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[]
Reformed bands[]
Bands on hiatus[]
Albums[]
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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3 January 2020 | Karfagen | Birds of Passage | Ukraine |
13 January 2020 | MOON HALO | Chroma | UK |
17 January 2020 | Binary Suns (Part 1 - Operant Condition) | Czech Republic | |
17 January 2020 | Sons of Apollo | MMXX | USA |
24 January 2020 | Nektar | The Other Side | UK |
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 |
20 March 2020 | JPL | Sapiens, Chapter 1/3: Exordium | France |
3 April 2020 | Pure Reason Revolution | Eupnea | 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 |
24 July 2020 | Haken | Virus | UK |
31 July 2020 | Steve Howe | Love Is | UK |
1 August 2020 | 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 | 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[]
Newly formed bands[]
Albums[]
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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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 | Waterdog | Canada | |
16 March 2021 | Lazuli | Dénudé | France |
25 March 2021 | Trettioåriga Kriget | Till horisonten | Sweden |
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 |
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 | 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 9th 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, is planned for October 25–29, after being postponed from the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][19]
- David Longdon, the lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, and frontman of Big Big Train, died on November 20th in a tragic accident at the age of 56.
2022[]
Newly formed bands[]
Albums[]
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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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 |
11 February 2022 | Amorphis | Halo | Finland |
11 February 2022 | Voivod | Synchro Anarchy | Canada |
4 March 2022 | The Flower Kings | By Royal Decree | Sweden |
4 March 2022 | Marillion | An Hour Before It's Dark | UK |
18 March 2022 | Midlake | For the Sake of Bethel Woods | USA |
25 March 2022 | Animals as Leaders | Parrhesia | USA |
25 March 2022 | JPL | Sapiens, Chapter 3/3: Actum | France |
March 2022 | Devin Townsend | Lightwork | Canada |
1 April 2022 | Pattern-Seeking Animals | Only Passing Through | USA |
27 May 2022 | Coheed and Cambria | Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind | USA |
Spring 2022 | The Dear Hunter | Antimai | USA |
24 June 2022 | Porcupine Tree | Closure/Continuation | UK |
2022 | Arena | The Theory Of Molecular Inheritance | UK |
Disbandments[]
Events[]
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
References[]
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