2006's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2006 studio releases:

Masterpieces:

1. "Wind, Water, & Fire" suite (13:48) - IONA - (30/30) = 10.0

2. "Pane of Truth" (9:02) - SYLVAN - (20/20) = 10.0

3. "Carpe" (9:01) - RUSSIAN CIRCLES - (20/20) = 10.0 

4. "Cel Din Urmã Vis"(10:03) - NEGURA BUNGET - (20/20) = 10.0

5. "Falling Stardrops" (15:46) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLCTIVE - (29.5/30) = 9.83

6.  "Kuoriutuminen," Parts 1, 2 & 3 (13:35) - UZVA - (29.25/30) = 9.75

7. "The Bright Ambassadors of Morning" (11:57) - PURE REASON REVOLUTION - (24/25) = 9.6

8. "European Lover / Random Avenger" (12:32) - MAGYAR POSSE - (24/25) = 9.6

9.  "Pentacle Suite" (30:11) - KOTEBEL - (57/60) = 9.51

10. "Milliontown" (26:24) - FROST* - (46.5/50) = 9.25

11. "Quando la morte mi colse nel sonno" (9:23) - YUGEN - (18.5/20) = 9.25 

12. "The Sea Swells A Bit" (21:00) - AIDAN BAKER - (37/40) = 9.25

13. "Vessiko" suite (23:08) - UZVA - (40.75/45) = 9.06

Other Very Good Songs:

"Ra" (13:12) - KOTEBEL - (27/90) = 9.0

"Are You There?" (10:25) - MONO - (18/20) = 9.0

"Realm of Dreams" (9:44) - TO-MERA - (18/20) = 9.0 

"O redek" (10:04) - SEVEN REIZH - (18/20) = 9.0

"Arabian Ran-ta" (10:00) - USVA - (18/20) = 9.0

"Millions Starved And Became Skinnier And Skinnier While Our Leaders Became Fatter And Fatter" (10:01) - RED SPAROWES - (18/20) = 9.0

"SAI" (15:02) - OOIOO - (27/30) = 9.0

"Del abismo al sol" (9:53) - NEXUS - (18/20) = 9.0

"Blackhole" ((9:05) - iNFiNiEN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Perpetuum Karma" (14:59)- NEXUS - (26.75/30) = 8.91667

"Dim" - CULT OF LUNA - (17.825/20) = 8.9125

"Visioni di Archimede" (9:00) - PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Apprentis sorcier" (20:05) - NEMO - (35.25/40) = 8.8125

"Tesarul de lumini" (12:48) - NEGURA BUNGET - (22/25) = 8.8

"Johdatus" (9:31) - VIIMA - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Deceit" (10:16) - AREKNAMÉS - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Inaugural Bash" (26:56) - DELUGE GRANDER - (48/55) = 8.727

"Mirar hacia el centro" (17:30) - NEXUS - (30.5/35) = 8.714

"Ignis Fatuus" (11:22) - AREKNAMÉS - (17.4/20) = 8.7

Also rconsidered:

"Cruces y sombres" (14:02) - NEXUS - (26/30) = 8.667 

"The Flames Beyond The Cold Mountain" (13:29) - MONO - (26/30) = 8.667

"Black Light Machine" (10:06) - FROST* - (17.25/20) = 8.625 

"The Mass" (15:09) - KHATSATURJAN - (25.75/30) = 8.58333

"Excellent Meat" (9.00) - KOTEBEL - (17/20) = 8.5

"Psychic Jugglers" (11:10) - UNEXPECT (17/20) = 8.5

"We Love You" (9:14) - THE PINEAPPLE THIEF - (17/20) = 8.5

"Hope to See Another Day"(12:12) - BELIEVE - (21.25/25) = 8.5  

"Tetragrammaton"(16:42) - THE MARS VOLTA - (24.75/30) = 8.25

"Clover Rd ABC" (9:52) - COMBINATION HEAD - (16.25/20) = 8.125  

"Consumed by the Goblin" (14:51) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE - (24/30) = 8.0

"Different Realities" (11:14) - USVA - (16/20) = 8.0

"KMS" (9:00 ) - OOIOO 0 - (16/20) = 8.0

"We Stood Transfixed In Blank Devotion As Our Leader Spoke To Us, Looking Down On Our Mute Faces With A Great, Raging, And Unseeing Eye" (10:01) - RED SPAROWES - (16/20) = 8.0

"Yearning" (15:38) - MONO - (24/30) = 8.0

"Moonlight" (13:04) - MONO - (20/25) = 8.0

"Like The Howling Glory Of The Darkest Winds, This Voice Was Thunderous And The Words Holy, Tangling Their Way Around Our Hearts And Clutching Our Innocent Awe" (11:24) - RED SPAROWES - (14/20)

As Yet Unrevieewed:

"Douce mort" (16:26) - NEMO - (/30) =  

Just shy of 9 minutes:
"Sudden Death" (8:56) - MAGYAR POSSE - (20/20) = 10.0 

"Shimmering Lights" (8:54) - THE D PROJECT (20/20) = 10.0

"Children Of Stone" (8:54) - ESPERS (18.5/20) - 9.25

"Arrival/The Intention Craft" - PURE REASON REVOLUTION

*Bold print denotes songs that have risen into my pantheon of All-time favorite "epics."