The Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics of the Decade: The 2000s

PERFECT Long-Playing Prog Songs (14 + mins.)
"At the Court of Alkinoos" - GLASS HAMMER (40/40) = 10.0
"K.A. III" - MAGMA (45/45) = 10.0

"Chapter IX" - AETHER (40/40) = 10.0

"Quarante jours sur le Sinaï" - NIL (120/120) = 10..0 

"Sequencer (from 70 to 07)" - KLAUS SCHULZE (50/50) = 10.0

"Perfect Cosmic Storm" - BIG BIG TRAIN (30/30) = 10.0

"Vapour Trail" - SYLVAN (30/30) = 10.0

"En Las Manos de Dios" - NEXUS (30/30) = 10.0
"Second Life Syndrome" - RIVERSIDE (30/30) = 10.0
"The Manifold Curiosity" (14:30) - KAYO DOT (31/30) = 10.0

NEAR-PERFECT Long-Playing Prog Songs (9.50-9.99)
"Sulle ali del sogno Odissea" - C.A.P. (59/60) = 9.83
"Falling Stardrops" (15:46) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLCTIVE (29.5/30) = 9.83
"The Way Up: Part Two" - PAT METHENY (39/40) = 9.75

"From Silence to Noise" (15:36) - NOSOUND (29/30) = 9.67
"Zilezi" (15:14) - ARANIS (29/30) = 9.67
"The Bright Ambassadors of Morning" - PURE REASON REVOLUTION (24/25) = 9.6
"Sovrano dell-illusione" (Parts 1 & 2) - MAD CRAYON (33.5/35) = 9.57

"Tick Tock” (22:24) - GAZPACHO (43/45) = 9.56

"Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré II" - MAGMA (52.5/55) = 9.54

"Cassandra Gemini" - THE MARS VOLTA (62/65) = 9.538

"Pentacle's Suite" - KOTEBEL (57/60) = 9.51
"El Regresso (the Return)" - NEXUS (57/60) = 9.5
"Le Gardien" - NIL (38/40) = 9.5
"On the Run" (14:51) - SATELLITE (28.5/30) = 9.5 
"Jacob van Vennepkade II" (18:40) - OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ (38/40) = 9.5 
"Elsewhere" - YVES POTIN (47.5/50) = 9.5

"The Garden" - UNITOPIA - 9.5

PERFECT Mid-Length songs of the 2000s (9 - 14 mins. long):

"Wind, Water, & Fire" suite (13:48) - IONA (30/30) = 10.0
"Castlerigg" - IONA (21/20) = 10.0
"I Am The Sun (Part 2)" - THE FLOWER KINGS (20/20) = 10.0 
"Catastrophe" - KBB (20/20) = 10.0
"Nessa No Kiuku" - KBB (20/20) = 10.0

“Incubus" - THE BOX (20/20) = 10.0

“Kana” (9:03) - PROGHMA-C (20/20) = 10.0 

"Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost" - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL (20/20) = 10.0

“Laboratories of the Invisible World (Rollerskating the Cosmic Palmistric Postborder)" - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL (20/20) = 10.0

"Kuoriutuminen" - UZVA - (30/30) = 10.0

"Carpe" - RUSSIAN CIRCLES (20/20) = 10.0

"Cel Din Urma Vis" - NEGURA BUNGET - (20/20) = 10.0

"Birth Pains of Astral Projection" - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL (20/20) = 10.0

"Envy" - MAGENTA (20/20) = 10.0 
"Pane of Truth" - SYLVAN (20/20) = 10.0

"Cicatrix ESP" (12:30) - THE MARS VOLTA (30/30) = 10.0

"Marathon" - KAYO DOT - (20/20) = 10.0

"Drapery Falls" - OPETH - (20/20) = 10.0

NEAR-PERFECT Mid-Length Prog Songs (9.50-9.99)

"Us" - PEKKA POHJOLA - (19.75/20) = 9.875

"Summer Fall" - AISLES (19.5/30) = 9.75
"Five Suns II" - GAUPO (19.5/20) = 9.75
"Powder Monkey" - BIG BIG TRAIN (19.5/20) = 9.75
"Fronteira" (10:20) - VIOLETA DE OUTONO (19.5/20) = 9.75 

