Timeline of progressive rock (2000–2009)
Appearance
This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 2000 - 2009.
Contents
2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009
2000
Newly formed bands
- Akenathon (Argentina)
- Between The Buried And Me
- Daedalus
- Electric Light Orchestra (reformed line-up; only Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy return from original line-up)
- Planet X
- The Orchestra (formed from remaining members of Electric Light Orchestra Part II, and not affiliated with Electric Light Orchestra listed above)
- Von Hertzen Brothers
Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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6 March 2000 | Ian Anderson | The Secret Language of Birds | England |
21 March 2000 | Transatlantic | SMPTe | Various |
23 March 2000 | Pink Floyd | Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 | England |
8 May 2000 | Iona | Open Sky | England |
22 May 2000 | Porcupine Tree | Lightbulb Sun | England |
23 May 2000 | King Crimson | the construKction of light | England |
2000 May | Spock's Beard | V | US |
6 June 2000 | Planet X | Universe | US |
20 June 2000 | Ayreon | Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer | Netherlands |
20 June 2000 | Ayreon | Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator | Netherlands |
2000 Jun | IQ | The Seventh House | England |
4 July 2000 | The Flower Kings | Space Revolver | Sweden |
11 July 2000 | Kansas | Somewhere to Elsewhere | US |
20 September 2000 | Dir en grey | MACABRE | Japan |
10 October 2000 | Symphony X | V-The New Mythology Suite | US |
14 November 2000 | Geddy Lee | My Favourite Headache | Canada |
3 October 2000 | Enchant | Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10 | US |
12 December 2000 | Tool | Salival | US |
2000 | Arena | Immortal? | England |
2000 | Azigza | Azigza | US |
2000 | Echolyn | Cowboy Poems Free | US |
2000 | Everon | Fantasma | Germany |
2000 | Glass Hammer | Chronometree | US |
2000 | Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven | Canada |
2000 | Roger Hodgson | Open the Door | France |
2000 | Steve Howe | Homebrew 2 | England |
2000 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Beethoven's Last Night | US |
2000 | IQ | Subterannea: The Concert | England |
2000 | KBB | Lost and Found | Japan |
2000 | Little Tragedies | The Sun of Spirit | Russia |
2000 | Little Tragedies (rock group) | Porcelain Pavilion | Russia |
2000 | Little Tragedies (rock group) | Passions for Titanic | Russia |
2000 | Mastermind | Angels of the Apocalypse | US |
2000 | Pain of Salvation | The Perfect Element | Sweden |
2000 | Species Being | Orgone Therapy | US |
2000 | Témpano | Childhood's end | Venezuela |
2000 | Volapük | Polyglöt | France |
2000 | White Willow | Sacrament | Norway |
Disbandments
Events
- Billy Sherwood leaves and Igor Khoroshev is fired from Yes. This leaves Yes for the first time in its history without a full-time keyboardist.
- Little Tragedies grows from a three piece band to five.
2001
Newly formed bands
Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
---|---|---|---|
27 February 2001 | Opeth | Blackwater Park | Sweden |
27 March 2001 | No-Man | Returning Jesus | England |
3 April 2001 | Amorphis | Am Universum | Finland |
15 May 2001 | Shadow Gallery | Legacy | US |
15 May 2001 | Marillion | Anoraknophobia | England |
15 May 2001 | Tool | Lateralus | US |
30 May 2001 | Dredg | Leitmotif | US |
5 June 2001 | Asia | Aura | England |
12 June 2001 | Electric Light Orchestra | Zoom | England |
12 June 2001 | Pendragon | Not of This World | England |
17 June 2001 | Muse | Origin of Symmetry | England |
10 July 2001 | Pallas | The Cross and the Crucible | Scotland |
21 August 2001 | Mastodon | Lifesblood | US |
10 September 2001 | Yes | Magnification | England |
18 September 2001 | The Flower Kings | The Rainmaker | Sweden |
9 October 2001 | Transatlantic | Bridge Across Forever | Various |
30 October 2001 | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Grand Opening and Closing | US |
17 December 2001 | Mostly Autumn | Music Inspired by The Lord of the Rings | England |
2001 | Ark | Burn the Sun | Norway |
2001 | Apocalypse | Apocalypse Live in USA | Brazil |
2001 | Divinity Destroyed | Nocturnal Dawn | US |
2001 | Djam Karet | New Dark Age | US |
2001 | Glass | No Stranger to the Skies | US |
2001 | Steve Howe | Guitar Player | England |
2001 | Steve Howe | Guitar Plus | England |
2001 | Steve Howe | Natural Timbre | England |
2001 | Koenji Hyakkei | Nivraym | Japan |
2001 | Halloween | Le Festin | France |
2001 | Isildurs Bane | Mind Volume 2 | Sweden |
2001 | La Torre dell'Alchimista | La torre dell'alchimista | Italy |
