2019's Best "Epic" Songs

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2012 studio releases:

1. MONKEY3 - "Ellipsis" (14:13) (29.5/30) = 9.83 
2. ARNAUD BUKWALD - "Zöhr" (24/25) = 9.6
3. THIEVES' KITCHEN - "Eilmer" (19/20) = 9.5
4. SONAR with DAVID TORN - "Labyrinth" (14:26) (128.5/30) = 9.5 

5. MODERN-ROCK ENSEMBLE - "Dark Kingdom & The Evil King, Part 2" (19/20) = 9.5
6. KARFAGEN - "Dragon Island Suite (Part 2)" (38/40) = 9.5
7. THE TEA CLUB - "Creature" (52/55) = 9.45
8. THE ANCESTRY PROGRAM - "Easy for Us" (18.5/20) = 9.25
9. SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - "Come to Your Father" (18.5/20) = 9.25
10. STEVE UNRUH - "Precipice" (18.5/20) = 9.25
11. ALIO DIE & INDALASKA - "Le temps crépuscule" (23/25) = 9.2
12. THIEVES' KITCHEN - "Uffington" (18.25/20) = 9.125
13. BIG BIG TRAIN - "Voyager" (27.3/30) = 9.11
14. DEVIN TOWNSEND - "Singularity" (45.5/50) = 9.1
15. ULVER - "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (41/45) = 9.1
16. THIEVES' KITCHEN - "The Voice of the Lar" (36.25/40) = 9.0625
17. KARFAGEN - "Dragon Island Suite (Part 1)" (31.5/35) = 9.0
18. THANK YOU SCIENTIST - "Chromology" (18/20) = 9.0
19. UNITED PROGRESSIVE FRATERNITY - "Seeds for Life" (36/40) = 9.0
20. MONKEY3 - "Spirals" (11:19) (18/20) = 9.0
21. THE PNEUMATIC TRANSIT - "The Fountain and the Feather" (22.5/25) = 9.0
22. IQ - "For Another Lifetime" (27/30) = 9.0
23. DEVIN TOWNSEND - "Borderlands" (18/20) = 9.0
24. STEVE UNRUH - "Luxury Denial" (18/20) = 9.0
25. ULVER - "Exodus" - (27/30) = 9.0
26. STEPHAN THELEN feat. Markus Reuter & David Torn - "Briefing for a Descent Into Hell" (36/40) = 9.0
27. BJØRN RIIS - "Stormwatch" (27/30) = 9.0
28. THE PNEUMATIC TRANSIT - "Residual Sentience" (18/20) = 9.0
29. ARNAUD BUKWALD - "Theremoon" (18/20) = 9.0


Also Very Good Songs:

IZZ - "Age of Stars" (17.9/20) = 8.95
KHADAVRA - "Kollektiv" (49/55) = 89.09
DIZZY MYSTICS - "Wonderlost" (17.8/20) = 8.9
THE FAR MEADOW - "Foreign Land" (17.8/20) = 8.9
SPIRAL - "Anomaly's Death Trip" (17.75/20) = 8.875
LOST CROWNS - "Handmaid's Knees" (17.75/20) = 8.875
MONO - "Meet Us Where the Night Ends" (17.75/20) = 8.875
JAMBINAI - "In the Woods" - (26.5/30) = 8.83
THE PNEUMATIC TRANSIT - "Casino Mouse" (22/25) = 8.80
CHEETO'S MAGAZINE - "Big Boy" (44/50) = 8.8
SONAR with DAVID TORN - "Red Sky" (11:14) (17.5/20) = 8.75

THANK YOU SCIENTIST - "Anchor" (17.5/20) = 8.75
LOOSESENSE - "Tokyo" (17.5/20) = 8.75
SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - "Hear My Voice Tonight" (17.5/20) = 8.75
THE SAMURAI OF PROG - "Reality" (17.5/20) = 8.75
RETROSPECTIVE - "What Will Be Next" (17.5/20) = 8.75
STEPHAN THELEN feat. Markus Reuter - "Fractal Guitar" (17.5/20) = 8.75
THE COSMIC DEAD - "Ursa Major" (18:23) (35/40) = 8.75
MONKEY3 - "Prism" (9:10) (17.5/20) = 8.75
MONOGRAF - "Horde" (26.1/30) = 8.7


Also considered: 

