Thursday, March 16, 2023

2015's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics


These are my favorite songs of over nine minutes in length from 2015 studio releases:

Masterpieces:
1. "Teratoma" (9:49) - ABSTRAKT - (20/20) = 10.0
2. "Sparkles" (10:34) - PROGRESSION BY FAILURE - (20/20) = 10.0
3. "Silent Rumon" (15:16) - ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ - (30/30) = 10.0
4. "The Great Divide" (9:27) - BATTLESTATIONS - (20/20) = 10.0
5. "Oban"(12:42) - JAGA JAZZIST - (30/30) = 10.0
6. "Zenlike Creature" (9:54) - OZRIC TENTACLES - (20/20) = 10.0
7. "Routine" (9:03) - STEVEN WILSON - (19.5/20) = 9.75
8. "Around the Fire" (9:16) - CICCADA - (19.5/20) = 9.75
9. "They Sleep While We Burn" (9:33) - BATTLESTATIONS - (19.5/20) = 9.75
10. "Piss Crowns Are Trebled" (13:51) - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - (29.25/30) = 9.75
11. "Suiciety Chapter I - Exterior, Parts 1-4" (24:05) - METHEXIS - (48.3333/50) = 9.6667
12. "Coma" (12:46) - NEMO - (29/30) = 9.6667
13. "Picture You" (9:27) - THE AMAZING - (19.25/20) = 9.625
14. "Giovane Figlia" (23:59) - LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO (48/50) = 9.616
15. "Madre Antica" (20:08) - LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO (43/45) = 9.5556
16. "Lies We Share" (9:46) - BATTLESTATIONS - (19/20) = 9.5
17. "Suiciety Chapter II - Interior, Parts 1 & 2" (16:48) - METHEXIS - (33.25/35) = 9.5
18. "Random Name Hero" (12:22) - JAM IT! - (23.5/25) = 9.4
19. "In Between" (10:50) - SYLVAN - (18.75/20) = 9.375
20. "Shooting Star"(10:10) - ANEKDOTEN - 8.75/20) = 9.375
21. "The Willow Tree" (19:30) - MYSTERY - (37.5/40) = 9.375
22. "Le coma des mortals" (11:38) - NEMO - (18.5/20) = 9.25
23. "The Finest of Miracles Suite" (18:08) - CICCADA - (36.5/40) = 9.125
24. "End of Sonic Vibrations" (10:21) - PROGRESSION BY FAILURE - (18.25/20) = 9.125
25. "The River" (10:10) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (18.25/20) = 9.125
26. "Prodigy" (9:07) - THIEVES' KITCHEN - (18.25/20) = 9.125
27. "Periscopy" (10:15)  - VAK - (18.25/20) = 9.125 
28. "Take Five . . . Seven, Six, Eight and Nine" (16:01) - HOOFFOOT - (27.25/30) = 9.08333


Also Very Good Songs:
“The Silent Sentinel” (19:11) - ADVENT - (36/40) = 9.0
"The Silence of Our Wake" (10:48 ) - BAROCK PROJECT - (18/20) = 9.0
"Altair" (20:09) - COSMIC GROUND - (36/40) = 9.0
"Big City Music" (14:07) - JAGA JAZZIST - (27/30) = 9.0
"Akvil" (9:35) - ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ - (18/20) = 9.0
"The Sound of Her World" (9:23) - SYLVAN - (18/20) = 9.0
"The Miraculous (9:59) - ANNA VON HAUSSSWOLFF - (18/20) = 9.0
"Ex Tenebrae Lux" (20:35) - UNREAL CITY - (36/40) = 9.0
"Il Misantropo Felice VIII - After the Last Silence" (11:44) - BREZNEV FUN CLUB - (18/20) = 9.0
"Third Floor" (14:20) - GLASS HAMMER - (27/30) = 9.0
"Mountain Of Solitude" (9:33) - JAM IT! - (18/20) = 9.0
"Digestive Raga" (30:03) - ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE - (54/60) = 9.0
"The White Book" (9:57) - THE TEA CLUB - (18/20) = 9.0
“Train Fantôme” (9:08) - NEMO - (18/20) = 9.0
"Organia" (19:43) - COSMIC GROUND - (36/40) = 9.0
"Epiphlioy" (11:50) - OZRIC TENTACLES - (22.5/25) = 9.0
"Sol" (19:23) - COSMIC GROUND - (36/40) = 9.0
"Skyline" (10:34) - BAROCK PROJECT - (18/20) = 9.0
"Switchback" (10:13) - OZRIC TENTACLES - (18/20) = 9.0
"NGC 224" (18:40) - COSMIC GROUND - (36/40) = 9.0
"Last Lullaby" (9:01) - SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - (18/20) = 9.0
"Chromatic Aberration" (12:28) - NATIVE CONSTRUCT - (22.25/25) = 8.9
"Journey" (10:23) -- ABSTRAKT - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Ospedale civico" (17:52) - HOMUNCULUS RES - (35.5/40) = 8.875
“Waiting for the Bell to Toll” (11:20) - NICE BEAVER - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Spanning the Eternal Abyss" (10:45) - SANGUINE HUM - (17.75/20) = 8.875 
"Still Searching" (9:55) - SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - (17.75/20) = 8.875
“Lonely Steel Sheet Flyer” (10:10) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light'" (10:29) - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - (17.75/20) = 8.875
"The Last Flight of the Ratite" (18:31) - HOOFFOOT - (35.25/40) = 8.8125
"A Song for You" (12:35) - MYSTERY - (22/25) = 8.80
"Ho Rischiato Di Vivere" (26:24) - LA CURVA DI LESMO - (44/50) = 8.8
"Processo di Omologazione" (12:36) - LA FABBRICA DELL'ASSOLUTO - (22/25) = 8.8 
"Romanitis" (12:02) - ADVENT - (22/25) = 8.8
"Zeom" (9:49) - VAK - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Come Wander With Me / Deliverance (10:49) - ANNA VON HAUSSSWOLFF - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Caligari" (10:05) - UNREAL CITY - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Stranded (Parts 1-V)" (11:29) - DAVE KERZNER - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Alzh" (11:08) - VAK - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"New World" (9:00) - IOEARTH - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"La meccanica dell'ombra" (9:17) - UNREAL CITY - (17.5/20) = 8.75
“God Is in the Rhythm” (10:10) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Derelict" (21:28) - I AM THE MANIC WHALE - (35/40) = 8.75
"Fade to Grey" (9:06) - IOEARTH - (17.5/20) = 8.75


