Timeline of progressive rock (2020–2029)
This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 2020–.
2020
Newly formed bands
Reformed bands
Bands on hiatus
Albums
| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 January 2020 | Karfagen | Birds of Passage | Ukraine |
| 13 January 2020 | MOON HALO | Chroma | UK |
| 17 January 2020 | Different Light | Binary Suns (Part 1 - Operant Condition) | Czech Republic |
| 17 January 2020 | Sons of Apollo | MMXX | USA |
| 24 January 2020 | Nektar | The Other Side | UK |
| 31 January 2020 | Hällas | Conundrum | Sweden |
| 8 February 2020 | Pendragon | Love Over Fear | UK |
| 14 February 2020 | Ihsahn | Telemark (EP)[5] | Norway |
| 14 February 2020 | Lazuli | Le Fantastique Envol de Dieter Böhm | France |
| 14 February 2020 | Psychotic Waltz | The God-Shaped Void | USA |
| 21 February 2020 | Pat Metheny | From This Place | USA |
| 27 February 2020 | My Arrival | Satur9 & Indigo | Netherlands |
| 28 February 2020 | Intronaut | Fluid Existential Inversions | USA |
| 10 March 2020 | Anubis | Homeless | Australia |
| 13 March 2020 | Horse Lords | The Common Task | USA |
| 20 March 2020 | JPL | Sapiens, Chapter 1/3: Exordium | France |
| 3 April 2020 | Pure Reason Revolution | Eupnea | UK |
| 10 April 2020 | Zopp | Zopp | UK |
| 17 April 2020 | Glass Hammer | Dreaming City | USA |
| 24 April 2020 | Katatonia | City Burials | Sweden |
| 8 May 2020 | Green Carnation | Leaves of Yesteryear | Norway |
| 8 May 2020 | Mekong Delta | Tales of a Future Past | Germany |
| 15 May 2020 | Pattern-Seeking Animals | Prehensile Tales | USA |
| 22 May 2020 | Caligula's Horse | Rise Radiant | Australia |
| 5 June 2020 | Frost* | Others EP | UK |
| 12 June 2020 | Rick Wakeman | The Red Planet | UK |
| 19 June 2020 | Protest the Hero | Palimpsest | Canada |
| 10 July 2020 | Voivod | The End of Dormancy (EP)[6] | Canada |
| 17 July 2020 | Kansas | The Absence of Presence | USA |
| 17 July 2020 | Lonely Robot | Feelings Are Good | UK |
| 20 July 2020 | Abel Ganz | The Life Of The Honey Bee and Other Moments Of Clarity | Scotland |
| 24 July 2020 | Haken | Virus | UK |
| 31 July 2020 | Steve Howe | Love Is | UK |
| 1 August 2020 | AraPacis | Déja Hard | Canada |
| 7 August 2020 | Good Tiger | Raised in a Doomsday Cult | USA |
| 14 August 2020 | Kamelot | I Am the Empire – Live from the 013 | USA |
| 21 August 2020 | The Tangent | Auto Reconnaissance | International |
| 28 August 2020 | John Petrucci | Terminal Velocity | USA |
| 28 August 2020 | Motorpsycho | The All Is One | Norway |
| 28 August 2020 | Pain of Salvation | PANTHER | Sweden |
| 28 August 2020 | Tim Bowness | Late Night Laments | UK |
| 4 September 2020 | Oceans of Slumber | Oceans of Slumber | USA |
| 4 September 2020 | The Pineapple Thief | Versions of the Truth | UK |
| 11 September 2020 | Ihsahn | Pharos (EP)[7] | Norway |
| 11 September 2020 | Mastodon | Medium Rarities | USA |
| 11 September 2020 | Neal Morse | Sola Gratia | USA |
| 18 September 2020 | Derek Sherinian | The Phoenix | USA |
| 18 September 2020 | Gazpacho | Fireworker | Norway |
| 25 September 2020 | Ayreon | Transitus | Netherlands |
| 25 September 2020 | Fish | Weltschmerz | UK |
| 25 September 2020 | The Ocean | Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic | Germany |
| 2 October 2020 | Enslaved | Utgard | Norway |
| 9 October 2020 | Ozric Tentacles | Space for the Earth | UK |
| 23 October 2020 | Wobbler | Dwellers of the Deep | Norway |
| 30 October 2020 | The Flower Kings | Islands | Sweden |
| 6 November 2020 | Blackfield | For the Music | International |
| 6 November 2020 | Fates Warning | Long Day Good Night | USA |
| 13 November 2020 | Intervals | Circadian | Canada |
| 13 November 2020 | Lunatic Soul | Through Shaded Woods | Poland |
| 20 November 2020 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | K.G. | Australia |
| 27 November 2020 | Plini | Impulse Voices | Australia |
| 11 December 2020 | Karfagen | Principles and Theory of Spektra | Ukraine |
| 20 December 2020 | Asia Minor | Points of Libration | France |
Disbandments
Events
- Drummer and lyricist Neil Peart of Rush died on January 7 at the age of 67 after fighting brain cancer for over three years.[8]
- Sean Reinert, drummer for Cynic and Gordian Knot, died on January 24 at 48.[9]