2001 | Le Orme | Elementi | Italy |
2001 | Little Tragedies | Return | Russia |
2001 | Los Jaivas | Arrebol | Chile |
2001 | Magma | Trilogie Theusz Hamtaahk | France |
2001 | maudlin of the Well | Bath | US |
2001 | maudlin of the Well | Leaving Your Body Map | US |
2001 | Miriodor | Mekano | Canada |
2001 | Mostly Autumn | The Last Bright Light | England |
2001 | Mastermind | Prog, Fusion, Metal, Leather & Sweat | US |
2001 | Olive Mess | Live Without Audience | Latvia |
2001 | One Shot | Vendredi 13 | France |
2001 | Present | High Infidelity | Belgium |
2001 | The Orchestra | No Rewind | England |
2001 | Spaced Out | Eponymus II | Canada |
2001 | Thieves' Kitchen | Argot | England |
2001 | Von Hertzen Brothers | Experience | Finland |
Disbandments
Events
- Dream Theater releases Live Scenes from New York which made headlines as the album's artwork (which was released before September 11, 2001) had an image of the New York City skyline "in flames", including a depiction of the World Trade Center. After the terrorist attack, the artwork was recalled and a new version was released. The original artwork is now a rare collectible. [1]
- Transatlantic, a progressive rock "supergroup" that consisted of members from four of progressive rock's most popular modern bands, released their follow-up studio album titled Bridge Across Forever. Members included Neal Morse (Spock's Beard), Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings), Pete Trewavas (Marillion), and Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater). [2]
- Tool releases Lateralus and later tours with King Crimson. [3]
- 1970s progressive rock icons Yes release the album Magnification. The album contains no keyboardist, but includes the backing of a symphony orchestra. [4]
- InProg takes place for the first time.
- Chuck Schuldiner, the frontman of Death, dies from brain cancer.
2002
Newly formed bands
Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
---|---|---|---|
29 January 2002 | Dream Theater | Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence | US |
30 January 2002 | Dir en grey | Kisou | Japan |
5 February 2002 | Coheed & Cambria | The Second Stage Turbine Blade | US |
February 2002 | Pain of Salvation | Remedy Lane | Sweden |
5 March 2002 | IZZ | I Move | US |
2 April 2002 | The Mars Volta | Tremulant | US |
April 2002 | Kaipa | Notes from the Past | Sweden |
14 May 2002 | Rush | Vapor Trails | Canada |
28 May 2002 | Mastodon | Remission | US |
June 2002 | Echolyn | Mei | US |
19 July 2002 | Camel | A Nod and a Wink | England |
23 July 2002 | Enchant | Blink of an Eye | US |
31 July 2002 | Dir en grey | six Ugly | Japan |
13 August 2002 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | 30 Seconds to Mars | US |
16 August 2002 | Frank Zappa | FZ:OZ | US |
August 2002 | Spock's Beard | Snow | USA |
10 September 2002 | Magellan | Hundred Year Flood | US |
24 September 2002 | Porcupine Tree | In Absentia | England |
8 October 2002 | Dredg | El Cielo | US |
28 October 2002 | Sigur Rós | ( ) | Iceland |
5 November 2002 | The Flower Kings | Unfold the Future | Sweden |
2002 | Dave Kerman/5uu's | Abandonship | US |
2002 | Bubblemath | Such Fine Particles of the Universe | US |
2002 | Big Big Train | Bard | England |
2002 | Deus Ex Machina | Cinque | Italy |
2002 | Everon | Bridge | Germany |
2002 | Everon | Flesh | Germany |
2002 | EXIT project | Live Electricity | Russia |
2002 | Farpoint | First Light | US |
2002 | Glass Hammer | Lex Rex | US |
2002 | Hidria Spacefolk | Symbiosis | Finland |
2002 | Höstsonaten | Springsong | Italy |
2002 | Steve Howe | Skyline | England |
2002 | Inviolet Row | Consolation Prizes | US |
2002 | Karmakanic | Entering The Spectra | Sweden |
2002 | Kenso | Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis | Japan |
2002 | Tony Levin | Pieces of the Sun | US |
2002 | Mats / Morgan | On Air With Guests | Sweden |
2002 | NeBeLNeST | Nova Express | France |
2002 | Olive Mess | Gramercy | Latvia |
2002 | Le Orme | L'infinito | Italy |
2002 | Paatos | Timeloss | Sweden |
2002 | Planet X | MoonBabies | US |
2002 | Pig Farm On The Moon | Orbital | Venezuela |
2002 | Quidam | The Time Beneath The Sky | Poland |
2002 | Sotos | Platypus | France |
2002 | Sphere3 | Comeuppance | UK |
2002 | Témpano | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Venezuela |
2002 | Uzva | Niittoaika | Finland |
c.2002 | Citizen Cain | Playing Dead | UK |
Disbandments
- Transatlantic - The sudden departure of Neal Morse is considered by Mike Portnoy to be the end of Transatlantic. [5] Transatlantic would reform with the same line-up in 2009. [6]
Events
- Rick Wakeman re-joins Yes.
