2017's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

I've only listened to about 250 albums from 2017. These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2012 studio releases:

Masterpieces:

1. "(You Will) Live Forever Now" (22:40) - ELECTRIC MOON - (45/45) = 10.0
2. "Stato di grazia" (11:00) - ALIO DIE & LINGUA FUNGI - (20/20) = 10.0
3. "IV" (11:58) - BELIEVE - (25/25) = 10.0
4. "Pigeons in Space" (12:59) - TREE TOPS - (25/25) = 10.0

5. "Around the Second Moon" (22:45) - SEQUENTIA LEGENDA - (45/45) = 10.0

6. "Undermind" (9:32) - COSMIC TRIGGERS - (20/20) = 10.0

7. "Vixit I" (24:02) - BATTLESTATIONS - (49/50) = 9.80
8. "Brave Captain" (12:37) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (24.375/25) = 9.75

9. "Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde" (15:42) - WESERBERGLAND - (29/30) = 9.6667
10. "Fécondée par un extra-terrestre" (15:10) - CAMEMBERT - (29/30) = 9.6667

11. "The Boy and the Snow" (11:32) - SOUP - (19.25/30) = 9.625
12. "Sleepers" (13:35) - SOUP - (28.75/30) = 9.58333

13. "Vixit III" (14:05) - BATTLESTATIONS - (28.75/30) = 9.58333

14. "Morgon" (9:01) - DEMEN - (19/20) = 9.5
15. "Skwitch" (14:47) - CAMEMBERT - (28.5/30) = 9.5
16. "Foxlight" (13:19) - WOBBLER - (23.75/25) = 9.5

17. "Quiet Coach" (9:16) - BIG BAD WOLF - (19/20) = 9.5

18. "Drugs" (9:09) - TREE TOPS - (19/20) = 9.5
19. "Lento" (18:34) - ALIO DIE & LINGUA FUNGI - (38/40) = 9.5

20. "Routine Maintenance" (12:41) - BUBBLEMATH - ((23.75/25) = 9.5
21. "Entre as Esterlas" (52:55) - VITRAL - (99.75/105) = 9.5
22. "Flying Owl" (10:12) - YVES POTIN/JAZZCOMPUTER.ORG - (19/20) = 9.5

23. "Eros vs Anteros" (10:02) - ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI - (19/20) = 9.5

24. "Giardinaggio interiore" (31:50) - ALIO DIE & LINGUA FUNGI - (57/60) = 9.5
25. "Thousand Hands" (9:37) - ELDER - (19/20) = 9.5
26. "Symphony For A Perfect Moment" (17:56) - SILHOUETTE - (33/35) = 9.429

27. "Future Tribes" (11:32) - YVES POTIN/JAZZCOMPUTER.ORG - (18.75/20) = 9.375

28. "Silent Universe" (9:42) - DREAMSTATE LOGIC - (18.75/20) = 9.375

29. "Sensing Elements" (13:33) - TANGERINE DREAM - (28/30) = 9.333

30. "London Plane sequence" (13:20) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (27.875/30) = 9.2916667

31. "Hunt" (17:52) - AMAROK - (33.25/35) = 9.2857

32. "Tanzen und Springen" (9:44) - WESERBERGLAND - (18.5/20) = 9.25

33. "From Silence to Somewhere" (20:59) - WOBBLER - (37/40) = 9.25

34. "Empty World" (10:30) - ANTOINE FAFARD - (18.5/20) = 9.25

35. "Etheric Echoes" (9:26) - DREAMSTATE LOGIC - (18.5/20) = 9.25

36. "Mirror Lake" (9:17) - YVES POTIN/JAZZCOMPUTER.ORG - (18.5/20) = 9.25

37. "Awakenings" (9:03) - KANT FREUD KAFKA - (18.5/20) = 9.25

38. "On The Edge Of New Horizons" (17:10) - KAIPA - (32.375/35) = 9.25

39. "They Grow Layers of Life Within" (32:02) - ALIO DIE - (60/65) = 9.231

40. "Blind" (13:24) - ELDER - (27.5/30) = 9.166667

41. "Fern Chimes" (9:47) - YVES POTIN/JAZZCOMPUTER.ORG - (18.25/20) = 9.125

42. "Edge of Eternity" (9:38) - DREAMSTATE LOGIC - (18.25/10) = 9.125

43. "Tigers" (10:35) - THE SAMURAI OF PROG - (18.25/20) = 9.125

44. "Die Kunst der Fuge Testtest" (12:02) - WESERBERGLAND - (22.75/25) = 9.10

Also Very Good Songs:

"Return To Ommadawn (Pt.1)" (21:10) - MIKE OLDFIELD - (36/40) = 9.0

"II" (9:07) - BELIEVE - (18/20) = 9.0
"The Lament of Pr. Frankenschnörgl" (9:11) - CAMEMBERT - (18/20) = 9.0

"In Dim Days" (11:04) - WHITE WILLOW - (18/20) = 9.0

"Fallvind" (10:16) - HIMMELLEGEME - (18/20) = 9.0
"Monochrome (Pensive)" (9:24) - THE CONTORTIONIST - (18/20) = 9.0
"Back to the Start" (11:41) - ANATHEMA - (18/20) = 9.0

"Stardust (The Picture)" (10:13) - ELECTRIC MOON - (18/20) = 9.0

"Back" (15:19) - DRAW THE SKY - (27/30) = 9.0

"The Clock Unwound" (15:58) - GENTLE KNIFE - (27/30) = 9.0
"I" (10:49) - BELIEVE - (18/20) = 9.0
"Fermented Hours" (10:10) - WOBBLER - (18/20) = 9.0
"A Void That I Can Depart To" (10:07) - BUBBLEMATH - (18/20) = 9.0
"És quan dormo que" (10:54) - KANT FREUD KAFKA - (18/20) = 9.0
"Infinite Spirals" (9:15) - DREAMSTATE LOGIC - (18/20) = 9.0

"Rules of the Desert" (11:35) - CAST - (18/20) = 9.0

"Bluebird" (17:51) - KAPREKAR'S CONSTANT - (31.5/35) = 9.0

"Summer Skies" (10:49) - DRIFTING SUN - (18/20) = 9.0

"The Falling Veil" - ELDER - (18/20) = 9.0
"Language Is" (11:24) - CHEER-ACCIDENT - (18/20) = 9.0
"Forest Mist" (9:20) - YVES POTIN/JAZZCOMPUTER.ORG - (18/20) = 9.0

"Bortom Hemom" (10:19) - AGUSA - (18/20) = 9.0 

"The Atom of Existence" (26:20) - ALIO DIE - (45/50) = 9.0

"Soplo de vida" (9:10) - NEXUS (18/20) = 9.0

"The Last Outpost" (9:31) - DREAMSTATE LOGIC - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Code of Existence" (9:25) - DREAMSTATE LOGIC - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Genesis Of Precious Thoughts" (9:10)  - TANGERINE DREAM - (18/20) = 9.0

"Shape of the Wind" (16:00) - ALIO DIE & AGLAIA - (27/30) = 9.0
"One Second Before Dark" (18:12) - ALIO DIE & AGLAIA - (36/40) = 9.0

"Wake of a Silver Water" (22:08) - ALIO DIE & AGLAIA - (40.5/45) = 9.0

"Stratums of Seraphic Voices" (26:28) - SEQUENTIA LEGENDA - (45/50) = 9.0
"Bortom Hemom" (10:19) - AGUSA - (18/20) = 9.0

"Rolling Stone" (9:26) - ULVER - (18/20) = 9.0
"Bosses Hanging (Pt. I, II & III)" (14:42) - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - (27/30) = 9.0
"Illusions and Tribulations" (9:27)  - CAST - (18/20) = 9.0
"Experimental Gentlemen" (10:01) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Staving Off Truth "(10:18) - ELDER (18/20) = 9.0

"Biomechanical" (16:21) - NON NEWTONIAN MAN - (27/30) = 9.0

“Crumbling Castle (10:44) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Fell" (15:53) - KNALL - (26.5/30) = 8.8333

