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“I was so sick. I had tunnel vision and couldn’t walk. I was crawling to the toilet and I thought I was going to die”: The unbelievable rise of Opeth, the band who went from death metal no-hopers to prog royalty

Inside one of the most remarkable success stories in modern metal

Metal Hammer

“A lot of old-school guitar players can play amazing. But sometimes they’re not so innovative with the actual sound”: Steven Wilson on why guitarists need to switch up their tones to prevent their solos sounding stale

Alongside guitarist Randy McStine, the musical polymath took a tone-first approach to composing – and playing – solos on his new album, The Overview

Guitar World

Actual space scientists and Prog Magazine discuss prog, space and the new Steven Wilson album

Alexander Milas and Mark McCaughrean from Space Rocks, Prog Editor Jerry Ewing and solar scientist Miho Janvier discuss prog, space and The Overview.

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Steven Wilson's The Overview at No. 1 in the midweek chart

Steven Wilson will make a series of record store signings this week in Nottingham, Bristol, Southampton, Brighton and London

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“Once you realise your existence is futile and life is a random gift, you think, ‘I’m going to make the most of it.’ Life is meaningless – so embrace it”: Steven Wilson looks back at Planet Earth

His challenging return-to-prog album The Overview contrasts the collapse of a nebula with a bursting grocery bag in Swindon, all to illustrate that space is “nothingness; it’s scary; it’s death”

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“Nothing overshadows the totality of the concept… The Overview is very prog indeed”: Steven Wilson fully embraces the genre again, in a modern manner that will attract new listeners

With the occasional nod to his greatest achievements, his exploration of the cosmos is at times a challenging, daunting experience – but it’s rewarding

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“It’s a really good album, but I’m not sure it’s better than the ones that came before. You ask, ‘Why didn’t this happen sooner?’” Many consider Blackwater Park to be Opeth’s masterpiece. Opeth don’t

The classic line-up had assembled, Steven Wilson was contributing and Mikael Åkerfeldt was mining songwriting gold – but you can’t convince him the 2001 release was their magnum opus

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“A return to full-fat prog from the man who gave the genre a good name in recent years”: Prog fans rejoice! Steven Wilson has come home with cosmic modern classic The Overview

Steven Wilson’s interstellar new album The Overview measures up to prog’s greats

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Jethro Tull grace the cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!

Plus Kevin Godley, Ghost Of The Machine, Mike Ratledge, Can, Cardiacs, Amplifier, Karmakanic, Envy Of None and more...

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Stunning new 4K trailer for Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII revealed

Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII will be released on film, vinyl and CD with new Dolby Atmos mix from Steven Wilson

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The iconic 1972 concert film 'Pink Floyd: Live At Pompeii' has been remastered for 4K IMAX

Pink Floyd are coming to an IMAX near you, with a fully restored 4K version from the original 35mm film.

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“Untethered and exploratory rock music made by four musicians who seemed to epitomise the notion of intellectual cool”: Pink Floyd’s Live At Pompeii to be rereleased at cinemas and IMAX

Plus new mix of soundtrack by Steven Wilson

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“ELO, Judas Priest, my dad’s piano playing – that’s prog!” Tennis hero Pat Cash discovered Saga in Steve Harris’ private pub, introduced Tony Iommi to Bigelf and got Robert Plant to take up his sport

Travelling the world with his Walkman, the young Australian moved on from his family’s opera and folk to Rush, Steven Wilson, Brian Eno, Francis Dunnery and Anathema, and adopted his chequered headband in honour of Cheap Trick

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Pink Floyd to rerelease restored 1972 Pompeii concert film in Imax

Iconic performance amid Roman antiquity has been restored from original negatives, with a soundtrack newly mixed by prog star Steven Wilson

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Pink Floyd At Pompeii to be released on film, vinyl and CD with new Dolby Atmos mix

Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII is digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage, with enhanced audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson

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“The busker in my high street is terrible! He never gets any better. I had this idea: he doesn’t realise he’s dead and carries on”: Steven Wilson’s desperate desire to believe in ghosts inspired his last fully prog album

2013’s The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) was a collection of ghost stories in the tradition of Edgar Allan Poe, MR James and spooky 70s kids’ TV. He explained each track in his own words

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“It’s an old-fashioned piece of conceptual rock”: Steven Wilson issues album update and promises no less than the reinvention of the “extended classic rock solo”

The prog visionary says Randy McStine's solo is one of the highlights of an album that's animated by a grand musical ambition in the vein of Mike Oldfield and Pink Floyd

Guitar World

“I said, ‘We’re going to reinvent the notion of the extended classic rock solo. This is going to be the “not Comfortably Numb” solo’”: Steven Wilson bringing back the long guitar solo – with a twist

Wilson's eight studio album promises to be “an old-fashioned piece of conceptual rock in the tradition of The Dark Side of the Moon and Tubular Bells”

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New six-disc edition of Tangerine Dream's Phaedra to be released to celebrate the album's 50th anniversary

Tangerine Dream's Phaedra 50th Anniversary Edition will be released in April

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“Things come more difficult to him than to anyone I’ve ever met…he doesn’t con himself into thinking he knows what he’s doing”: Peter Gabriel, in the words of his collaborators and admirers

Robert Fripp, Ian Anderson, Steven Wilson, Martin Scorsese, Mike Portnoy, Tom Morello, Trevor Rabin and many others share their thoughts on the Progfather

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Order your limited edition Steven Wilson x Prog bundle – featuring a coloured vinyl version of The Overview and a signed art print!

There are only 250 Steven Wilson x Prog bundles available, so get yours now!

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Steven Wilson's return to the prog fold features on the front cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!

Plus Bill Bruford, Dream Theater, Readers' Poll Results, Jon Camp, Neal Morse, Mogwai, Tiger Moth Tales, White Willow, Matt Berry, Marko Hietala, Ritual and loads more

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Steven Wilson announces first full-band North American solo tour for seven years

Steven Wilson will release The Overview, a concept album featuring two long-form pieces of music, on March 14

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Super Deluxe edition of classic Yes album Close To The Edge on the way

New version of Close To The Edge features Steven Wilson mixes and entire London Rainbow show from December 1972

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Steven Wilson announces screening and shares trailer for new The Overview movie

Steven Wilson will release The Overview, a concept album featuring two long-form pieces of music, on March 14

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