The Prog Mill

26/01/2025

Tonight's PROG MILL on Progzilla Radio concentrates on the epics!

Just SIX epic melodic and symphonic progressive rock tracks (all from 2024) in two hours of magnificent music. Just kick back and take it all in!

The Prog Mill 'Long Ones Special' tonight (Sunday) on Progzilla Radio. The show starts at 10pm UK (2200 GMT/UTC), 2300 in Europe, 2pm PT and 5pm ET. You can find us at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker!

26/01/2025

Tonight's PROG MILL (Sunday) on Progzilla Radio is a LONG ONES SPECIAL. Just SIX epic progressive rock tracks in two hours! So relax, grab a drink of your choosing, and enjoy some of the best long form prog around today.

The Prog Mill Long Ones Special, tonight from 10pm UK. That's 2200 GMT/UTC, 2300 in Europe, 2pm PT and 5pm ET. You can find us at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker

25/01/2025

There is another chance to hear the TPA/PROG MILL PETER GABRIEL ALBUMS SPECIAL with guest host Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect this evening (Saturday) from 6pm UK on Progzilla Radio.

Join Leo for a journey through Peter's long career and enjoy some of his best loved songs. Tonight from 6pm UK. 1800 GMT/UTC, 1900 in Europe, 10am PT or 1pm ET

19/01/2025

TONIGHT ON THE PROG MILL

We present a TPA/Prog Mill 'Peter Gabriel Albums Special' presented by Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect. Join Leo for a journey through the musical career of one of prog's most famous icons.

The show starts at 10pm UK (2200 GMT/UTC), 2300 in Europe, 2pm PT and 5pm ET. You can find us at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker!

19/01/2025

Tonight's PROG MILL on Progzilla is another special presented by our friends at The Progressive Aspect. This time Leo Trimming hosts a PETER GABRIEL ALBUMS SPECIAL featuring tracks across his career from many of his great albums.

If you love Peter Gabriel, you'll love this show. Join Leo from 10pm UK. That's 2200 GMT/UTC, 2300 in Europe, 2pm PR or 5pm ET. You can hear it at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker.

18/01/2025

There is another chance to hear this week's PROG MILL this evening (Saturday) on Progzilla Radio. This week I'm joined by Jane Lee of the Progressive Aspect who reviews 'Stalagmite Steeple' by Returned to the Earth, and our fun quickfire quiz tests your memory of prog albums from 1985. All part of course of two hours of superb melodic and symphonic progressive rock.

The Prog Mill Saturday Replay. This evening from 6pm UK. That's 1800 GMT/UTC, 1900 in Europe, 10am PT or 1pm ET. You can find us at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker

13/01/2025

Edition 450 of THE PROG MILL for Progzilla Radio (670 in total), first broadcast 12 January 2025 is now available to stream on demand or download. This week I'm joined by Jane Lee of The Progressive Aspect who reviews 'Stalagmite Steeple' by Returned to the Earth, and our fun quickfire quiz tests your memory of prog albums from 1985. Plus two hours of outstanding melodic and symphonic progressive rock.

Edition 450 of THE PROG MILL for Progzilla Radio (670 in total), first broadcast 12 January 2025 is now available to stream on demand or download. This week I’m joined by Jane Lee of The Progressive Aspect who reviews ‘Stalagmite Steeple’ by Returned to the Earth, and our fun quickfire quiz te...

13/01/2025

The playlist for last night’s PROG MILL ( #450 for Progzilla Radio and 670 in total), first broadcast Sunday 12 January 2025, was:

1 Ghost of the Machine – The One (Empires Must Fall)
2 Phonya – Trans Human-ce (Heli 1025)
3 Solaris – Guardians (The Martian Chronicles III I or AI)
4 Bill Bressler – Insofar (A Second Past)
5 Random Option – As Blue as the Sky (One)
6 Rudz & Wolski – Neverending Trip (Enchanted Lighthouse)
7 Peter Gabriel – Mercy Street (So)
8 The Europeans – Acid Rain (Recurring Dreams)

TPA Album Review – Jane Lee – Returned to the Earth – Stalagmite Steeple
9 Returned to the Earth – Dark Morality (Stalagmite Steeple)
10 Returned to the Earth – Stalagmite Steeple (Stalagmite Steeple)

11 Silver Hunter – Quicksilver (The Last trAIn)
12 Crypto Knight – A Travellers Tale (A Travellers Tale)
13 Tom Penaguin – The Stove Packed Up and Left (Tom Penaguin)
Prog Magazine Limelight Artist
14 Supertramp – Crime of the Century (Crime of the Century)
15 Maya – Falling (Fading Tomorrow)
16 Kaos Moon – Loggers Trade (The Gold Fish)

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen - via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay - 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email [email protected], or message via twitter or facebook.com/theprogmill

The podcast will be uploaded shortly – watch out for the next posting which will contain the link!

12/01/2025

THE PROG MILL is back to normal (at least for a week) this evening as we finish off the weekend with two hours of superb melodic and symphonic progressive rock on Progzilla Radio. This week I'm joined by Jane Lee of The Progressive Aspect who reviews the latest Returned to the Earth album 'Stalagmite Steeple' and our fun quickfire quiz tests your memory of prog albums from 1985.