"The Journey" (20:15) - ANTOINE FAFARD - (35.25/40) = 8.8125

"London Song" (34:03) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (61.5/70) = 8.7857

"Coccoon" (19:46) - BARROWS - (35/40) = 8.75

"A Scarred View" (18:16) - WHITE WILLOW - (35/40) = 8.75

"Xenolith" (10:05) - ISULDUR'S BANE - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Sightseeing" (11:00) - KNALL - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Winter" (10:16) - BJORN RIIS - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"A Numbered Rat, A High Ledge, And A Maze Of Horizons" (11:30) - DELUGE GRANDER - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Manokus" (9:50) - GROOVE FETISH - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"Syndenes Magi" (12:20) - ARABS IN ASPIC - (21.75/25) = 8.7

Also considered:

"Raubkatze" (11:03) - KNALL - (17.333/20) = 8.6667

"Houdini" (21:26) - KAPREKAR'S CONSTANT - (34.5/40) = 8.625

"Aral Sea, Parts I, II & III" (20:52) - SOUL ENEMA - (34.5/40) = 8.625

"Non-Locality Destination" (9:59) - TANGERINE DREAM - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Periscope" (9:07) - GENETICS - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Stranger in a Strange Land" (9:25) - EMERALD DAWN - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Catwalk" (9:08) - KNALL - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Hallsands" (14:18) - KAPREKAR'S CONSTANT - (25.75/30) = 8.58333

"Return To Ommadawn (Pt.2)" (20:57) - MIKE OLDFIELD - (34/40) = 8.5

"Children Of The Sounds" (11:31) - KAIPA - (17/20) = 8.5

"A Mead Hall In Winter" (15:20)  - BIG BIG TRAIN - (25.5/30) = 8.5

"Sanctuary" (11:14) - ELDER - (17/20) = 8.5

"Gros bouquin" (11:11) - CAMEMBERT - (17/20) = 8.5
"Syndicate" (9:05) - COSMIC TRIGGERS - (17/20) = 8.5

"Olandese Volante" (14:52) - NON NEWTONIAN MAN - (25.5/30) = 8.5

"Temna Rika" (The Dark River) (11:09) - OBIYMYI DOSCHU - (17/20) = 8.5

"Ikarus" (10:01) - DOWN WITH THE GYPSIES - (17/20) = 8.5

"Lachs" (10:03) - KNALL - (17/20) = 8.5

"Resignation" (10:16) - GENTLE KNIFE - (17/20) = 8.5

"Isabel - A Report to an Academy" (9:41) - MAJOR PARKINSON - (17/20) = 8.5

"Cascata" (22:41) - SAMUEL CADIMA (38.25/45) = 8.5

"Twilight (The Other Side Of Life)" (9:25) - DRIFTING SUN - (17/20) = 8.5

"Baseball" (10:20) - MAJOR PARKINSON - (17/20) = 8.5

"Landet Längesen" (10:29) - AGUSA - (17/20) = 8.5

"Third War Three" (13:22) - KUNGENS MÄNS - (25.5/30) = 8.5 

"Broken" (9:10) - BAROCK PROJECT - (17/20) = 8.5

"House Of The Mind" (14:47) - COMEDY OF ERRORS - (25.5/30) = 8.5

"Marsz" (9:01) - DOWN WITH THE GYPSIES - (17/20) = 8.5

"Pendulum" (9:00) - PERIDONI - (17/20) = 8.5
"Mechanoya" (12:00) - KSHETTRA - (21/25) = 8.4 