- Growing in popularity since its inception in 1999, NEARfest relocates to Trenton, New Jersey for the next two years to a venue that seats 1,850. [7] [8]
- Neal Morse, the frontman and primary contributor for Spock's Beard, embraces Christianity, leaves the band and immediately pursues a solo career producing progressive rock albums as well as occasional folk and worship albums. The band continues on without him with drummer Nick D'Virgilio taking on lead vocal/frontman duties. [9] [10] [11]
- Progressive Ears, an online discussion board, grows to 1,000 members and beyond. [12]
- First Progman Cometh Music Festival in Seattle
- Rush releases Vapor Trails, their first album since 1996's Test For Echo. The band had been on hiatus after the death of drummer Neil Peart's daughter in 1997, and wife in 1998.
- Former Camel keyboardist Peter Bardens dies.
- Chris Maitland leaves Porcupine Tree.
2003
Newly formed bands
Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
---|---|---|---|
17 February 2003 | OSI | Office of Strategic Influence | US |
4 February 2003 | Frank Zappa | Halloween | US |
4 March 2003 | King Crimson | The Power to Believe | England |
14 April 2003 | Opeth | Damnation | Sweden |
26 May 2003 | Amorphis | Far from the Sun | Finland |
24 June 2003 | The Mars Volta | De-Loused In The Comatorium | US |
2003 Jun | Anekdoten | Gravity | Sweden |
5 August 2003 | Enchant | Tug of War | US |
19 August 2003 | Ian Anderson | Rupi's Dance | England |
2 September 2003 | Kaipa | Keyholder | Sweden |
2 September 2003 | No-Man | Together We're Stranger | England |
8 September 2003 | Iron Maiden | Dance of Death | England |
10 September 2003 | Dir en grey | Vulgar | Japan |
21 September 2003 | Muse | Absolution | England |
21 September 2003 | Riverside | Out of Myself | Poland |
23 September 2003 | Neal Morse | Testimony | US |
29 September 2003 | Oceansize | Effloresce | England |
30 September 2003 | Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | England |
7 October 2003 | The Tangent | The Music That Died Alone | Various |
8 October 2003 | Coheed & Cambria | In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 | US |
11 November 2003 | Dream Theater | Train Of Thought | US |
2003 Oct | Daedalus | Leading Far From a Mistake | Italy |
2003 | Apocalypse | Refúgio | Brazil |
2003 | Arena | Contagion | England |
2003 | Azigza | Kriya | US |
2003 | Beardfish | Från en plats du ej kan se... | Sweden |
2003 | Cast | Al-Bandaluz | Mexico |
2003 | Divinity Destroyed | Divinity Destroyed | |
2003 | Divinity Destroyed | Eden in Ashes | US |
2003 | Djam Karet | A Night For Baku | US |
2003 | Farpoint | Grace | US |
2003 | Frogg Café | Creatures | US |
2003 | KBB | Four Corner's Sky | Japan |
2003 | Kostarev Group | Live@InProg 2003 | Russia |
2003 | Knight Area | The Sun Also Rises | Netherlands |
2003 | Krakatoa | We Are the Rowboats | US |
2003 | Little Tragedies | New Faust | Russia |
2003 | Magellan | Impossible Figures | US |
2003 | Mechanical Poet | Handmade Essence | Russia |
2003 | Mostly Autumn | Passengers | England |
2003 | Pineapple Thief | Variations on a Dream | England |
2003 | Satellite | A Street Between Sunrise And Sunset | Poland |
2003 | Steve Howe | Masterpiece Guitars | England |
2003 | Steve Howe | Elements | England |
2003 | Steve Howe | Light Walls | England |
2003 | Steve Howe | Guitar World | England |
2003 | Taal | Skymind | France |
2003 | The Science Group | Spoors | Various |
2003 | Thinking Plague | A History of Madness | US |
2003 | Ten Jinn | Alone | US |
Disbandments
Events
- InProg takes place for the second time.