And on the playlist, two hours of superb music from the likes of (not in this order!): Ghost of the Machine, Maya, Phonya, Kaos Moon, Solaris, Supertramp, Bill Bressler, Tom Penaguin, The Europeans, Random Option, Crypto Knight, Rudz & Wolski, Silver Hunter, Peter Gabriel, Returned to the Earth and more...

The Prog Mill – tonight from 10pm UK on Progzilla Radio. That's 2200 GMT/UTC, 2300 in Europe, 2pm PT and 5pm ET. You can hear us at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker.

12/01/2025

THE PROG MILL LISTENERS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2024 RESULTS SHOW

If you missed the broadcast on Progzilla Radio, here is the podcast which you can listen to anytime you like. The results of the voting for the Prog Mill Listeners Album of the Year 2024 as we play tracks from the top 13. Every album nominated gets a mention. A big thank you to the 101 listeners who voted!

During the month of December 2024 we asked listeners to send in lists of their top 5 favourite progressive rock albums of the year. We awarded their number one 5pts, number 2 with 4pts etc… 101 people kindly voted. And here is the results show. Every album nominated gets a mention, and we count do...

11/01/2025

THE PROG MILL LISTENERS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2024 RESULTS SHOW
TAKE TWO!

If you listened to this show last Sunday as we started our count down of the Prog Mill Listeners favourite albums of 2024, you may know that unfortunately the Progzilla Radio stream went belly up after 37 minutes.. Undoubtedly due to the thousands of listeners tuned in eagerly awaiting the results!

So this evening (Saturday) we are going to give it another go. The Progzilla engineers have been beavering away to fix everything and are confident there will be no hiccups this time. So join us from 6pm UK as we reveal all (Ooer Missus!). If you've already heard the start of the show then rejoin us at 6.37pm UK. Otherwise, the podcast will be available to stream on demand from Sunday.

The Prog Mill Listeners Album of the Year Results Show – this evening from 6pm UK, 1800 GMT/UTC, 1900 in Europe, 10am PT and 1pm ET on Progzilla Radio. You can find us at progzilla.com – via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker.

Then we'll also be back tomorrow (Sunday) from 10pm UK with a brand new show!

10/01/2025

On this coming Sunday's fun quickfire quiz on THE PROG MILL from Progzilla Radio, we test your memory of prog albums from 1985. I'll play you a few seconds from five classic albums from that year and see if you can identify the artist/band and the album title.

Come and have a go if you're proggy enough.. All part of two hours of superb melodic and symphonic progressive rock. Sunday from 10pm UK on Progzilla Radio. That's 2200 GMT/UTC, 2300 in Europe, 2pm PT and 5pm ET. You can hear us at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker.

09/01/2025

On this coming Sunday's (12 January) album review from The Progressive Aspect on THE PROG MILL on Progzilla Radio, Jane Lee takes a listen to 'Stalagmite Steeple' by Returned to the Earth.

Find out what Jane thinks, and hear a couple of tracks. All part of two hours of superb melodic and symphonic progressive rock. Sunday from 10pm UK on Progzilla Radio. That's 2200 GMT/UTC, 2300 in Europe, 2pm PT and 5pm ET. You can hear us at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker.

09/01/2025

THE PROG MILL LISTENERS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2024 RESULTS SHOW – TAKE TWO!

Coming.... SATURDAY (11 Jan) at 6pm UK, 1800 GMT/UTC, 1900 Europe, 10am PT, 1pm ET on Progzilla Radio. Find us at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and on your smart speaker.

06/01/2025

THE PROG MILL LISTENERS ALBUM OF THE YEAR RESULTS SHOW – TAKE TWO!

Apologies to those listening to last night's Prog Mill Listeners Album of the Year 2024 results show who didn't get to find out who won due to Progzilla Radio's stream dropping out. Unfortunately it wasn't possible to get it up and running in time last night.

So... the show will be repeated IN FULL (I hope!) this coming Saturday 11th January. So I won't be revealing the results until then. It will then be available to listen to anytime as a podcast from Sunday onwards on the Progzilla Podcasts page. And I'll be producing a brand new edition of the Prog Mill on Sunday 12th.

Thanks for bearing with us, and I hope you'll join us for take two Saturday at 6pm UK on Progzilla Radio at progzilla.com

05/01/2025

TONIGHT – THE PROG MILL LISTENERS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2024 RESULTS SHOW

101 Prog Mill listeners sent in their top 5 prog albums of the year lists. The votes have been counted and we have a brand new champion. On tonight's show I'll count down from 25 to 11, and then play tracks from all of the top 10 as we build up to this years number 1.

Don't miss it! The music is INCREDIBLE! The Prog Mill, tonight (Saturday) from 10pm UK. That's 2200 GMT/UTC, 2300 in Europe, 2pm W Coast US and 5pm E Coast US. You can find us at progzilla.com or via Tune In, My Tuner Radio and other streaming radio platforms and on your smart speaker (enable My Tuner Radio on Alexa).

