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Kronstad 23

Spread over Norway, the jazz-prog quintet reunite sporadically to create stunning music against the clock. Getting the band back together one more time has been the dream for many wearing rose-tinted spectacles, but for Norwegians Kronstad 23 ­– that’s Øyvind Vie Berg (keyboards), Aleksander Tøsdal Tveit (guitar), Eirik Rømcke (bass) and Hans Christian Dalgaard (drums) […]

The Verge

For nearly four years, The Verge’s mystifying self-titled debut album sat unreleased, waiting. Written by four musicians during their time at the NTNU jazz school in Trondheim, Norway, each member has since gone on to form their own projects. But they never forgot about the record they created together, one full of heady complexity, jagged […]

Ruby Dawn

Soulfully charged UK prog foursome explore humanity’s place in the universe on powerful second album. “I’ve waited a lifetime to have this kind of band,” declares vocalist and keyboard player Carola Baer, as she looks back on Ruby Dawn’s beginnings during Covid in 2022. “I have played with loads of people, but this band has […]

Kalandra

Wardruna-approved quartet filling the gap between Norwegian folk and ambitious prog. Katrine Stenbekk was studying music at the Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts when she came up with what would become Kalandra. “I really missed vocal techniques from all over the world being a bit more mainstream,” the Norwegian singer tells //Prog//. “I felt like […]

i Häxa

Leaning back on a swivel chair in his studio stroking his hairless Devon Rex, Peter Miles could easily pass for an evil genius hell bent on world domination. The bearded West Country doyen of the studio is more interested in the underworld however. i Häxa – his joint multimedia project with the London-based singer Rebecca […]

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Mark Barron

The Canadian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist is stretching out to a world of possibilities. Mark Barron’s first steps on the road of conversion to prog came from a most unlikely source. Then a teenage guitar player in his own pop-punk band, Embassy, he and his bassist became intrigued by a lyric from Wheatus’ global hit single, […]

Pijn

Symphonic post-rock pulled from the throes of mourning Pijn’s name is pronounced ‘pine’. “There’s a list on our Google Drive of all the possible pronunciations that we’ve heard so far, and it’s very long,” laughs guitarist and band leader Joe Clayton. “The weirdest one is ‘pinge’ – they were just moving the letters around to […]

Civil Service

“Writing this album has reassured us that it’s good to push each other and break out of our comfort zones,” says Alex Coates. He was the last member to join Manchester’s post-rock quartet Civil Service and has been the one to give them drive and focus since. They wear their melting pot of reverb-soaked inspirations […]

Giant Walker

Bouncy Newcastle proggers out to make their genre as accessible as possible Giant Walker want to open up prog metal to the masses. “Someone who wouldn’t necessarily listen to rock or metal liking our music, that would be a win,” says the Newcastle four-piece’s drummer, Alex Black. “I think prog, by itself, is very pigeonholey. […]