"Deep Into the Night" - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM (19.5/20) = 9.75

"The Boat Builder (Searching )" - CLEARLIGHT (19.5/20) = 9.75

"She" - FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM (19.5/20) = 9.75

“Vento madre” (13:24) - UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA (29.5/30) = 9.67

"Indigo" - PENDRAGON - (29/30) = 9.667

"Mourning Sun" -- FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM (19.25/20) = 9.625

"Ex-Slave" (12:47) - THORK (24/25) = 9.6
"The Sound of the Apocalypse" - BLACK BONZO (24/25) = 9.6
"European Lover / Random Avenger" (12:32) - MAGYAR POSSE (24/25) = 9.6

"Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore" - THE MARS VOLTA - (24/25) = 9.6

"Tiny Tears" - DEVIN TOWNSEND (19/20) = 9.5

"Salt Water Falling on Uneven Ground" (12:38) - BIG BIG TRAIN (23.75/25) = 9.5
"La Lumière" (9:10) - THORK (19/20) = 9.5
"Wald" (10:14) - ELECTRIC ORANGE (19/20) = 9.5
"Reflection" - TOOL (19/20) = 9.5
"Bizarre Flowers/A Violent Mist" - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL (19/20) = 9.5
"Divine Design" - KBB (19/20) = 9.5

"Depicting Colours Of Emotions" (10:18) QUIDAM - (19/20) = 9.5

"Abigails Questions (in An Infinite Universe)" (9:49) - BEARDFISH - (19/20) = 9.5

"Way Is Open" - CAFFEINE (19/20) = 9.5
"Milanó" - SIGUR  RÓS (19/20) = 9.5
"Woven Cord" - IONA (19/20) = 9.5
“Serenity in a Nutshell" - CIRRUS BAY (28.5/30) = 9.5

"The Maiden" - AISLES (19/20) = 9.5
"Greed" - MAGENTA (28.5/30) = 9.5
“Crashmind" - FROM.UZ (19/20) = 9.5

"Ricorre l'abbandono" - J'ACCUSE..! - (28.5/30) = 9.5

"Tout ce que j'ai rêvé" - JELLY FICHE (19/20) = 9.5

"Ryker Skies" - IQ - (19/20) = 9.5

Other GREAT Prog Songs (9.00 to 9.49)

"The Everlasting Hills" (Parts 1-5) - DAVE BAINBRIDGE (37.5/40) = 9.375

"Sloth" - MAGENTA (18.75/20) = 9.375
“Ato piradime” (15:51) - UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA (28/30) = 9.33

"The Garden" - UNITOPIA (42/45) = 9.33
"Quits" (14:49) - PAATOS (28/30) = 9.33
“Hybrisma" - DATURAH (18.5/20) = 9.25

“De Astrologia” (19:30) - UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA (37/40) =  9.25
"Milliontown" (26:35) - FROST* (46.5/50) = 9.25
"Voivode Dracula" - KARDA ESTRA (18.5/20) = 9.25

"Symptoms Alone" - FLOORIAN (18.5/20) = 9.25
"The Drapery Falls" - OPETH (18.5/20) = 9.25
"The Peter Criss Jazz" - DON CABALLERO (18.5/20) = 9.25
"Upside Down" - GAZPACHO (18.5/20) = 9.25
"Untitled #8 (Popplagið)" - SIGUR RÓS (18.5/20) = 9.25
"Sparks that Flash and Fall..." - KARDA ESTRA (18.5/20) = 9.25
"Bring Out the Sun" - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS (18.75/20) = 9.25
"Semi-Permiable Menbrane" - DIAGONAL (18.5/20) = 9.25
"Milliontown" (26:35) - FROST* (46.5/50) = 9.25
"Quando la morte mi colse nel sonno" - YUGEN (18.5/20) = 9.25
"Gathering Storm" - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR (41.5/45) = 9.22
"Metamorphosis" (23:51) - MAGENTA (46/50) = 9.2
"Note from the Past" - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM (23/25) = 9.2
"Dérégénération" (14:32) - NIL (27.5/30) = 9.167
"The Poet & The Pendulum" (13:54) - NIGHTWISH (27.5/30) = 9.167
"In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion" (14:45) - AGALLOCH (27.5/30) = 9.167
"Crime Story" - MY EDUCATION (18.25/20) = 9.125
"The Perfect Element" - PAIN OF SALVATION (18.25/20) = 9.125
"Walk It Off" - MOTH VELLUM (18.25/20) = 9.125
"The Black Tomato" (Parts I-III) (32:14) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (59/65) = 9.08
"Vessiko" suite (23:08) - UZVA (40.75/45) = 9.06
"Ra" - KOTEBEL (27/90) = 9.0
"Are You There?" - MONO (18/20) = 9.0
"Realm of Dreams" - TO-MERA (18/20) = 9.0
"Pick Up If You're There" - BIG BIG TRAIN (27/30) = 9.0
"Rumble" (Parts I-V) (38:50) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (72/80) = 9.0
"Thank You Evil" (9:17) - PHIDEAUX (18/20) = 9.0
"O redek" - SEVEN REIZH (18/20) = 9.0