T - "The End of Always" (26/30) = 8.67
KARFAGEN - "Dragon Island Suite (Part 3)" (26/30) = 8.67
SPIRAL - "Death Cult" (17.25/20) = 8.625
GANDALF'S FIST - "The Clokkemaker" (21.5/25) = 8.6
RPWL - "Give Birth to the Sun" (17.25/20) = 8.625
JORDSJØ - "Til Våren" (17.25/20) = 8.625
GANDALF'S FIST - "The Lamplighter" (26/30) = 8.58
IZZ - "Moment of Inertia" (17/20) = 8.5
BIG BIG TRAIN - "Roman Stone" (25.5/30) = 8.5
MODERN-ROCK ENSEMBLE - "Dark Kingdom & The Evil King, Part 3" (17/20) = 8.5
MAD FELLAZ - "Sweet Silent Oblivion" (17/20) = 8.5
THE ANCESTRY PROGRAM - "Tomorrow" (17/20) = 8.5
GREEN DESERT TREE - "A Glimpse of Eternity" - (17/20) = 8.5
THANK YOU SCIENTIST - "Everyday Ghosts" (17/20) = 8.5
IQ - "Fallout" (34/40)
MONO - "Nowhere, Now Here" (17/20) = 8.5
MODERN-ROCK ENSEMBLE - "Night Comes - Dreams" (17/20) = 8.5
STEPHAN THELEN feat. Markus Reuter - "Road Movie" (25.5/30) = 8.5
IQ - "The Great Spirit Way" (38/45) = 8.44
THE COSMIC DEAD - "Video Scottish Space Race" (11:54) (21/25) = 8.4
SAMUEL CADIMA - "Outros Horizontes" (21/25) = 8.4
THE COSMIC DEAD - "The Grizzard" (24:08) (42/50) = 8.4
T - "Laughter's Cold Remains" (21/25) = 8.4
CIRRUS BAY - "The Vanishing Place" (16.75/20) = 8.375
ALIO DIE & INDALASKA - "Le temps irrémédiable" (16.75/20) = 8.375
KHADAVRA - "Dissolve" (16.75/20) = 8.375
BIG BIG TRAIN - "Ariel" (25/30) = 8.33
25 YARD SCREAMER - "Coda Jeremiah" (25/30) = 8.33
25 YARD SCREAMER - "The Silent Rising" (25/30) = 8.33
THE PNEUMATIC TRANSIT - "Atriums" (20.75/25) = 8.3
STEPHAN THELEN feat. Markus Reuter - "Urban Nightscape" (29/35) = 8.29
IZZ - "42" (33/40) = 8.25
BJØRN RIIS - "When Rain Falls" (16.5/20) = 8.25
MODERN-ROCK ENSEMBLE - "Childhood & School Days" (11:31) (16.5/20) = 8.25
25 YARD SCREAMER - "A Space Where Someone Should Be" (16.5/20) = 8.25
THE GIFT - "Changeling" (16.5/20) = 8.25
ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ - "The closest place to the soul" (20.5/25) = 8.2 
PROTEAN CIRCUS - "A Mild Immortal Nymph of River" (20.5/25) = 8.2
SAMUEL CADIMA - "Refúgio" (16.35/20) = 8.175
ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ - "On the waves of fate - Part 2" (28.5/35) = 8.143
SAMUEL CADIMA - "De Partida No Teleporto" (16.25/20) = 8.125
KHADAVRA - "Down the Rabbithole" (16.25/20) = 8.125
MONOGRAF - "The Golden Calf" (16.2/20) = 8.1
ALIO DIE & INDALASKA - "L'heure qui ondule" (36/45) = 8.0
ULVER - "Blood, Fire, Woods, Diamonds" (28/35) = 8.0
SPIRAL - "Anomaly Dreams" (16/20) = 8.0
GREEN DESERT TREE - "Progressive Worlds" (16/20) = 8.0
THE COSMIC DEAD - "Portal" (20:57) (32/40) = 8.0
THE FAR MEADOW - "Travelogue" (31.6/40) = 7.9
THE BLACK FALL - "The Hollow" (23.7/30) = 7.9
THE BLACK FALL - "Far From Home" (15.8/20) = 7.9
MONOGRAF - "Grails" (15.7/20) = 7.85
CIRRUS BAY - "A Blossom of Hills" (15.5/20) = 7.75
MOON LETTERS - "Sea Battle" (15.5/20) = 7.75
ULVER - "True North" (23/30) =  7.67
THE ANCESTRY PROGRAM - "More to This" (15.34/20) = 7.67
RPWL - "Light of the World" (15/20) = 7.5
THE GIFT - "Closer" (15/20) = 7.5
BROKEN PARACHUTE - "Devils" (15/20) = 7.5
ANDREW ROUSSAK - "Malta Sketches Hola Beach Boogie 1565 Sunset in Valetta" (14.5/20) = 7.25


As-yet unrated:
T - "Beyond the Dark"
T - "When We Were Us"
SUPERLUMINAL PACHYDERM - "Humming Like a Pile of Kneepads" (/20) =
SUPERLUMINAL PACHYDERM - "A Symphony of Beef" (/35) =
SUPERLUMINAL PACHYDERM - "Should I Eat the Amplifier?" (/50) =
THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS - "Epitaph" (/25) =
THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS - "Mutation" (/40) =
PHROZENLIGHT - "Soul Mantra" (/45) =
PHROZENLIGHT - "Sweet Wish" (/35) =
PHROZENLIGHT - "Spirit Mantra" (/35) =


Not Quite Long Enough:
THIEVES' KITCHEN - "Mirie It Is" (20/20) = 10.0
STEVE UNRUH - "Reckoning" (18/20) = 9.0


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

2013's Best "Epic" Songs

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2013 studio releases:

1. "Silhouette" (67:02) - EDISON'S CHILDREN - (135/135) = 10.0
2. "Telephone" (9:16) - LIFESIGNS - (20/20) = 10.0

3. "Coral Butterfly" (17:28) - THE STARGAZER'S ASSISTANT = (35/35) = 10.0
4. "Germander Speedwell" (14:32) - THIEVES' KITCHEN - (30/30) = 10.0

5. "Visionary" (10:40) - DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS - (20/20) = 10.0
6. "Cycle II" (9:52) - SETNA - (19.75/20) = 9.875

7. "Tryptique" (26:16) - SETNA - (49/50) = 9.8

8. "Call Me Back" (11:14) - AIRBAG - (19.5/20) = 9.75

9. "The Aftermath of Science" (18:13) - T - (34/35) = 9.714

10. "The Curious One" (18:06) - SKY ARCHITECT - (34/35) = 9.714

11. "Blackwater"(10:52) - SOLSTICE - (19.25/20) = 9.625

12. "Great Cold of The Night" (11:16) - MIDDAY VEIL - (19.25/20) = 9.625

13. "This Night Wounds Time" (12:04) - EMPTY DAYS - (24/25) = 9.6

14. "Blackfoot" (10:05) - DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS - (19/20) = 9.5

