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 [ ]
Albums [ ]
Release Date
Artist
Album
Country
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
1 May 2000
Glass Hammer
Chronometree
US
8 May 2000
Iona
Open Sky
England
22 May 2000
Porcupine Tree
Lightbulb Sun
England
8 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
4 July 2000
The Flower Kings
Space Revolver
Sweden
11 July 2000
Kansas
Somewhere to Elsewhere
US
11 September 2000
RPWL
God Has Failed
Germany
20 September 2000
Dir en grey
Macabre
Japan
3 October 2000
Enchant
Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10
US
10 October 2000
Symphony X
V-The New Mythology Suite
US
31 October 2000
Pain of Salvation
The Perfect Element
Sweden
2000 Oct
CMX
Dinosaurus Stereophonicus
Finland
14 November 2000
Geddy Lee
My Favourite Headache
Canada
2000 Nov
IQ
The Seventh House
England
12 December 2000
Tool
Salival
US
2000
Arena
Immortal?
England
2000
Echolyn
Cowboy Poems Free
US
2000
Roger Hodgson
Open the Door
France
2000
Steve Howe
Homebrew 2
England
2000
IQ
Subterannea: The Concert
England
2000
Karnataka
The Storm
UK
2000
Little Tragedies
The Sun of Spirit
Russia
2000
Little Tragedies
Porcelain Pavilion
Russia
2000
Mastermind
Angels of the Apocalypse
US
2000
Species Being
Orgone Therapy
US
2000
Sylvan
Encounters
Germany
2000
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Beethoven's Last Night
US
2000
Volapük
Polyglöt
France
2000
White Willow
Sacrament
Norway
Disbandments [ ]
Events [ ]
2001 [ ]
Newly formed bands [ ]
Albums [ ]
Release Date
Artist
Album
Country
12 February 2001
Saga
House of Cards
Canada
27 February 2001
Opeth
Blackwater Park
Sweden
22 March 2001
Koenji Hyakkei
Nivraym
Japan
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
Ange
Culinaire Lingus
France
2001
Apocalypse
Apocalypse Live in USA
Brazil
2001
Ark
Burn the Sun
Norway
2001
Divinity Destroyed
Nocturnal Dawn
US
2001
Djam Karet
New Dark Age
US
2001
Glass
No Stranger to the Skies
US
2001
Halloween
Le Festin
France
2001
Hidria Spacefolk
HDRSF-01
Finland
2001
Steve Howe
Guitar Player
England
2001
Steve Howe
Guitar Plus
England
2001
Steve Howe
Natural Timbre
England
2001
Isildurs Bane
Mind Volume 2
Sweden
2001
La Torre dell'Alchimista
La torre dell'alchimista
Italy
2001
Le Orme
Elementi
Italy
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 [ ]
Death
Electric Light Orchestra
Events [ ]
Dream Theater released Live Scenes from New York on September 11, 2001 which made headlines because the album's artwork had an image of the New York City skyline in flames, including a depiction of the World Trade Center. The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center occurred the same day. The album was recalled and a new version was released. The original artwork is now a rare collectible. [2]
Russian Prog Rock festival InProg took place for the first time.
Chuck Schuldiner , the frontman of Death , died from brain cancer .[3]
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
23 April 2002
Supertramp
Slow Motion
England
25 April 2002
Kaipa
Notes from the Past
Sweden
1 May 2002
Quidam
The Time Beneath The Sky
Poland
14 May 2002
Rush
Vapor Trails
Canada
28 May 2002
Mastodon
Remission
US
June 2002
Echolyn
Mei
US
2 July 2002
RPWL
Trying to Kiss the Sun
Germany
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
27 August 2002
Spock's Beard
Snow
USA
1 September 2002
Glass Hammer
Lex Rex
US
10 September 2002
Magellan
Hundred Year Flood
US
23 September 2002
Peter Gabriel
Up
England
24 September 2002
Porcupine Tree
In Absentia
England
7 October 2002
Karmakanic
Entering The Spectra
Sweden
8 October 2002
Dredg
El Cielo
US
28 October 2002
Sigur Rós
( )
Iceland
October 2002
Sylvan
Artificial Paradise
Germany
5 November 2002
The Flower Kings
Unfold the Future
Sweden
12 November 2002
Opeth
Deliverance
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
Bridge
Germany
2002
Flesh
Germany
2002
EXIT project
Live Electricity
Russia
2002
Farpoint
First Light
US
2002
Hidria Spacefolk
Symbiosis
Finland
2002
Höstsonaten
Springsong
Italy
2002
Steve Howe
Skyline
England
2002
Inviolet Row
Consolation Prizes
US
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
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 - Neal Morse announced his departure from "mainstream music". Transatlantic would reform with the same line-up in 2009. [4]
After the "One More for the Road" tour, Supertramp goes on hiatus once again.
Events [ ]
Rick Wakeman re-joined Yes.[5]
Having grown in popularity since its inception in 1999, NEARfest relocated to Trenton, New Jersey for the next two years to a venue that seats 1,850.[6]
Neal Morse , the frontman and primary contributor for Spock's Beard , embraced Christianity and left the band. He would later pursue a solo career producing progressive rock albums as well as occasional folk and worship albums. Spock's Beard continued on with drummer Nick D'Virgilio taking on lead vocal/frontman duties.[7] [8]
First Progman Cometh Music Festival in Seattle[9]
Rush released 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 died.[10]
Drummer Chris Maitland left Porcupine Tree .[11]
2003 [ ]
Newly formed bands [ ]
Albums [ ]
Release Date
Artist
Album
Country
10 February 2003
Karnataka
Delicate Flame of Desire
UK
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
8 April 2003
Saga
Marathon
Canada
22 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
8 July 2003
Spock's Beard
Feel Euphoria
US
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
After Crying
Hungary
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
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
US
2003
Mechanical Poet
Handmade Essence
Russia
2003
Mostly Autumn
Passengers
England
2003
Pineapple Thief
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. [1] [permanent dead link ] [2] Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
Second Progman Cometh Music Festival in Seattle
Robert Fripp and King Crimson release The Power to Believe , their first studio album since 2000. [3]
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 (), 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. [4]
Los Jaivas Frontman/Guitarist/Vocalist , Died of a Heart Attack.