Just Shy of 9 minutes:
“Someone Starts to Fade Away" (8:55) - NOSOUND (20/20) = 10.0
"Shimmering Lights" - THE D PROJECT (20/20) = 10.0
"Garden" - WILLOWGLASS (20/20) = 10.0
"Reaching for John Dowland" - BIG BIG TRAIN (20/20) = 10.0
"Girl With a Watering Can" - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL - (20/20) = 10.0

"Naan" (8:57) - PROGHMA-C - (19.25/20) = 9.625

"Time Control, or Controlled by Time" - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM (19/20) = 9.5
"Child of the Thundercloud" - DIAGONAL (19/20) = 9.5

"Time Travel" - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM (18.5/20) = 9.25

"In the Flesh" - PAIN OF SALVATION (18.5/20) = 9.25

2000
1. "Castlerigg" - IONA (21/20) = 10.0
2. "I Am The Sun (Part 2)" - THE FLOWER KINGS (20/20) = 10.0 
3. "Catastrophe" - KBB (20/20) = 10.0
4. "Nessa No Kiuku" - KBB (20/20) = 10.0
5. "Static" - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR (44/45) = 9.778

6. "Divine Design" - KBB (19/20) = 9.5
7. "Woven Cord" - IONA (19/20) = 9.5
8. "The Peter Criss Jazz" - DON CABALLERO (18.5/20) = 9.25
9. "Gathering Storm" - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR (41.5/45) = 9.22
10. "Barbiturus" - TAAL (27.5/30) = 9.1667

Honorable Mentions:

"Antarctica" (13:28) - KBB - (27/30) = 9.0

"Still Remains" (16:11) - FATES WARNING - (27/30) = 9.0

"Super Flat Moon" (11:35) - TAAL - (18/20) = 9.0

"Ones All Over the Place" (9:00) - DON CABALLERO - (18/20) = 9.0

"Rediscovery (Part II) - The New Mythology" (12:01)  - SYMPHONY X - (22.25/25) = 8.9

"Anamnesus" (9:11) - WHITE WILLOW - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Something From Nothing" (10:58) - FATES WARNING - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Songs of Ascent" suite - IONA - (39.75/45) = 8.8333

"Antennas to Heaven" (18:58) - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - (35/40) = 8.75

"The Crossing" (9:11)  - ENSLAVED - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"King of Loss" (9:46) - PAIN OF SALVATION - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"The Perfect Element" (10:09) - PAIN OF SALVATION - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Russia on Ice" - PORCUPINE TREE - (21.875/25) = 8.75

"Gnostalgia" - WHITE WILLOW - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Cathédrale" (10:45) - CAFEÏNE - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Flat Spectre" (12:34) - TAAL - (21.75/25) = 8.7

2001

1. "En Las Manos de Dios" (15:45) - NEXUS - (/3030) = 10.0
2. "Birth Pains of Astral Projection" (10:35) - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL - (20/20) = 10.0
3. "The Drapery Falls" (10:55) - OPETH - (20/20) = 10.0

