Symphonic Prog – Progressive Rock Journal https://progrockjournal.com Webzine Wed, 20 May 2026 14:52:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://progrockjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-01-Cross-1-32x32.jpg Symphonic Prog – Progressive Rock Journal https://progrockjournal.com 32 32 [News] YES launch new single “Turnaround Situation” — second track taken from 24th studio album “Aurora” https://progrockjournal.com/news-yes-launch-new-single-turnaround-situation-second-track-taken-from-24th-studio-album-aurora/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-yes-launch-new-single-turnaround-situation-second-track-taken-from-24th-studio-album-aurora/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 14:52:18 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83932 YES, who is Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood & Jay Schellen, are proud to announce their 24th studio album “Aurora” will be released on June 12, 2026 via InsideOut Music/Sony Music. As Howe explains: “Making this record was joyful, a chance to play, explore and give everything to the music. It’s always been about […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-yes-launch-new-single-turnaround-situation-second-track-taken-from-24th-studio-album-aurora/feed/ 0 [News] Devin Townsend launches new double single “Prepare For War / The Big Snit” from “The Moth” https://progrockjournal.com/news-devin-townsend-launches-new-double-single-prepare-for-war-the-big-snit-from-the-moth/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-devin-townsend-launches-new-double-single-prepare-for-war-the-big-snit-from-the-moth/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 09:33:29 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83915 Canadian Metal maverick Devin Townsend recently announced the long-awaited release of his ambitious, Orchestral-Metal opus “The Moth,” out May 29, 2026 via InsideOut Music. He is pleased to reveal another part of “The Moth” narrative in the shape of the visceral and Heavy double-single “Prepare For War / The Big Snit.” Watch the video, directed […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-devin-townsend-launches-new-double-single-prepare-for-war-the-big-snit-from-the-moth/feed/ 0 [Review] Crown Lands – Apocalypse https://progrockjournal.com/review-crown-lands-apocalypse/ https://progrockjournal.com/review-crown-lands-apocalypse/#respond Sat, 16 May 2026 23:28:24 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83857 With “Apocalypse,” released May 15, 2026 via InsideOut Music, Crown Lands deliver their third full-length studio album. Following their JUNO Award-winning 2020 debut, “Fearless” (2023), and the JUNO-nominated instrumental diptych “Ritual I” and “Ritual II” (2025) — their first releases on InsideOut — this record marks a clear turning point for the Canadian Progressive Rock duo. It is a sharp, cohesive […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/review-crown-lands-apocalypse/feed/ 0 [Editor’s Pick] What You Shouldn’t Miss — May 11, 2026 https://progrockjournal.com/editors-pick-what-you-shouldnt-miss-may-11-2026/ https://progrockjournal.com/editors-pick-what-you-shouldnt-miss-may-11-2026/#respond Mon, 11 May 2026 08:50:09 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83705 A new editorial week opens at Progressive Rock Journal with a selection that stretches from the rainforests of southern Brazil to the underground basements of 1970s Sweden, from the heavy festival stages of Berlin to a forgotten cassette pressed in Tahiti nearly half a century ago. This week brought two exclusives born directly in the […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/editors-pick-what-you-shouldnt-miss-may-11-2026/feed/ 0 [Exclusive Interview] A New Day: Andy Glass and Howard Rankin on Music, Memory and the Sia Trilogy https://progrockjournal.com/exclusive-interview-a-new-day-andy-glass-and-howard-rankin-on-music-memory-and-the-sia-trilogy/ https://progrockjournal.com/exclusive-interview-a-new-day-andy-glass-and-howard-rankin-on-music-memory-and-the-sia-trilogy/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 08:58:11 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83503 “A New Day – The Sia Trilogy in Photographs” is more than a live photo book: it is a visual testimony of a band rediscovering its centre of gravity, and of a community growing alongside it. Through Howard Rankin’s lens and Andy Glass’ renewed creative momentum, the book captures Solstice’s recent renaissance not as nostalgia, […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/exclusive-interview-a-new-day-andy-glass-and-howard-rankin-on-music-memory-and-the-sia-trilogy/feed/ 0 [News] Symphonic Prog band RematriNation release debut album “ᎠᏌᏃ ᎩᎦᎨ (The Red Dress)” and unveil the single “Flag of