"Battlefield" (9:05) - LUNATIC SOUL - (16,75/20) = 8.375

"Pawn" (9:18) - NON NEWTONIAN MAN - (16/20) = 8.0

"Karhunpäivä" (17:27) -  ALIO DIE & LINGUA FUNGI - (28/35) = 8.0

"Elevation" (20:36) - SEQUENTIA LEGENDA - (32/40) = 8.0

"Graves" (15:31) - CALIGULA'S HORSE - (24/30) = 8.0

"Six Feet Underground" (9:35) - SILHOUETTE - (16/20 = 8.0

"Plans Askew" (9:22) - GENTLE KNIFE - (16/20) = 8.0

"Harlequins" (11:45) - CIRKUS - (20/25) = 8.0

"Dive with me" (9:32) - CELLAR NOISE - (16/20) = 8.0

"Walk Under the Moon" (13:19) - KSHETTRA - (24/30) = 8.0

"Constant Flow (15:45) - KARFAGEN - (22.5/30) = 7.5

"Like A Serpentine" (12:52) - KAIPA - (18.75/25) = 7.5

"Song Of Wandering Jacomus (13:47) - COMEDY OF ERRORS - (22.5/30) = 7.5

"Kryla" (Wings) (10:10) - OBIYMYI DOSCHU - (15/20) = 7.5

"What's Behind The Fields" (9:31) - KAIPA - (15/20) = 7.5

"Sand " (24:31)  - MONARCH TRAIL - (37.5/50) = 7.5

As-yet unrated:

"Anthem For No State (Pt. I, II & III)" (14:41) - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - (/30) = 

"Hoping Against Hope" (10:06) - THINKING PLAGUE - (/20) = 

"A Dirge for the Unwitting" (13:45) - THINKING PLAGUE - (/30) = 

"One Second Before Dark" (18:12) - ALIO DIE & AGLAIA - (/35)

"Wake of A Silver Water" (22:07) - ALIO DIE & AGLAIA - (/45) 

"A Thousand Shards Of Heaven" (12:17) - LUNATIC SOUL - (/25)

"Mission Ganymede" (20:21) - ANTOINE FAFARD - (/40) = 

"Let It Go" - SHED

"Musique Noir" - EMERALD DAWN

"Mørket 2" - ARABS IN ASPIC

"Mørket 3" - ARABS IN ASPIC

Close but just a little too short:

"Si loin, si proche" (8:18) - AUQUASERGE - (20/20)

"Oneness" (8:15) - KOTEBEL - (19.25/20)
"Simple Past" (8:58) - ROBERT JURENDAHL - (19/20) 

"Used to Be Home" (8:55) - CICADA - (19/20)

"Green Boy" (8:14) - SIIILK - (19/20)

"Vida y Muerte" (8:28) - KANT FREUD KAFKA - (19/20)

"V" (8:03) - BELIEVE - (19/20)

"Through Stained Glass" (8:46) - CAST - (19/20)
"Jord II" (8:27) - JORDSJØ - (19/20)
"Everdrive" (8:02)  - GODSTICKS - (19/20) 

"Post Ignem" (8:26) - KOTEBEL (18.75/20)
"La Spirale Del Vento" (8:43) - IL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE - (/20)

"VI" (8:36) - BELIEVE (18/20)
"Vida y muerte" - KANT FREUD KAFKA
"VII" (8:48) - BELIEVE - (18/20)
"Tristrant" (8:48) - WESERBERGLAND - (18/20) 
"Making Light of Traffic" (8:58) - BUBBLEMATH - (18/20)

"Dromology" (8:55) INNER EAR BRIGADE - (18/20)

"A New Atmosphere" (8:23) - SCHNAUSER - (18/20)

"Lichtbündel" - SULA BASSANA

"Entangled Universe" (8:46) - KOTEBEL - (18/20)

"Fall'n Fly" (8:43) - HAMADRYAD - (18/20)

"Vale Of Dreams (8:34) - KARFAGEN - (18/20) 
"Power and Outcome" - CAST
"Dream the Dead" (8:09) - CALIGULA'S HORSE - (14.25/15)
"Million Light Years" - STARSABOUT
"Drive" - ISULDUR'S BANE

"Mystical Mountain" (8:50) - MAGIC BUS - (/20) = 

"The Divine Abstract" (8:06) - CHARLIE CAWOOD - (17/20)

"Earth Dragon" (8:35) - CHARLIE CAWOOD - (18/20)

"Beyond the Veil" - DREAMSTATE LOGIC - (8:57) (17/20)

"God's Acre" (8:11) - SOEN

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