- The Mars Volta forms out of the punk group At the Drive-In and releases their first full studio album De-Loused in the Comatorium. The album mixes elements of prog, post-rock, punk, Latin, and jazz. The release is very successful and becomes an example of progressive rock success in the mainstream. [13] [14]
- Second Progman Cometh Music Festival in Seattle
- Robert Fripp and King Crimson release The Power to Believe, their first studio album since 2000. [15]
- The Tangent is formed and releases their first album The Music That Died Alone. The initial lineup of this "supergroup" consisted of Andy Tillison & Sam Baine (Parallel Or 90 Degrees), Roine Stolt, Jonas Reingold, & Zoltan Czsorz (The Flower Kings), David Jackson (Van der Graaf Generator), and Guy Manning (Manning). It featured the epic track The Canterbury Sequence, which was an homage to the Canterbury scene of the 1970s. [16]
- Los Jaivas Frontman/Guitarist/Vocalist Eduardo "Gato" Alquinta, Died of a Heart Attack.
2004
Newly formed bands
- Janvs
- Tinyfish (England)
- Sanctuary Rig (England)
- FromUz (Uzbekistan)
Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
---|---|---|---|
2004 Feb | Blackfield | Blackfield | Various |
2004 Feb | Porcupine Tree | Warszawa | England |
5 April 2004 | Proto-Kaw | Before Became After | US |
27 April 2004 | Eric Burdon | My Secret Life | England |
27 April 2004 | Marillion | Marbles | England |
25 May 2004 | Ayreon | The Human Equation | Netherlands |
30 May 2004 | Frank Zappa | Joe's Corsage | US |
24 June 2004 | IQ | Dark Matter | England |
26 July 2004 | Dave Bainbridge | Veil of Gossamer | England |
3 August 2004 | The Flower Kings | Adam & Eve | Sweden |
30 August 2004 | Asia | Silent Nation | England |
31 August 2004 | Mastodon | Leviathan | US |
2004 Sep | Pain of Salvation | Be | Sweden |
14 September 2004 | Frank Zappa | QuAUDIOPHILIAc | US |
1 October 2004 | Frank Zappa | Joe's Domage | US |
12 October 2004 | The Tangent | The World That We Drive Through | Various |
25 October 2004 | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Of Natural History | US |
26 October 2004 | 3 | Wake Pig | US |
2 November 2004 | Neal Morse | One | US |
15 November 2004 | Eyefear | 9 Elements of Inner Vision | Australia |
2004 | Ahvak | Ahvak | Israel |
2004 | Amarok | Quentadharkën | Spain |
2004 | Apocalypse | Magic-Radio Edits | Brazil |
2004 | Big Big Train | Gathering Speed | England |
2004 | Black Bonzo | Lady of the Light | Sweden |
2004 | Disen Gage | The Screw-Loose Entertainment | Russia |
2004 | EXIT project | Quintet | |
2004 | Farpoint | From Dreaming to Dreaming | US |
2004 | Finisterre | Le Meccanica Naturale | Italy |
2004 | Glass | No Stranger to the Skies | France |
2004 | Glass Hammer | Shadowlands | US |
2004 | Guapo | Five Suns | England |
2004 | Happy the Man | The Muse Awakens | US |
2004 | Karmakanic | Wheel of Life | Sweden |
2004 | Le Orme | L'Infinito | Italy |
2004 | Magenta | Seven | England |
2004 | Magma | K.A. (Kohntarkosz Anteria) | France |
2004 | Mechanical Poet | Woodland Prattlers | Russia |
2004 | Metamorfosi | Paradiso | Italy |
2004 | Mizraab | Mazi Haal Mustaqbil | Pakistan |
2004 | Myriad | Natural Elements | US |
2004 | Ozric Tentacles | Spirals in Hyperspace | England |
2004 | Panzerpappa | Farlig Vandring | Norway |
2004 | RPWL | World Through My Eyes | Germany |
2004 | The Watch | Vacuum | Italy |
2004 | White Willow | Storm Season | Norway |
Disbandments
Events
- Anton Kochurkin and Michail "Kotovsky" Finagin leave EXIT Project.
