scene, who keep going even after the…

Label: Reprise Records/RykodiscRelease date: August 2, 1971Producer: Frank ZappaAlbum length: 44.17 minGenre: RIO / Avant-ProgRating: 8.5/10 "Filmore East – June 1971" was the first (official) live album from the legendary musical…

Label: Zappa Records / UMeOriginal release date: October 4, 1971 50th anniversary reissue date: December 17, 2021 (2xLP, 6xCD)Producer: Frank ZappaRunning time: 86.41 min (2xLP)Genre: RIO/ Avant-ProgRating: 8.5/10 “200 Motels” was…

Label: earMUSICRelease date: July 19, 2024Production: Bob EzrinAlbum length: 52.19 minGenre: Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 Deep Purple, the indestructible hard rock legends, just won't quit. Unlike their equally notorious and influential…

Release date: 1994Label: Giant Electric PeaProduction: Rob Aubrey, Greg Spawton & Andy PooleAlbum length: 51.33 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Crossover ProgRating: 9.0/10 "Goodbye to the Age of Steam" was the debut of English…

StingWednesday, 29 May 2024Ljubljana / Arena Stožice / Slovenia Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner — the legendary English singer, bassist, activist and actor who most of the world knows far better by his stage name Sting (and reportedly…

Release date: April 5, 2024Label: Cherry Red RecordsProduction: HawkwindAlbum length: 59.45 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Space RockRating: 9.5 / 10 “Stories From Time And Space” is the 35th studio album from the long-lived British…

Acts: Mr. Big / Jared James Nichols (support act)Date: Thursday, 4 April 2024Venue: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia Mr. Big, a band that fused two seemingly incompatible musical trends of the eighties — melodic hard rock with…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 2/16/2024Production: Steve HackettAlbum length: 44.58 minGenre: Progressive Rock Rating: 9.5/10 Time slips away from all of us for good, like an hourglass mercilessly emptying from top to bottom.…

Label: Silver LiningRelease date: 19. 1. 2024Production: Andy Sneap & Biff ByfordAlbum length: 42.23 minGenre: N.W.O.B.H.M. / Heavy MetalRating: 8.5/10 “Hell, Fire and Damnation” kicks off a new chapter for the…

Label: InsideOut Music / Sony MusicRelease date: March 1, 2024Production: Big Big TrainAlbum length: 64.20 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 10/10 Big Big Train, one of the names that comes up most whenever the talk turns to the…

Label: SPV/Steamhammer RecordsRelease date: January 12, 2024Production: Tony ClarkinAlbum length: 50.15 min.Genre: Art Rock / Hard RockRating: 8.5/10 It's a sad but true realization, and one that will keep plenty of fans up at…

Label: Dyad RecordsRelease date: June 30, 2023Production: Soft MachineAlbum length: 56.21 min.Genre: Progressive Rock / Canterbury Scene / Jazz Rock FusionRating: 8.5/10 Soft Machine, the cult figureheads of the so-called Canterbury…

Label: Virgin RecordsRelease date: September 29, 2023Production: Steven WilsonAlbum length: 64.05 min.Genre: Progressive Rock/Art RockRating: 9.0/10 The progressive rock world could barely hold back a cheer when Steven Wilson, a…

Label: earMUSICRelease date: August 25, 2023Production: Bob EzrinAlbum length: 47:43 minGenre: Hard Rock / Shock RockRating: 8.5/10 The king of shock rock Alice Cooper is back with a new studio album, “Road”, which is reason enough…

Blue Öyster CultLjubljana / Media Center / SloveniaMonday, 28 August 2023 Not that long ago, anyone who dared suggest that legendary American hard rockers Blue Öyster Cult would be playing Ljubljana — one of only three dates on the…

Label: InsideOut / Sony MusicRelease date: May 19, 2023Production: Steve HoweAlbum length: 63.35 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 7.0/10 Gallons of ink have been spilled over how much credibility a band has left once none of its…

Label: Atomic Fire RecordsRelease date: June 23, 2023Production: Jag PanzerAlbum length: 53.03 minGenre: Heavy Metal / Power MetalRating: 9.0/10 The cult American power metal heroes Jag Panzer are back among us with a new album,…

Label: Cherry Red RecordsRelease date: April 28, 2023 (digital) / May 12, 2023 (CD, LP)Production: HawkwindAlbum length: 68.58 minGenre: Space Rock / Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 These days, plenty of the legendary prog rock bands…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: 18. 11. 2022Production: Karl Groom & Richard WestAlbum length:Genre: Progressive MetalRating: 10/10 After five years away from the studio, Threshold are back with a new album, "Dividing…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: September 2, 2022Production: Charlie Bauerfeind & Joost van den BroekAlbum length: 51.08 minGenre: Power Metal / Progressive MetalRating: 9.0/10 Blind Guardian, the Teutonic lords of the…

