2022's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2022 studio releases:

Masterpieces:

1. "432 Bars" (14:18) - STRANGE POP - (29.5/30) = 9.833

2. "Hypertension" (15:00) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (29.5/30) = 9.833

3. "Chariots of the Sun (22:22) - To Phaeton on the Occasion of the Sunrise (theme from an imagined movie)" - MOTORPSYCHO - (44/45) = 9.778
4. "Raum" (14:54) - TANGERINE DREAM - (29/30) = 9.667

5. "Time in Your Face" (10:27) - GREEN ASPHALT - (19.25/20) = 9.625

6. "Until My Wings Turn to Ashes" (9:22) - JAMBINAI - (19.25/20) = 9.625

7. "Iron Lung" (9:05) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (19.25/20) = 9.625

8. "Sacrae Symphonia No. 1" (39:48) - WESERBERGLAND - (75/80) = 9.5

9. "Fall of the Watcher" (9:12) - RETURNED TO THE EARTH - (19/20) = 9.5

10. "Der Hauch des Lebens (Parts 1-5)" (27:07) - KLAUS SCHULZE - (52/55) = 9.455

11. "Emnalóc (12:22) - ROLAND BÜHLMANN - (23.5/25) = 9.4

12. "I Have Little to No Memories of These Memories" (47:48) - TOEHIDER - (89/95) = 9.368

13. "Endtime" (9:03) - HAVEN OF ECHOES - (18.75/20) = 9.375

14. "Achilles" (10:48) - JOHN HOLDEN - (18.667/20) = 9.33

15. "Summer Queen" (15:52) - JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE - (28/30) = 9.33

16.  "Part Cloud" (10:32) - HANNAH PEEL & PARAORCHESTRA - (18.66/20) = 9.33

17. "Polarchoral" (14:05) - GRICE - (28/30) = 9.33

18 "The Horror" (16:21) - RANESTRANE - (28/30) = 9.33

19. "Catastasis" (10:50) - ELDER - (18.5/20) = 9.25

20. "Sierra Leone" (10:54) - MARILLION - (18.5/20) = 9.25

21. "Change" (13:03) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (23/25) = 9.20

22. "You Have It All" (14:25) - LOBATE SCARP (27.5/30) = 9.1667 

23. "Seth (Parts 1-7)" (31:47) - KLAUS SCHLUZE - (59.5/65) = 91.54

24. "Die Before You Wake" (19:33) - BEN CRAVEN - (36.5/40) = 9.125

25. "The Machinery" (10:44) - INNER PROSPEKT - (18.25/20) = 9.125

26. "Be Hard on Yourself" (9:28) - MARILLION - (18.25/20) = 9.125 

27. "Tra Cielo e Terra" (9:04) - ALIANTE - (18.25/20) = 9.125

28. "For Yesterday" (9:14) - BIRTH - (18.25/20) = 9.125 

29. "Alda" (20:52) - BREIDABLIK - (36.5/40) = 9.125

Other Great Songs:

"In 256 Zeichen" (19:07) - TANGERINE DREAM - (36/40) = 9.0

"The Mountain" (16:40) - NEIL CAMPBELL - (27/30) = 9.0

"Refuse" (10:55) - BUBBLEMATH - (18.0/20) = 9.0

"Land of Gold" (13:20) - KARFAGEN - (27/30) = 9.0

"Hell's Itch" (13:27) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (27/30) = 9.0 

"Peace Patrol" (10:00) - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS - (18/20) = 9.0

"Oceans of Time" (11:37) - JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE - (18/20) = 9.0

"The Watcher" (9:03) - VERBAL DELIRIUM - (18/20) = 9.0

"Starseeds" (9:17) - ED WYNNE - (18/20) = 9.0 

"Ascent" (9:11) - iNFiNiEN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Alarm Bells" (10:26) - GRICE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Naked Sky" (10:26) - ONSÉGAN ENSEMBLE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Labyrinth 66 Part 1 & 2" (13:07) - DAAL - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Il Mondo di Fronte" (9:24) - ALIANTE - (18/20) = 9.0

"The Watcher" (9:03) - VERBAL DELIRIUM - (18/20) = 9.0

"Coalescence" (9:47) - ELDER - (18/20) = 9.0

"Assailen" (9:22) - ROLAND BÜHLMANN - (18/25) = 9.0

"Basketball Shoes" (12:37) - BLACK COUNTRY; NEW ROAD - (22/25) = 8.88

"The Lady Tied to the Lamp Post" (20:52) - THE TANGENT - (35.5/40) = 8.875

"Ice V" (10:15) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (17.75.20) = 8.875

"Napalm" (20:12) - RANESTRANE - (35.5/40) = 8.875

"Dark Matter" (11:16) - ARKITEKTURE - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Special Waste" (10:03) - 

INNER PROSPEKT 

- (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Endless Return" (9:54) - ELDER - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Yndrun" (9:50) - ROLAND BÜHLMANN - (17.75/20) = 8.875 