And for the full interactive experience with proggy chat and the artwork for tonight's music. Join us in the chat room at progzilla.com/chat

04/01/2025

There is another chance to hear this week's PROG MILL from Progzilla Radio this evening (Saturday) between 6pm and 8pm UK. This week I'm joined by Leo Trimming and Peter Hilton of The Progressive Aspect who review two recent EP's by The Pineapple Thief and The Radicant. And our fun quickfire quiz tests your knowledge of current German progressive rock bands.

And of course, two hours of superb melodic and symphonic progressive rock. The Prog Mill Saturday Replay – this evening from 6pm UK. That's 1800 UTC/GMT, 1900 in Europe, 10am W Coast US and 1pm E Coast US. You can hear us at progzilla.com/listen or via Tune In and on your smart speaker.

31/12/2024

THE XIII PROG MILL LISTENERS ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2024

Voting is NOW CLOSED. Thank you to 99 Prog Mill listeners who sent in their top 5 albums of 2024 votes. The results show where I will mention all the artists/bands who have received votes, count down from 25 and play tracks from the top 10, will be on Sunday 5 January at 10pm UK on Progzilla Radio.

These are the artists/bands who received votes. This isn't in any order so doesn't indicate a final position and isn't in the order they were sent in.

All will be revealed on Sunday. 10pm UK, 2200 UTC/GMT, 2300 Europe, 2pm W Coast US, 5pm E Coast US on Progzilla Radio. You can hear us at progzilla.com or via Tune In and other streaming radio apps and on your smart speaker.

Barock Project – Time Voyager | Unit 8 – The Second Arch | Neal Morse + The Resonance – No Hill for Climbers | John Wilkinson – Imposter Syndrome | Viima – Vaistyy Mielen Yo | Jadis – More Questions than Answers | Millenium – Hope Dies Last | Drifting Sun – Veil | Lee Abraham – Origin of the Storm | Huis – In the Face of the Unknown | Checking for Echo Project – The Scattering of Leaves | Fouette – Subliminal Messages | The Ikan Method – Perfect Tyrrany | Cen Projekt – The Story of Enja | Believe – The Wording Way | Haven of Echoes – Memento Vivere | The Chronicles of Father Robin – The Songs & Tales of Airoea Book III | Opeth – Last Will and Testament | Omnium – Omnium II | Joey Frevola – Art Supplies & Pain | Tusmorke – Dawn of Oberon | Adult Cinema – 365 | Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks – True | John Greenwood – The Boy | Circe Link & Christian Nesmith – Arcana | Meer – Wheels Within Wheels | Frost* - Life in the Wires | Jordan Rudess – Permission to Fly | Big Big Train – The Likes of Us | The Tangent – To Follow Polaris | John Holden – Proximity & Chance | Arild Broter – A Spectre of Sound | Shadows on Mercury – Worlds Apart | My Arrival Lost 3mbers | Long Earth – An Ordinary Life | Kite Parade – Disparity | Stuckfish – Stuckfish IV | Forgotten Gods – Memories | Cyan – The Guardians | Oddleaf – Where Ideal and Denial Collide | Ellesmere – Stranger Skies | The Bardic Depths – What We Really Like in Stories | Airbag – Century of the Self | Returned to The Earth – Stalagmite Steeple | Red Sand – Paintbox | Kaipa – Sommergryningsljus | Ruby Dawn – Blood on Water | Amarok – Hope | Sonic Tapestry – Into the Sunday | Nick Fletcher – A Longing for Home | Beardfish – Songs for Beating Hearts | Andy Nixon – The Waterline | ESP Project – Silver Waves – Astral Dreams | David Gilmour – Luck and Strange | Magic Fig – Magic Fig | The Windmill – Mindscapes | Midas Fall – Cold Waves Divide Us | giGO – The Divine Proportion | Steve Hackett – The Circus and the Night Whale | ProAge – Purgatorium | Melting Clock – Altrove | Maya – Fading Tomorrow | Albion – Lakesongs of Elbid | Outstation – Haunting One Seven | The Prophets of Zarquon – Floodplain | Frant1c – A Brand New World | Daniel Weiss – The Vortex | Candacraig – Lit by Lightening | Sloane Square Band – Thoughts | Poppy – Negative Spaces | Wayne Shorter – Celebration Vol 1 | Illusions of an Orange – Nexus | Laura Mars – Windspell | The British Stereo Collective – Iniquitous | Solaris – Marsbeli Kronikak III | Innerspace – The Last Sign | Kalandra – a Frame of Mind | Spirergy – Journey Beyond | Nick Magnus – A Stranger Inheritance | Age of Distraction – A Game of Whispers | Trilogy – Hidden Mysteries | Kyros – Mannequin | Darwin – Five Steps on the Sun | Pure Reason Revolution - Coming Up to Consciousness | The Pineapple Thief - It Leads to This | Izz - Collapse The Wave | Haze | The Waters Edge | Patchwork Cacophany - Hourglass | Seven Steps to the Green Door - The?Truth | Vlyes - Why? |