- InProg 2004.
- Mel Pritchard, original drummer with Barclay James Harvest, dies of a heart attack.
- French 70s Zeuhl pioneers Magma release K.A (Köhntarkösz Anteria), a long anticipated follow-up album containing material written in the 1970s. [17]
- Happy the Man, a popular 70s American group who had reunited a few years earlier, release their first recorded studio album in 25 years titled The Muse Awakens. [18]
- Rush celebrated their 30th anniversary, along with releasing an 8-track cover EP titled Feedback.
- Yuri Alaverdyan, the guitarist of Disen Gage, leaves the band and is replaced by Sergey Bagin.
- Former members Derek Sherinian and Charlie Dominici join Dream Theater on stage to commemorate the 15th anniversary of "When Dream and Day Unite"
2005
Newly formed bands
- Deluge Grander (U.S.A.)
- Dominici (U.S.A.)
- Outlaws of Ravenhurst (Canada)
- Qelbanix - Albania
- We Are The Music Makers (U.S.A.)
- Solarys (Lisbon, Portugal), http://solarys.pt.vu, formerly Project W.I.L.L. (1999–2004)
Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
---|---|---|---|
17 January 2005 | Arena | Pepper's Ghost | England |
7 February 2005 | Karnivool | Themata | Australia |
15 February 2005 | The Sound of Animals Fighting | Tiger and the Duke | US |
22 February 2005 | Kino | Picture | England |
1 March 2005 | The Mars Volta | Frances The Mute | US |
9 March 2005 | Dir en grey | Withering to death. | Japan |
28 March 2005 | Porcupine Tree | Deadwing | England |
12 April 2005 | Cog | The New Normal | Australia |
18 April 2005 | Magellan | Symphony for a Misanthrope | US |
19 April 2005 | Circa Survive | Juturna | US |
25 April 2005 | Van der Graaf Generator | Present | England |
7 June 2005 | Dream Theater | Octavarium | US |
5 July 2005 | Dominici | O3: A Trilogy, Part One | US |
16 August 2005 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | A Beautiful Lie | US |
16 August 2005 | The Fall of Troy | Doppelganger | US |
August 2005 | Echolyn | The End Is Beautiful | US |
29 August 2005 | Opeth | Ghost Reveries | Sweden |
30 August 2005 | Protest The Hero | Kezia | Canada |
6 September 2005 | Between The Buried And Me | Alaska | US |
12 September 2005 | Sigur Rós | Takk... | Iceland |
19 September 2005 | Oceansize | Everyone Into Position | England |
20 September 2005 | Coheed & Cambria | Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness | US |
20 September 2005 | Indukti | S.U.S.A.R. | Poland |
27 September 2005 | KTU | 8 Armed Monkey | Various |
1 October 2005 | Moon Safari | A Doorway to Summer | Sweden |
1 November 2005 | Neal Morse | ? | US |
8 November 2005 | The Mars Volta | Scabdates | US |
8 November 2005 | Riverside | Second Life Syndrome | Poland |
11 November 2005 | Roine Stolt | Wallstreet Voodoo | Sweden |
21 December 2005 | Frank Zappa | Joe's Xmasage | US |
2005 | Cerebus Effect | Acts of Deception | US |
2005 | Divinity Destroyed | Eden in Ashes | US |
2005 | Divinity Destroyed | The Plague | US |
2005 | Djam Karet | Recollection Harvest | US |
2005 | EXIT project | Hack The World | Russia |
2005 | Frogg Café | Fortunate Observer of Time | US |
2005 | The Future Kings of England | The Future Kings of England | UK |
2005 | Glass | Illuminations | US |
2005 | Glass Hammer | The Inconsolable Secret | US |
2005 | Guapo | Black Oni | England |
2005 | John Hackett | Checking Out Of London | England |
2005 | IZZ | My River Flows | US |
2005 | K2 | Book of the Dead | England |
2005 | Koenji Hyakkei | Angherr Shisspa | Japan |
2005 | Machine and the Synergetic Nuts | Leap Second Neutral | Japan |
2005 | Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses | Perils | England |
2005 | Miriodor | Parade + Live at NEARfest 2002 | Canada |
2005 | Mostly Autumn | Storms Over Still Water | England |
2005 | Nil | Nil Novo Sub Sole | France |
2005 | Nurkostam | XIII | Finland |
2005 | Mastermind | Broken | US |
2005 | Pallas | The Dreams Of Men | Scotland |
2005 | Pendragon | Believe | England |
2005 | Quidam | surREvival | Poland |
2005 | Robert Beriau | Falling Back To Where I Began | Canada |
2005 | Sanctuary Rig | Sail On | England |
2005 | Satellite | Evening Games | Poland |
2005 | Underground Railroad | The Origin of Consciousnes | US |
2005 | Wobbler | Hinterland | Norway |
Events
- 1970s progressive rock legends Van der Graaf Generator reunite and release a double CD titled Present which contained strong lyrical content and an entire disc of improvisations. [19]
- InProg turned into a two-day international festival.