"Everything" (10:13) - BUBBLEMATH - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Liminal Veil" (9:07) - DREADNAUGHT - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Merged in Dreams - Ne Plus Ultra" (14:43) - ELDER - (26.5/30) = 8.833

"Reaper Man" (9:20) - GHOST TOAST - (17.667/20) = 8.833

"Neon Eye Cage" (9:30) - VERBAL DELIRIUM - (17.667/20) = 8.833

"Godzilla" (43:00) - AUDIO'M - (35/45) = 8.824

"Mona Lisa / Azrael" (12:15) - MOTORPSYCHO - (22/25) = 8.80

"Miles from Nowhere" (25:33) - JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE - (44/50) = 8.80

"Let Them In" (12:15) - HAVEN OF ECHOES - (22/25) = 8.80

"The Changes" (17:06) - THE TANGENT - (30.75/35) = 8.7857

"Flowing Through the Change" (17:24) - LOBATE SCARP - (30.75/35) = 8.7857

"Blue Forest" (9:06) - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"Moments of Life" (10:28) - PHOENIX AGAIN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Time Has a Way" (13:15) - PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS - (26.25/30) = 8.75

"Finial" (11:01) - IN-DREAMVIEW - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Impetus" (9:17) - ARKITEKTURE -  (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Eden Cries" (10:37) - RANESTRANE - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Seen the Sun" (11:41) - ED WYNNE  - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"Amnis Flows Aeternum" (19:11) - BEN CRAVEN - (35/40) = 8.75

"Rithnál" (10:45) - ROLAND BÜHLMANN - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"The Decay" (11:12) - ARKITEKTURE - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Romantik" (9:31) - FREN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Sessapinae" (9:57) - IKARUS - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Overture" (10:39) - NEIL CAMPBELL - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"The Dripping Tap" (18:17) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (35/40) = 8.75

"Over and Out" (21:50) - COLLAGE - (39.25/45) = 8.722 

"Chasing Time" (12:18) - GHOST TOAST - (21.25/25) = 8.70

Also Considered:

"Care" (15:20) - MARILLION - (26/30) = 8.667

"A Needle Tree" (15:23) - KARCIUS - (26/30) = 8.667

"Widdershins" (13:32) - GANDALF'S FIST - (26/30) = 8.667

"Journey Through the Spiral Mind Part 1" (14:10) - DAAL - (26/30) = 8.667

"Omega Lights" (10:05) - GALAHAD - (17.25/20) = 8.667

"Scream Sideways" (10:10) - PURE REASON REVOLUTION - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Building Heaven" (11:34) - JOHN HOLDEN - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Snow Globes" - BLACK COUNTRY; NEW ROAD - (17.25/20) = 8.625 

"Osiris (Parts 1-4)" (18:28) - KLAUS SCHLUZE - (34.25/40) = 8.5625

"The GPS Vultures" (17:01) - THE TANGENT - (30.25/35) = 8.643

"Wiosna" (10:26) - FREN - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Cave" (19:45) - GANDALF'S FIST - (34/40) = 8.5

"The Dripping Tap" (18:17) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (34/40) = 8.5

"Home Trip" (9:10) - ALIANTE - (17/20) = 8.5

"Land of Green (Part 1)" (11:00) - KARFAGEN - (17/20) = 8.5

"All the Pretty Days" (11:40) - FREN - (17/20) = 8.5

"The Steppe Nomad Space Program" (9:14) - REGAL WORM - (17/20) = 8.5

"The Last Great Adventurer" (10:35) - GALAHAD - (17/20) = 8.5

"Kramatorsk" - COMPASSIONIZER - (25/30) = 8.333

"The Land Before Timeland" (15:00) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (25/30) = 8.33

"The Ladder" (13:46) - KARCIUS - (24.5/30) = 8.1667

"Paperwings" (13:52) - OAK - (24.5/30) = 8.1667

"Painting Wings" (9:22) - DAAL - (16.25/20) = 8.125

"Chun Li" (9:44) - SOFT FFOG - (15.5/20) = 7.75 

"Ephemeral Arkitecture" (9:22) - JAVIER MIRANDA - (15.5/20) = 7.75

"Turque" (24:23) - FREN - (38.5/20) = 7.75

"Cartimandua" (9:10) - ALIANTE - (15.5/20) = 7.75

As yet unreviewed:

"Dhalism" (9:28) - SOFT FFOG Soft Ffog - (/20) = 

"Surface Tension" (17:57) - BUBBLEMATH Turf Ascension - (/35) = 

"Decrypted" (9:57) - BUBBLEMATH  Turf Ascension - (/20) = 

Great but too short:

"Prayer for the Dying" (8:55) - ARKITEKTURE - (19.75/20) = 9.875

"Worlds Break" (8:30) - DREADNAUGHT - (19.5/20) = 9.75

"Obelisk" (8:34) - IN-DREAMVIEW - (18.25/20) = 9.125

"Faery Revolution" (8:52) - SILENT TEMPLE - (18.25/20) = 9.125

"Big Beef" (8:32) - THE LIGHT IN THE OCEAN - (18/20) = 9.0

"The Purpose" (8:37) - ELDER - (18/20) = 9.0

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