2021 - The Worthy Ones

2021 - The Worthy Ones

List image
A list by
John_Doe
Created
June 17, 2021
Entries
100
Endorsements
7
2021 albums that I enjoyed so far, a lot more coming, obviously a work in progress
100.
1.
100.
2.
Needlepoint - Walking up That Valley
my favorite prog-rock album this year, so far, very organic, Canterbury-prog like, excellent musicianship, tasteful drumming
100.
3.
100.
4.
100.
5.
100.
6.
Monobody - Comma
Canterbury-esque jazz-rock fusion from the US
100.
7.
100.
8.
100.
9.
Atravan - The Grey Line
progressive rock band from Iran
100.
10.
100.
11.
Voice Among The Many - Collide
progressive metal band from New Zealand, catchy and competent
100.
12.
100.
13.
Sylvan - One To Zero
German prog veterans are back after 5 years
100.
14.
The Watch - The Art of Bleeding
the Italian proggers are back with another great album
100.
15.
100.
16.
100.
17.
100.
18.
100.
19.
Nordsind - Lys
excellent post-rock/post-black album, all instrumental
100.
20.
100.
21.
100.
22.
Frost* - Day and Age
solid British prog, not much else to say
100.
23.
The Antlers - Green To Gold
glad these guys came back with a new album
100.
24.
100.
25.
Delving - Hirschbrunnen
interesting atmospheric prog, with touches of psychedelia and post-rock.
100.
26.
Yoo Doo Right - Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose
Canadian band that mixes Krautrock with post-rock and psychedelic/space-rock
100.
27.
100.
28.
100.
29.
Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
excellent prog-rock band from Norway
100.
30.
Diagonal - 4
eclectic prog from UK
100.
31.
Ske - Insolubilia
Italian eclectic prog
100.
32.
100.
33.
100.
34.
Felipe Andreoli - Resonance
solo album of the bassist of Angra, with several guests, there's fusion, shredding, I did not know Felipe was so skilled
100.
35.
100.
36.
100.
37.
100.
38.
100.
39.
100.
40.
Animate - Infinite Imaginations
progressive metal from Poland, nice guitar work and great vocalist, reminds a bit of Votum.
100.
41.
100.
42.
100.
43.
100.
44.
100.
45.
100.
46.
Agusa - En Annan Varld
retro-prog from Sweden, just two epics with nice flow.
100.
47.
Creye - II
melodic rock/AOR band, I was pleasantly surprised.
100.
48.
100.
49.
100.
50.
100.
51.
Molybaron - The Mutiny
classifying this as progressive metal is not wrong, French band, competent musicians.
100.
52.
Big Hogg - Pageant Of Beasts
classic prog sounding, Canterbury inspired in places
100.
53.
100.
54.
Asymmetry - Anima - female fronted djenty prog from Belarus, catchy, competent, very good vocals
100.
55.
100.
56.
Karmanjakah - A Book About Itself
catchy djenty progressive metal from Sweden
100.
57.
A Dying Planet - When The Skies Are Grey
progressive metal with members of Zero Hour
100.
58.
Feeling Of Presence - Of Lost Illusion
it's Frequency Drift without the vocals
100.
59.
100.
60.
100.
61.
Himmellegeme - Variola Vera
Norwegian prog band, with hints of psychedelia
100.
62.
Elder / Kadavar - Eldovar - A Story Of Darkness And Light [Collaboration]
100.
63.
Glasgow Coma Scale - Siren
well crafted post-rock, nice flow
100.
64.
Neon Black Audio - Karma
German project/band, djent & shred done right
100.
65.
100.
66.
Artem Illusio - Artem Illusio
proggish modern heavy/power, good vocals
100.
67.
Ghosts Of Jupiter - Keepers Of The Newborn Green
a retro prog album to relax to
100.
68.
Jordsjo - Pastoralia
excellent 70s prog worship from Norway, gets better with every listen
100.
69.
100.
70.
100.
71.
100.
72.
100.
73.
100.
74.
100.
75.
100.
76.
Gunshee - Friends Through Here
Romanian band, I don't know how to label this - heavy-prog? proggish stoner (never liked the term)
100.
77.
100.
78.
100.
79.
Dec Burke - Life in Two Dimensions
British prog-rock, he's been in Frost, Darwin's Radio and AudioPlastiK after all
100.
80.
Sangham - Intangible
djenty progressive metal from France
100.
81.
100.
82.
Our Man In The Bronze Age - Hexed Endeavours
proggish heavy rock from the UK
100.
83.
The Wormhole Experience - The Oracle
djenty jazzy instrumental prog from Italy
100.
84.
100.
85.
100.
86.
100.
87.
Dunbarrow - III
stoner rock from Norway
100.
88.
Kosmodome - Kosmodome
Norwegian prog, a nice mix of prog-rock, post rock and psychedelic rock
100.
89.
100.
90.
100.
91.
100.
92.
100.
93.
Michael Schenker Fest - Immortal
100.
94.
Theos - Precognitive
instrumetal progressive metal, with hints of djent and post-rock
100.
95.
100.
96.
100.
97.
100.
98.
Pentesilea Road - Pentesilea Road
prog-rock from Italy, will please progressive metal listeners as well, Ray Alder and Mark Zonder are guests
100.
99.
100.
100.
Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
[ More lists by John_Doe ]