Label: Sony Music / InsideOut MusicRelease date: 4/21/2023Production: Ian AndersonAlbum length: 44.24 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 8.5/10 The legend of the English farmer 'adorned' with a giant wig, who in 1968, more than two…

Label: Decca/MCA (original release) & Madfish (reissue)Release date: 4/28/1972 (original release) / 4/14/2023 (reissue)Produced by: Derek LawrenceAlbum length: 44:43 minGenre: Art RockRating: 10/10 Wishbone Ash are without a…

Label: Cherry Red RecordsRelease date: March 10, 2023Live album length (2CD): 108.30 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9/10 Of all the prog-rock pioneers of the old British school, the singular heralds of post-apocalyptic visions…

Label: Bizarre/Reprise // Zappa Records/Ume (reissue for the album's 50th anniversary)Reissue date: 16. 12. 2022 (for the 50th anniversary of the album's original release)Original release date: 27. 11. 1972Produced by: Frank Zappa2022 mix:…

Label: Bizarre/Reprise // Zappa Records/Ume (50th anniversary reissue of the original album release)Reissue date: December 16, 2022 (on the 50th anniversary of the album's original release)Original release date: July 5, 1972Production:…

Genesis: The Story of a Legendary Band on the 55th Anniversary of Their Formation Genesis in 1975, lineup: Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett & Mike Rutherford (image credit: Redferns) The legendary English…

Label: DeleriumRelease date: 9/30/1996Production: Steven WilsonAlbum length: 61.53 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9/10 "Signify" was the fourth studio album from the cult English prog heroes Porcupine Tree, and the first…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 10/28/2022Production: Devin TownsendAlbum length: 103.50 min ('de-luxe' (2CD) version)Genre: Progressive Metal / Progressive RockRating: 10/10 "Lightwork" is the latest studio masterpiece from…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: August 26, 2022Production: John MitchellAlbum length: 53:48 min.Genre: Progressive RockRating: 8.0/10 John Mitchell probably never expected his solo project Lonely Robot to last more than one…

Location: Vienna / Gasometer / AustriaDate: Sunday, 23 Oct. 2022 The Gasometer concert hall in Vienna was bursting at the seams on the second-to-last Sunday in October, packed with fans of the iconic English progressive rock band…

Label: Verglas RecordsRelease date: October 21, 2022Production: John MitchellAlbum length: 62.03 min.Genre: Progressive RockRating: 10/10 “The Theory of Molecular Inheritance” was the most anticipated album of 2022 for plenty of…

Label: Concord RecordsRelease date: February 25, 2022Production: Tears For Fears, Carlton Pettus, Florian Reutter & Sacha SkarbekAlbum length: 42.25 minGenre: Art Rock / Art PopRating: 9.5/10 Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, the…

Label: earMUSICRelease date: March 4, 2022Production: MarillionAlbum length: 54.19 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Art RockRating: 10/10 »An Hour Before Its’ Dark« is the long-awaited twentieth studio album from English prog rock…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: July 15, 2022Production: Alan ParsonsAlbum length: 45:05 minGenre: Art Rock / Progressive Rock / Pop RockRating: 8.0/10 Cult musician, producer and sound engineer Alan Parsons was never among…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 2/18/2022Production: Arjen Anthony LucassenAlbum length: 66.42 minGenre: Progressive Metal/Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 From the very first spin of “Revel In Time,” the fourth studio album from…

Venue: Udine / Castello di Udine (Piazzale del Castello) / ItalyDate: Tuesday, 26 July 2022 English guitar virtuoso and innovator Steve Hackett rolled through Italian Udine with his band on his current tour — the closest concert…

Label: Music For Nation / SonyRelease date: June 24, 2022Production: Steven WilsonAlbum length: 48:02 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 The titans of modern progressive rock, Porcupine Tree, are back after almost thirteen…

Label: Look at Me (Broken Silence)Release date: June 10, 2022Production: Birth ControlAlbum length: Genre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 Birth Control, the legends of German progressive rock, are back with "Open Up," their second…

Label: White Knight RecordsRelease date: 4. 3. 2022Production: Peter JonesAlbum length: 56.36 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 “A Song of Spring” is the seventh studio album from Tiger Moth Tales, the English neo-prog…

Label: InsideOut MusicRelease date: April 1, 2022Production: Pattern-Seeking AnimalsAlbum length: 59.29 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 »Only Passing Through« is the third studio album from the excellent prog rock…

Label: English Electric Recordings Release date: January 28, 2022 Production: Big Big Train Album length: 47.12 min Genre: Progressive Rock Rating: 10/10 On November 20, 2021, fans of the English prog rock band Big Big Train were rocked…

