Highest Rated Debut Albums of the 21st Century

Using my exclusive metric album ratings system I can compare albums a little more objectively in order to make lists such as this: My highest rated albums among 21st Century releases that were debuts for the respective bands.

1. HOMUNCULUS RES Limiti all'eguaglianza della Parte con il Tutto (2013) - 97.2

2. VANETA Antimemory § (2016) - 97.14

3. PÄATOS Timeloss (2002) - 96.0

4. MONOBODY Monobody (2015) - 94.61

5. FIVE-STOREY ENSEMBLE* Not That City (2013) - 94.50

6. SEVEN IMPALE City of the Sun (2014) - 94.44

7. WESERBERGLAND* Sehr Kosmisch, Ganz Progisch 
 (2017) - 94.44

8. GHOST MEDICINE Discontinuance § (2016) - 94.29

9. DEMEN Nektyr (2018) - 94.29

10. KAYO DOT* Choirs of the Eye (2003) - 94.0

11. TREE TOPS Ghosts Don't Dance with Shoes § (2017) - 93.69





12. KANT FREUD KAFKA No tengas miedo (2014) - 93.33





13. AMOEBA SPLIT Dance of the Goodbyes (2010) - 92.88





14. KBB Lost and Found (2000) - 92.86

15. THE MARS VOLTA De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)

16. FUNIN Unsound § (2010) - 92.73

17. THE GABRIEL CONSTRUCT Interior City § (2013) - 92.41





18. IAMTHEMORNING ~ (2012) - 91.875





19. GA'AN Ga'an (2009) - 91.67





20. THE NERVE INSTITUTE Fictions § (2009) - 91.67





21. PURE REASON REVOLUTION The Dark Third (2006) - 91.60





22. DOVES Lost Souls (2000) - 91.43

23. MAGICK BROTHER & MYSTIC SISTER Magick Brother & Mystic Sister (2020) - 91.39

24. DIAGONAL Diagonal (2008) - 91.05




25. BIG BAD WOLF Pond Life § (2017) - 90.625





26. ARNAUD BUKWALD La marmite cosmique (2016) - 90.42





27. SOUP Remedies (2017) - 90.31





28. FUZZ PUDDLE Speciecide (2019) - 90.21

29. CICADA Over Land/Under Water (2010) - 90.0

30. SLEEPMAKESWAVES …and so we destroyed everything (2011) - 90.0

31. CAMEMBERT Schnörgl Attahk (2011) - 90.0

32. JAM IT! Follow the Universe (2015) - 90.0

33. STARSABOUT Halflights (2016) - 90.0

UNREAL CITY La Crudeltà di Aprile (2013)

INGRANAGGI DELLA VALLE In hoc signo (2014)

GLEB KOLYADIN* Gleb Kolyadin (2019)

MARJANA SEMKINA* Sleepwalking (2020)

CICCADA A Child in the Mirror (2010)

LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO La Coscienza di Zeno (2011)

I AND THOU Speak (2012)

NEON HEART Neon Heart (2020)

MAGIC BUS Magic Bust (2010)

DIZZY MYSTICS Wanderlost (2019)

EX CANIX Primi (2018)

A FORMAL HORSE Here Comes a Man with a Flamethrower (2019)

* denotes new band formed by prog veterans
§ denotes a one-off; the band has yet to release a second album