Really pleased to see Big Big Train included on your list...I continue to get terribly emotional when I see a photograph of BBT that harks back to the period when David was the vocalist. David was my best friend and we went through school together, we formed our first band and continued to go on to art college. I remain immensely proud of what David has left us and for his music to continue to shine bright gives me and I am sure others much comfort. XX
Agree, this is a solid list of contemporary Prog. I like that you suggest an album to check out. There is heaps of great music out there that is “new” to many ears, and this list is spot on.
At about 13:50 on Second Life Syndrome by Riverside there is a gorgeous piece of guitar that always makes me think it's Andrew Latimer playing in secret!
Great list, another episode in the future perhaps for all the greats bands mentioned in the commentsand then some. One I must mention is COSMOGRAF aka Robin Armstrong he has a ffabuous back catalogue of concept albums well worth a listen.
I had the enormous pleasure of meeting and chatting with Dave Gregory last Saturday, he's very proud of his tenure with Big Big Train, and the Folklore album in particular.
Thanks for this list. A few I know and love, others I should explore deeper, and even a couple I’ve never heard of Many happy hours of listening ahead of me. 😊
I left prog for dead some time in the 80’a, but this turned out to be a good move. I missed 90’s orig altogether and only became aware of its revival in the mid 2000’s with bands like Pircupine Tree. Now there are so many back catalogues to explore I feel like I did upon discovering prog back in the 70’s, like a kid in a sweet shop. I’d like to add Glass Hammer to this list. Their catalogue is patchy at times, but the recent offerings are stunning in my opinion.
"Thom Yorke's detuned mewing" is the funniest and yet most accurate description of his vocalizing I've ever heard! I tittered. Also, you missed Dream Theater's biggest failing, the nearly unlistenable squealing of the 'singer'. Truly, they would be a great band with a different singer. Thanks, an excellent list, touching on many of my fave bands. Wobbler are new to me so I will check them out.
One of the most Amazing Prog Bands most prog lovers have *never* heard of, is the 70s band *Crack the Sky* . Their first 4 albums are a *MUST LISTEN* for ANY prog music fan. Amazing Guitars. Amazing Vocals and Harmonies. Amazing Lyrics. Very Original. It's quite possible that this band will soon reside in anyone's Top Ten Prog Bands of All Time list. Also check out the band Be *Bop* *Deluxe* from West Yorkshire. Very original as well. One last band? *Captain* *Beyond* featuring early Deep Purple vocalist, Rod Evans from the U.K., and American Guitarists Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt and Lee Dorman (both from Iron Butterfly), and American Drummer, Bobby Caldwell. All 3 bands are, IMO, Phenomenal and are very special Prog bands that are often overlooked.
Here are some contemporary favourites of mine! Simon Says - Tardigrade (2008) Änglagård - Viljans öga (2012) Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts are Gone (2015) Oxhuitza - Oxhuitza (2013) Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (2019) Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
Another excellent video. All on my list as well but I don’t know how you could skip the Neal Morse Band. (NMB is not Neal Morse solo work). Their four albums are all excellent and certainly PROG. Another personal favorite is Airbag. All their albums are really enjoyable too. Top 12!
A really well balanced list which includes most of the top bands of the 21st Century. I might have included Moon Safari and Opeth and moved Riverside up.
Good list. I chuckled that a lot of your favorite albums happen to be my least favorite from some of these bands: Scenes From a Memory, Snow, The Absolute Universe. Bent Knee and Echolyn are two bands worthy of a nod too.
I saw this subject flash up on my iPad, so I paused Al diMeola album Elegant Gypsy, and had a listen. I thought it was a real good list, and covered many of the.bands I listen to.
I returned to prog music only in the last three years. To me, contemporary means a band I can still go see live, which rules out several of these. In addition, my tastes tend to be on the metal side. Based on that Haken is the clear choice, although I am seeing the Pineapple Thief in November. Other bands not mentioned that I'd include are Opeth (of course) and Caligula's Horse.