- Kino, a new progressive rock supergroup consisting of members from Porcupine Tree, Arena, Marillion, and It Bites is formed. They release their first album, Picture in 2005. [20]
- Pink Floyd members David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright reunite with Roger Waters, the leading creative force of the band during its 1970s heyday, at Live 8 on July 2 in Hyde Park, England. Waters had acrimoniously left the band in 1985, and the quartet had last played together during a performance of The Wall in 1981.
- Former Gong drummer Pierre Moerlen died.
2006
Newly formed bands
- American Flag (US)
- Birds and Buildings (US)
- GPS
- Grand Tour (Scotland)
- Mother Military
- Pomme De Chien
- Ride the Sky
- Thought Chamber
- Ved Buens Ende (reformed with previous line-up)
Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
---|---|---|---|
13 January 2006 | Frank Zappa | Imaginary Diseases | US |
31 January 2006 | Proto-Kaw | The Wait of Glory | US |
31 January 2006 | The Tangent | A Place in the Queue | Various |
15 February 2006 | Amorphis | Eclipse | Finland |
6 March 2006 | David Gilmour | On An Island | England |
2006 Mar | Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime II | US |
4 April 2006 | The Flower Kings | Paradox Hotel | Sweden |
10 April 2006 | Pure Reason Revolution | The Dark Third | England |
21 April 2006 | OSI | Free | US |
28 April 2006 | Tool | 10,000 Days | US |
17 May 2006 | Von Hertzen Brothers | Approach | Finland |
13 June 2006 | Between The Buried And Me | The Anatomy Of | US |
11 July 2006 | Muse | Black Holes and Revelations | England |
Aug 2006 | Iron Maiden | A Matter of Life and Death | United Kingdom |
11 September 2006 | Mastodon | Blood Mountain | US |
12 September 2006 | The Mars Volta | Amputechture | US |
2 October 2006 | Iona | The Circling Hour | England |
3 October 2006 | The Decemberists | The Crane Wife | US |
24 October 2006 | Frank Zappa | Trance-Fusion | US |
21 November 2006 | Spock's Beard | Spock's Beard | US |
5 December 2006 | Frank Zappa | The MOFO Project/Object | US |
15 December 2006 | Frank Zappa | The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle (2006) | US |
19 December 2006 | Tinyfish | Tinyfish Album | England |
2006 | A Triggering Myth | The Remedy of Abstraction | US |
2006 | Kostarev | Works 1978-2006 | Russia |
2006 | Beardfish | The Sane Day | Sweden |
2006 | Deluge Grander | August in the Urals | US |
2006 | Disen Gage | Libertage | Russia |
2006 | Little Tragedies | The Six Sense | Russia |
2006 | Mostly Autumn | Heart Full Of Sky | England |
2006 | Pomme De Chien | The Death Of Logan | Canada |
2006 | Quidam | ...bez półPRĄDU...halfPLUGGED... | Poland |
2006 | Sympozion | Kundabuffer | Israel |
2006 | The Sound of Animals Fighting | Lover, The Lord Has Left Us... | US |
2006 | Univers Zero | Live | Belgium |
2006 | Unjust | Glow | US |
2006 | Zaar | Zaar | France |
2006 | AraPacis | So Many Leapers | Canada |
Disbandments
Events
- A combination of high-speed internet connections, MP3 compression, inexpensive streaming web servers, and the iPod/iTunes phenomenon has resulted in an explosion of internet radio stations devoted to playing progressive rock and other similar music. Some of these stations and radio programs have begun podcasting their programming, making it even more convenient to access music online. [21]
- Former Soft Machine member Elton Dean died.
- Former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett died on July 7 due to diabetic related complications.
- Former Hatfield and the North/National Health drummer Pip Pyle died in August.
- Josh Eppard and Michael Todd, the drummer and bassist respectively for Coheed & Cambria left the group for personal reasons. Eppard was replaced with Chris Pennie of The Dillinger Escape Plan fame, but Michael Todd returned to help finish recording their next album.
