In the third installment of his 'Mean Deviation' column, music historian Jeff Wagner tells us what he thinks is the first true progressive metal album. Wagner is the author of 'Mean Deviation: Four ...

"Progressive metal" can mean a lot of things. For many bands, it describes an approach to songwriting that focuses on what can be done with technicality, bringing it far beyond what listeners would ...

Here are the six best progressive metal songs over 20 minutes long (ranked)! Plenty of metal styles – such as grindcore, metalcore, thrash metal and death metal – are known for having short song ...

Progressive metal, unlike other sub-genres of heavy metal, borrows heavily from hard rock, classical rock and early heavy metal influences. Although several of the bands on this list might not ...