this is a list of prog rock albums from 2023 categorised based on how much i enjoyed them. if you want to know what the categories mean you can look it up here.
links usually go to official bandcamp pages if one is available, otherwise it will most likely link to an official youtube playlist. if you want to actually support the artists, please buy the music directly from them instead of just streaming their songs.
huge thanks to r/progmetal and the NewProgReleases blog for listing all these albums. you can track my progress here.
albums marked with an asterisk have have something written about them on the notes page.
last updated 27 january, 2024: added Mirror to the Sky.
albums are ranked alphabetically for each category/tier.
| Category/Tier | 2023 Prog List | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Album Name | Artist/Band Name | Length | Country | |
Banger |
Chirale | La Stazione Delle Frequenze | 30:21 | Italy |
| Clandestiny | Kitchen Sink | 1:00:57 | United States | |
| Delusion | Enoch Root | 55:51 | United States | |
| Dominion | Zopp | 41:58 | United Kingdom | |
| Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream* | Sunchild | 45:11 | Ukraine | |
| Growing Fear | Barricades at Night | 41:49 | United States | |
| ID.Entity | Riverside | 1:11:41 | Poland | |
| One Man's Grief | Deposed King | 55:49 | Hungary | |
| Rayless | Cos Sylvan | 17:20 | Canada | |
| The Age of Misinformation | The Aaron Clift Experiment | 46:41 | United States | |
| The Great Cerulean Sleep | Alkamaton | 39:18 | Finland | |
Great |
ABANAMAT | ABANAMAT | 41:45 | Germany |
| Alluvium | Initial Mass | 59:57 | United States | |
| cause & consequences | anasazi | 1:02:57 | France | |
| Cheshire Ghosts | Pete Rand | 44:40 | United Kingdom | |
| Chrysalis | POLYMOON | 44:38 | Finland | |
| Fire It Up | One Time Weekend | 1:06:48 | United States | |
| Future of the Sea | PLANK | 35:35 | United Kingdom | |
| Futures Past | Molten Gold | 42:56 | Norway | |
| Grand Ultimate | MEGA | 17:38 | United States | |
| Hymns for Hungry Spirits, Vol. II | Great Wide Nothing | 41:41 | United States | |
| Impermanence | Dominic Sanderson | 47:41 | United Kingdom | |
| Mirror to the Sky | Yes | 1:03:35 | United Kingdom | |
| Miss Mellow | Miss Mellow | 47:32 | Germany | |
| Overlords | We Came From Space | 58:56 | United States | |
| Radio Silence* | RAIN | 49:45 | United Kingdom | |
| Trench of Loneliness | Iterum Nata | 37:25 | Finland | |
| Vostraŭ skarhaŭ | Syndrom Samazvanca | 53:25 | Belarus | |
| Water, It Feels Like It's Growing | Atsuko Chiba | 36:01 | Canada | |
| Ways of Avicenna | Pelegrin | 35:13 | France | |
Thumbs |
11 | Lazuli | 54:48 | France |
| After the Magic | Parannoul | 59:01 | South Korea | |
| Altered States | Rick Miller | 51:37 | Canada | |
| Baiagoan | ṘO | 1:02:50 | Spain | |
| Canvas Three | Inner Prospekt | 1:02:46 | Italy | |
| Conduit | Black Stone Brewers | 26:24 | Australia | |
| Enlightening Nights, Darkening Days | Davide Ronfetto | 53:12 | Italy | |
| False Readings | Mark Murdock | 47:17 | Japan | |
| III | Caravela Escarlate | 46:12 | Brazil | |
| Last Light* | Steve Terry Project | 39:54 | United States | |
| Light Up | Solstice | 44:09 | United Kingdom | |
| Making Shore | Damanek | 1:12:04 | Multinternational | |
| Mobile Government Sitcom | The Goat Wizard | 37:23 | United States | |
| Now and Then Part II: Stories and Dreams | Days Before Tomorrow | 34:04 | United States | |
| Pilgrim | Peter Gee | 1:08:53 | United Kingdom | |
| Rise of Kassandra | Tritop | 47:43 | Italy | |
| Robotron | Soniq Theater | 41:28 | Germany | |
| South of the Bridge | Numidia | 36:41 | Australia | |
| Starlight's Castaways | What Strange Beasts | 1:20:21 | United States | |
| Sunrise | The One | 40:47 | Netherlands | |
| The Architect | eMolecule | 1:09:57 | Multinternational | |
| This Too Shall Pass* | Grandma's Ashes | 46:01 | France | |
| The Path | Light | 1:17:32 | France | |
Not My |
Citrus Moon | Citrus Moon | 39:19 | United States |
| Dear Ghost EP | Lost Minnow | 17:03 | Spain | |
| Nothing Less | The Gangly Youth | 25:10 | United States | |
| Safer in Chains* | Imaginary Kings | 54:53 | Multinternational | |
| Waiting for the Tide | Zebedy | 47:09 | United Kingdom | |
| Wakeup Call | Feedback | 14:31 | United States | |
Weird |
Dive | Lorenzo Ceci | 16:38 | Italy |
| MEGAMAX* | TOG | 39:41 | Norway | |
| Murmurations | Eyeless Owl | 43:15 | United States | |
| OisoLün | Oiapok | 38:36 | France | |
| PoiL Ueda | PoiL & Junko Ueda | 31:15 | Multinternational | |
Unremarkable |
A Gallery Of The Imagination | Rick Wakeman | 53:49 | United Kingdom |
| Creatures | Khan | 41:06 | Australia | |
| Father Light | Stoned Jesus | 42:58 | Ukraine | |
| Grounded To The Sky | Giant Sleep | 59:56 | Germany | |
| Isobar III | Isobar | 57:46 | United States | |
| Meanwhile | Klone | 53:17 | France | |
| Vai/Gash | Steve Vai | 29:28 | United States | |
Subpar |
Kosmonautik Pilgrimage | Anchor and Burden | 1:04:20 | Germany |
| MEME/music | Unquiet Music Ltd | 1:14:15 | France | |
Boring |
After Death | Seventh Legend | 1:01:39 | United States |
| Empty Airports | Aiming for Enrike | 1:15:08 | Norway | |
| From Above | Ghostlight | 1:13:55 | Poland | |
| Seremonia | Varjo-Orkesteri | 56:41 | Finland | |