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2021 - The Worthy Ones


2021 albums that I enjoyed so far, a lot more coming, obviously a work in progress

Created by: JoHn Doe | 17.06.2021



1. Wheel - Resident Human
2. Needlepoint - Walking up That Valley
my favorite prog-rock album this year, so far, very organic, Canterbury-prog like, excellent musicianship, tasteful drumming
3. Sur Austru - Obârşie
4. Dordeduh - Har
5. Need - Norchestrion: A Song For The End
6. Monobody - Comma
Canterbury-esque jazz-rock fusion from the US
7. White Void - Anti
8. Vola - Witness
9. Atravan - The Grey Line
progressive rock band from Iran
10. Evergrey - Escape Of The Phoenix
11. Voice Among The Many - Collide
progressive metal band from New Zealand, catchy and competent
12. Witherfall - Curse Of Autumn
13. Sylvan - One To Zero
German prog veterans are back after 5 years
14. The Watch - The Art of Bleeding
the Italian proggers are back with another great album
15. Poverty's No Crime - A Secret To Hide
16. Lake Of Tears - Ominous
17. Flotsam And Jetsam - Blood In The Water
18. Soen - Imperial
19. Nordsind - Lys
excellent post-rock/post-black album, all instrumental
20. Helloween - Helloween
21. The Vintage Caravan - Monuments
22. Frost* - Day and Age
solid British prog, not much else to say
23. The Antlers - Green To Gold
glad these guys came back with a new album
24. Silver Talon - Decadence And Decay
25. Delving - Hirschbrunnen
interesting atmospheric prog, with touches of psychedelia and post-rock.
26. Yoo Doo Right - Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose
Canadian band that mixes Krautrock with post-rock and psychedelic/space-rock
27. Mono - Pilgrimage Of The Soul
28. Be'lakor - Coherence
29. Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
excellent prog-rock band from Norway
30. Diagonal - 4
eclectic prog from UK
31. Ske - Insolubilia
Italian eclectic prog
32. Terminus - The Silent Bell Toll
33. King Buffalo - The Burden Of Restlessness
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
35. Images Of Eden - Angel Born
36. Heavy Temple - Lupi Amoris
37. Teramaze - Sorella Minore
38. Seventh Dimension - Black Sky
39. Memoriam - To The End
40. Animate - Infinite Imaginations
progressive metal from Poland, nice guitar work and great vocalist, reminds a bit of Votum.
41. Teramaze - And The Beauty They Perceive
42. Black Sites - Untrue
43. Count Raven - The Sixth Storm
44. Eldritch - Eos
45. Weedpecker - IV: The Stream Of Forgotten Thoughts
46. Agusa - En Annan Varld
retro-prog from Sweden, just two epics with nice flow.
47. Creye - II
melodic rock/AOR band, I was pleasantly surprised.
48. Terra Odium - Ne Plus Ultra
49. Chevelle - NIRATIAS
50. Iotunn - Access All Worlds
51. Molybaron - The Mutiny
classifying this as progressive metal is not wrong, French band, competent musicians.
52. Big Hogg - Pageant Of Beasts
classic prog sounding, Canterbury inspired in places
53. Leprous - Aphelion
54. Icon Of Sin - Icon Of Sin
55. Asymmetry - Anima - female fronted djenty prog from Belarus, catchy, competent, very good vocals
56. Brainstorm - Wall Of Skulls
57. Karmanjakah - A Book About Itself
catchy djenty progressive metal from Sweden
58. A Dying Planet - When The Skies Are Grey
progressive metal with members of Zero Hour
59. Feeling Of Presence - Of Lost Illusion
it's Frequency Drift without the vocals
60. Fallensun - The Wake Of The Fall
61. Negură Bunget - Zău
62. Himmellegeme - Variola Vera
Norwegian prog band, with hints of psychedelia
63. Elder / Kadavar - Eldovar - A Story Of Darkness And Light [Collaboration]
64. Glasgow Coma Scale - Siren
well crafted post-rock, nice flow
65. Neon Black Audio - Karma
German project/band, djent & shred done right
66. God Is An Astronaut - Ghost Tapes #10
67. Artem Illusio - Artem Illusio
proggish modern heavy/power, good vocals
68. Ghosts Of Jupiter - Keepers Of The Newborn Green
a retro prog album to relax to
69. Jordsjo - Pastoralia
excellent 70s prog worship from Norway, gets better with every listen
70. Apostle Of Solitude - Until The Darkness Goes
71. Memory Garden - 1349
72. Sweet Oblivion - Relentless
73. Dream Theater - A View From The Top Of The World
74. Sunstorm - Afterlife
75. Mordred - The Dark Parade
76. White Stones - Dancing Into Oblivion
77. Gunshee - Friends Through Here
Romanian band, I don't know how to label this - heavy-prog? proggish stoner (never liked the term)
78. Todd La Torre - Rejoice In The Suffering
79. Hollow - Tower
80. Dec Burke - Life in Two Dimensions
British prog-rock, he's been in Frost, Darwin's Radio and AudioPlastiK after all
81. Sangham - Intangible
djenty progressive metal from France
82. Altesia - Embryo
83. Our Man In The Bronze Age - Hexed Endeavours
proggish heavy rock from the UK
84. The Wormhole Experience - The Oracle
djenty jazzy instrumental prog from Italy
85. In Mourning - The Bleeding Veil
86. Within Progress - Inner
87. Clæmus - Daydream
88. Dunbarrow - III
stoner rock from Norway
89. Kosmodome - Kosmodome
Norwegian prog, a nice mix of prog-rock, post rock and psychedelic rock
90. Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)
91. Exodus - Persona Non Grata
92. Bestial Invasion - Divine Comedy: Inferno
93. Project: Roenwolfe - Edge Of Saturn
94. Trna - Istok
95. Haunt - Beautiful Distraction
96. Accept - Too Mean To Die
97. Michael Schenker Fest - Immortal
98. Theos - Precognitive
instrumetal progressive metal, with hints of djent and post-rock
99. Lucifer - Lucifer IV
100. Synapse - Singularities
101. King Buffalo - Acheron
102. Pentesilea Road - Pentesilea Road
prog-rock from Italy, will please progressive metal listeners as well, Ray Alder and Mark Zonder are guests
103. Gojira - Fortitude
104. NorthTale - Eternal Flame
105. Devoid - Lonely Eye Movement
catchy prog-power from France