- Genesis announced plans to reunite for a reunion tour in 2007 with Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford being augmented by Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson. Members Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett would not take part.
2007
Newly formed bands
- Animist
- Circa (formed 2006, announced March 2007)
- Beggar's Loot
- Dennis
- White Nurse Gene
- Skyshroud Claim
- Porn Sheep Hospital - Portugal
- Distant Lights
- Fractal Dimension - Turkey (İstanbul)
- Headspace
Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
---|---|---|---|
23 January 2007 | Damiera | M(US)IC | |
7 February 2007 | Dir en grey | The Marrow of a Bone | Japan |
13 February 2007 | Blackfield | Blackfield II | multi-international |
20 February 2007 | Psyopus | Our Puzzling Encounters Considered | US |
26 February 2007 | Dominici | O3: A Trilogy, Part Two | US |
18 March 2007 | Distant Lights | Simulacrum | US |
1 April 2007 | Frank Zappa | Buffalo | US |
9 April 2007 | Marillion | Somewhere Else | UK |
16 April 2007 | Porcupine Tree | Fear of a Blank Planet | UK |
2007 Apr | Anekdoten | A Time Of Day | Sweden |
1 May 2007 | Rush | Snakes & Arrows | Canada |
1 May 2007 | The Fall of Troy | Manipulator | US |
18 May 2007 | Planet X | Quantum | US |
21 May 2007 | Beardfish | Sleeping in Traffic: Part One | Sweden |
25 May 2007 | Sonata Arctica | Unia | Finland |
29 May 2007 | Circa Survive | On Letting Go | US |
5 June 2007 | Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos | US |
24 July 2007 | 3 | The End is Begun | US |
9 August 2007 | Headspace | I Am (EP) | England |
24 August 2007 | Frank Zappa | The Dub Room Special | US |
29 August 2007 | Amorphis | Silent Waters | Finland |
30 August 2007 | Big Big Train | The Difference Machine | England |
5 September 2007 | CMX | Talvikuningas | Finland |
18 September 2007 | Between the Buried and Me | Colors | US |
24 September 2007 | Riverside | Rapid Eye Movement | Poland |
25 September 2007 | The Flower Kings | The Sum of No Evil | Sweden |
1 October 2007 | Oceansize | Frames | England |
23 October 2007 | Coheed & Cambria | Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow | US |
30 October 2007 | Frank Zappa | Wazoo | US |
13 November 2007 | Din Within | Awaken the Man | US |
20 November 2007 | Genesis | Live Over Europe 2007 | UK |
2007 | Abigail's Ghost | Selling Insincerity | US |
2007 | Apocalypse | Apocalypse Live in Rio | Brazil |
2007 | Black Bonzo | Sound of the Apocalypse | Sweden |
2007 | Little Tragedies | Chinese Songs | Russia |
2007 | Eyefear | A World Full of Grey | Australia |
2007 | EXIT Project | Mystery Journey of Girl With Her Death | Russia |
2007 | The Future Kings of England | The Fate of Old Mother Orvis | UK |
2007 | FromUz | Audio Diplomacy | Uzbekistan |
2007 | Glass | Live at Progman Cometh | US |
2007 | Magic Pie | Circus of Life | Norway |
2007 | Mechanical Poet | Creepy Tales for Freaky Children | Russia |
2007 | Mechanical Poet | Who Did It To Michelle Waters? | Russia |
2007 | Magellan | Innocent God | US |
2007 | Pentwater | Ab-Dul | US |
2007 | Pomme De Chien | The Allegory of Benjamin Franklin | Canada |
2007 | Pomme De Chien | Pandamonium | Canada |
2007 | Quidam | Alone Together | Poland |
2007 | Témpano | Memoria selectiva - Selective memory | Venezuela |
2007 | Thought Chamber | Angular Perceptions | US |
Disbandments
- Ved Buens Ende (after less than a year back together)
Events
- Canadian rock band Rush streamed their lead single "Far Cry" from their official website a day before releasing it to terrestrial radio stations.
- UK Progressive Rock festival SummersEnd announces its second year after a successful first year at the Robin venue in Bilston, Wolverhampton, UK.
- 1980s neo-progressive band Twelfth Night reunite for the first time since 1987 for sporadic live appearances.
- Muse were the first band to sell out the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium, performing two nights there and filming the shows for their H.A.A.R.P live album and DVD.
2008
Newly formed bands
- Demians (France)
- Traumatized (Korea Rep.)