15. "Defense Highway" (10:49) - THE GABRIEL CONSTRUCT - (19/20) = 9.5

16. "The Golden King" (9:24) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (19/20) = 9.5

17. "Chapter II" (/10:37) - LIZARD - (19/20) = 9.5

18. "Surveillance (Parts 2 & 3)" (16:42) - AIRBAG - (28/30) = 9.333

19. "East Coast Racer" (15:43) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (27.75/30) = 9.25

20. "Atlantis (Confedratus pecuniis)" (9:51) - UNREAL CITY - (18.5/20) = 9.25

21. "Aviator Prosco" (10:13) - BIRDS AND BUILDINGS - (18.5/20) = 9.25

22. "Chapter V" (13:26) - LIZARD - (27.75/30) = 9.25

23. "West Wind" (11:05) - SOLSTICE - (18.5/20) = 9.25 

24. "La temperanza" (10:38) - LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO - (18.5/20) = 9.25

25. "Guérison" (14:58) - SETNA - (27.5/30) = 9.16667

26. "The Trip" (47:08) - DJAM KARET - (87/95) = 9.16

27. "Chapter I" (13:55) -  LIZARD - (27.25/30) = 9.08333

Other Very Good Songs:

"Luminol" (12:10) - STEVEN WILSON - (25/25) = 9.0

"Turn Switch to Trust" (10:43) - BEYOND-O-MATIC - (18/20) = 9.0

"Ratcatcher" (17:10) - MOTORPSYCHO - (27/30) = 9.0

"The Dancing Dinosaur" (10:28) - HUMBLE GRUMBLE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Curing Somatization" (10:26) - THE GABRIEL CONSTRUCT - (18/20) = 9.0

"As Syrians pour in, Lebanon grapples with the ghosts of a bloody past" (11:53) - ULVER - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Toz" (9:24) - RHUN - (18/20) = 9.0

“In Extremis” (21:03 ) - DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS. - (36/40) = 9.0 

"Out the C" (15:52) - BEYOND-O-MATIC - (27/30) = 9.0

“Finale – Arise! – Great Kingdom” (11:39) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Carousel" (11:46) - LIFESIGNS - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Heartless Land" (10:53) - BELIEVE - (18/20) = 9.0 

"Traveller's Last Candle"  (12:43) - SKY ARCHITECT - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Pareidolia" (10:51) - HAKEN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Wish" (15:38) - BEYOND-O-MATIC - (27/30) = 9.0

"Almost" (9:48) - NOT A GOOD SIGN - (18/20) = 9.0

"A Brave Face" (9:02) - NO MAN'S LAND - (18/20) = 9.0

"Finale" (9:33) - INGRANAGGI DELLA VALLE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Return to the Cold Sea of Nothing" (9:50) - WORM OUROBOROS - (18/20) = 9.0

"25 Miles to Freedom" (10:31) - INNER EAR BRIGADE - (18/20) = 9.0 

"Dreams Presage" (13:20) - VIENNA CIRCLE - (27?30) = 9.0

"The Valley" (9:00) - LEPROUS - (17.875./20) = 8.9375

“Somebody” (9:01)  - HAKEN - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"But the Love" (10:04) - BEYOND-O-MATIC - (17.75/20) = 8.875 

"The Cause" (9:29) - COMEDY OF ERRORS - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Fridge Full Of Stars" (11:18) - LIFESIGNS - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Ecate (Walpurgisnacht)" (9:00) - UNREAL CITY - (17.75/20) = 8.875 

"Sensitivitá" (12:22) - LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO - (22/25) = 8.8

"Falling Back to Earth" (11:51) - HAKEN - (22/25) = 8.8

"Horror vacui" (17:53) - UNREAL CITY - (30.75/35) = 8.786

"In Their Eyes" (9:25) - TIRILL - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Lion of Symmetry" (10:47) - SUBMARINE SILENCE - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Everyone in Sweden" (13:56) - HENRY FOOL - (26.25/30) = 8.75

"Passing The River" (10:01) - KAYO DOT - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Portrait" (10:56) - LEAFBLADE - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Echo" (9:42) - LEPROUS - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Agents of Altitude" (19:10) - THE STARGAZER'S ASSISTANT - (35/40) = 8.75

"Warriors" (17:33) - SOLSTICE - (30.5/35) = 8.714

Also considered:

"Psychoanorexia" (19:29) - T - (34.75/40) = 8.6875

"World of Amphibia" (18:15) - THE STARGAZER's ASSISTANT - (34.75/40) = 8.6875

"The Watchmaker" (11:43) - STEVEN WILSON - (17.333/20) = 8.66667

"Dreams Presage" (13:28) - VIENNA CIRCLE - (26/30) = 8.6667

"Mellow Days" (9:39) - CAMELIA'S GARDEN - (17.333/20) = 8.667

"Kurt's Casino" (9:53) - HUMBLE GRUMBLE - (17.333/20) = 8.6667

“The Holy Drinker” (10:13) - STEVEN WILSON - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"In My Mind" (10:24) - NEMRUD - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"The Answer" (9:30) - COMEDY OF ERRORS - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Catapult" (10:09) - BIRDS AND BUILDINGS - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Lighthouse" (12:51) - LIFESIGNS - (21.5/25) = 8.6

