‘Progressive’ is a pretty loaded term in rock and metal. The word should represent artists who push heavy music forward, expanding its conventions with new sounds and concepts. More commonly, though, ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mike Portnoy, the legendary drummer best known as a founding member of Dream Theater, has shared his personal picks for the top ...

Soen is a Progressive Metal band from Sweden who released their new album, Reliance, via Silver Lining Music on January 16th, ...

Clocking in at 71 minutes, Parasomnia debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums, the Hard Music Albums and Current Rock Albums chart selling over 18,000 combined units the first week. It ...

Quite often, these artists fill their catalogs with dozens of tracks that are almost equally vicious (thereby making it a challenge to figure out which song is truly the heaviest one in their arsenal) ...

The genre and world of metal is constantly evolving, continuously being reshaped emerging new artists and evolving sounds ...

MOTHS, the progressive metal unit hailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico, have announced a full US tour in support of their new album, 'Septem,' due out on August 1st. The tour will kick off on July 31st ...

Here are the 11 best progressive rock and metal bands from Sweden! Ask any progressive music fan where the style originated and first developed, and they’ll almost certainly say England. After all, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. As it relates to who should be considered heavy metal’s ...

Mike Portnoy, the legendary drummer best known as a founding member of Dream Theater, has shared his personal picks for the top albums of 2025, offering fans a rare look at what inspires one of ...