- Octillian (Canada)
- Awake (Australia)
- Timeless Infamy (US)
- Ill Omen (Australia)
- Oh, Lenore! (Canada)
Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
---|---|---|---|
3 January 2008 | Moon Safari | Blomljud | Sweden |
25 January 2008 | Ayreon | 01011001 | Netherlands |
26 January 2008 | The Mars Volta | The Bedlam in Goliath | US |
29 January 2008 | Protest The Hero | Fortress | Canada |
3 March 2008 | The Tangent | Not as Good as the Book | England |
7 March 2008 | Meshuggah | ObZen | Sweden |
11 April 2008 | Asia | Phoenix | England |
12 April 2008 | Cog | Sharing Space | Australia |
19 May 2008 | Beardfish | Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two | Sweden |
30 May 2008 | Opeth | Watershed | Sweden |
13 June 2008 | Frank Zappa | One Shot Deal | US |
9 September 2008 | The Sound of Animals Fighting | The Ocean and the Sun | US |
1 October 2008 | Frank Zappa | Joe's Menage | US |
1 October 2008 | Pendragon | Pure | England |
14 October 2008 | Between The Buried And Me | Colors Live | US |
20 October 2008 | Marillion | Happiness is the Road | England |
11 November 2008 | Dir en grey | Uroboros | Japan |
2008 | a.P.A.t.T. | Black & White Mass | England |
2008 | 7 Hz | - | Finland |
2008 | Robert Beriau | Selfishness: Source Of War & Violence | Canada |
2008 | Birds and Buildings | Bantom to Behemoth | US |
2008 | Demians | Building an Empire | France |
2008 | Everon | North | Germany |
2008 | Farpoint | Cold Star Quiet Star | US |
2008 | FromUz | Overlook | Uzbekistan |
2008 | Little Tragedies | Cross | Russia |
2008 | Little Tragedies (rock group) | Paris Symphony | Russia |
2008 | Mostly Autumn | Glass Shadows | England |
2008 | Pomme De Chien | The Five Food Groups | Canada |
2008 | Qelbanix | Infinit Relativ | Albania |
2008 | Pomme De Chien | Untitled {Thoughts of You} | Canada |
2008 | Sanctuary Rig | Khnosti | England |
2008 | Unjust | Too Lose a Name | US |
2008 | Von Hertzen Brothers | Love Remains the Same | Finland |
Disbandments
Events
- Progressive Nation 2008 takes place, featuring Dream Theater, Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, and 3.
- Liquid Tension Experiment goes on a 10th anniversary tour.
- Rush's first drummer John Rutsey dies. Rutsey played on Rush's debut album.
- Richard Wright, keyboardist for Pink Floyd, dies of complications due to cancer.
- Coheed and Cambria play Neverender, a series of four-night shows played from October to November in four cities.
- Jon Anderson is fired from Yes after being admitted to hospital and Rick Wakeman leaves due to health complications. They are replaced by Benoît David and Oliver Wakeman (Rick's son).
2009
Newly formed bands
- Ashes Of Nothing (Slovenia)
- Sincara (Norway)
- Projected Twin (Australia)
- The Hopeful Calling (Canada)
- Intrepid (Canada)
- The Pepper Machine (France)
- Audiofishtank (US)
- The Muhittin Experience (Turkey)
- Caterpillarmen (Iceland)
- Astra (US)
Albums
Disbandments
Events
- Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper dies on June 7. [22]
- Progressive rock supergroup, Transatlantic, reunites in April with the original line-up (Neal Morse, Pete Trewavas, Roine Stolt, and Mike Portnoy). [23] They release their third studio album, The Whirlwind, in October and announce a 2010 world tour. [24]
- The Norwegian group Ark officially reunites and begin songwriting sessions for the third album.
- Original lead vocalist of Crimson Glory, Midnight, dies on June 8 of a stomach aneurysm.
See also
- Timeline of progressive rock: other decades: 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2010s
- Timeline of progressive rock (Parent article)
- Progressive rock
- Canterbury Scene
- Symphonic rock
- Avant-rock
- Rock in Opposition
- Neo-prog
- Progressive metal
- Jazz fusion
Further reading
- Lucky, Jerry. The Progressive Rock Files Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc (1998), 304 pages, ISBN 1-896522-10-6 (paperback). Gives an overview of progressive rock's history as well as histories of the major and underground bands in the genre.
- Macan, Edward. Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1997), 290 pages, ISBN 0-19-509887-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-19-509888-9 (paperback). Analyzes progressive rock using classical musicology and also sociology.