"In Two Os" (12:57) - BEYOND-O-MATIC - (21.5/25) = 8.6

“Languishing in Lower Chakras” (11:09) - THE GABRIEL CONSTRUCT - (17/20) = 8.5

"Kryptonite Monologues" (20:47) - T - (34/40) = 8.5

"Fanfare For The Broken Hearted" (9:06) - COMEDY OF ERRORS - (17/20) = 8.5

"Remotenes of Light" (19:19) - THE STARGAZER'S ASSISTANT - (34/40) = 8.5

"Spitsbergen" (14:09) - WALRUS - (25/30) = 8.3333

"Flame" (13:07) - NO MAN'S LAND - (20.5/25) = 8.2

"Of Sparks and Spires" ((12:49) - THIEVES' KITCHEN - (20.5/25) = 8.2

"A House Of Cards Pt. 2" (9:08) - WILLOWGLASS - (16/20) = 8.0

"Abominable Pelican" (14:03) - BIRDS AND BUILDINGS - (24/30) = 8.0

"Escalator Shrine" (12:41)  - RIVERSIDE - (20/25) = 8.0

"Hell Parts 1-3" (9:47) - MOTORPSYCHO - (16/20) = 8.0

"Perfume River" (10:58) - FISH - (17/20) = 8.5

"Eggshell Man" (11:58) - DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS - (20/25) = 8.0

"A House Of Cards Pt.1" (20:43) - WILLOWGLASS - (31/40) = 7.75

As-yet unrated: 

"The Devil at The Crossroads" (14:44) - MAGENTA - (/30) = 

Great songs too short to make the cut:

"Deprived (Irretrievably Lost Imagination)" (8:26) - RIVERSIDE - (20/20) = 10.0

"Vicious Circle" (8:13) - VOTUM (20/20) = 10.0

"Eyes Of Fire" (8:52) - SOLSTICE - (19/20)

"Shelieth" (8:28) - THE WORM OUROBOROS - (18.75/20)

"The Cockroach King" (8:16) - HAKEN - (/20) = 

"The Queen of Sorrow" (8:22) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (18/20)

"Deathbed" (8:38) - ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF

"Crown-in-the-Muck" (8:55) - KAYO DOT - (/20) = 

*Bold print denotes a song that has risen into my pantheon of All-time favorite "epics."

2012's Best "Epic" Songs

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2012 studio releases:

1. "Frozen Moment" (13:34) - NINE STONES CLOSE - (30/30) = 10.0
2. "Obliterated Aclove" (12:10) - ALIO DIE - (25/25) = 10.0
3. "Comrade/The Way We Grieve" (9:59) - BATTLESTATIONS - (20/20) = 10.0
4. "Firebears" (17:52) - THE TEA CLUB - (39/40) = 9.75

5. "The Storm Before the Calm" (9:24) - ANATHEMA - (19.5/20) = 9.75

6. "Prologue: Nature Morte/You're Not Welcome Here" (13:17) - BATTLESTATIONS - (29/30) = 9.6667
7. "Breathe" (11:31) - SILHOUETTE - (19.25/20) = 9.625

8. "Concerto for Piano and Electric Ensemble" (43:00) - KOTEBEL - (86.5/90) = 96.111

9. "Pride" (11:28) - MYSTERY - (19/20) = 9.5

10. "Heroes for Ghosts" (10:42) - THE GATHERING - (19/20) = 9.5

11. "Summoned By Bells" (9:19) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (19/20) = 9.5

12. "Snardom" (16:15) - ÄNGLAGÅRD - (28.5/30) = 9.5

13. "Mother of the World" (9:59) - SWANS - (19/20) = 9.5
14. "Storm Corrosion" (10:09) - STORM CORROSION - (18.75/20) = 9.375

15. "Langtans Klocka" (13:22) - ÄNGLAGÅRD - (28/30) = 9.3333

16. "Chapter 1: 'The Fountain of Glow'" (14:50) - SYLVAN - (28/30) = 9.3333

17. "Layers of Faith" (15:47) - ALIO DIE - (28/30) = 9.3333

18. "Speak" (12:19) - I AND THOU - (18.5/20) = 9.25

19. "Chapter 3: 'The Words You Hide'" (20:10) - SYLVAN - (37/40) = 9.25 

20. "Sorgmantel" (12:06) - ÄNGLAGÅRD - (23/25) = 9.2

21. "The Fall of Bliss" Suite (20:57) - METHEXIS - (36.25/40) = 9.125

22. "The Face Behind the Eyes" (13:35) - I AND THOU - (27.25/30) = 9.08333

23. "Chapter 2: 'Share the World with Me'" (15:05) - SYLVAN - (27.25/30) = 9.08333

24. "Atlantis" (12:56) - ELEPHANT9 WITH REINE FISKE - (22.75/25) = 9.08333

Also Very Good Songs:

"Chapter 4: 'The Waters I Traveled'" (20:00) - SYLVAN - (36/40) = 9.0

"Hide and Seek" (16:30) - I AND THOU - (27/30) = 9.0

"Ur Vilande" (15:47) - ÄNGLAGÅRD - (27/30) = 9.0

"The Apostate" (23:00) - SWANS - (45/50) = 9.0

"We Are What We Are (The Keeper)" (9:33) - RPWL - (18/20) = 9.0

"The Weight" (9:51) - NINE STONES CLOSE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Another Day" (19:02) - MYSTERY - (36/40) = 9.0

"New from Heaven" (9:26) - VIOLETA DE OUTONO - (18/20) = 9.0

"Apocalipsis" (21:15) - EKOS - (36/40) = 9.0

"I Can See Four Miles" (9:04) - THE GATHERING - (18/20) = 9.0

 "… and I Awaken" (11:31) - I AND THOU - (18/20) = 9.0

"Capsizing" (9:10) - DIAGONAL - (18/20) = 9.0

"Peel Away This Mortal Coil" (9:22) - ALIO DIE - (18/20) = (9.0)