Very good list. I've been into Porcupine Tree since the mid 90s and it's been great seeing them go onto great success. I got into Wobbler after one of your previous videos mentioning them. I would just add Crown Lands to the list for some 2112 era Rush inspired music. Their shorter songs may not be as "proggy" but congrats to any band making 18 min epics today!
Agree fully with your proposed choices. Since I usually have fifteen to twenty bands in any of my top tens, I'll add just two, and those are Symphony X and Adagio. Cheerio.
I feel the same way concerning Dream Theater. I agree with your album choice and would add A Change Of Season (great side long suite and a side of fine covers)!
Big fan of Pineapple Thief and Porcupine Tree. One of my favourite tracks is Moonloop, the long version, by Porcupine Tree. Would also highly recommend Bruce Soord's solo work. His latest offering, Luminescence, is a great listen.
Happily seen all of the above live. Into that pantheon I’d add Soul Secret, Moon Safari, Amarok, Quidam (RIP), Barock Project, Karibow and RPWL: check them out and report back 😉
This was fantastic. Thank you. I spent most of it thinking “yeah I know. Yeah I agree. Yeah he's right.” Until….Wobbler???? Never heard of them. Yet. I have played each of the other bands in probably the last 15 days. So here I go exploring!
Very useful list. Special thanks for suggested albums. Two Portnoys, two Stolts are OK. But only two Neal Morse projects? 😂 Check out his album Question Mark or if you want heavier stuff then Sola Scriptura. And the Neal Morse Band's A Similitude of a Dream is the best double prog album of the last decade.
Black Midi and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum would be on my list. Both of them are eccentric and unique. I'd throw in The Mars Volta, too, possibly Moon Safari.
Pretty good list, I think some these bands venture in to prog metal and even post rock. For me in a way certain bands labelled post rock could well be categorized as prog, especially the mainly instrumental ones, like "This will destroy you", "Russian Circles", the Japanese band "Mono". If like a Polish group "Tides From Nebula" or "Besides" Expect, I'll get shoot down flames by other posters. But basically some post-rock is kinda proggy to me, but not all post rock, it a very widely used label.
Good list, although I'd include Magenta somewhere near the very top alongside P Tree, Haken and BBT. Also, Opeth and that Strapping Young Lad guy himself, Devin Townsend in his various different heavy prog guises. Oh, that's five already! Then there's Moon Safari, Mr. K Torabi's updated version of Gong (I think this is a concession that counts), Wobbler, Radiohead and, obviosly, the mighty, resurrected Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
I agree with your list and, of course, the true test of a prog band is can they cut it live: In Spock's Beard's case that's a yes. I've seen them 3 times, with each lead singer. Scandinavia has produced a few really good prog bands, notably Carptree from Sweden and Magic Pie from Norway. In the UK there's Mostly Autumn and Karnataka.
Arena are my number 1 Prog band from the 1990`s onwards and I would recommend most of their albums. Like yourself I am also a fan of The Flower Kings `Stardust We Are`.
I would have others on this list. Opeth (of late), Tool, Karnivool, Caligula’s horse, Devin Townsend’s project, Leprous, and the Finnish/English band Wheel. Anathema as well come to think of it.
Yes, leaving out Tool seems a true omission. Your other choices are very much up my alley. If you don't already know Vola, from Denmark, I would strongly suggest spinning up your favourite streamer.
First off, I think that excluding 80s neo prog bands throws off the results. Some of those bands, IQ, Pendagon, etc., have gone on to make their best albums in their later years. And, to me, no list with this title can be complete without the Steve Hogarth-lead contemporary Marillion sitting right at or near the top of the list. With recent albums like "An Hour Before It's Dark" & "FEAR" making a big splash in the current prog scene, they are now a "cult band" who can play sell out nights at Royal Albert Hall without including a single song from those 80s neo-prog beginnings....That said, for the 90s and beyond - Mostly Autumn, Mystery, Moon Safari, Jadis (first album 1991), Arena, Silhouette, Ayreon, Magenta, & for the heavier stuff, Dream Theater still remain the standard bearers to me. (i'll be kind by withholding my thoughts on most of Haken's work). The Pineapple Thief is a recent discovery for me and is quickly growing on me, though I need to hear more of them to get a better assessment of the full picture. "My Wilderness" is what I am most familiar with so far.