- Coheed and Cambria planned their inaugural S.S. Neverender cruise for October 26–30 with other prog bands such as The Dear Hunter, Polyphia, and Thank You Scientist; the event was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11]
- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacts the music industry, particularly disrupting concerts and tours. Tool, Roger Waters, King Crimson, and Coheed and Cambria postpone part or all of their 2020 tours, and Steven Wilson postpones the release of his sixth solo studio album until early 2021.[12][13][14][15][16]
- Florian Schneider, co-founder of Kraftwerk, died of cancer on April 21 at 73.[17]
- Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith died on July 22 at 59.[18]
2021
Reformed bands
Albums
| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 January 2021 | Steve Hackett | Under a Mediterranean Sky | UK |
| 29 January 2021 | Needlepoint | Walking Up That Valley | Norway |
| 29 January 2021 | Soen | Imperial | Sweden |
| 29 January 2021 | Steven Wilson | The Future Bites | UK |
| 5 February 2021 | Transatlantic | The Absolute Universe | International |
| 12 February 2021 | 3.2 | Third Impression | UK |
| 26 February 2021 | Epica | Omega | Netherlands |
| 26 February 2021 | Evergrey | Escape of The Phoenix | Sweden |
| 26 February 2021 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | L.W. | Australia |
| 26 February 2021 | Strawbs | Settlement | UK |
| 12 March 2021 | JPL | Sapiens, Chapter 2/3: Deus ex Machina | France |
| 15 March 2021 | AraPacis | Waterdog | Canada |
| 16 March 2021 | Lazuli | Dénudé | France |
| 25 March 2021 | Trettioåriga Kriget | Till horisonten | Sweden |
| 26 March 2021 | Cosmograf | Rattrapante | England |
| 16 April 2021 | Liquid Tension Experiment | Liquid Tension Experiment 3 | USA |
| 16 April 2021 | Motorpsycho | Kingdom of Oblivion | Norway |
| 30 April 2021 | Gojira | Fortitude | France |
| 7 May 2021 | Jordsjø | Pastoralia | Norway |
| 7 May 2021 | Kayak | Out of This World | Netherlands |
| 14 May 2021 | Frost* | Day and Age | UK |
| 28 May 2021 | Black Midi | Cavalcade | UK |
| 28 May 2021 | Sylvan | One to Zero | Germany |
| 11 June 2021 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Butterfly 3000 | Australia |
| 18 June 2021 | Styx | Crash of the Crown | USA |
| 25 June 2021 | Scale the Summit | Subjects | USA |
| 25 June 2021 | Thy Catafalque | Vadak | Hungary |
| 30 July 2021 | Big Big Train | Common Ground | UK |
| 30 July 2021 | Steve Howe | Homebrew 7 | UK |
| 20 August 2021 | Between the Buried and Me | Colors II | USA |
| 27 August 2021 | Leprous | Aphelion | Norway |
| 27 August 2021 | NMB (The Neal Morse Band) | Innocence & Danger | USA |
| 10 September 2021 | Hawkwind | Somnia | UK |
| 10 September 2021 | Steve Hackett | Surrender of Silence | UK |
| 10 September 2021 | Tony Kaye | End of Innocence | UK |
| 24 September 2021 | Mostly Autumn | Graveyard Star | UK |
| 1 October 2021 | King of Sweden | The Training | Finland |
| 1 October 2021 | Rachel Flowers | Bigger on the Inside | USA |
| 1 October 2021 | Yes | The Quest | UK |
| 8 October 2021 | Caravan | It's None of Your Business | UK |
| 15 October 2021 | Glass Hammer | Skallagrim - Into the Breach | USA |
| 22 October 2021 | Circa Survive | A Dream About Love | USA |
| 22 October 2021 | The Dear Hunter | The Indigo Child | USA |
| 22 October 2021 | Dream Theater | A View from the Top of the World | USA |
| 22 October 2021 | Premiata Forneria Marconi | Ho sognato pecore elettriche | Italy |
| 29 October 2021 | Kayo Dot | Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike | USA |
| 29 October 2021 | Mastodon | Hushed and Grim | USA |
| 2 November 2021 | Diablo Swing Orchestra | Swagger & Stroll Down the Rabbit Hole | Sweden |
| 19 November 2021 | Thank You Scientist | Plague Accommodations EP | USA |
| 26 November 2021 | Cynic | Ascension Codes | USA |
| 26 November 2021 | Richard Dawson & Circle | Henki | UK/Finland |
| 3 December 2021 | Devin Townsend | The Puzzle | Canada |
| 3 December 2021 | Devin Townsend | Snuggles | Canada |
Disbandments
Events
- Chick Corea, American jazz fusion keyboardist and founder of fusion band Return to Forever, died of cancer on February 9 at the age of 79.