"The Black Chord" (14:59) - ASTRA - (27/30) = 9.0

"Barefoot in the Head" (9:13) - ASTRA - (18/20)  = 9.0

"Guardian Angel" (10:33) - GALAHAD - (18/20) = 9.0

"Mitochondria" (9:41) - DIAGONAL - (18/20) = 9.0

"Speaking In Lampblack" (10:45) - ECHOLYN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Sfunx" (10:27) - MANTRIC MUSE - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"I Shall Consume Everything" (9:26) - THE TEA CLUB - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Chapter 5: 'Farewell to Old Friends'" (20:33) - SYLVAN - (35/40) = 8.75

"A Piece of the Sky" (19:10) - SWANS - (35/40) = 8.75

"Cerulean Façade" (10:21) - ALIO DIE - (17.5/20) = 8.75

Also considered:

"Deep Sea Cheops" (10:19) - MANTRIC MUSE - (17.25/20) = 8.675

"The Seer" (32:13) - SWANS - (52/60) = 8.667 

"The Semblance of Fate/Citizen Creep/The End" (11:48) - BATTLESTATIONS - 20/25) = 8.0

“One Eye on the Sunrise (12:06) - NINE STONES CLOSE - (20.25) = 8.0

“Through the Veil” (16:03) - MOTORPSYCHO - (24/30) = 8.0

"Hulks" (10:35) - DIAGONAL - (16/20) = 8.0

"De-Altered" (18:09) - ALIO DIE - (27/35) = 7.714

"Don't Stop This Movie" (11:55) - THE FLOWER KINGS - (19/25) = 7.6

"Anybody" (11:21) - SILHOUETTE - (14.5/20) = 7.25

"Island" (16:38) - ECHOLYN - (21/30) = 7.0

“Into the Gyre” (10:23) - MOTORPSYCHO - (14/20) = 7.0

"Some Memorial" (11:54) - ECHOLYN - (14/20)

As-yet Unrated:

"One More Moment" (9:40) - RHYS MARSH & THE AUTUMN GHOST - (/20) = 

"A Virtuous Man" (11:53) - THINKING PLAGUE - (/25) = 

"Utopia" (12:31) - DISTORTED HARMONY - (/25) = 

"Obsession" (9:12) - DISTORTED HARMONY - (/20) = 

“Broken” (10:04) - TO-MERA - (/20) = 

"Surrender” (11:05) - TO-MERA - (/20) = 

“All I Am” (12:46) - TO-MERA - (/25) = 

"Numbers" (25:27) - THE FLOWER KINGS - (/50) = 

"The Fisherman" (16:05) - RPWL - (/30) = 

Great Songs Just Shy of Nine Minutes in Length:
"Avatar" (8:51) - SWANS - (20/20) = 10.0

"Mutiny!" (8:33) - MOTORPSYCHO - (20/20) = 10.0

"I Cannot Fly" (8:38) - THINKING PLAGUE - (20/20)

"Hedgerow" (8:32) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (19.5/20) = 9.75

"The First Rebreather" (8:32) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (19.5/20) = 9.75

"Formas-Pensamento" (8:54) - VIOLETA DE OUTONO -  (19/20) = 9.75

"Eradicated Will" (8:57) - METHEXIS - (19/20) = 9.5


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

2011's Best "Epic" Songs

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2011 studio releases:

1. "Fire! Fire!!" (13:07) - MY BROTHER THE WIND - (25/25) = 10.0

2. "Untung Untungen" (11:13) - CAMEMBERT - (20/20) = 10.0

3. "Dawn" (20:24) - FAUNS - (40/40) = 10.0

4. "Snowflake"(10:04) - KATE BUSH - (20/20) = 10.0

5. "a gaze blank and pitiless as the sun" (11:06) - SLEEPMAKESWAVES - (20/20) = 10.0

6. "Honey Mushroom" (40:00) -ALIO DIE - (79/80) = 9.875

7. "Under Crimson Skies" (10:33) - MY BROTHER THE WIND - (19.5/20) = 9.75

8. "Dance No More" (9:57) - FREQUENCY DRIFT - (19.5/20) = 9.75

9. "Particelle" (13:11) - LAGARTIJA - (29/30) = 9.6667

10. "The Awakening" (15:33) - EDISON'S CHILDREN - (29/30) = 9.667 

11. "In Orbit" (12:30) - WOBBLER - (24/25) = 9.6

12. "Welfare Botanico" (14:41) - MOOGG - (28.5/30) = 9.5 

13. "The Path" (10:10) - FAUNS - (19/20) = 9.5

14. "Lake Tahoe (11:25) - KATE BUSH - (19/20) = 9.5

15. "L'assalto" (9:56) - AKT - (19/20) = 9.5 

16. "Mermaid" (9:44) - FREQUENCY DRIFT - (18.75/20) = 9.375

17. "Epitaph for a Mariner" (20:53) - SEAN FILKINS - (37.5/40) =  9.375

18. "Innamorato" (9:19) - ALIO DIE - (18.5/20) = 9.25 

19. "Dreamscape" (11:48) - INTROITUS - (23/25) = 9.2

20. "Soulprint" (17:02) -INTROITUS - (32/35) = 9.143 

21. "Arms They Speak" (9:54) - GA'AN - (18.25/20) = 9.125 

22. "Tempest" (10:02) - FREQUENCY DRIFT - (18.25/20) = 9.125

23. "Searise" (13:11) - WHITE WILLOW - (22.8125/25) = 9.125 

24. "The Hand That Feeds You" (14:18) - INTROITUS - (27.530) = 9.08333

Also Very Good Songs:

"Rogue" (24:05) - DISCIPLINE - (45/50) = 9.0

"Call of the Black Equus" (18:44)  - GA'AN - (36/40) = 9.0

"...and so we destroyed everything" (12:20) - SLEEPMAKESWAVES - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Dreams" (11:53) - FREQUENCY DRIFT - (18/20) = 9.0

"Pumori" (11:01) - SOLUS3 - (18/20) = 9.0

"A Waning Solace" (9:51) - FEN - (18/20) = 9.0

"The Green and Pleasant Land" (13:13) - PENDRAGON - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Steam"  (9:30) - SANHEDRIN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Le Meurtrier Volant" (9:01) - CAMEMBERT - (18/20) = 9.0

"Di vento" (10:17) - AKT - (18/20) = 9.0

"Disillusion" (10:56) - EYE 2 EYE - (18/20) = 9.0

"Tricked by a Monster" (9:26) - SOLUS3 - (18/20) = 9.0

"Colapso" (11:19) - ABRETE GANDUL - (18/20) = 9.0

"Torbjörn Abelli" (10:57) - MY BROTHER THE WIND - (18/20) = 9.0

"Unfold" (9:46) - SOLUS3 - (18/20) = 9.0

"Rosa" (16:10) - AUTUMN CHORUS - (26.25/30) = 8.8333

"Voice" (9:13) - HIROMI - (17.75/20) =  8.875

"Il Tredici" (11:46) - SANHEDRIN - (22/25) = 8.8

"Empathy" (11:20) - PENDRAGON - (17.5/20) = 8.75

Also considered:

"Seasons's Overture" (10:51) - HÖSTSONATEN - (17/20) = 8.5

"Misty" (13:32) - KATE BUSH - (25.5/30) = 8.5

"All Rights Removed" (8:59) - AIRBAG - (16.75/20) = 8.375

"Floor 67" (9:55) - WHITE WILLOW - (16.5/20) = 8.25

As-yet Unrated:

"Turn This Island Earth" (11:51) - STEVE HACKETT - (/25) = 

"Loin des yeux (Barbares parties VII à XII)" (24:41) - NEMO - (/50) = 

"Forced Entry" (10:20) - LEPROUS - (/20) = 

"When She Dreams She Dreams in Color" (13:42) - DISCIPLINE - (/30)

"Stars of Cardiff Bay" (15:25) - SUNCHILD - (/30) = 

"Seeds of Gold" (25:59) - NEAL MORSE - (/50) = 

"The End of Days: Epilogue" (10:53) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (/20) = 

"A Perfect Place" (10:45) - FAUNS - (/20) = 

"The River" (10:04) - WOBBLER - (/20) = 

"Honeysuckle" (24:00) - ALIO DIE - (/55) = 

"Consecuencia natural" (10:26) - ABRETE GANDUL - ((16/20)

"An Atmosphere of Miracles" (15:35) - IONA - (/30) = 

"Enigma" - (36:00) - SEVEN-SIDED DIAMOND - (/70) = 

"Half-Light Eternal" (10:38) - FEN

"A Waning Solace" (9:51) - FEN

"Remainder the Black Dog" (9:27) - STEVEN WILSON - (/20) = 

"Raider II" (23:21) - STEVEN WILSON - (/45) =

"Never Coming Home" (9:00) - AIRBAG - (/20) = 

"Homesick I-III" (17:21) - AIRBAG - (/35) = 

"Who Is This Who Is Coming?" (9:09) - THE FUTURE KINGS OF ENGLAND - (/20) = 

"A Face of Crumpled Linen" (10:17) - THE FUTURE KINGS OF ENGLAND - (/20) = 

"Prisoner of Conscience, Part I: The Soldier" (19:22) - SEAN FILKINS - (/40) = 

"Prisoner of Conscience, Part 2: The Ordinary Man" (11:02) - SEAN FILKINS - (/20) = 

"Haaksi" (9:14) - TENHI - (/20) = 

"Siniset Runot" (10:30) - TENHI - (/20)

"All That Is" (11:13) - ANUBIS - (/20) = 

"The Holy Innocent" (11:45) - ANUBIS - (/25) = 

"A Tower of Silence" (9:57) - ANUBIS - (/20) = 

"The Passing Bell (Part I-VI)" (17:08) - ANUBIS - (/35) = 

"The Sick Rose" (8:58) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 

"Trading Dark Matter on The Stock Exchange" (11:33) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 

"The Octopus" (9:17) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 

"Forever And More" (9:23) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 

"Headlines" (9:29) - MAGIC PIE - (/20) = 

"Slightly Mad" (9:48) - MAGIC PIE - (/20) = 

"Tired" (15:21) - MAGIC PIE - (/30) = 

"A Life's Work - Parts I-IV" (24:27) - MAGIC PIE - (/50) =  

Too short:

"White Horses at Sea//Utopian Daydream" (8:55) - AMPLIFIER - (/20) = 

"Red Leaves" - WHITE WILLOW

"Carrier of Echoes" - FEN

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

2010's Best "Epic" Songs

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2010 studio releases:

1. "Transition" (11:07) - LUNATIC SOUL - (20/20) = 10.0
2. "The Sirens Sound" (9:54) - COLLAPSE UNDER THE EMPIRE - (20/20) = 10.0
3. "Lashes" (9:14) - FOURTEEN TWENTY-SIX - (20/20) = 10.0
4. "Terra Sancta" (12:25) - FROGG CAFÉ - (25/25) = 10.0