Yes, this is where classification of contemporary becomes tricky. As you say some of the neo prog bands may have started in the 80s but have, particularly in the case of IQ, done some of their best work in recent decades. Like you, my list would include Mostly Autumn and Mystery.
Dream Theater, Tool, Porcupine Tree, and Opeth are the only Prog bands I passionately follow. Yes, they're more on the "metal" side too. Gotta check some in your list, thanks.
No serious objections here but I'm surprised we couldn't find room at the table for Coheed & Cambria, the band who decided concept albums were small-time and launched a concept discography. Like the bands you did include, they demonstrate that the prog spirit didn't die in 1977 - it just stopped getting interviewed.
Aryeon/Arjen Luccasen is another artist who went beyond just concept albums and created a sci-fi music universe where most of his albums are interconnected thematically & form one massive story for those who care to dig through all the lyrics & plotlines.
Aside from those already mentioned - Pure Reason Revolution, Porcupine Tree/SW, Frost*, Kyros, Leprous, Opeth, Oceansize/Vennart, Fair To Midland, Secret Machines, Mystery Jets, Mew. Not all of these are necessarily prog like Genesis, Crimson or DT are prog, but they have all at least flirted with the genre, have played music that embodies the spirit or recorded at least one album that is prog.
Gran y muy útil lista. Yo añadiría a Unitopia, con una voz muy particular y profunda, grandes melodías y una magnífica mezcla de estilos, con predominancia del prog.
Interesting. When you chose to include the 90s I took it as read you would include Tool and Probably Meshuga. My list would include Sleep Token (if they aren't prog who is?), Vola, Wheel, the sublime Earthside (the band Dream Theater wishes they could be), Mastadon, Opeth, The Contortionist, Chronologist and Slug. Devin Townsend has done some superb stuff too. There are also a great many prog bands that stray a little too far into metal, like Night Verses, for this list, but still worth a listen.
All great choices, with Mostly Autumn being my overall favorite of those mentioned. I'm least familiar with Panic Room, though I like what I've heard. I think Nightwish is also notable in female-fronted prog, sort of a heavier, more bombastic take on the bands mentioned. They even now have Troy Donockley & his celtic pipes in the band now. I also really love Tracy Hitchings (RIP) & her contributions to Landmarq, Strangers On a Train & various Clive Nolan projects. Not Celtic-influenced, but she was one of the great female powerhouses of contemporary prog.
Magenta and Mostly Autumn are a bit too cheesy for me - though I've seen both live. Though I do seem more drawn to prog metal these days; which might explain things.
@@davidmorgan6896 Wow, Mostly Autumn are about as far from cheesy as you get as far as I'm concerned. Their music really stirs up the emotions for me. But I guess it just just goes to show that music/art is all subjective.
I think Porcupine Tree are the dog's danglers-In Absentia is brilliant and I like Stars Die and Deadwing as well. Riverside are bravo and thanks for including The Pineapple Thief too. Dream Theatre could be lumped in with Tool as prog metal. Would throw in Airbag and later Opeth. Thanks for the list-cheers.
Dream Theater leave me cold. I find them soulless and charmless. But that's just me. Glad you had Wobbler in there, I thoroughly enjoyed Dwellers of the deep. Off the top of my head I can think of a few more modern-ish bands that I like - Koenjihyakkei, Dai Kaht, Anekdoten, Miriodor...
Marillion, IQ and Opeth are the A list for me. Gazpacho, Big big train, Riverside, Steven Wilson come close, then there is Cosmograf, Airbag, Wobbler and Bruce Soord.
Talking about nick cave shame not to mention the two grinderman albums.snowballed me into his catalogue.palaces of Montezuma is tremendous,lyrics are deliciously dark.
