Here are 11 prog metal bands whose first album is their best! Loudwire has already looked at a ton of rock and metal bands whose second, third, fourth, fifth and final albums are their best, and we’ve ...

Each member of Voivod, Canada’s premiere quirky thrash/prog metal band, has chosen their favorite prog album of all time!

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Kjetil Nordhus has one ...

UK prog metal haven Arctangent has announced its first bands for 2026. Earlier today (October 30), the Bristol weekender confirmed 37 artists for next year’s lineup. They include French avant-garde ...

Back in the mid-1970s, progressive rock bands were roundly criticized for their excessive displays of instrumental virtuosity, shifting time signatures, banks of synthesizers and fondness for concept ...

Periphery guitarist Jake Bowen won’t be present for the prog metal band’s upcoming European tour. In an Instagram video published Tuesday, Bowen explained that he’ll be sitting this one out as a ...

Opeth started in 1990 as a death metal band, but the act that performed Monday night at the Majestic theatre could scarcely be categorized within that subgenre — or any other, for that matter. During ...

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 ...

Horns up! There is nothing like listening to insane guitar riffs, heavy bass, soaring, even growling vocals, and a powerful drum beat. Even better, much of metal music is based on classical theory.

Here are 11 prog metal bands whose third album is their best. There are plenty of metal bands whose third album is their best, and since we recently narrowed our scope to death metal bands who qualify ...