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646 Reviews - 363 Artists - 85 Detailed biographical profiles - 26 Prog Meteors -  22 Progressive Rock Subgenres

The 2025 Rankings of Progressive Rock World

This 2025 is coming to a close and it's time to take stock, both in private and work life and in the world of music, which for me mainly means the world of progressive rock. This year I listened to many albums, old and especially new, and many of you have followed me here on this new blog but also on the previous one and on social media. I bought some of the albums in Norway, where thanks to the advice of expert shopkeepers I discovered new bands and delved deeper into prog from the north. 

 

Clicking on this  link my Rankings for 2025 Albums: 

Best Progressive Rock Studio Album  2025

Best Album Rock Progressivo Italiano 2025

Best Debut Album 2025

Best Progressive Rock Live Albums 2025

Best Progressive Rock Album Cover 2025

Progressive Rock Studio Albums Ranking 2025

 

Then there are the Great Hopes, a section that gathers the works of some emerging bands, at their debut or who have started publishing only a few years ago and who for me fully represent the future of progressive rock

 

Great Hopes for the Future of Progressive Rock 2025

 

While waiting for the albums already ordered arriving in 2026 (at the moment Big Big Train and Neal Morse Band) here are my rankings in which reissues and anniversary editions are not included, only first release albums.

 

See you soon! 

FrancescoProg

Below are all the articles (in order of post publication date) of the 2025 albums

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Jordsjø: Symphonic Prog from the North
Symphonic Rock, Northern Prog, Artist Profile, jordsjo, hakon-oftung,

Jordsjø: Symphonic Prog from the North

FrancescoProg

01-06-2025 00:00

It is a Norwegian duo that expresses itself in a symphonic rock typical of the mountains and Scandinavian atmospheres, in a pastoral and orchestral key ...

…Sounds Like This by Nektar
Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, GREAT, Seventies Albums, nektar,

…Sounds Like This by Nektar

FrancescoProg

03-06-2026 08:00

…Sounds Like This by Nektar, a 1973 album, is based on very long studio improvisations (jams), free-form structures and hypnotic, repetitive rhythms...

Monster Movie, The CAN's debut and their story...
Kosmische Musik Krautrock, EXCELLENT, Artist Profile, Sixties Albums, can,

Monster Movie, The CAN's debut and their story...

FrancescoProg

02-06-2026 08:00

Monster Movie by CAN from 1969, a seminal Krautrock album, an incredible debut that changed avant-garde rock forever and the ...

Wind & Wuthering by Genesis
Symphonic Rock, EXCELLENT, Seventies Albums, steve-hackett, genesis, tony-banks, mike-rutherford, phil-collins,

Wind & Wuthering by Genesis

FrancescoProg

01-06-2026 08:00

Genesis' 1976 album Wind & Wuthering, the second without Peter Gabriel and the last with guitarist Steve Hackett...

Discreet Music by Brian Eno
Progressive Electronic, ESSENTIAL, Seventies Albums, brian-eno,

Discreet Music by Brian Eno

FrancescoProg

29-05-2026 08:00

Brian Eno's Discreet Music, a 1975 album, a seminal work that forever changed the way of conceiving ambient music ...

Bromio by ZU and the revolution of the concept of avant-garde music.
Extreme Prog Metal, EXCELLENT, Artist Profile, Nineties Albums, RIO-Avant-Prog, zu,

Bromio by ZU and the revolution of the concept of avant-garde music.

FrancescoProg

28-05-2026 08:00

Bromio Degli ZU (album) (1999) I consider them a pillar of the avant-garde, able to merge apparently distant genres ...

Nucleus by Anekdoten
Heavy Prog, Northern Prog, ESSENTIAL, Nineties Albums, anekdoten,

Nucleus by Anekdoten

FrancescoProg

27-05-2026 08:00

Nucleus, the second album by Swedish band Anekdoten, from 1995. An album that's not easy and not for everyone, but beautiful and incredibly important: Nucleus, along with the album...

Inferno of Metamorphosis, symphonic and theatrical Italian Progressive Rock.
Italian Progressive Rock, EXCELLENT, Artist Profile, Seventies Albums, metamorfosi,

Inferno of Metamorphosis, symphonic and theatrical Italian Progressive Rock.

