I've only listened to about __ albums from 2025. These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2025 studio releases:
Masterpieces:
1. "Twin Peaks" (13:49) - SOLSTICE - (30/30) = 10.0
2. "Lullaby for a Broken Dream" (16:17) - DOMINIC SANDERSON - (29.5/30) = 9.83
3. "From the Weeping Cradle" (12:00) - DOMINIC SANDERSON - (24.5/25) = 9.8
4. "Frippada Andaluza (La mar limpia)" (10:04) - MALABRIEGA - (19.5/20) = 9.75
"The Shadow Man Incident" (19:32) - DREAM THEATER - (38/40) = 9.5
"Demain à l'aube" (13:39) - GÉRALD MASSOIS - (28/30) = 9.333
"Faithless Folly" (10:27) - DOMINIC SANDERSON - (18.5/20) = 9.25
"Dead Asleep" (11:06) - DREAM THEATER - (18.5/20) = 9.25
"Future Perfect World" (9:38) - PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS - (18.25/20) = 9.125
"Where the Lack of Logic Lies" (11:21) - FLUCTUS QUADRATUM - (18.25/20) = 9.125
"P.S. Far er død" (12:40) - DANEFAE - (22.75/25) = 9.10
Other Great Epics and Mesmerics:
"Une colline sans nom" (14:32) - GÉRALD MASSOIS - (27/30) = 9.0
"Another Holy Grail" (12:20) - PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"La bataille de l'Ebre Pt. 2" (10:41) - GÉRALD MASSOIS - (18/20) = 9.0
"Astral Zenith" (10:20) - THE LAB EXPERIENCE - (18/20) = 9.0
"Brujería" (9:13) - EKZILO - (18/20) = 9.0
"Camel" (9:11) - SOFT FFOG - (18/20) = 9.0
"The Unknown Door" (22:33) - IQ - (40.333/45) = 89.63
"Transmutation"(22:53) - KARMAKANIC - (40.25/45) = 8.944
"Oh Jimi" (10:19) - SOFT FFOG (17.875/20) = 8.9375
"Night Terror" (9:55) - DREAM THEATER - (17.875/20) = 8.9375
"The Cell" (16:02) - MOONSHINE BLAST - (26.375/30) = 8.9167
"De Tre Gratier" (12:27) - LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE - (22.125/25) = 8.885
"Medusas Flåte" (9:08) - LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Objects Outlive Us" (23:19) - STEVEN WILSON - (44.25/50) = 8.85
"End of the Road" (10:22) - KARMAKANIC - (17.6667/20) = 8.8333
"Natale 1914" (10:13) - LIMITE ACQUE SICURE - (17.625/20) = 8.8125
"The Overview" (18:27) - STEVEN WILSON - (35.5/40) = 8.875
"De Rerum Natura" (9:03) - CELESTE - (17.5/20) = 8.875
"Dunas" (9:09) - EKZILO - (17.5/20) = 8.875
"Patibulum" (9:10) - EKZILO - (17.5/20) = 8.875
"D.o.o.m. (Mortuarii Octavarii Obscuri Declamatio)" (13:00) - DAAL - (22/25) = 8.8
Also Considered:
"Evolution" (18:50) - EKZILO - (35/40) = 8.75
"Direlight" (13:01) - FLUCTUS QUADRATUM - (21.875/25) = 8.75
"Jakten På Det Kalydonske Villsvin" (10:09) - LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Lucifer, Bringer of Light" (10:49) - MOTORPSYCHO - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"A Storm is Brewing" (10:27) - DJABE & STEVE HACKETT - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Neotzar (The Second Coming)" (21:07) - MOTORPSYCHO - (34.75/40) = 8.6875
"Balthazaar" (11:40) - MOTORPSYCHO - (17.375/20) = 8.6875
"Sliding Trees" (9:18) - DJABE & STEVE HACKETT - (17.125/20) = 8.5625
"Far from Here" (12:44) - IQ - (21/25) = 8.4
"Moon and Cloud Dancing" (12:01) - CELESTE - (21/25) = 8.4
As-yet unrated:
"Garden of Eden" (9:40) - EYE 2 EYE - (/20)
"Meadows of Silence" (12:03) - EYE 2 EYE - (/25)
"Lost Horizon ( Ghosts Endgame)" (22:45) - EYE 2 EYE - (/45)
"Lost Horizon ( Ghosts Endgame)" (22:45) - EYE 2 EYE - (/45)
"Time Has No Place" (16:37) - ECHOLYN - (/30)
"Water in Our Hands, Pts. 1-4" (28:51) - ECHOLYN - (/60)
"Have Some Tea" (11:36) - THE AURORA PROJECT - (/20)"Freedom of Thought" (9:09) - THE AURORA PROJECT - (/20)
"Kontraster" (19:51) - JORDSJØ - (/40) =
"Kontraster" (20:14) - BRIEDABLIK - (/40) =
Great but too short:
"Focus" (8:40) - SOFT FFOG - (19/20) = 9.5
"Pocus" (8:30) - SOFT FFOG - (18.75/20) = 9.375
"A Broken Man" (8:30) - DREAM THEATER - (18.75/20) = 9.375
"The Seventh Sleeper" (8:11) - PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS - (13.75/15)* Bold print connotes a song's elevation to Progressive Rock's Vahalla of all-time masterpieces.