They are defunct but The Reasoning had several amazing albums. How refreshing to have a female lead vocalist with sometimes male lead and harmonies on top of great playing! Dark Angle is a great one to listen to too if you want to sample.
Perhaps you might like The sense apparatus by Frantic bleep I would like to know what you thing , as I quite like it.I would sight Magazine, secondhand daylight album and This heat, Deceit album for worthy contenders to the prog catalogue for something different in flavour?
Personally I believe RPWL deserved a spot on this list or at least an honorable mention. The album World Through my Eyes is the artistic equivalent of taking a stroll through the Louvre.
Really pleased to see Big Big Train included on your list...I continue to get terribly emotional when I see a photograph of BBT that harks back to the period when David was the vocalist. David was my best friend and we went through school together, we formed our first band and continued to go on to art college. I remain immensely proud of what David has left us and for his music to continue to shine bright gives me and I am sure others much comfort. XX
He was a huge talent, and sorely missed. From The Underfall Yard to Grimspound BBT never put a foot wrong. Different band now, I can't listen to them.
What a huge loss. Just as he was peaking. Perhaps the best voice in Prog ever.
David was such a great vocalist ,before 2 months I have known about BBT wonderful band but missing David’s Vocals which is a huge loss for the BBT.
I bumped into him at Cropredy a couple of times and Lowdham when Fairport Convention played the village hall there.
He was a smashing chap.
Agree, this is a solid list of contemporary Prog. I like that you suggest an album to check out. There is heaps of great music out there that is “new” to many ears, and this list is spot on.
Thank you for mentioning Riverside.
Check Airbag from Norway.
Airbag is amazingly underrated. Was just listening to them today.
Nice video, Barry, except I'd put Porcupine Tree at the top spot followed by Riverside. Your frequent content is certainly appreciated!
Spot on
Pretty good list, but I'd definitely have put Frost* in there too!
Agreed, Milliontown is a modern classic imo
At about 13:50 on Second Life Syndrome by Riverside there is a gorgeous piece of guitar that always makes me think it's Andrew Latimer playing in secret!
Great list, another episode in the future perhaps for all the greats bands mentioned in the commentsand then some. One I must mention is COSMOGRAF aka Robin Armstrong he has a ffabuous back catalogue of concept albums well worth a listen.
Another couple of really brilliant Swedish prog bands are Karmakanic and Moon Safari.
I absolutely endorse that!
@@earlofmar11 A person of great taste!
Karmakanic are pretty good. I'll look into Moon Safari. Ta.
@@davidmorgan6896 Worth a listen.
This Winter Machine is a terrific prog rock band. Highly recommended.
I've enjoyed all their albums.
I had the enormous pleasure of meeting and chatting with Dave Gregory last Saturday, he's very proud of his tenure with Big Big Train, and the Folklore album in particular.
Great list of bands. I would add an 11th - Airbäg. I would recommend The Greatest Show On Earth (2013) and All Rights Removed (2011).
Thanks for this list. A few I know and love, others I should explore deeper, and even a couple I’ve never heard of Many happy hours of listening ahead of me. 😊
I really think that The Mars Volta should be on this list. Otherwise, great list with several of my own favorites.
I left prog for dead some time in the 80’a, but this turned out to be a good move.
I missed 90’s orig altogether and only became aware of its revival in the mid 2000’s with bands like Pircupine Tree. Now there are so many back catalogues to explore I feel like I did upon discovering prog back in the 70’s, like a kid in a sweet shop.
I’d like to add Glass Hammer to this list. Their catalogue is patchy at times, but the recent offerings are stunning in my opinion.
Beardfish is my favorite contemporary prog band.
Spot on. This list is along my lines of favorites too, though I’d have to have 25 spots to really get them all represented. Prog on.
"Thom Yorke's detuned mewing" is the funniest and yet most accurate description of his vocalizing I've ever heard! I tittered. Also, you missed Dream Theater's biggest failing, the nearly unlistenable squealing of the 'singer'. Truly, they would be a great band with a different singer.