4. "Us" (11:32) - PEKKA POHJOLA - (19.75/20) = 9.875

5. "Cadavres Exquis" (10:27) - ANGE - (19.75/20) = 9.875

6. "Come To Dust" (9:56) - EARTHWORKS - (19/20) = 9.50

6. "Tiny Tears" (9:13) - DEVIN TOWNSEND - (19/20) = 9.5

7. "Bizarre Flowers/A Violent Mist" (9:35) - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL - (19/20) = 9.5

8. "Sparks that Flash and Fall..." (10:24) - KARDA ESTRA -(19/20) = 9.5

9. "Watercourse Hymn" (10:10) - HAMADRYAD - (19/20) = 9.5

10. "If I Were the Wind (and You Were the Rain)" (9:23) - PENDRAGON - (18.5/20) = 9.25

11. "Gassttrumm" (9:24) - KOENJI HYAKKEI - (18.5/20) = 9.25

12. "Reflection" (11:09) - TOOL - (18.5/20) = 9.25

13. "Stranger in Your Soul" - TRANSATLANTIC (50.5/55) = 91.82

14. "Heroes" (9:27) - THE WATCH - (18.25/20) = 9.125

Honorable Mentions:

"Autour D'un cadavre exquis" (11:34) - ANGE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Serious Dreamers" (9:02) - THE FLOWER KINGS - (18/20) = 9.0

"With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept" (12:02) - EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - (22.5/25) = 9.0 

"Beyond the Pale" (9:56) - PAIN OF SALVATION - (18/20) = 9.0

"Lateralus"  (9:37) - TOOL - (18/20) = 9.0

"Action !" (9:39) - HAMADRYAD - (18/20) = 9.0

"Earth Day" (9:35) - DEVIN TOWNSEND - (18/20) = 9.0

"Despertar Dentro De Un Sueño (Metanoia Nivel 1)" (9:23) - NEXUS - (18/20) = 9.0

"Nameless" (10:24) - HAMADRYAD - (18/20) = 9.0

"Hybr'Ys" (9:14) - SEVEN REIZH - (17.75/20) = 8.875  

"Assassin (9:07) - FLAMBOROUGH HEAD - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Lussesoggi Zomn" (10:26) - KOENJI HYAKKEI - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Impulse" (11:17) - FLAMBOROUGH HEAD - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Pinguini" (13:42) - PICCHIO DAL POZZO - (26.5/30) = 8.8333

"Blackwater Park" (12:08) - OPETH - (22/25) = 8.8

"Light of Day, Day of Darkness" (60:06) - GREEN CARNATION - (105/120) = 8.75

"A Man of Nomadic Traits" (11:43) - PENDRAGON - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Il Presidente" (9:37) - PICCHIO DAL POZZO - (17.5/20 = 8.75

"Powerless" (9:30) - SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Defining The Legacy" (11:15) - FLAMBOROUGH HEAD - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Selaou" (10:17) - SEVEN REIZH - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"Temporary Peace" (18:26) - ANATHEMA - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"La Cittá" (13:12) - PICCHIO DAL POZZO - (21.75/25) = 8.7

"Garden Of Dreams" (12:35) - FLAMBOROUGH HEAD - (21.75/25) = 8.7

2002
1. "Untitled #8 (Popplagið)" - SIGUR RÓS - (20/20) = 9.75 

2. "Beyond the Pale" - PAIN OF SALVATION (19.5/20) = 9.75

3. "Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls" - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - (38/40) = 9.5 

4. "Coming Like Light" - IZZ - (19/20) = 9.5

5. "Skin" - BONDAGE FRUIT (56.5/60) = 94.1667

6. "No Quarter (Page - Plant)" - QUIDAM - (23.5/25) = 9.4

7. "Tsunami" (11:06) - 35007 - (18/75/20) = 9.375

8. "Quits" - PAATOS (28/30) = 9.33

9. "Silent Inferno" - THE FLOWER KINGS - (28/30) = 9.33

10. "Untitled #7 (Dauðalagið) (The Dead)" - SIGUR RÓS (18.5/20) = 9.25 

11. "Deep Inside" - SYLVAN - (18.5/20) = 9.25 

12. "In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion" - AGALLOCH - (27.5/30) = 9.1667

13. "motherfucker=redeemer" (31:33) - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - (55/60) = 9.1667

14. "Quimpromptu" - QUIDAM - (18.25/20) = 9.125

Honorable Mentions:

"La Maschera di Cera" - LA MASCHERA DI CERA (36/40) = 9.0

"The Hawthorne Passage" - AGALLOCH - (18/20) = 9.0

"Untitled #5" - SIGUR RÓS - (18/20) = 9.0

"Proof" - PAT METHENY GROUP - (18/20) = 9.0 

"Untitled #7" - SIGUR RÓS - (27/30) = 9.0 

"A Place in The World" - PAT METHENY GROUP - (18/20) = 9.0

"Del mio abisso e del vuoto" - LA MASCHERA DI CERA (18/20) = 9.0

"Weight" - ISIS - (18/20) = 9.0

"Under the Tree" - THE JELLY JAM - (18/20) = 9.0

"Artificial Paradise" - SYLVAN = (35.75/40) = 89.375

"Waiting for Water" - GRAND STAND - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"The Truth Will Set You Free" - THE FLOWER KINGS - (53/60) = 8.833

"Pangaia" - HIDRIA SPACEFOLK - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"A Nod and A Wink" - CAMEL - (17.5/20) = 8.75

2003

1. "The Manifold Curiosity" - KAYO DOT (31/30) = 10.0

2. "Cicatrix ESP" - THE MARS VOLTA (25/25) = 10.0

3. "Marathon" - KAYO DOT - (20/20) = 10.0

4. "The Boat Builder (Searching )" - CLEARLIGHT (19.5/20) = 9.75

5. "On the Run" - SATELLITE (28.5/30) = 9.5

6. "Way Is Open" - CAFFEINE (19/20) = 9.5

7. "Il Viaggio Nell' Oceano Capovolto (parte 2)" - LA MASCHERA DI CDERA - (42.5/45) = 9.44

Honorable Mentions:

"On the Run" - SATELLITE - (27/30) = 9.0

"The Same River" - RIVERSIDE - ((22.5/25) = 9.0

"Vela" - KARDA ESTRA - (18/20) = 9.0

"Photographs in Black and White" - NO-MAN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Long Forgotten" - OCEANSIZE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Wayfarer" - KAYO DOT (18/20) = 9.0
"Stratus" (13:24) - TAAL - (26.75/30) = 8.91667

"Waterfall Carnival" - FROGG CAFÉ - (35.5/40) = 8.875

"Il Grande Labirinto" (9:43) LA MASCHERA DI CERA -  (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Shutdown" - O.S.I. - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"First Breath After Coma" (9:33) - EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Il viaggio nell'oceano capovolto" (Parte 1) - LA MASCHERA DI CERA - (26.5/30) = 8.833

"The Purple Queen's Lips" (9:48) - TAAL - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Singing Deep Mountain" - GORDIAN KNOT - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"Invisible Legion" - AFTER CRYING - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"Skymind" (9:53) TAAL - (17.5/20) = 8.75

2004

1.  "K.A.  III" - 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" - GAUPO (19.5/20) = 9.75

5. "Powder Monkey" - 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) - DAVE BAINBRIDGE (37.5/40) = 9.375

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

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

14. "Voivode Dracula" - KARDA ESTRA (18.5/20) = 9.25

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

16. "Symptoms Alone" - FLOORIAN (18.5/20) = 9.25

17. "Crime Story" - MY EDUCATION (18.25/20) = 9.125

Honorable Mentions:

"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

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

"Altered Course" (9:56) - ISIS - (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

2005

1. "At the Court of Alkinoos" - GLASS HAMMER (40/40) = 10.0

2. "Chapter IX" - AETHER (40/40) = 10.0

3. "Second Life Syndrome" (15:40) - RIVERSIDE (30/30) = 10.0

4. "Sulle ali del sogno Odissea" - C.A.P. (59/60) = 9.83

5. "The Way Up: Part Two" - PAT METHENY (39/40) = 9.75

6. "She" (9:28) - FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM (19.5/20) = 9.75

7. "Zilezi" - ARANIS (29/30) = 9.67

8. "Mourning Sun" (10:34) - FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM (19.25/20) = 9.625

9. "Cygnus...Vismund cygnus" (13:02) - THE MARS VOLTA - (24/25) = 9.6

10. "Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore" - THE MARS VOLTA (24/25) = 9.6

