The Accidental EARMUSIC

Karnivool have returned from the wastes with new ...

Praise be! Prog’s most devout figure, Neal Morse, gets the gang back together, dials back the sermonising and reaches for the stars on his band’s sparkling first album in five years.

On their latest studio album Reliance , Swedish quintet Soen have served up another dose of atmospheric, left-leaning prog metal. Prog catches up with drummer Martin Lopez and vocalist Joel Ekelöf to find out more, as the band show no signs of slowing down.

NEAL MORSE

Pagan doom, Marmite metalcore, genre-smashing hardcore, razzle-dazzle arena metal… this has been the soundtrack to the decade to date