Thanks, an excellent list, touching on many of my fave bands. Wobbler are new to me so I will check them out.
Barock Project are my current favourites.
One of the most Amazing Prog Bands most prog lovers have *never* heard of, is the 70s band *Crack the Sky* . Their first 4 albums are a *MUST LISTEN* for ANY prog music fan. Amazing Guitars. Amazing Vocals and Harmonies. Amazing Lyrics. Very Original. It's quite possible that this band will soon reside in anyone's Top Ten Prog Bands of All Time list. Also check out the band Be *Bop* *Deluxe* from West Yorkshire. Very original as well. One last band? *Captain* *Beyond* featuring early Deep Purple vocalist, Rod Evans from the U.K., and American Guitarists Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt and Lee Dorman (both from Iron Butterfly), and American Drummer, Bobby Caldwell. All 3 bands are, IMO, Phenomenal and are very special Prog bands that are often overlooked.
Agree in Crack the Sky. Be Bob a little too out there for me although Bill Nelson as great a player as you'll ever see
Here are some contemporary favourites of mine!
Simon Says - Tardigrade (2008)
Änglagård - Viljans öga (2012)
Anekdoten - Until All the Ghosts are Gone (2015)
Oxhuitza - Oxhuitza (2013)
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (2019)
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)
I'm not up to date with modern prog bands, but Crippled Black Phoenix would make my list.
I'll have to check some of these out.
GREAT list Barry! A few honorable mentions:
- Gaupa
- Chronicles of Father Robin
- Monika Roscher Big Band
- Kaipa
- Karfagen
GLASS HAMMER ❤️
Another excellent video. All on my list as well but I don’t know how you could skip the Neal Morse Band. (NMB is not Neal Morse solo work). Their four albums are all excellent and certainly PROG. Another personal favorite is Airbag. All their albums are really enjoyable too. Top 12!
Your excellent list is basically all my favourite bands. Awesome, thanks 🙏
A really well balanced list which includes most of the top bands of the 21st Century. I might have included Moon Safari and Opeth and moved Riverside up.
Good list. I chuckled that a lot of your favorite albums happen to be my least favorite from some of these bands: Scenes From a Memory, Snow, The Absolute Universe.
Bent Knee and Echolyn are two bands worthy of a nod too.
Great list! Loved it. Thanks
Love this! Please do more of these on different genres! 😃
Done quite a few
@@classicalbum oh ok nice I’ll have to check them out. Grown very fond of your channel! I think your knowledge of music is incredible!
Good list. Wobbler would easily be my number one. A couple prog-metal I have been enjoying lately are Elder and Robot God.
You made my day. Big Big Train is my all-time favorite band and to see them listed at number three is awesome!
Great selection - honourable mentions - Airbag, Gazpacho, Frost, and the wonderful Amplifer
Off to see Big Big Train next week. Can't wait.
As a drummer, Nick D'Virgilio is among the best. Plus, he can sing amazingly.
Oooo calming John peel voice and a great honest reviews ❤
Great list. Great show.
I saw this subject flash up on my iPad, so I paused Al diMeola album Elegant Gypsy, and had a listen. I thought it was a real good list, and covered many of the.bands I listen to.
I returned to prog music only in the last three years. To me, contemporary means a band I can still go see live, which rules out several of these. In addition, my tastes tend to be on the metal side. Based on that Haken is the clear choice, although I am seeing the Pineapple Thief in November. Other bands not mentioned that I'd include are Opeth (of course) and Caligula's Horse.
Pretty good list. Have to check Big Big Train out.
You would really like Crown Lands! Highly recommend ❤
Yes I agree, 'Fearless' is a great Rush-style album
Agreed, really fun band. Funny thing, their early stuff is more garage rock White Stripes/Black Keys style. Look forward to see where they go next.
