2004's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2004 studio releases:

Masterpieces:

1.  "K.A.  III" (21:45) - MAGMA - (45/45) = 10.0

2. "Envy" (10:10) - MAGENTA - (20/20) = 10.0 

3. "Immanence" (11:26) - THORK - (19.5/20) = 9.75

4. "Five Suns II" (10:20) - GAUPO - (19.5/20) = 9.75

5. "Powder Monkey" (9:08) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (19.5/20) = 9.75

6. "Danse de la terre" (10:48) - THORK - (19/20) = 9.5

7. "Greed" (13:55) - MAGENTA - (28.5/30) = 9.5

8. "FC: The Freedom Club"(10:48) - SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM - (19/20) = 9.5

9. "Now" (9:59) - MATTHEW PARMENTER - (19/20) = 9.5

10. "Oakum" (9:03) - OZRIC TENTACLES - (19/20) = 9.5

11. "Syndic Calls" (9:39) - ISIS - (19/20) = 9.5

12. "The Everlasting Hills" (Parts 1-5) (19:36) - DAVE BAINBRIDGE - (37.5/40) = 9.375

13. "Sloth" (10:08) - MAGENTA - (18.75/20) = 9.375

14. "Bolygó, Bolyongó" (9:47) - THY CATAFALQUE - (18.75/20) = 9.375

15. "Brain" (9:05) - HIROMI UEHARA - (18.667/20) = 9.333

16. "… And Weak II" (9:37) - INDUKTI - (18.667/20) = 9.333

17. "Voivode Dracula" (9:15) - KARDA ESTRA (18.5/20) = 9.25

18. "L'origine" (11:40) - THORK - (18.5/20) = 9.25

19. "Neath Waters (Minden Vízbe Mártott Test)" (18:43) - THY CATAFALQUE - (37/40) = 9.25

20. "Symptoms Alone" (9:54) - FLOORIAN (18.5/20) = 9.25

21. "Crime Story" (9:02) - MY EDUCATION (18.25/20) = 9.125

22. "Spirals in Hyperspace" (9:51) - OZRIC TENTACLES - (18.125/20) = 9.0625

Other Very Good Songs:

"Ea" (21:18) - THORK - (36/40) = 9.0

"Modern Times" (21:09) - MATTHEW PARMENTER - (36/40) = 9.0
"Star-Filled Skies" (Parts 1-4) - DAVE BAINBRIDGE (27/30) = 9.0

"Tierra Boreal" (9:02) - AMAROK - (18/20) = 9.0

"Lust" (12:29) - MAGENTA - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"The Storm Still Rages Inside" (9:20) - ORPHANED LAND - (18/20) = 9.0

"Soulburn" (9:21) - WHITE WILLOW - (18/20) = 9.0

"Az Ősanya Szól Ivadékaihoz/A Medveős" (9:32) - THY CATAFALQUE - (17.875/20) = 8.9375

"Délectable ennui" (9:07) - THORK - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Altered Course" (9:56) - ISIS - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Csillagkohó" (9:14) - THY CATAFALQUE - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"K.A. I" (11:12) - MAGMA - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Keytalk" (10:02) - HIROMI UEHARA - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Nightside of Eden" (9:44) - WHITE WILLOW - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"The Art of Reason" (10:20) - THRESHOLD - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Neogenesis" (11:58) - ENSLAVED - (21.75/25) = 8.7

Also Considered:

"Hearts Alive" (13:39) - MASTODON - (26/30) = 8.667

"The Vacuum" (Parts 1 & 2) (10:59) - THE WATCH - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Dea Pecuniae" (10:10) - PAIN OF SALVATION - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Legend of the Purple Valley" (10:47) - HIROMI UEHARA - (17/20) = 8.5

"Gluttony" (12:07) - MAGENTA - (21/25) = 8.4

"Kisses for Us All" (13:18) - KARDA ESTRA - (25/30) = 8.333

"Five Suns - Part 4" (12:57) - GUAPO - (20/25) = 8.0

"Babydoctor" (13:59) - SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM (25/30) = 8.0

"Dirty Mind" (9:21) - MATTHEW PARMENTER - (16/20) = 8.0

"Five Suns - Part 3" (10:30) - GUAPO - (16/20) = 8.0

"Sacred Sound" (11:40) - IQ - (19/25) = 7.6

"Meandres" (Meanderings) (9:38) - UNIVERS ZERO - (15.5/20) = 7.5

"Pride" (12:31) - MAGENTA - (18/25) = 7.2

"Harvest of Souls" (24:29) - IQ - (35/50) = 7.0

As Yet Unreviewed:

"The Creation" (18:22) - NEAL MORSE - (/40) =  

"Author of Confusion" (9:30) - NEAL MORSE - (/20) = 
"The Separated Man" (17:58)- NEAL MORSE - (/35) = 

"Help Me / The Spirit and the Flesh" (11:13) - NEAL MORSE - (/20) = 

"Reunion" (9:11) - NEAL MORSE - (/20) = 

"The Invisible Man" (13:37) - MARILLION - (/30) = 

"Ocean Cloud "(17:58) - MARILLION - (/35) = 

"Neverland" (12:10) - MARILLION - (/25) = 

"K.A II" (15:53) - MAGMA -

"Back to Times of Splendor" (14:39) - DISILLUSION -
"The Sleep of Restless Hours" (17:02) - DISILLUSION -

"Neogenesis" (11:58) - ENSLAVED -

"Syndic Calls" (9:39) - ISIS -

"Altered Course" (9:56) - ISIS -
"Return to Uranus" (18:14) - WICKED MINDS - 

 "Sangre Derramada" (11:39) - MATRAZ -
"Sobreviviente" (18:33) - MATRAZ -
"Ellipsoidisk karusell (Ellipsoidic Merry-Go-Round)" (10:41) - PANZERPAPPA -
"Ompapaomompapa (Uhmpahpahuhmuhmpahpah)" (9:42) - PANZERPAPPA -
"Oiseaux (9:41) - LE SILO -
"The Hard Metallic Pigeon (9:35) - LE SILO -
"A Boy Named Fly" (12:03) - ABYDOS
"Thunderstorm" (30:24) - SOLAR PROJECT -
"Force Majeure" (20:00) - SOLAR PROJECT -
"War" (11:13) - SOLAR PROJECT -
"Le Monde À L'Envers" (15:02) - NEMO -

"Hearts Alive" (13:39) - MASTODON -
"Four Slices of Toast" (11:44) - MIKE KENEALLY -
"Waiting For The Answer" (11:28) - MIND KEY -
"Blame" (12:10) - RED SAND -
"Children memory" (10:15) - RED SAND -
"Mirror Of Insanity" (14:47) - RED SAND -
"The Eye Of Every Storm" (11:56) - NEUROSIS -
"A Season In The Sky" (9:50) - NEUROSIS -
"Bridges" (11:35) - NEUROSIS -
"Butterpriest Jam" (live 2004) (18:47) - ARABS IN ASPIC -

"Chimps in Space" (13:05) - HELMET OF GNATS -

"Something Out There" (17:17) - FAR CORNER -
"Fiction" (16:24) - FAR CORNER -
"Attack of the Martians" (10:41) - ECCENTRIC ORBIT -
"Forbidden Planet" (14:09) - ECCENTRIC ORBIT -
"Echoes "(12:30) - CULT OF LUNA -
"Vague Illusions "(10:14) - CULT OF LUNA -
"Waiting for You" (10:47) - CULT OF LUNA -
"Into the Beyond" (11:26) - CULT OF LUNA -
"Secret Place I" (9:03) - MIRAGE -
"You Don't Fool Me "(10:29) - MIRAGE -
"Friends of Mine" (11:19) - MIRAGE -
"Gone Margarita" (9:24) - MIRAGE -
"Tales from the Green Sofa" (12:34) - MIRAGE -
"Lost Snow" (15:12) - MONO -
"A Gap in the Night" (18:22) - THE TANGENT -
"Everything Works in Mexico" (11:56) - FRENCH TV -
"Pardon Our French (Medley)" (16:59) - FRENCH TV -
"Tears of a Velvet Clown" (13:17) - FRENCH TV -

"When the Ruff Tuff Creampufss Take Over" (11:41) - FRENCH TV -
"Time to Fantasize" (19:27) - SALMON -
"Behind The Great Beyond" (20:27) - GLASS HAMMER -
"Outside Nowhere" (19:02) - TAPROBAN -
"Isla Del Sol" (9:14) - OCEAN - 
"The Greatest Bane" (14:33) - OCEAN -

Just Too Short:

"Overruled" - FLOORIAN

"Six Days at The Bottom of The Sea" - EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

"In Fiction" (8:58) - ISIS

"Day Twelve: Trauma" (8:59) - AYREON 

"Day Two: Isolation" (8:42) - AYREON

*Bold print denotes a song that has risen into my pantheon of All-time favorite "epics."