“There was a picture of me in a ‘wanted’ sign on the stage screen. It was a red rag to a bull”: Pagan band harnessed a fake feud, kickboxing and a Cornish faery, and it all ran out of control

Spriggan Mist.

Pagan folk-rockers Spriggan Mist were virtual unknowns in prog circles until their breakthrough set at 2022’s HRH Prog festival defined them as one of the genre’s must-see live acts. Following the release of their seventh studio album, The Glare, husband-and-wife founders Baz and Maxine Cilia talk faeries, festivals and friendly feuds.

Named after a “well ‘ard Cornish faery“ capable of vanishing people in an eerie cloud, Spriggan Mist have built a universe where pagan mysticism collides with driving rock energy and high kicks. To their delight, prog audiences have embraced it wholeheartedly.