Roine Stolt has worked with Steve Hackett on his Genesis Revisited shows playing the Mike Rutherford role with bass and 12-string
Thanks for an insight into the unknown for me
Very good list. I've been into Porcupine Tree since the mid 90s and it's been great seeing them go onto great success. I got into Wobbler after one of your previous videos mentioning them. I would just add Crown Lands to the list for some 2112 era Rush inspired music. Their shorter songs may not be as "proggy" but congrats to any band making 18 min epics today!
Agree fully with your proposed choices. Since I usually have fifteen to twenty bands in any of my top tens, I'll add just two, and those are Symphony X and Adagio. Cheerio.
Spocks all the way!!
Great list.
I teared up the other day listening to BBT Dave longdon on EAST COAST RACER. Miss his voice.
English teachers album is quite progy
Kyros are my favourite new contemporary prog band.
The flower kings are my fave band ever
Spot On! The only thing wrong with the list is limiting it to 10. But you surely got 10 worthy entries here!
I feel the same way concerning Dream Theater. I agree with your album choice and would add A Change Of Season (great side long suite and a side of fine covers)!
Thanks for the recommendations, the more the list went on the less bands I knew ha ha.I think my list would be a bit heavier but thanks for this.
Big fan of Pineapple Thief and Porcupine Tree. One of my favourite tracks is Moonloop, the long version, by Porcupine Tree. Would also highly recommend Bruce Soord's solo work. His latest offering, Luminescence, is a great listen.
The best by far........ BLACK MIDI .......😀
Does disbanded count as contemporary?
@@esellwan They are disbanded? Holy holy !!
@@jawaka1000 "Indefinitely over" according to Pitchfork (just looked it up) and they're all doing solo projects.
Happily seen all of the above live. Into that pantheon I’d add Soul Secret, Moon Safari, Amarok, Quidam (RIP), Barock Project, Karibow and RPWL: check them out and report back 😉
Hat off for including Riverside!
You gotta add Black Midi and Bent Knee to the list !
This was fantastic. Thank you. I spent most of it thinking “yeah I know. Yeah I agree. Yeah he's right.” Until….Wobbler???? Never heard of them. Yet. I have played each of the other bands in probably the last 15 days. So here I go exploring!
You are going to love them. Also check out The Chronicles of Father Robin.
Very useful list. Special thanks for suggested albums.
Two Portnoys, two Stolts are OK. But only two Neal Morse projects? 😂 Check out his album Question Mark or if you want heavier stuff then Sola Scriptura. And the Neal Morse Band's A Similitude of a Dream is the best double prog album of the last decade.
Black Midi and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum would be on my list. Both of them are eccentric and unique. I'd throw in The Mars Volta, too, possibly Moon Safari.
Pretty good list, I think some these bands venture in to prog metal and even post rock. For me in a way certain bands labelled post rock could well be categorized as prog, especially the mainly instrumental ones, like "This will destroy you", "Russian Circles", the Japanese band "Mono". If like a Polish group "Tides From Nebula" or "Besides"
Expect, I'll get shoot down flames by other posters.
But basically some post-rock is kinda proggy to me, but not all post rock, it a very widely used label.
Good list, although I'd include Magenta somewhere near the very top alongside P Tree, Haken and BBT. Also, Opeth and that Strapping Young Lad guy himself, Devin Townsend in his various different heavy prog guises. Oh, that's five already! Then there's Moon Safari, Mr. K Torabi's updated version of Gong (I think this is a concession that counts), Wobbler, Radiohead and, obviosly, the mighty, resurrected Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
I couldn´t agree more with the list. Transatlantic, Haken, Porcupine Tree, Flower Kings, Riverside, Dream Theater.
Spocks Beard, Enchant, Porcupine Tree, Echolyn, Flying Colors, Tiles, IQ, Flower Kings, Transatlantic (when together), Glass Hammer, Dream Theater, etc...
A great assembly of bands here. There was quite a bit of the use of ‘doffing the cap’ used if you don’t mind me mentioning it. All the best. Dave✅✅
I agree with your list and, of course, the true test of a prog band is can they cut it live: In Spock's Beard's case that's a yes. I've seen them 3 times, with each lead singer.