- Coheed and Cambria's S.S. Neverender cruise, featuring other prog bands such as The Dear Hunter, Polyphia, and Thank You Scientist, set sail from October 25 through 29, after being postponed from the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][20]
- David Longdon, the lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, and frontman of Big Big Train, died on November 20 in a tragic accident at the age of 56.
2022
Reformed bands
Albums
| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2022 | Karfagen | Land of Green and Gold | Ukraine |
| 28 January 2022 | Big Big Train | Welcome to the Planet | UK |
| 28 January 2022 | Jethro Tull | The Zealot Gene | UK |
| 28 January 2022 | Steve Vai | Inviolate | USA |
| 4 February 2022 | Circa Survive | A Dream About Death | USA |
| 11 February 2022 | Amorphis | Halo | Finland |
| 11 February 2022 | Cult of Luna | The Long Road North | Sweden |
| 11 February 2022 | Voivod | Synchro Anarchy | Canada |
| 18 February 2022 | Star One | Revel in Time | Netherlands |
| 25 February 2022 | D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings | Troika | USA/UK |
| 25 February 2022 | Tangerine Dream | Raum | Germany |
| 4 March 2022 | The Flower Kings | By Royal Decree | Sweden |
| 4 March 2022 | Marillion | An Hour Before It's Dark | UK |
| 5 March 2022 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Made in Timeland | Australia |
| 18 March 2022 | Midlake | For the Sake of Bethel Woods | USA |
| 18 March 2022 | Von Hertzen Brothers | Red Alert in the Blue Forest | Finland |
| 25 March 2022 | Animals as Leaders | Parrhesia | USA |
| 25 March 2022 | JPL | Sapiens, Chapter 3/3: Actum | France |
| 25 March 2022 | Michael Romeo | War of the Worlds, Pt. 2 | USA |
| 1 April 2022 | Pattern-Seeking Animals | Only Passing Through | USA |
| 1 April 2022 | Meshuggah | Immutable | Sweden |
| 8 April 2022 | Daniel Rossen | You Belong There | USA |
| 8 April 2022 | Hällas | Isle of Wisdom | Sweden |
| 8 April 2022 | Joe Satriani | The Elephants of Mars | USA |
| 22 April 2022 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Omnium Gatherum | Australia |
| 22 April 2022 | Primus | Conspiranoid | USA |
| 29 April 2022 | Kaipa | Urskog | Sweden |
| 6 May 2022 | Pure Reason Revolution | Above Cirrus | UK |
| 13 May 2022 | Gospel | The Loser | USA |
| 13 May 2022 | The Smile | A Light for Attracting Attention | UK |
| 20 May 2022 | Evergrey | A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) | Sweden |
| 10 June 2022 | Seventh Wonder | The Testament | Sweden |
| 10 June 2022 | The Tangent | Songs From the Hard Shoulder | International |
| 15 June 2022 | Dir En Grey | Phalaris | Japan |
| 24 June 2022 | Coheed and Cambria | Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind | USA |
| 24 June 2022 | Porcupine Tree | Closure/Continuation | UK |
| 1 July 2022 | The Dear Hunter | Antimai | USA |
| 15 July 2022 | Alan Parsons | From the New World | UK |
| 15 July 2022 | Black Midi | Hellfire | UK |
| 22 July 2022 | Imperial Triumphant | Spirit of Ecstasy | USA |
| 22 July 2022 | Oceans of Slumber | Starlight and Ash | USA |
| 19 August 2022 | Motorpsycho | Ancient Astronauts | Norway |
| 26 August 2022 | Muse | Will of the People | UK |
| 26 August 2022 | Sigh | Shiki | Japan |
| 2 September 2022 | Blind Guardian | The God Machine | Germany |
| 2 September 2022 | King's X | Three Sides of One | USA |
| 9 September 2022 | Cosmograf | Heroic Materials | England |
| 16 September 2022 | The Mars Volta | The Mars Volta | USA |
| 23 September 2022 | Banco del Mutuo Soccorso | Orlando: Le Forme dell'Amore | Italy |
| 7 October 2022 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava | Australia |
| 7 October 2022 | Queensrÿche | Digital Noise Alliance | USA. |
| 12 October 2022 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Laminated Denim | Australia |
| 21 October 2022 | Arena | The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance | UK |
| 24 October 2022 | Galahad | The Last Great Adventurer | UK |
| 28 October 2022 | Devin Townsend | Lightwork | Canada |
| 28 October 2022 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Changes | Australia |
| 18 November 2022 | Threshold | Dividing Lines | UK |
| 1 November 2022 | AraPacis | Suburban Mist | Canada |
| 2 December 2022 | Collage | Over and Out | Poland |
Disbandments
Events
- King Crimson's founding saxophonist and keyboard player Ian McDonald died on February 9 at 75, a week after the release of the trailer for a King Crimson documentary, in which McDonald apologized to Robert Fripp for leaving the band back in 1969.[21]
- Gary Brooker, the founder, lead singer, principal songwriter, and sole continuous member of Procol Harum, died at the age of 76 on February 19.
