Ex Candlemass and Avatarium member was won over by prog veterans’ Godbluff album – and it started with a photo of Mikael ...

But the genre to which Spinal Tap belongs spiritually is progressive rock. Spinal Tap’s interests ran more to mythical creatures frolicking beneath (well, at least around) Stonehenge than to hot ...

But were Black Sabbath really the first band to marry rock and the occult? Not according to Mikael Åkerfeldt, frontman wiuth Swedish prog metallers Opeth and noted connoisseur of obscure music.

Here’s the best album by 11 huge progressive rock bands. Aside from a few immensely popular artists (Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull, Yes, etc.), progressive rock has continued to be a fairly niche ...