Scandinavia has produced a few really good prog bands, notably Carptree from Sweden and Magic Pie from Norway. In the UK there's Mostly Autumn and Karnataka.
Arena are my number 1 Prog band from the 1990`s onwards and I would recommend most of their albums. Like yourself I am also a fan of The Flower Kings `Stardust We Are`.
I would have others on this list. Opeth (of late), Tool, Karnivool, Caligula’s horse, Devin Townsend’s project, Leprous, and the Finnish/English band Wheel. Anathema as well come to think of it.
Yes, leaving out Tool seems a true omission. Your other choices are very much up my alley.
If you don't already know Vola, from Denmark, I would strongly suggest spinning up your favourite streamer.
First off, I think that excluding 80s neo prog bands throws off the results. Some of those bands, IQ, Pendagon, etc., have gone on to make their best albums in their later years. And, to me, no list with this title can be complete without the Steve Hogarth-lead contemporary Marillion sitting right at or near the top of the list. With recent albums like "An Hour Before It's Dark" & "FEAR" making a big splash in the current prog scene, they are now a "cult band" who can play sell out nights at Royal Albert Hall without including a single song from those 80s neo-prog beginnings....That said, for the 90s and beyond - Mostly Autumn, Mystery, Moon Safari, Jadis (first album 1991), Arena, Silhouette, Ayreon, Magenta, & for the heavier stuff, Dream Theater still remain the standard bearers to me. (i'll be kind by withholding my thoughts on most of Haken's work). The Pineapple Thief is a recent discovery for me and is quickly growing on me, though I need to hear more of them to get a better assessment of the full picture. "My Wilderness" is what I am most familiar with so far.
Yes, this is where classification of contemporary becomes tricky. As you say some of the neo prog bands may have started in the 80s but have, particularly in the case of IQ, done some of their best work in recent decades. Like you, my list would include Mostly Autumn and Mystery.
The correct answer is Wobbler.
Dream Theater, Tool, Porcupine Tree, and Opeth are the only Prog bands I passionately follow. Yes, they're more on the "metal" side too. Gotta check some in your list, thanks.
No serious objections here but I'm surprised we couldn't find room at the table for Coheed & Cambria, the band who decided concept albums were small-time and launched a concept discography. Like the bands you did include, they demonstrate that the prog spirit didn't die in 1977 - it just stopped getting interviewed.
Aryeon/Arjen Luccasen is another artist who went beyond just concept albums and created a sci-fi music universe where most of his albums are interconnected thematically & form one massive story for those who care to dig through all the lyrics & plotlines.
Aside from those already mentioned - Pure Reason Revolution, Porcupine Tree/SW, Frost*, Kyros, Leprous, Opeth, Oceansize/Vennart, Fair To Midland, Secret Machines, Mystery Jets, Mew. Not all of these are necessarily prog like Genesis, Crimson or DT are prog, but they have all at least flirted with the genre, have played music that embodies the spirit or recorded at least one album that is prog.
100% agree. Hug from Portugal.
Gran y muy útil lista.
Yo añadiría a Unitopia, con una voz muy particular y profunda, grandes melodías y una magnífica mezcla de estilos, con predominancia del prog.
Love the list - all excellent choices but could you find no space for the Neal Morse Band ?
Interesting. When you chose to include the 90s I took it as read you would include Tool and Probably Meshuga.
My list would include Sleep Token (if they aren't prog who is?), Vola, Wheel, the sublime Earthside (the band Dream Theater wishes they could be), Mastadon, Opeth, The Contortionist, Chronologist and Slug. Devin Townsend has done some superb stuff too. There are also a great many prog bands that stray a little too far into metal, like Night Verses, for this list, but still worth a listen.