Label: Insideout Music Release date: January 28, 2022 Production: Ian Anderson Album length: 46.45 min Genre: Progressive Rock / Folk Rock Rating: 8.0/10 After nineteen years of total studio silence, the prog rock champions Jethro Tull…

Label: SPV/Steamhammer Records Release date: January 14, 2022 Production: Tony Clarkin Genre: Art Rock / Hard Rock Album length: Rating: 8/10 »The Monster Roars« is the latest studio effort from British prog/hard rock masters Magnum, who…

"“Song of the Wildlands” will delight fans of epic rock operas, musicals, concept projects and film scores, but it won't leave a deeper mark on the prog scene, even though it's one of the better prog rock albums of 2021."

Label: Jaggy DRelease date: 8/27/2021Production: Ray WilsonAlbum length: 47:33 minGenre: Art RockRating: 9.0/10 Scottish singer Ray Wilson, who broke through internationally as a member of the post-grunge/neo-prog band Stiltskin and…

Self-releasedRelease date: May 7, 2021Production: Peter HammillAlbum length: 40:08 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Eclectic Prog / Art RockRating: 9.0/10 Peter Hammill, prog-rock thunderer, ominous poet of post-apocalyptic visions and…

Label: InsideOut/Sony MusicRelease date: October 1, 2021Production: Steve HoweAlbum length: 61.35 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 7.0/10 Plenty of fans of the legendary English prog pioneers Yes took the news in 2015 with…

Label: Cherry Red RecordsRelease date: 10. 9. 2021Production: HawkwindAlbum length: 62.53 minGenre: Space Rock / Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 "Somnia" is the 34th studio album from the indestructible English space rockers…

Label: MadfishRelease date: 8. 10. 2021Production: CaravanAlbum length: 50.04 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Canterbury SceneRating: 9.0/10 Caravan, alongside Soft Machine and Gong, are among the most revered representatives of…

Label: Cherry Red RecordsRelease date: 10. 9. 2021Production: Tony KayeGenre: Progressive RockRating: 8.5/10 Among fans of the legendary prog giants Yes, seasoned English keyboard master Tony Kaye often gets treated as the…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 10. 9. 2021Production: Steve HackettAlbum length: 57.41 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 Legendary guitar virtuoso Steve Hackett hit a major milestone in an already incredibly rich career…

Label: Eagle RecordsRelease date: 11/25/1997Production: YesAlbum length: 72.02 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 7.5/10 Yes put out »Open Your Eyes«, their seventeenth studio album, after the classic and best-loved lineup (vocalist…

Label: Parlophone Records / BMGRelease date: September 3, 2021Production: Kevin ShirleyAlbum length: 81.58 min (2CD)Genre: Heavy Metal / N.W.O.B.H.M.Rating: 7.0/10 Fans of Britain's biggest metal institution, Iron Maiden, had to…

Label: Giant Electric PeaRelease date: May 19, 1998Production: Spock's BeardAlbum length: 56.22 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 "The Kindness of Strangers" was the third studio outing from the American prog revivalists…

Label: English Electric RecordingsRelease date: July 30, 2021Production: Big Big TrainAlbum length: 62.08 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Crossover ProgRating: 9.0/10 "Common Ground" is the thirteenth studio album from British prog…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 16. 11. 1999Production: The Flower KingsAlbum length: 141.07 min (2CD)Genre: Progressive RockRating: 7.5/10 "Flower Power" was the fourth studio outing from Swedish prog revivalists The Flower…

Label: Giant Electric PeaRelease date: November 2000Production: Michael HolmesAlbum length: 56.49 minGenre: Neo-Progressive RockRating: 10/10 With "The Seventh House", the cult English neo-prog legends IQ cemented their reputation as…

Label: Chocolate Frog RecordsRelease date: 8/13/2001Production: Elliot NessAlbum length: 51.42 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Neo-ProgRating: 8.5/10 In 2001, Scottish frontman Fish put out his seventh studio album, »Fellini Days«,…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: July 23, 2002Production: Douglas A. OttAlbum length: 61.44 minGenre: Progressive MetalRating: 9.5/10 American prog-rock revivalists Enchant, who often walk the thin line between neo-prog and prog…

Label: VirtaRelease date: June 2003Production: AnekdotenAlbum length: 46.19 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 »Gravity« was the fourth studio album from Anekdoten, the Swedish prog-rock purveyors of gloom. Led by the gifted…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 2004Production: Happy The ManAlbum length: 55.18 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 American prog outfit Happy The Man cut three more or less very interesting albums in the late seventies,…

Label: Self-releasedRelease date: 2005Production: BeardfishAlbum length: 112.06 min (2CD)Genre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 Swedish prog-rock revivalists Beardfish, who only came together not so long ago, in 2021, first got…