FrancescoProg

26-05-2026 08:00

Inferno by Metamorfosi album of 1973. This is their second studio album, one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian Progressive Rock, a concept album

Kawana by ZAO, the artistic rebirth of the founders of Magma
Jazz-Rock Fusion, Zeuhl, EXCELLENT, Artist Profile, Seventies Albums, zao,

Kawana by ZAO, the artistic rebirth of the founders of Magma

FrancescoProg

25-05-2026 08:00

Kawana by ZAO album of 1976, a philosophical, spiritual and musical leap in quality compared to the beginnings of Zao and the world of Magma...

IT - A Celebration of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Dave Kerzner
Crossover Prog, EXCELLENT, 2020s Albums, genesis, tony-banks, dave-kerzner, nick-dvirgilio,

IT - A Celebration of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Dave Kerzner

FrancescoProg

22-05-2026 08:00

EN - A Celebration of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Deluxe Edition produced by Dave Kerzner massive, beautiful and majestic album, released in 2024.

Spectrum by Billy Cobham
Jazz-Rock Fusion, ESSENTIAL, Seventies Albums, billy-cobham,

Spectrum by Billy Cobham

FrancescoProg

21-05-2026 16:00

Spectrum, Billy Cobham’s debut album released in 1973, is rightly considered one of the most important albums of the jazz fusion genre.

L'Uomo by Osanna
Italian Progressive Rock, EXCELLENT, Seventies Albums, osanna,

L'Uomo by Osanna

FrancescoProg

21-05-2026 08:00

L'Uomo degli Osanna, 1971 album, one of the most innovative and influential works of Italian progressive rock. Osanna immediately proposed a mix ...

Gargantuan by Amplifier (CD and Vinyl versions)
Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, GREAT, 2025 Albums, 2020s Albums, amplifier,

Gargantuan by Amplifier (CD and Vinyl versions)

FrancescoProg

20-05-2026 16:00

Gargantuan, a beautiful work released by Amplifier on April 4, 2025 The band was founded in 1999 in Manchester, UK...

Green by Steve Hillage
Canterbury Scene, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, ESSENTIAL, Seventies Albums, nick-mason, steve-hillage,

Green by Steve Hillage

FrancescoProg

20-05-2026 08:00

Green by Steve Hillage, a 1978 album, a unique mix that Steve Hillage called “Green Music”. It’s considered one of the peaks of Space Rock...

Alibi by America
NOT-PROG, ESSENTIAL, Eighties Albums, america,

Alibi by America

FrancescoProg

19-05-2026 16:00

Alibi degli America, album del 1980. Due scelte particolari hanno contraddistinto l’album fin da subito. La band e la casa discografica non riuscivano a ...

Fjernsyn i Farver by Tusmørke
Folk Rock, Northern Prog, EXCELLENT, 2010s Albums, lars-fredrik-frislie, martin-nordrum-kneppen, tusmrke, kristoffer-momrak,

Fjernsyn i Farver by Tusmørke

FrancescoProg

19-05-2026 08:00

Fjernsyn i Farver by Tusmørke, 2018 album. A mix of pastoral prog (in the style of Jethro Tull or early Genesis) and the primitive electronics of the Germans ...

Beta by Sigilu
Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, EXCELLENT, 2025 Albums, 2020s Albums, sigilu,

Beta by Sigilu

FrancescoProg

18-05-2026 16:00

Beta, by Sigilu, an excellent and surprising album from 2025, of a modern progressive rock influenced by today's rock in its various declinations and

Octoberon by Barclay James Harvest
Crossover Prog, Symphonic Rock, GREAT, Seventies Albums, barclay-james-harvest,

Octoberon by Barclay James Harvest

FrancescoProg

18-05-2026 08:00

Octoberon by Barclay James Harvest, a 1976 album. An album full of very engaging and moving moments, truly great compositions, refined and ...

Future Hopes by White Willow
Symphonic Rock, GREAT, 2010s Albums, white-willow, mattias-olsson, jacob-holm-lupo,

Future Hopes by White Willow

FrancescoProg

15-05-2026 08:00

Future Hopes by White Willow, 2017 album. This album marks the return of the group after six years of silence since the previous "Terminal Twilight" (2011) ...

The Universe Also Collapses by Gong
Canterbury Scene, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, GREAT, 2010s Albums, gong,

The Universe Also Collapses by Gong

FrancescoProg

14-05-2026 08:00

The Universe Also Collapses by Gong, a 2019 album, a work of contemporary psychedelia, energetic and mystical. It is the second album recorded by Gong after ...