2021 - The Worthy Ones

2021 - The Worthy Ones

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A list by
John_Doe
Created
June 17, 2021
Entries
100
Endorsements
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2021 albums that I enjoyed so far, a lot more coming, obviously a work in progress
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Needlepoint - Walking up That Valley
my favorite prog-rock album this year, so far, very organic, Canterbury-prog like, excellent musicianship, tasteful drumming
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Monobody - Comma
Canterbury-esque jazz-rock fusion from the US
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Atravan - The Grey Line
progressive rock band from Iran
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Voice Among The Many - Collide
progressive metal band from New Zealand, catchy and competent
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Sylvan - One To Zero
German prog veterans are back after 5 years
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The Watch - The Art of Bleeding
the Italian proggers are back with another great album
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Nordsind - Lys
excellent post-rock/post-black album, all instrumental
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Frost* - Day and Age
solid British prog, not much else to say
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The Antlers - Green To Gold
glad these guys came back with a new album
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Delving - Hirschbrunnen
interesting atmospheric prog, with touches of psychedelia and post-rock.
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Yoo Doo Right - Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose
Canadian band that mixes Krautrock with post-rock and psychedelic/space-rock
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Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants
excellent prog-rock band from Norway
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Diagonal - 4
eclectic prog from UK
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Ske - Insolubilia
Italian eclectic prog
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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
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Animate - Infinite Imaginations
progressive metal from Poland, nice guitar work and great vocalist, reminds a bit of Votum.
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Agusa - En Annan Varld
retro-prog from Sweden, just two epics with nice flow.
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Creye - II
melodic rock/AOR band, I was pleasantly surprised.
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Molybaron - The Mutiny
classifying this as progressive metal is not wrong, French band, competent musicians.
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Big Hogg - Pageant Of Beasts
classic prog sounding, Canterbury inspired in places
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Asymmetry - Anima - female fronted djenty prog from Belarus, catchy, competent, very good vocals
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Karmanjakah - A Book About Itself
catchy djenty progressive metal from Sweden
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A Dying Planet - When The Skies Are Grey
progressive metal with members of Zero Hour
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Feeling Of Presence - Of Lost Illusion
it's Frequency Drift without the vocals
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Himmellegeme - Variola Vera
Norwegian prog band, with hints of psychedelia
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Elder / Kadavar - Eldovar - A Story Of Darkness And Light [Collaboration]
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Glasgow Coma Scale - Siren
well crafted post-rock, nice flow
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Neon Black Audio - Karma
German project/band, djent & shred done right
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Artem Illusio - Artem Illusio
proggish modern heavy/power, good vocals
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Ghosts Of Jupiter - Keepers Of The Newborn Green
a retro prog album to relax to
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Jordsjo - Pastoralia
excellent 70s prog worship from Norway, gets better with every listen
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Gunshee - Friends Through Here
Romanian band, I don't know how to label this - heavy-prog? proggish stoner (never liked the term)
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Dec Burke - Life in Two Dimensions
British prog-rock, he's been in Frost, Darwin's Radio and AudioPlastiK after all
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Sangham - Intangible
djenty progressive metal from France
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Our Man In The Bronze Age - Hexed Endeavours
proggish heavy rock from the UK
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The Wormhole Experience - The Oracle
djenty jazzy instrumental prog from Italy
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Dunbarrow - III
stoner rock from Norway
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Kosmodome - Kosmodome
Norwegian prog, a nice mix of prog-rock, post rock and psychedelic rock
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Michael Schenker Fest - Immortal
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Theos - Precognitive
instrumetal progressive metal, with hints of djent and post-rock
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Pentesilea Road - Pentesilea Road
prog-rock from Italy, will please progressive metal listeners as well, Ray Alder and Mark Zonder are guests
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Written by John_Doe on 13.11.2021 at 14:08

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Dunbarrow

Great List I love Needle point, You have to include Agusa
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Written by Blackcrowe on 15.11.2021 at 12:35

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

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

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Made it to 90 albums with two more additions
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Ghosts of Jupiter
Within Progress
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19.11.2021 - 23:33

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Two more additions
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Lucifer
North Tale
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20.11.2021 - 12:08

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Two more additions
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Exodus
Eldritch
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21.11.2021 - 13:32

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Two more additions
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Clæmus
Synapse
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21.11.2021 - 16:53

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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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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.

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Two more additions
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Sangham
The Wormhole Experience
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26.11.2021 - 22:39

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100 albums with Apostle Of Solitude - Until the Darkness Goes

2021 has definitely been a good year for music.
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Two more additions
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Negura Bunget
In Mourning
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Two more additions
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Hollow
Weedpecker
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Great list man love it
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Written by Depth land on 12.12.2021 at 17:40

Great list man love it

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Two more additions
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Elder & Kadavar
Kosmodome
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12.01.2022 - 19:32

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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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