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The 2025 Rankings of Progressive Rock World

This 2025 is coming to a close and it's time to take stock, both in private and work life and in the world of music, which for me mainly means the world of progressive rock. This year I listened to many albums, old and especially new, and many of you have followed me here on this new blog but also on the previous one and on social media. I bought some of the albums in Norway, where thanks to the advice of expert shopkeepers I discovered new bands and delved deeper into prog from the north.

Clicking on this link my Rankings for 2025 Albums:

Best Progressive Rock Studio Album 2025

Best Album Rock Progressivo Italiano 2025

Best Debut Album 2025

Best Progressive Rock Live Albums 2025

Best Progressive Rock Album Cover 2025

Progressive Rock Studio Albums Ranking 2025

Then there are the Great Hopes, a section that gathers the works of some emerging bands, at their debut or who have started publishing only a few years ago and who for me fully represent the future of progressive rock

Great Hopes for the Future of Progressive Rock 2025

While waiting for the albums already ordered arriving in 2026 (at the moment Big Big Train and Neal Morse Band) here are my rankings in which reissues and anniversary editions are not included, only first release albums.

See you soon!

FrancescoProg

Below are all the articles (in order of post publication date) of the 2025 albums

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Symphonic Rock, EXCELLENT, 2026 Albums, the-flower-kings, roine-stolt,

Hope by The Flower Kings

FrancescoProg

04-11-2026 08:00

This new work explores the modern world, with its geopolitical turmoil, social divisions, and the growing difficulty of connecting with others...

Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, Northern Prog, ESSENTIAL, 2026 Albums, kanaan, ingvald-andre-vassb,

Kanaan self-titled album

FrancescoProg

03-11-2026 08:00

Kanaan self-titled album, from 2026. Kanaan, the Norwegian power trio, return celebrating an important milestone in 2026, the tenth anniversary, and for the

Symphonic Rock, ESSENTIAL, genesis, peter-gabriel, tony-banks, mike-rutherford, anthony-phillips,

Trespass by Genesis

FrancescoProg

02-11-2026 08:00

After the good start of "From Genesis To Revelation", which already included tracks like *Silent Sun* and *Where the Sour Turns to Sweet*, which in my view are truly great...

Prog Related, Not Only Prog, EXCELLENT, steven-wilson, gavin-harrison, blackfield, aviv-geffen,

Not Only Prog: Blackfield self-titled album

FrancescoProg

01-11-2026 08:00

This album, the result of the collaboration between the genius Steven Wilson and Aviv Geffen, features the band’s original line-up, which later shrank over time ...

Prog Related, Not Only Prog, EXCELLENT, black-sabbath,

Not Only Prog: Master of Reality by Black Sabbath

FrancescoProg

31-10-2026 08:00

One of the most important Heavy Metal records ever, “Master of Reality” is still considered one of Black Sabbath’s best albums. Its sound has ...

Kosmische Musik Krautrock, EXCELLENT, ash-ra-tempel, klaus-schulze,

Ash Ra Tempel by Ash Ra Tempel

FrancescoProg

30-10-2026 08:00

Ash Ra Tempel, the debut album by Ash Ra Tempel, from 1971, a truly great German band, among the leading representatives of *Kosmische Musik* (cosmic music,

Symphonic Rock, Northern Prog, EXCELLENT, white-willow, jacob-holm-lupo,

Sacrament by White Willow

FrancescoProg

29-10-2026 08:00

Sacrament, one of the legends of Norwegian prog White Willow, from 2000, eminent representatives of what I call Northern Prog, the Prog that comes from the N

Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, GOOD, FOR FANS AND COMPLETISTS, roger-waters, pink-floyd, david-gilmour, richard-wright, nick-mason, alan-parsons,

Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd

FrancescoProg

28-10-2026 08:00

The album that marks the shift from their early psychedelia to the progressive and symphonic rock that made them famous. Everyone remembers it for the now .....

Heavy Prog, GOOD, FOR FANS AND COMPLETISTS, rush, alex-lifeson,

Rush by Rush

FrancescoProg

27-10-2026 08:00

Rush, the debut album by the immense Rush, from 1974, here in a beautiful box set that includes period photos, the band’s family tree, a poster and ...

Heavy Prog, ESSENTIAL, porcupine-tree, steven-wilson, richard-barbieri,

Coma Divine by Porcupine Tree

FrancescoProg

26-10-2026 08:00

Coma Divine – Recorded Live in Rome is the first official live album by Porcupine Tree, a record that captures a key turning point for the band ...

Not Only Prog, ESSENTIAL, jimi-hendrix, steve-winwood, chris-wood,

Not Only Prog: Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

FrancescoProg

25-10-2026 08:00

Electric Ladyland is a true masterpiece of psychedelic rock, blending blues, funk and studio experimentation...

Not Only Prog, EXCELLENT, cake,

Not Just Prog: Cake’s Fashion Nugget

FrancescoProg

24-10-2026 08:00

Fashion Nugget, Cake’s second album, was a real success, catapulting the Sacramento alternative rock band, led by the singer ...

Eclectic Prog, Heavy Prog, EXCELLENT, king-crimson, bill-bruford, robert-fripp, adrian-belew, tony-levin, pat-mastelotto, trey-gunn,

VROOOM by King Crimson

FrancescoProg

23-10-2026 08:00

After delving into THRAK and Let’s THRAK Again by Stick Men, the time has come to retrace the roots of a sound that has defined the last three ...

Extreme Prog Metal, EXCELLENT, steven-wilson, opeth, mikael-akerfeldt, dave-stewart,

Pale Communion by Opeth

FrancescoProg

22-10-2026 08:00

After years exploring progressive death metal with masterpiece albums like "Blackwater Park", frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt decided to abandon the growl ...

Rock Progressivo Italiano, Jazz-Rock Fusion, EXCELLENT, agora,

Agorà 2 by Agorà

FrancescoProg

21-10-2026 08:00

Agorà 2, the second album by Agorà, is a real gem of Italian jazz-rock and progressive rock. Unlike their first album ...

Zeuhl, EXCELLENT, magma,

Félicité Thösz by Magma

FrancescoProg

20-10-2026 08:00

Before this record, I didn’t think a Magma record could stir melancholy, nostalgia, hope…

Jazz-Rock Fusion, EXCELLENT, ian-carr, nucleus,

Under The Sun by Nucleus

FrancescoProg

19-10-2026 08:00

In ’74, Nucleus were leaving behind the pure jazz of their early albums to embrace tighter rhythms, engaging grooves and lots of ...

Not Only Prog, ESSENTIAL, joy-division,

Not Only Prog: Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

FrancescoProg

18-10-2026 08:00

At Strawberry Studios in Stockport, in just three weekends, an album is born that will become a true pillar of post-punk and gothic rock...

Not Only Prog, ESSENTIAL, Artist Profile, the-doors, jim-morrison, robby-krieger,

Not Only Prog: The Doors, self-titled debut album

FrancescoProg

17-10-2026 08:00

The story of this album is a mix of chance encounters, crazy nights in Los Angeles clubs and brilliant insights that, in just a few months ...

Canterbury Scene, Jazz-Rock Fusion, EXCELLENT, dave-stewart, alan-gowen, phil-lee, gilgamesh,

Gilgamesh self-titled debut album

FrancescoProg

16-10-2026 08:00

Gilgamesh’s self-titled debut album, released in 1975, is a real hidden gem of the British Canterbury scene...