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Modern-era prog rock

Modern prog can be underrated when compared to vintage prog. It’s often over-produced and similar from one to another. The good sides; It leans towards either psychedelic, space, medieval, jazz, classical or symphonic rock. It can touch pop, heavy, or it can rely directly to the 70's. It contains vocal and instrumental harmonics. It also contains long or short epic songs. So it gets its strenght, as shown on the list. 50 ratings each are a maximum. 2010 is the further.
1The Mercury Tree
Permutations


Dissonant and chromatic microtonal experiments

Consistently good

On Spotify
2The Mercury Tree
Spidermilk


Best songs; ''Arc of an Ilk''
''I'll Pay''
''Disremembered''

On Spotify
3Jordsjo
Pastoralia


Melodic stuff a la Wobbler mixed with both Anglagard and Sinkadus.


Best songs; ''Skumring'',
''Jord III''

On Spotify
4Sky Architect
Excavations of the Mind


Mellotron and keys building around melodies. No cheese.

Best songs; ''Deep Chasm'', all parts.
Consistently good


On Spotify
5The Tea Club
Quickly Quickly Quickly


Similar to The Mars Volta, but lighter.

Best songs;
''Firebears'' -
''I Shall Consume Everything''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51kzMUiAZxE
6The Tea Club
If/When


Best songs
''If I Mean When''
''Rivermen''

On Spotify
7Shamblemaths
Shamblemaths


Flirts with Zeuhl. Start and stop patterns.

Best song; ''Conglomeration''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VYMSemWVQ8&list=OLAK5uy_lH_G7YsMoB8eeCvWm1ws2Td4GK4dJnjRY
8Shamblemaths
Shamblemaths 2


Sounds like the 70's with odd time signature and Crimsonesque vibes.

Best songs; ''Knucklecog''
''This River''

On Spotify
9Regal Worm
Pig Views


Experimental, psychedelic, medieval in spots and eccentric.

Best songs; ''Revealed as a True Future Tyrant''
''The Dreaded Lung''

https://regalworm.bandcamp.com/album/pig-views
10Logos (ITA)
Sadako E Le Mille Gru Di Carta


Punchy Italian melodies

Best songs; ''Paesaggi di Insomnia''
''Sadako E Le Mille Gru di Carta''

On Spotify
11Il Giardino Onirico
Apofenia


Here, it's romantic, there it's dark. There is a sense of tension as well.

Best songs; ''Onironauta''
''Apogeo''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DESnpZqOndg&list=PLuS4U--ALmIFO31OkVeIZTh6s4Fum09K1
12RanestRane
Apocalypse Now


Similar to Logos (ITA). Referring to Apocalypse Now the film.

Best songs: ''Napalm''

On Spotify
13Ben Craven
Monsters From The ID


Music sounding like the 70's. Epic. Somewhere between Phideaux and Ayreon

Consistently good

https://bencraven.bandcamp.com/album/monsters-from-the-id
14Marillion
An Hour Before It's Dark


Arguably the best Hogarth era Marillion album.

Consistently good

On Spotify
15Mostly Autumn
Graveyard Star


Floydian prog folk with nice melodies.

Best songs; ''Graveyard Star''


On Spotify
16Anubis
The Second Hand


Epic discoveries. Floydish with grandiose ending or starting as they use to do each time.

Best songs; ''While Rome Burns''
''Blackout''

https://anubismusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-second-hand
17Anubis
A Tower Of Silence


Best songs; ''This Final Resting Place''
''The Passing Bell''


On Spotify
18Pendragon (UK)
Love Over Fear


Neo-prog reminiscent of Marillion, Hogarth era and Anubis. It's only fault is the inconsistency. But highlights compensate for that. Best songs; ''Water'',
''Who Really Are We''

https://pendragon3.bandcamp.com/album/love-over-fear
19Comedy of Errors
Fanfare & Fantasy


Melodic Marillion like.
Best songs;
''Something She Said'', ''In A Lifetime''

On Spotify
20Electro Compulsive Therapy
Electro Compulsive Therapy


Psychedelic symphonic rock.