5. "Aurora Borealis" (9:16) - VESPERO (20/20) = 10.0 

6. "Turbulent Matrix" (10:47) - AMOEBA SPLIT - (20/20) = 10.0

7. "The Shape Shifter Suite, Parts I & II" (11:55) - DOMINA CATRINA LEE - (25/25) = 10.0

8. "Perfumed Garden" (9:43) - AMOEBA SPLIT - (19.5/20) = 9.75

9. "Il Centro Sottile" (10:40) - IL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE - (19.5/20) = 9.75

10. "Phantom Pain Scars" (14:15) - T - (29/30) = 9.6667

11. "Blessed Water" (12:26) - AMOEBA SPLIT - (24/25) = 9.6

12. "The Empty Hourglass" (10:49) - HYPNOS 69 - (19/20) = 9.5

13. "Requiem (for a Dying Creed)" (17:52) - HYPNOS 69 - (32.5/35) = 9.286

14. "Even the Outsider" suite (19:38)  - DOMINA CATRINA LEE - (37/40) = 9.25

15. "Through Different Eyes" (22:34) - MYSTERY - (41.5/45) = 9.222 

16. "From the Fence" (12:05) - FROGG CAFÉ - (23/25) = 9.2

17. "Echoes of Madness" (9:06) - BROTHER APE - (18.25/20) = 9.125

18. "Herculean" (18:32) - KHATSATURJAN - (36.5/40) = 9.125

19. "Counter Clockwise (Bridge Five)" (9:20) - QUANTUM FANTAY (18.25/20) = 9.125 

Other Very Good Songs:

"Canto IX: The Truth of Eternity" (12:28) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (22.5/25) = 9.0

"Astro" (11:31) - THE TEA CLUB - (18/20) = 9.0

"Pasta Fazeuhl" (14:02) - FROGG CAFÉ - (27/30) = 9.0

"Follow the Star" (9:00) - QUANTUM FANTAY - (18/20) = 9.0

"Toccata" (9:11) - JAGA JAZZIST - (18/20) = 9.0

"Naise" (10:55) - ARANIS - (18/20) = 9.0

"The Wasted Lands" (9:38) -T - (18/20) = 9.0

"Scavengers and Hairdressers" (10:22) -T - (18/20) = 9.0

"Odmieniec" (9:20) - MR. GIL - (18/20) = 9.0

"Écailles de lune" (Parts 1 & 2) (19:43) - ALCEST - (35.75/40) = 8.9375

"Till The Truth Comes Out" (9:25) - MYSTERY - (17.75) = 8.875

"The Very Last Number" (20:56) - AREKNAMÉS - (35.5/40) = 8.875 

"Canto 2: Transcendence" (9:27) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Double Freedom" (22:45) - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT - (49.75/45) = 8.8333

"Flight to Nowhere" (23:39) - AMOEBA SPLIT - (44/50) = 8.8

"Noise" (11:47) - ARANIS - (22/25) = 8.8

"For the Lost Souls" (9:57) - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT - (17.5/20) = 9.75

"Straight Edge" (14:00) - UNIVERS ZERO - (26.25/30) = 8.75

"Center of the Sun" (13:09) - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT - (21.75/25) = 8.7

"Warrior" (12:12) - UNIVERS ZERO (21.5/25) = 8.7

Also considered:

"Firebird Suite" (11:21) - STICK MEN - (17.333/20) = 8.667 

"A Kid Called Panic" (13:58) - MOON SAFARI - (26/30) = 8.667 

"Canto III: The Visions of Eternity" (9:11) - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE - (17.333/20) = 8.667

"Singata (Mystic Queen)" (11:37) - SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT - (17.125/20) = 8.5625

"Dreams" (10:11) - THE LENS - (17.125/20) = 8.5625

"The Great Work" (18:27) - HYPNOS 69 - (33.75/40) = 8.4375

"The Rear View Mirror Suite" (14:42) - T - (24/30) = 8.0

"The Tunnel" (16:02) - KHATSATURJAN - (23.5/30) = 7.8333

As-yet Unrated:

"Debrief and Defect" (11:03) - ALGERNON - (/20) = 

"Metal" (1 & 2) - XING SA - (

"Eau (Part 1)" (12:30) - XING SA - (/25) = 

"Streams" (10:14) - HAKEN - (/20) = 

"Aquarium" (10:40) - HAKEN - (/20) = 

"Drowning in the Flood" (9:28) (HAKEN - (/20) = 

"Celestial Elixir" (16:56) - HAKEN - (/35) = 

"The Point of No Return" (11:27)

Too Short:

"Evnyssien" (8:48) - ATARAXIA - (20/20) = 10.0

"Lust" (8:47) - MY EDUCATION - (20/20) = 10.0

"A Garden of Delights"(8:24) - CICCADA - (18/20) = 9.0

"Overmurmur" (8:50) - YUGEN - (18/20) = 9.0

"Skellig" (8:46) - MR. GIL - (18.5/20 = 9.25

"Hands" suite - STICK MEN

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

2009's Best "Epic" Songs

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2009 studio releases:

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

Other Very Good Songs:

"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

"Emëhntëhtt-Ré III" (13:08) - MAGMA - (21.75/25) = 8.7

Also considered:

"The Walk" (Parts I & II) (13:39) - GAZPACHO - (26/30) = 8.667

"Vertiges" - PRESENT - (26/30) = 8.667

"Mariachi" - AISLES - (17.33/20) = 8.667 

"Destined Solitaire" (10:53) - BEARDFISH - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Those I Left Behind" - YVES POTIN - (17/20) = 8.5

"Knives of Summer" (10:20) - THE NERVE INSTITUTE - (17/20) = 8.5

"Mont St. Michel" (10:57) - THE BOX - (16.75/20) = 8.375 

"The Exposure of Truth" (9:23) - CIRRUS BAY - (16/20) = 8.0

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

2008's Best "Epic" Songs

These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2008 studio releases:

1. "Someone Starts to Fade Away" (8:55) - NOSOUND - (20/20) = 10.0
2. "Vento Madre" (13:24) - UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA - 29/30) = 9.667
3. "Indigo" (14:41) - PENDRAGON - (29/30) = 9.667
4. "From Silence to Noise" (15:30) - NOSOUND - (29/30) = 9.667

5. "Crashmind" (10:52) - FROM.UZ - (19/20) = 9.5

6. "Ricorre l'abbandono" (13:37) - J'ACCUSE..! - (28.5/30) = 9.5
7. "The Garden" (22:33) - UNITOPIA - (42.75/45) = 9.5
8. "Bring Out the Sun" (10:45) - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS - (18.75/20) = 9.375

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

10. "Ato piradime" (15:52) - UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA - (28/30) = 9.33
11. "Argamasilla" (11:04) - WILLOWGLASS - (18.5/20) = 9.25

12. "Hybrisma" (9:32) - 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" (10:54) - DIAGONAL (18.5/20) = 9.25

16. "The Water Road" (11:13) - 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

Also Very Good:

"The Long Fianchetto" (21:02) - 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

"Embryo" - MILLENIUM (26.75/30) = 8.9167

"Malebolge" - IL CASTELLO DI ATLANTE - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Yucatan 65: The Agitation of the Mass" - BIRDS AND BUILDINGS - (17.75/20) = 8.875

"Ouroboros" - ASTRA - (31/35) = 8.857

"Coerenza delle percenuali" - UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA - (31/35) = 8.857

"Ricorre l'abbandono" - J'ACCUSE..! (26.5/30) = 8.83

"Sleeping in Traffic" (35:44) - BEARDFISH - (61.75/70) = 8.8214

"13th August" (11:53) - FROMUZ - (22/25) = 8.8

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

"Stories from the Forest - Part 4" (9:29) - THOM BRENNAN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Tacenda for You" (9:34) - THIEVES' KITCHEN - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Def MK1" (9:48) - ONE SHOT - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"The Ghost of Flowers Past" (9:47)  - MOON SAFARI - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Chameleon" (9:00) - THIEVES' KITCHEN - (17.5/20) = 8.75 

"In The Dark" - MATTHEW PARMENTER (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Cruces y Sombres" - NEXUS - (26.25/30) = 8.75

"Deep B Flat" (13:17) - DATURAH - (26.25/30) = 8.75

"Segments" (10:32) SOMA PLANET - (17.5/20) = 8.75

"Mirar Hacia el Centro" - NEXUS - (/35) = 8.7143

"Emëhntëhtt-Ré III" (13:08) - MAGMA - (21.75/25) = 8.7

"Up & Down" - MILLENIUM (21.75/25) = 8.70

Also considered:

"Other Half of the Sky” (31:50) - MOON SAFARI (56.5/65) = 8.692

"Comatose" (17:38) - PENDRAGON - (30.375/35) = 8.68

"Stone Salad" (15:17) - FROMUZ - (26/30) = 8.667

"Pact" (14:00) - DIAGONAL - (26/30) = 8.667

"The Labyrinth" (16:50) - WILLOWGLASS - (26/30) = 8.667

"The Maythorne Cross" (10:39) - WILLOWGLASS - (17.33/20) = 8.667

"Other Side Of The Water" (14:09) - FROMUZ - (26/30) = 8.667

"Perpetuum Karma" - NEXUS" - (26/30) = 8.667

"Black P" (9:09) - ONE SHOT - (17.33/20) = 8.667

"Caution Congregates and Forms a Storm" - BIRDS AND BUILDINGS - (17.25/20) = 8.625 

"The Ethernet" (9:48) - THE TANGENT - (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Chronicle of the Invisible River of Stone" - BIRDS AND BUILDINGS - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Travesía" - NEXUS - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"Ára bátur" - SIGUR RÓS - (17.25/20) = 8.625

"The Weirding" - ASTRA - (25.75) = 8.5833

"Return To W.I.T." (17:00) - FROMUZ - (30/35) = 8.571

"Methuselah's Children" (15:43) - MOON SAFARI  - ((25.667/30) = 8.556

"Beyond To Slight The Maze" (11:36) - ASTRA - (17/20) = 8.5 

"Bluebells" (10:11)  - MOON SAFARI - (17/20) = 8.5 

"Downwards" (9:10) ONE SHOT - (17/20) = 8.5

"Condemended" (10:47) - RATIONAL DIET - (17/20) = 8.5

"Road to Infinity" - MILLENIUM (25.5/30) = 8.5

"Limitations" (8:59) - THE QUIET EART ORCHESTRA - (17/20) = 8.5

"Silent Sleep" - ASTRA - (17.5/20) = 8.5

"Ghost Track" (12:32) - DATURAH - (21/25) = 8.4

"Entering the Halls of Winter "(10:13) - HOSTSONATEN - (16.75/20) = 8.375

"Del abismo al sol" - NEXUS - (16.75/20) = 8.375 

"Rat Race" - MILLENIUM (16.75/20) = 8.375

"La cage des vautours / Liberté" (15:25) - JELLY FICHE - (25/30) = 8.333

"Eraserhead" (9:05) - PENDRAGON - (16.5/20) = 8.25

"Vertex" (12:52) - DATURAH - (20.5/25) = 8.2

Too Short:

"Tout ce que j'ai rêvé" - JELLY FICHE

"Child of the Thundercloud" - DIAGONAL

"Moonwalk" - MOON SAFARI

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