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13.11.2021 - 14:08
JoHn Doe

Two more additions
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Our Man In The Bronze Age
Dunbarrow
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15.11.2021 - 12:35
Blackcrowe

Written by JoHn Doe on 13.11.2021 at 14:08

Two more additions
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Our Man In The Bronze Age
Dunbarrow

Great List I love Needle point, You have to include Agusa
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15.11.2021 - 13:20
JoHn Doe

Written by Blackcrowe on 15.11.2021 at 12:35

Written by JoHn Doe on 13.11.2021 at 14:08

Two more additions
albums from

Our Man In The Bronze Age
Dunbarrow

Great List I love Needle point, You have to include Agusa


thank you!
I will look Agusa up, I don't know the band.
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17.11.2021 - 19:08
JoHn Doe

Made it to 90 albums with two more additions
albums from

Ghosts of Jupiter
Within Progress
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19.11.2021 - 23:33
JoHn Doe

Two more additions
albums from

Lucifer
North Tale
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20.11.2021 - 12:08
JoHn Doe

Two more additions
albums from

Exodus
Eldritch
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21.11.2021 - 13:32
JoHn Doe

Two more additions
albums from

Clæmus
Synapse
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21.11.2021 - 16:53
IronAngel

Needlepoint is excellent. I'm not a big prog buff, so I don't know what they reminded me of (I guess, looking at the Canterbury tag, something like Caravan might be close?), but the sound was extremely pleasant and 70s in a good way.
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21.11.2021 - 16:55
JoHn Doe

Written by IronAngel on 21.11.2021 at 16:53

Needlepoint is excellent. I'm not a big prog buff, so I don't know what they reminded me of (I guess, looking at the Canterbury tag, something like Caravan might be close?), but the sound was extremely pleasant and 70s in a good way.


yes, it's retro-prog done right.

Thanks for checking out my list and commenting.
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24.11.2021 - 07:30
JoHn Doe

Two more additions
albums from

Sangham
The Wormhole Experience
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26.11.2021 - 22:39
JoHn Doe

100 albums with Apostle Of Solitude - Until the Darkness Goes

2021 has definitely been a good year for music.
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28.11.2021 - 11:14
JoHn Doe

Two more additions
albums from

Negura Bunget
In Mourning
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04.12.2021 - 10:25
JoHn Doe

Three more additions
albums from

Bestial invasion
Hollow
Weedpecker
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12.12.2021 - 17:40
Depth land

Great list man love it
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12.12.2021 - 17:53
JoHn Doe

Written by Depth land on 12.12.2021 at 17:40

Great list man love it


thank you!
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14.12.2021 - 10:31
JoHn Doe

Two more additions
albums from

Elder & Kadavar
Kosmodome
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12.01.2022 - 19:32
JoHn Doe

One more addition
Memory Garden - 1349

Last additions to the list will be in the MS Awards month of February, there are always a few albums that grab my attention, so i'm looking forward to that!
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