Best songs; ''Colors Fade Away''
''Stop...Wait and Transcend''

On Spotify
21Giant Sky
Giant Sky


Prog folk and post rock. Pop flavour.

https://giantskyband.bandcamp.com/album/giant-sky
22Ciccada
Harvest


Prog folk and medieval. Such mastery and maturity is rare in this day and age.

Best songs; ''Queen of Wishes''
''The Old Man And The Butterfly''

On Spotify
23Von Hertzen Brothers
Love Remains the Same


Excellent opener/closer and some in between. Psych space music.

Best songs; ''Bring Out The Sun''
''Spanish 411''
''Freedom Fighter''
''In The End''
''I Came For You''
Nearly consistently good.

On Spotify
24Mantric Muse
Mantric Muse


Psychedelic space rock with a King Crimson and Ozric Tentacles flair.
Best songs; ''Nanoid''
''Cinope''
''Azur''

https://transubstansrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mantric-muse
25La Coscienza Di Zeno
La Notte Anche di Giorno


Typical 70's sounding Italian prog.
Best songs: ''A Ritroso''
''Il Giro Del Cappio''
''Lenta Discesa All' Averno''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60FsFk9_TY&list=PLJC5bOVBufwBSefFjKqiHw_LhEvuWQcCb
26Not a Good Sign
Not a Good Sign


Eclectic prog featuring La Coscienza di Zeno band members

Best songs ''Almost I''

https://notagoodsign.bandcamp.com/album/not-a-good-sign
27Unreal City (Italy)
Il paese del tramonto


Keyboard delight all over the place, wrapped with appealing melodies.
Best songs ''Oniromanzia''
''Caligari''
''Ex Tenebrae Lux''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4crT6aRWwg&list=PLxq0NvHXVd_CcRcdXdbEHWP9skWh5vlVw
28Caligonaut
Magnified As Giants


Prog Folk with punchy prog arrangements. Impeccable musicianship.

Consistently good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9StvyFDhNrg
29Fatal Fusion
The Ancient Tale


Hard rock and symphonic rock with Kansas and Beatle references.

Best songs; ''Halls Of Amenti''
''The Ancient Tale''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2v4jjBJ3vU
30All Traps On Earth
A Drop Of Light


Dark symphonic, icy cold, atmospheric, start and stop patterns with odd time signatures a la Anglagard. It surely is a grower.

Best songs; ''Magmatic Warning''
''First Step''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WdCRQYM8X0&list=OLAK5uy_lNYdZV5QxYRug1cGkwWa53WTB1Lqc9G5Y
31Present
Barbaro


Rio Avant/Garde stuff. Scary music, but well crafted

Consistently good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAFqDYKKhIM
3235 tapes
Lost & Found


Sounds like good old Genesis and or Steve Hackett. Good interplay of keys and acoustic guitars.

Consistently good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVfxrho33WU&list=OLAK5uy_lUjeUzZID9zMBRr1qXlVNbVvyk_1ziii4
33Polis
Weltklang


Good melodic hard rock stuff. It's not hard rock for nothing.

Best songs; ''Tropfen''
''Ein Liebe Tausend Leben''
''Sehnsucht''


https://polisklang.bandcamp.com/album/weltklang
34Frogg Cafe
Bateless Edge


Jazz prog, or prog jazz. Echolyn and Frank Zappa similitudes in places.

Best songs; ''Terra Sancta'',
''Under Wuhu Son part I''

On Spotify
35Cosmograf
The Man Left in Space


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m1Ey5zjIdk&list=OLAK5uy_nqSqej01bW7MCvCZrGLan17OX_2JYxXcg&index=1
36Cosmograf
Capacitor


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCW4XgWFTfI&list=OLAK5uy_nJXxEmIYCmu9376F02UC9CD5GyPGjOiGM&index=1
37The Paradox Twin
The Importance Of Mr Bedlam


Spotify
38The Paradox Twin
Silence From Signals


Spotify
39Phoenix Again
Vision
40Areknamés
In Case Of Loss...
41King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Nonagon Infinity
42King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Polygondwanaland
43The Windmill
Tribus
44The Windmill
The Continuation
45Not a Good Sign
Icebound
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