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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

"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) = 

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."