11. "Cassandra Gemini" - THE MARS VOLTA (62/65) = 95.38

12. "El Regresso (the Return)" - NEXUS (57/60) = 9.5

13. "Milanó" (10:27) - SIGUR  RÓS - (19/20) = 9.5

14. "Le Gardien" - NIL (38/40) = 9.5 

15. "Idle End" - NOSOUND (18.5/20) = 9.25

16. "Flight Of Shamash" (9:13) - KVAZAR (18.5/20) = 9.25

17. "The Sixth Extinction Crept Up Slowly, Like Sunlight Through the Shutters, as We Looked Back in 18. "Regret" (19:32) - RED SPAROWES - (37/40) = 9.25

19. "Late Night Salvation" (12:17) - IZZ - (23/25) = 9.2

20. "Dérégénération" - NIL (27.5/30) = 9.167

21. "The Moment She Knew" (9:38) - NOSOUND - (18.25/20) = 9.125

Honorable Mentions:

"Sol 29" - NOSOUND (18/20) = 9.0

"Sequence I: The Weight" (10:14) - SEIGES EVEN - (18/20) = 9.0

"A Giant's Lullaby" (9:42) - KVAZAR - (18/20) = 9.0

"Sequence III: Unbreakable" (9:00) - SEIGES EVEN - (18/20) = 9.0

"When Everything Dies" (10:00) - GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT - (18/20) = 9.0

"The Way Up: Part Three" (15:54) - PAT METHENY GROUP - (26.75/30) = 8.91667

"Hinterland" (27:47) - WOBBLER - (49/55) = 8.909

"Green Arrow" (12:25) - MY EDUCATION - (22.25/25) = 8.9

"Deafening Silence" (21:36) - IZZ - (35.5/40) = 8.875

"Pigwhistle" (14:00) - THE FUTURE KINGS OF ENGLAND - (26.25/30) = 8.75

"Reverie/Harlequin Forest" (11:39) - OPETH - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"The Way Up: Part One" (26:27) - PAT METHENY GROUP - (43.5/50) = 8.7

"Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" (12:03) - PORCUPINE TREE - (21.75/25) = 8.7

"The Baying of the Hounds" (10:41) - OPETH - (17.4/20) = 8.7 

2006

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

Honorable Mentions:

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

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

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

"O redek" - 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

2007

1. "Perfect Cosmic Storm" (14:40) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (30/30) = 10.0

2. "Sequencer (from 70 to 07)" - KLAUS SCHULZE - (50/50) = 10.0

3. "Fronteira" (10:20) - VIOLETA DE OUTONO - (19.5/20) = 9.75 

4. "Deep Into the Night" - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM - (19.5/20) = 9.75

5. "Ex-Slave" (12:47) - THORK - (24/25) = 9.6

6. "The Sound of the Apocalypse" - BLACK BONZO - (24/25) = 9.6

7. "Salt Water Falling on Uneven Ground" (12:38) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (23.75/25) = 9.5

8. "Elsewhere" (24:55) - YVES POTIN - (47.5/50) = 9.5

9. "La Lumière" (9:10) - THORK - (19/20) = 9.5

10. "Wald" (10:14) - ELECTRIC ORANGE - (19/20) = 9.5

11. "Depicting Colours Of Emotions" (10:18) QUIDAM - (19/20) = 9.5

12. "Jacob van Vennepkade II" (18:40) - OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ - (38/40) = 9.5 

13. "A Different Man - Part ll" (13:07) - KNIGHT AREA - (23.25/25) = 9.3

14. "Upside Down" - GAZPACHO - (18.5/20) = 9.25 

15. "Metamorphosis" (23:51) - MAGENTA - (46/50) = 9.2

16. "Note from the Past" - HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM - (23/25) = 9.2

17. "The Poet & The Pendulum" (13:54) - NIGHTWISH - (27.5/30) = 9.167

18. "Dream of Stone" (17:01) - GAZPACHO - (32/35) = 9.143

19. "Walk It Off" - MOTH VELLUM - (18.25/20) = 9.125

20. "The Black Tomato" (Parts I-III) (32:14) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE - (59/65) = 9.08

Honorable Mentions:

"Pick Up If You're There" - BIG BIG TRAIN (27/30) = 9.0

"Rumble" (Parts I-V) (38:50) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE (72/80) = 9.0

"The Sum of No Reason" (13:26) - THE FLOWER KINGS - (27/30) = 9.0

"Thank You Evil" (9:17) - PHIDEAUX (18/20) = 9.0 

"Frank (New Version)" (22:57) - TRION (40/45) = 8.89

"The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange" - OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ (17.75/20) = 8.875 

"Stop Kolpakoff!" (9:57) - RATIONAL DIET - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Solar Winds" (9:47) - DEVIN TOWNSEND - (17.667/20) =  8.8335

"Massive Illusion" (13:38) - GAZPACHO - (26.5/30) = 8.8333

"What Have We Sown?" (27:46) - THE PINEAPPLE THIEF - (45/55) = 8.8182 

"Ultimate Trip" (13:13) - RIVERSIDE - (22/25) = 8.8
"From the Grey Notebook - Part 2" (13:48) - RATIONAL DIET - (26.33/30) = 8.777 

"Thor (Thunder)" - KLAUS SCHULZE (57/65) = 8.77 

"Indian Mood on Thethys" (9:38) - YVES POTIN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"The Ballad Of Samuel Layne" (20:17) -  MAGENTA (35/40) = 8.75

"A Dangerous Journey" (26:35) - RITUAL - (43.75/50) = 8.75

2008

1. "Someone Starts to Fade Away" - NOSOUND - (20/20) = 10.0
2. "Vento Madre" - UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA - (29/30) = 9.667
3. "Indigo" - PENDRAGON - (29/30) = 9.667
4. "From Silence to Noise" - NOSOUND - (29/30) = 9.667

5. "Crashmind" - FROM.UZ - (19/20) = 9.5

6. "Ricorre l'abbandono" - J'ACCUSE..! - (28.5/30) = 9.5
7. "The Garden" - UNITOPIA - 9.5
8. "Bring Out the Sun" - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS - (18.75/20) = 9.375

9. "Salto nel Buio" (13:45) PANDORA (28/30) = 9.33

10. "Ato piradime" - UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA - (28/30) = 9.33
11. "Argamasilla" (11:04) - WILLOWGLASS - (18.5/20) = 9.25

12. "Hybrisma" - DATURAH - (18.5/20) = 9.25

13. "Pandora" (11:43) PANDORA (18.5/20) = 9.25

14. “De Astrologia” (19:30) - UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA (37/40) =  9.25

15. "Semi-Permiable Menbrane" - DIAGONAL (18.5/20) = 9.25

16. "The Water Road" - THIEVES' KITCHEN (18.5/20) = 9.25

17. "Metamorphosis" (23:15) - MAGENTA (46/50) = 9.2

18. "Rainsuite" (12:42) - HOSTSONATEN - (23/25) = 9.2  

19. "Brother Where You Bound" (26:33) - SIMON SAYS - (45.75/50) = 9.15 

20. "As The River Runs" (10:40) - SIMON SAYS - (18.25/20) = 9.125

21. "What Will Happen" - SHAMALL - (18.25/20) = 9.125  

22. "Infernal Machina" (55:30) - JANNICK TOP = 90.40

Honorable Mentions:

"The Long Fianchetto" - THIEVES' KITCHEN- (36/40) = 9.0

"Le Grand Dieu Pan" (14:45) - SYRINX (27/30) = 9.0

"Suddenly The Rain" (14:47) - SIMON SAYS - (27/30) = 9.0

"Comatose” (parts I-III) (17:38) - PENDRAGON (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Too Much To Loose" (15:12) - THE PINEAPPLE THIEF (27/30) = 9.0

"Liber Nonacris" (19:38) SYRINX - (36/40) = 9.0

"The Willing Victim" - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS - (18/20) = 9.0

"Different World" (10:44) - THE PINEAPPLE THIEF (18/20) = 9.0

"The Lighthouse Song" - MOONGARDEN (18/20) = 9.0

"9" - DATURAH - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Two Blocks from the Edge" (9:54) - KARMAKANIC - (18/20) = 9.0

"The Children Gathering Around the Lake " - STEVE JANSEN, RICHARD BARBIERI, NOBUKAZU TAKEMURA - (18/20) = 9.0 