Fire” https://progrockjournal.com/news-symphonic-prog-band-rematrination-release-debut-album-%ea%ad%b0%ea%ae%9c%ea%ae%93-%ea%ad%b9%ea%ad%b6%ea%ad%b8-the-red-dress-and-unveil-the-single-flag-of-fire/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-symphonic-prog-band-rematrination-release-debut-album-%ea%ad%b0%ea%ae%9c%ea%ae%93-%ea%ad%b9%ea%ad%b6%ea%ad%b8-the-red-dress-and-unveil-the-single-flag-of-fire/#comments Tue, 05 May 2026 14:44:12 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83474 Melodic Revolution Records, in conjunction with Wadulisi Recordings and Symphonic Prog collective RematriNation, proudly announces the release of the debut album “ᎠᏌᏃ ᎩᎦᎨ (The Red Dress),” available today on the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S), also known as Red Dress Day. The album’s concept centers on […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-symphonic-prog-band-rematrination-release-debut-album-%ea%ad%b0%ea%ae%9c%ea%ae%93-%ea%ad%b9%ea%ad%b6%ea%ad%b8-the-red-dress-and-unveil-the-single-flag-of-fire/feed/ 2 [News] UK Progressive Rock legends Solstice reveal the tour dates for August 2026 https://progrockjournal.com/news-uk-progressive-rock-legends-solstice-reveal-the-tour-dates-for-august-2026/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-uk-progressive-rock-legends-solstice-reveal-the-tour-dates-for-august-2026/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 10:04:36 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83465 UK Progressive Rock band Solstice have revealed the tour dates for August 2026, below the official poster and the band’s announcement. “G‍ood day good people! Apologies for another message so soon after the last but I just wanted to let you know that we’ve added another date to our August mini-tour. I’m delighted to report that we’ll […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-uk-progressive-rock-legends-solstice-reveal-the-tour-dates-for-august-2026/feed/ 0 [News] Voïvod unveil official visualizer for the single “Forgotten In Space” from upcoming live album “Symphonique” https://progrockjournal.com/news-voivod-unveil-official-visualizer-for-the-single-forgotten-in-space-from-upcoming-live-album-symphonique/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-voivod-unveil-official-visualizer-for-the-single-forgotten-in-space-from-upcoming-live-album-symphonique/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 08:53:54 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83457 After more than 40 eventful years of existence, Canada’s Progressive Sci-fi Metal innovators Voïvod return with “Symphonique,” a special live release recorded together with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra. The album features a carefully curated Voïvod best-of setlist composed of 12 songs running 73 minutes, performed with full Classical arrangements and recorded live on June 04, […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-voivod-unveil-official-visualizer-for-the-single-forgotten-in-space-from-upcoming-live-album-symphonique/feed/ 0 [News] Ka’aru – “Daring Spirit” — Exclusive Q&A & Full Album Stream https://progrockjournal.com/news-kaaru-daring-spirit-exclusive-qa-full-album-stream/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-kaaru-daring-spirit-exclusive-qa-full-album-stream/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:26:01 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83332 From the southern tip of Brazil, a new voice emerges in the Progressive Rock/Metal landscape. Ka’aru is a two-piece outfit from Tôrres — guitarist, bassist and vocalist Lucas HR alongside drummer Miguel Faria — and their debut album “Daring Spirit,” released on April 24th, 2026, is one of those records that arrives quietly but leaves […]

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]]> https://progrockjournal.com/news-kaaru-daring-spirit-exclusive-qa-full-album-stream/feed/ 0 [News] Jon Anderson celebrates 50th anniversary of “Olias of Sunhillow” with Mobile Fidelity re-release https://progrockjournal.com/news-jon-anderson-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-olias-of-sunhillow-with-mobile-fidelity-re-release/ https://progrockjournal.com/news-jon-anderson-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-olias-of-sunhillow-with-mobile-fidelity-re-release/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:45:38 +0000 https://progrockjournal.com/?p=83329 Following the 1975 “Relayer” tour, the members of YES took a hiatus for each of the five members to produce solo albums. For lead vocalist Jon ANderson, it meant bringing a mobile recording unit to his home in Buckinghamshire, UK, to create a self-produced album where he played all of the instruments, assisted by YES sound engineer Mike Dunne. The result was “Olias of […]

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