2004 [ ]
Newly formed bands [ ]
reformed bands [ ]
Albums [ ]
Release Date
Artist
Album
Country
6 January 2004
Disen Gage
The Screw-Loose Entertainment
Russia
14 January 2004
Glass Hammer
Shadowlands
US
2004 Feb
Blackfield
Blackfield
Various
2004 Feb
Porcupine Tree
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
29 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
Australia
30 November 2004
Saga
Network
Canada
2004
Ahvak
Ahvak
Israel
2004
Amarok
Quentadharkën
Spain
2004
Apocalypse
Magic-Radio Edits
Brazil
2004
Big Big Train
Gathering Speed
England
2004
Lady of the Light
Sweden
2004
EXIT project
Quintet
Russia
2004
Farpoint
From Dreaming to Dreaming
US
2004
Finisterre
Le Meccanica Naturale
Italy
2004
Glass
No Stranger to the Skies
France
2004
Guapo
Five Suns
England
2004
Happy the Man
The Muse Awakens
US
2004
Hidria Spacefolk
Balansia
Finland
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
Sylvan
X-Rayed
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. [5]
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 . [6]
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 [ ]
Albums [ ]
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. [7]
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. [8]
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 [ ]
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
27 March 2006
Spam
Poland
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
23 May 2006
Saga
Trust
Canada
13 June 2006
Between The Buried And Me
The Anatomy Of
US
11 July 2006
Muse
Black Holes and Revelations
England
25 Aug 2006
Iron Maiden
A Matter of Life and Death
United Kingdom
1 September 2006
Disen Gage
Libertage
Russia
11 September 2006
Mastodon
Blood Mountain
US
11 September 2006
To-Mera
Transcendental
United Kingdom
12 September 2006
The Mars Volta
Amputechture
US
26 September 2006
The Dear Hunter
Act I: The Lake South, the River North
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
Deluge Grander
August in the Urals
US
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
Sylvan
Posthumous Silence
Germany
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. [9]
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)
- Turkey (İstanbul)
Haken - England[12]
Headspace
- Portugal
Albums [ ]
Release Date
Artist
Album
Country
22 January 2007
Pain of Salvation
Scarsick
Sweden
23 January 2007
Damiera
M(US)IC
US
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
2007 Feb
Gazpacho
Night
Norway
18 March 2007
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
Kaipa
Angling Feelings
Sweden
18 May 2007
Planet X
Quantum
US
21 May 2007
Beardfish
Sleeping in Traffic: Part One
Sweden
22 May 2007
The Dear Hunter
Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
US
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
23 October 2007
Glass Hammer
Culture of Ascent
US
30 October 2007
Frank Zappa
Wazoo
US
5 November 2007
Quidam
Alone Together
Poland
6 November 2007
Saga
10,000 Days
Canada
13 November 2007
Din Within
Awaken the Man
US
20 November 2007
Genesis
Live Over Europe 2007
UK
2007
Ange
Souffleurs De Vers
France
2007
Apocalypse
Apocalypse Live in Rio
Brazil
2007
Sound of the Apocalypse
Sweden
2007
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
Hidria Spacefolk
Symetria
Finland
2007
Little Tragedies
Chinese Songs
Russia
2007
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
Outer Limits
Stromatolite
Japan
2007
Pentwater
Ab-Dul
US
2007
Pomme De Chien
The Allegory of Benjamin Franklin
Canada
2007
Pomme De Chien
Pandamonium
Canada
2007
Sylvan
Presets
Germany
2007
Témpano
Memoria selectiva - Selective memory
Venezuela
2007
Thought Chamber
Angular Perceptions
US
Disbandments [ ]
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
18 February 2008
To-Mera
Delusions
England
29 February 2008
RPWL
The RPWL Experience
Germany
3 March 2008
The Tangent
Not as Good as the Book
England
7 March 2008
Meshuggah
ObZen
Sweden
17 March 2008
Van der Graaf Generator
Trisector
England
11 April 2008
Asia
Phoenix
England
12 April 2008
Cog
Sharing Space
Australia
14 May 2008
Von Hertzen Brothers
Love Remains the Same
Finland
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
20 June 2008
Sigur Rós
Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Iceland
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
27 October 2008
Karmakanic
Who's the Boss in the Factory?
Sweden
11 November 2008
Dir en grey
Uroboros
Japan
18 November 2008
Unitopia
The Garden
Australia
31 December 2008
Disen Gage
...The Reverse May Be True
Russia
2008
a.P.A.t.T.
Black & White Mass
England
2008
7 Hz
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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
North
Germany
2008
Farpoint
Cold Star Quiet Star
US
2008
FromUz
Overlook
Uzbekistan
2008
Little Tragedies
Cross
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
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)
The Muhittin Experience (Turkey)
Caterpillarmen (Iceland)
Astra (US)
Albums [ ]
Disbandments [ ]
Events [ ]
Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper dies on June 7. [10]
Progressive rock supergroup, Transatlantic , reunites in April with the original line-up (Neal Morse , Pete Trewavas , Roine Stolt , and Mike Portnoy ). [11] They release their third studio album, The Whirlwind, in October and announce a 2010 world tour. [12]
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 [ ]
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.
References [ ]