"Beautiful & Monstrous" - SUBSIGNAL - (18/20) = 9.0

"Les Arbres" (10:27) - JELLY FICHE - (18/20) = 9.0

2009

1. "Incubus" - THE BOX - (20/20) = 10.0

2. "Kana" (9:03) - PROGHMA-C - (20/20) = 10.0

3. "Excerpt from 6,000,000,000,000 Miles Before the First, or, the Revisitation of the Blue Ghost" - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL - (20/20) = 10.0

4. "Laboratories of the Invisible World (Rollerskating the Cosmic Palmistric Postborder)" - MAUDLIN OF THE WELL - (20/20) = 10.0

5. "Vapour Trail" - SYLVAN - (30/30) = 10.0

6. "Summer Fall" - AISLES - (19.5/30) = 9.75

7. "Naan" (8:57) - PROGHMA-C - (19.25/20) = 9.625

8. "Sovrano dell-illusione" (Parts 1 & 2) - MAD CRAYON - (33.5/35) = 9.57

9. "Tick Tock" (22:24) - GAZPACHO - (43/45) = 9.56

10. "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré II" - MAGMA - (42.75/45) = 9.5

11. "Abigails Questions (in An Infinite Universe)" (9:49) - BEARDFISH - (19/20) = 9.5

12. "Serenity in a Nutshell" - CIRRUS BAY - (28.5/30) = 9.5

13. "The Maiden" - AISLES - (19/20) = 9.5

14. "Ryker Skies" - IQ - (19/20) = 9.5

15. "Deadman" -  KARNIVOOL - (23.5/25) = 9.4

16. "Coup de grâce" - BEARDFISH - (18.75/20) = 9.375 

17. "Spiralling to Another" - PROGHMA-C - (18.75/20) = 9.375 

18. "Jack the Ripper" - PRESENT - (27.5/30) = 9.1667

19. "Zenobia" (16:47) - CIRRUS BAY - (32/35) = 9.143

20. "Thoughts Are Swimming in My Head" (Parts 1 & 2) - SHAMALL - (18.25/20) = 9.125

21. "Simurgh" (13:09) - KOTEBEL - (22.75/25) = 9.10

Honorable Mentions:

"Disaffected and Abused" (17:38) - ANUBIS - (31.5/35) = 9.0

"Fading" - ARCANE - (22.5/25) = (9.0) 

"Hawaii" (15:00) - AISLES - (27/30) = 9.0

"Ouroboros" (16:07) - KOTEBEL - (27/30) = 9.0

"Until You Comply/entropy" (15:21) - BEARDFISH - (27/30) = 9.0

"Perpetual Twilight" - iNFiNiEN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Pure as Snow (Trails of the Winter Storm)" (11:26) - MONO - (18/20) = 9.0

"Change" - KARNIVOOL - (18/20) = 9.0

"Re schiavo" (Parts 1 & 2) - MAD CRAYON - (18/20) = 9.0

"Kahden Kuun Sirpit" (22:50) - VIIMA - (40.25/45) = 8.9444 

"The Collapse" - ANUBIS - (22.25/25) = 8.9

"The Underfall Yard" - BIG BIG TRAIN - (40/45) = 8.889

"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made of" (10:40) - BEARDFISH - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Deliverance" - THE BLACK NOODLE PROJECT - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Can't Feel the Earth, (Part II)" - IZZ - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Sorterargatan 3" - GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Dopo il vento" - DELIRIUM - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Bond of Mutual Distrust" - ANUBIS - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Imperial Winter Wine" - WOBBLER - (26.5/30) = 8.833

"A Last Drop" - PRESENT - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Pure as Snow (Trails of the Winter Storm)" - MONO - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"La Roche (Meeting Point)" - MIRIODOR - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"Harpsong" (19:19) - Judy Dyble - (35/40) = 8.75

"Västerbron 05:30" - GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Sycamore" - CASPIAN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Asylum: Acolyte Zero" - ARCANE - (21.75/25) = 8.7

"Victorian Brickwork" (12:33) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (21.75/25) = 8.70

"In Taberna" - WOBBLER - (21.75/25) = 8.7