Comments

‹‹ Back to Lists
Comments: 47 [ 2 ignored ]   Visited by 73 users

Posts: 5642


Permalink
17.06.2021 - 11:36

Posts: 5642


Work in progress for half a year
An overwhelming amount of music to listen to, hard to keep up with, I'll make a list soon

I will also comment on some of these albums as soon as I can.
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
17.06.2021 - 23:32

Posts: 5642


So one user since I posted this list, oh well...
just wait till December
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
18.06.2021 - 13:24

Posts: 5642


Comments added so far for the artists not on MS.
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
22.06.2021 - 17:33

Posts: 5642


New additions
albums from
God Is an Astronaut
Terra Odium
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
24.06.2021 - 16:47

Posts: 5642


New additions
albums from

Vintage Caravan
Nordsind
Sunstorm
Michael Schenker Fest
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
28.06.2021 - 17:31

Posts: 5642


New additions
albums from

Silver Talon
Transatlantic
Seventh Dimension
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
29.06.2021 - 00:16

Posts: 5642


New additions
albums from

Teramaze
The Antlers
Chevelle
Images of Eden
Needlepoint
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
06.07.2021 - 08:41

Posts: 5642


Three more additions since I last posted here
albums from

Heavy Temple
Animate
Frost*
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
15.07.2021 - 10:10

Posts: 5642


Two more additions
albums from

Iotunn
Delving
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
11.08.2021 - 10:58

Posts: 5642


Three more additions
albums from

Pentesilea Road
Mordred
Asymmetry (Belarus) - I'm mentioning the country because there is a Serbian band with the same name.
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
16.08.2021 - 15:07

Posts: 5642


Made it to 50 albums , definitely not a bad year

two more additions
albums from

Molybaron
Artem Illusio
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
28.08.2021 - 17:21

Posts: 5642


Three more additions
albums from

Fallensun
Leprous
Big Hogg
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
05.09.2021 - 11:21

Posts: 5642


Three more additions
albums from

White Stones
Theos
Brainstorm
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
+1
19.09.2021 - 12:02

Posts: 5642


Yay, made it to 60 albums, new Mono album is great!
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...
musclassia
Staff

Posts: 8655


Permalink
23.09.2021 - 12:59
musclassia
Staff

Posts: 8655


Nice to see some recognition for Karmanjakah on the site, one of my top djent releases this year
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
+1
23.09.2021 - 13:12

Posts: 5642


Written by musclassia on 23.09.2021 at 12:59

Nice to see some recognition for Karmanjakah on the site, one of my top djent releases this year

Thanks for checking out my list and commenting, you are the first, my list is not in vain now
Definitely the best djenty prog-metal I've heard this year.
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
27.09.2021 - 07:46

Posts: 5642


Three more additions
albums from

Yoo Doo Right
Glasgow Coma Scale
The Watch
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
29.09.2021 - 10:51

Posts: 5642


Three more additions
albums from

A Dying Planet
Terminus
Caligonaut
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
01.10.2021 - 16:19

Posts: 5642


New additions
albums from

King Buffalo
Felipe Andreoli
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor

Posts: 6654


Permalink
15.10.2021 - 19:04
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor

Posts: 6654


Wow! You've sure been busy this year, keep it up
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
15.10.2021 - 20:50

Posts: 5642


Written by AndyMetalFreak on 15.10.2021 at 19:04

Wow! You've sure been busy this year, keep it up

thanks!
my list is small though compared to others that got hundreds.
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor

Posts: 6654


Permalink
15.10.2021 - 21:14
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor

Posts: 6654


Written by John_Doe on 15.10.2021 at 20:50

thanks!
my list is small though compared to others that got hundreds.

You have listened to more from this year than me, but Anghellic67 currently has 451, I think that will take some beating.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
15.10.2021 - 21:31

Posts: 5642


Written by AndyMetalFreak on 15.10.2021 at 21:14

Written by John_Doe on 15.10.2021 at 20:50

thanks!
my list is small though compared to others that got hundreds.

You have listened to more from this year than me, but Anghellic67 currently has 451, I think that will take some beating.

I want to listen properly to those 14 albums from the post above, some of them will make the list.
So much music, so little time.
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
19.10.2021 - 11:28

Posts: 5642


Four more additions
albums from

Feeling Of Presence (Frequency Drift)
Himmellegeme
Neon Black Audio
Gunshee
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
20.10.2021 - 19:00

Posts: 5642


Two more additions (made it to 75! )
albums from

SKE
Diagonal
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
21.10.2021 - 17:06

Posts: 5642


Two more additions
albums from

Todd La Torre
Trna
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
23.10.2021 - 13:37

Posts: 5642


Two more additions
albums from

Teramaze
Altesia
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
+1
26.10.2021 - 19:39

Posts: 5642


Two more additions
albums from

Jordsjo
Dream Theater
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
29.10.2021 - 16:23

Posts: 5642


Two more additions
albums from

Black Sites
Devoid
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Posts: 5642


Permalink
01.11.2021 - 19:00

Posts: 5642


Made it to 85 albums with the new albums from Be'Lakor and Dec Burke.
----
I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
Loading...

Hits total: 1860 | This month: 20