Comedy of Errors would have been on my list...😎
Glass hammer, magic pie, kepler ten and karnataka 😊
Celtic influenced prog band with great female vocalists; Iona,Magenta,Mostly Autumn, Karnataka,Reasoning and Panic Room
All great choices, with Mostly Autumn being my overall favorite of those mentioned. I'm least familiar with Panic Room, though I like what I've heard. I think Nightwish is also notable in female-fronted prog, sort of a heavier, more bombastic take on the bands mentioned. They even now have Troy Donockley & his celtic pipes in the band now. I also really love Tracy Hitchings (RIP) & her contributions to Landmarq, Strangers On a Train & various Clive Nolan projects. Not Celtic-influenced, but she was one of the great female powerhouses of contemporary prog.
Panlc Room was formed by Anne-Marie Helder and three other members of Karnataka. She and drummer Gavin Griffiths were also members of Mostly Autumn.
Magenta and Mostly Autumn are a bit too cheesy for me - though I've seen both live. Though I do seem more drawn to prog metal these days; which might explain things.
@@davidmorgan6896 Wow, Mostly Autumn are about as far from cheesy as you get as far as I'm concerned. Their music really stirs up the emotions for me. But I guess it just just goes to show that music/art is all subjective.
@@tomborgenkristiansen9581 I'll check them out a bit more. Th
anks.
Thak you for Wobbler, I will listen. Two names came in my mind: Pain of Salvation and Orphaned Land.
I think Porcupine Tree are the dog's danglers-In Absentia is brilliant and I like Stars Die and Deadwing as well. Riverside are bravo and thanks for including The Pineapple Thief too. Dream Theatre could be lumped in with Tool as prog metal. Would throw in Airbag and later Opeth. Thanks for the list-cheers.
I would add two bands, Mostly Autumn from the UK and Mystery from Canada….both are awesome bands….
Dream Theater leave me cold. I find them soulless and charmless. But that's just me. Glad you had Wobbler in there, I thoroughly enjoyed Dwellers of the deep. Off the top of my head I can think of a few more modern-ish bands that I like - Koenjihyakkei, Dai Kaht, Anekdoten, Miriodor...
Nothing like a good contemporay prog band.
Check out Sieges Even, especially 'The art of navigating by the stars'
Marillion, IQ and Opeth are the A list for me. Gazpacho, Big big train, Riverside, Steven Wilson come close, then there is Cosmograf, Airbag, Wobbler and Bruce Soord.
Wot, no Tangent?
Good list but I would've included Leprous instead of Riverside thanks for posting!
The Mars Volta, Black Midi
I can recommend Glasshammer's 'If' from 2010 as a very good contemporary prog album.
Another band from Poland I strongly recommend: Tides From Nebula - an instrumental progressive rock band
Thanx for this list. However, I would have put Symphony X on there, too.
Talking about nick cave shame not to mention the two grinderman albums.snowballed me into his catalogue.palaces of Montezuma is tremendous,lyrics are deliciously dark.
Will check out some bands...you should try The Besnard Lakes from Montréal.
I hope Folklore will be on one of these lists someday, haha.
They are defunct but The Reasoning had several amazing albums. How refreshing to have a female lead vocalist with sometimes male lead and harmonies on top of great playing! Dark Angle is a great one to listen to too if you want to sample.
Great list. I would only add Gazpacho ;-)
Great list and comments, but my list would include Airbag, Caligula’s Horse, and Marillion.
Perhaps you might like The sense apparatus by Frantic bleep I would like to know what you thing , as I quite like it.I would sight Magazine, secondhand daylight album and This heat, Deceit album for worthy contenders to the prog catalogue for something different in flavour?
I would have thought Mars Volta would have been on this. Check out Ozic Tentacles:)
Pineapple Theif and Porcupine Tree 2 of the great modern rock / prog bands never far from my turn table
Yay! The scientist analogy again ala ELP 😂👍🏼😘
The analogy was originally applied to Dream Theatre by Chris Welch, so it is in its proper context here. Mind you I do feel the same way about ELP
@@classicalbum love your videos. Your eloquence sucks us in. Loved your hawkwind appraisal. 👍🏼❤️
Personally I believe RPWL deserved a spot on this list or at least an honorable mention. The album World Through my Eyes is the artistic equivalent of taking a stroll through the Louvre.