Label: Triple Crown RecordsRelease date: 9/26/2006Production: Casey CrescenzoAlbum length: 38.26 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Experimental Rock / Indie RockRating: 9.5/10 "Act I: The Lake South, The River North" was the debut from…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 5/18/2007Production: Planet XAlbum length: 50.47 minGenre: Jazz Rock Fusion / Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 »Quantum« was the third and, at the time of writing this review, the latest album from…

Label: Blomljud RecordsRelease date: July 1, 2008Production: Moon SafariAlbum length: 103:52 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 Swedish symphonic prog rock revivalists Moon Safari came together in 2003. Not long after forming,…

Label: Mercury RecordsRelease date: June 23, 2009Production: Omar Rodríguez-LópezAlbum length: 50.03 minGenre: Progressive Rock/Experimental RockRating: 8.5/10 Before “Octahedron” came out, guitarist Omar Gabriel Lopez and singer…

Label: Columbia RecordsRelease date: 4/13/2010Production: Atticus Ross & Joe BarresiAlbum length: 53.56 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Progressive MetalRating: 7.0/10 "Year of the Black Rainbow" was the fifth studio album from…

Label: Cadiz MusicRelease date: April 18, 2020Production: YouthLength: 35.00 min Genre: Space RockRating: 8.5/10 Nik Turner, the charismatic and slightly eccentric English saxophonist, flutist and singer best known as a founding…

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: October 9, 2020Production: Buck Dharma, Eric Bloom & Richie CastellanoAlbum length: 61:15 minGenre: Heavy Metal / Hard Rock / Art RockRating: 8.0/10 "The Symbol Remains" is the fifteenth…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 10/23/2020Production: Jakko M. JakszykLength: 49.06 minGenre: Progressive Rock / Singer / SongwritterRating: 10/10 Jakko M. Jakszyk, singer and guitarist of prog-rock titans King Crimson, is a…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: April 9, 2021Production: Nad SylvanAlbum length: 52.54 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 "Spiritus Mundi" is the seventh album from Swedish-American singer Nad Sylvan, best known for his…

Release date: June 18, 2021Label: Alpha Dog 2T/UMeProduction: StyxAlbum length: 43.11 minGenre: Arena Rock /Art Rock / Progressive RockRating: 8.5/10 “Crash of the Crown” is the sixteenth studio album from American prog/arena rock…

Self-releasedRelease date: 8. 3. 2021Production: John Young & Steve RispinAlbum length: 54.22 minGenre: Neo-Progressive RockRating: 8.5/10 English prog outfit Lifesigns, who put out their third studio album, »Altitude«, in 2021,…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: May 28, 2021Production: Richard Williams & Phil EhartAlbum length: 112.12 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 "Point of Know Return: Live & Beyond" is the latest live album from…

Label: Nuclear Blast RecordsRelease date: 6/18/2021Production: Charlie Bauerfiend & Dennis WardAlbum length: 65.05 min.Genre: Power MetalRating: 9.5/10 German power metal giants Helloween are back with their sixteenth studio…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: May 7, 2021Production: KayakAlbum length: 70.53 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 “Out of This World” is the eighteenth studio album from the cult Dutch prog rockers Kayak, whom most lovers…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: June 20, 2011Production: Devin TownsendAlbum length: 72.45 minGenre: Ambient Music/Progressive MetalRating: 9.5/10 "Ghost" was the second of two studio albums that Devin Townsend released on the…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 20. 6. 2011Production: Devin TownsendAlbum length: 70.49 minGenre: Progressive MetalRating: 9.5/10 Canadian multi-talented musician and producer Devin Townsend, who walks the thin line between…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: May 22, 2012Production: Headspace & Jens BogrenAlbum length: 73.37 minGenre: Progressive Metal / Progressive RockRating: 9.0/10 The prog metal/prog rock outfit Headspace started out in 2006 as…

Self-releasedRelease date: September 18, 2013Produced by: Dean MarshAlbum length: 55.46 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 English prog band Gandalf's Fist, which started out in 2005 as a joint project between…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 7. 11. 2014Production: Hans LundinAlbum length: 68.58 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 8.5/10 Even though Kaipa are among the pioneers of Swedish progressive rock, having put out their debut way…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: February 23, 2015Production: John MitchellAlbum length: 58.06 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 7.5/10 Lonely Robot is the solo project of guitar wizard John Mitchell, best known as the guitarist…

Label: Evil Ink RecordsRelease date: July 29, 2016Production: Tom MondaAlbum length: 67.53 minGenre: Progressive Rock/Progressive Metal/Jazz FusionRating: 9.5/10 American eclectic proggers Thank You Scientist wowed everyone with…