A band's second album (American: sophomore) is frequently cited as 'difficult' but should it tread the same ground as its predecessor?

Producing a magazine dedicated to prog every 6 weeks traces a difficult path, catering for those stuck in the past and the more open-minded

A recent post on Reddit asking for dark or scary prog suggestions got me thinking. A selection of ProgBlog's collection of Dark Prog around a photo of L'Ombra della Sera, live in Genoa I wasn’t aware of the sub-genre ‘dark prog’ until I got chatting to the proprietors of Genoa’s Black Widow Records shop. The shop itself is named after the original purveyors of dark prog, the UK’s Black Widow, a favourite of Massimo Gasperini. Black Widow’s debut Sacrifice from 1970 is conside

The Instagram and Twitter trend ‘9 albums that changed my life/mean most to me’ (#9albums) which appeared in January 2018 didn’t pass me...

When did prog emerge? That's one of the great prog questions...

There is an increasing amount of printed information about Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI.) From the odd line or two in the original...