The 10 Best Progressive Rock Albums of the 2000s
This list is a reflection of the many great efforts of progressive rock artists of the 2000s and a tribute to the style’s most important musician of the decade.
This list is a reflection of the many great efforts of progressive rock artists of the 2000s and a tribute to the style’s most important musician of the decade.
The world needs more bands who will tell their fans the truth and speak truth to power, like King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.
The Mars Volta’s Que Dios Te Maldiga De Corazon has the same tracklisting as The Mars Volta but presents acoustic arrangements of each song.
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The final album of the Roger Waters Pink Floyd era is a difficult, challenging meditation on war and death. The Final Cut is undeniably ambitious and moving.
The initial and still-golden era of progressive rock started in 1969 and ended in 1981, and these are the 25 best prog rock albums of that era.
Any band that can keep it together for 25 years is to be commended, and Umphrey’s McGee have largely done it the old-fashioned way.
Whether calming you with lush songs like “Aerodrome” and “The Coming Days” or tickling the edges of your mind with “Thorn”, the Church’s The Hypnogogue is stunning.
The best progressive rock albums are profoundly ambitious and forward-thinking, music that’s immense, expansive, and mind-blowing, with dramatic elements.
At the end of the show, fans are left in a pleasant daze. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have metaphysically destroyed Berkeley, California’s Greek Theater.
The Mars Volta becomes more rewarding with repetition. Despite the outwardly more accessible style, the group has stuffed it full of intriguing musical choices.