Musical chameleons Ulver have reinvented themselves yet again. With their 14th album, they’ve turned away from the progressive synthpop of their recent releases and delivered something more atmospheric. Mainman Kristoffer Rygg looks back on the personal strife and decades of deviation that have paved the way for Neverland.

Puscifer ’s driving forces Maynard James Keenan and Carina Round discuss soundtracking the end times and why we all need to put down our phone and pick up a glass of gin.

Welsh proggers Godsticks are back with their darkest, heaviest and most uncompromising material to date. Bandleader Darran Charles tells Prog all about VOiD , their upcoming live shows and why he’s keeping an open mind when it comes to audience reactions.

…For Randy’s friends to ask him whatever they hell they want. We sat the Lamb Of God frontman down for an all-star grilling

The prolific Bill Nelson ’s taken a brief pause from his solo work to turn his attention towards a project of a different kind. Orchestra Futura was a live improv trio that also included Theo Travis and Dave Sturt. Although they never released any studio recordings, a selection of material has just been collated and issued as Live At Nelsonica & Clothworkers Hall . Prog caught up with its members to find out more and uncover Nelson’s plans for the future.

Had Robin Holloway published Music’s Odyssey—described by its author as “an invitation to the glorious long voyage of Western classical music”—30 years ago, he might well have got away with it. By day