- Taylor Hawkins (The Birds of Satan, Coheed and Cambria) was found dead at 50 in a hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia on March 26.[22] An initial toxicology report showed the presence of 10 substances in his body; however, no official cause of death was disclosed.[23]
- Klaus Schulze, Prominent electronic music pioneer and drummer for Krautrock bands Ash Ra Tempel, The Cosmic Jokers, and Tangerine Dream, died on April 26 at the age of 74.[24]
- Progressive electronic composer and Aphrodite's Child keyboardist Vangelis died on May 17 at 79 due to COVID-19 complications.[25]
- Yes drummer Alan White died at the age of 72 on May 26.[26]
- Massimo Morante of Goblin died on June 23 at 69.[27]
2023
Albums
| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 January 2023 | Katatonia | Sky Void of Stars | Sweden |
| 20 January 2023 | Riverside | ID.Entity | Poland |
| 27 January 2023 | Uriah Heep | Chaos & Colour | UK |
| 3 February 2023 | Zopp | Dominion | UK |
| 3 March 2023 | Enslaved | Heimdal | Norway |
| 3 March 2023 | Haken | Fauna | UK |
| 10 March 2023 | Periphery | Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre | USA |
| 17 March 2023 | Kamelot | The Awakening | USA |
| 17 March 2023 | RPWL | Crime Scene | Germany |
| 18 March 2023 | Karfagen | Birds | Ukraine |
| 24 March 2023 | Karfagen | Passage to the Forest of Mysterious | Ukraine |
| 24 March 2023 | Ne Obliviscaris | Exul | Australia |
| 21 April 2023 | Jethro Tull | RökFlöte | UK |
| 21 April 2023 | The Mars Volta | Qué Dios Te Maldiga Mí Corazón | USA |
| 28 April 2023 | Hawkwind | The Future Never Waits | UK |
| 28 April 2023 | Karmic Juggernaut | Phantasmagloria | USA |
| 30 April 2023 | Il Balletto di Bronzo | Lemures | Italy |
| 15 May 2023 | Mystery | Redemption | Canada |
| 19 May 2023 | Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution | Golden Age of Music | Netherlands |
| 19 May 2023 | The Ocean | Holocene | Germany |
| 19 May 2023 | Yes | Mirror to the Sky | UK |
| 26 May 2023 | Seven Impale | Summit | Norway |
| 26 May 2023 | Sparks | The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte | USA |
| 2 June 2023 | Avenged Sevenfold | Life Is but a Dream... | USA |
| 2 June 2023 | Lars Fredrik Frøislie | Fire Fortellinger | Norway |
| 9 June 2023 | Karfagen | Dragon Island | Ukraine |
| 16 June 2023 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | PetroDragonic Apocalypse | Australia |
| 16 June 2023 | Sigur Rós | Átta | Iceland |
| 23 June 2023 | Eloy | Echoes From the Past | Germany |
| 30 June 2023 | Big Big Train | Ingenious Devices | UK |
| 30 June 2023 | Soft Machine | Other Doors | UK |
| 14 July 2023 | Strawbs | The Magic of It All | UK |
| 21 July 2023 | Voivod | Morgöth Tales | Canada |
| 11 August 2023 | Neal Morse | The Dreamer - Joseph: Part One | USA |
| 20 October 2023 | Galahad | The Long Goodbye | UK |
See also
- Timeline of progressive rock: other decades: 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s
- Timeline of progressive rock (Parent article)
- Progressive rock
- Canterbury Scene
- Symphonic rock
- Avant-rock
- Rock in Opposition
- Neo-prog
- Progressive metal
- Jazz fusion
- Djent
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