Also considered:
"Aedividea" (14:02) - VAK - (26/30) = 8.6667
"Cinta della Breccia Divina" (15:14) - ALIO DIE & LORENZO MONTANÀ - (26/30) = 8.6667
"Ancestral" (13:33) - STEVEN WILSON - (26/30) = 8.6667
"Love Song to a Vampire" (9:57) - STEVE HACKETT - (17.333/20) = 8.6667
"Insomnia" (10:01) - IOEARTH - (17.3333/20) = 8.6667
"Pages" (9:04) - I AM THE MANIC WHALE - (17.333/20) = 8.6667
"Into the Sun" (9:20) - DAVE KERZNER = (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Dragonfly" (9:24) - CALIGULA'S HORSE - (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Judith Coupeuse de tête" (9:08) - ALCO FRISBASS - (17.25/20) = 8.625
"La suspension ethéréenne" (10:29) - ALCO FRISBASS - (17.25/20) = 8.625
"3 Years Older" (10:17) - STEVEN WILSON - (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Tired" (9:58) - BAROCK PROJECT - (17.25/20) = 8.625
"Writing on the Wall" (9:04) - ANEKDOTEN - (17/20) = 8.5
"Ordinary Maniac" (16:10) - SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - (25.5/30) = 8.5
"L'isola Delle Lacrime" (17:14) - LA CURVA DI LESMO - (29.75/35) = 8.5
"Oniromanzia" (9:02) - UNREAL CITY - (17/20) = 8.5
"Delusion Rain" (10:04) - MYSTERY - (17/20) = 8.5
"Not Available" (9:59) - SVETAMUZIKA - (17/20) = 8.5
"Induction Magnétique" (9:09) - ALCO FRISBASS - (17/20) = 8.5
“Writing on the Wall” (9:03) - ANEKDOTEN - (17/20) = 8.5
"Imprisoned" (9:08) - SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - (17/20) = 8.5
"Circles (Show Love)" (16:28) - I AM THE MANIC WHALE - (25.5/30) = 8.5
"End Of The Line" (9:22) - SANGUINE HUM - (17/20) = 8.5
"Escamotage" (12:14) - ALCO FRISBASS - (21/25) = 8.4
"North Wind" (9:26) - GLASS HAMMER - (116.75/20) = 8.375
"Lambs' Breath" (9:53) - GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - (16.75/20) = 8.375
"Time Runs Out" (9:37) - GRAND TOUR - (16.75/20) = 8.375
"Clock Of The Long Now" (9:16) - I AM THE MANIC WHALE - (17.4/20) = 8.7
"Vision 6: Atil" (14:19) - VESPERO - (25.25/30) = 8.416667
"Wolf" (10:24) - ABTSRAKT - (16.75/20) = 8.375
"Necro" (12:38) - BATTLESTATIONS - (25/30) = 8.333
"Bloody Mary"(10:40)  - ABSTRAKT - (16.5/20) = 8.25
"Following The Unknown" (10:10) - JAM IT! - (16.5/20) = 8.25
"Our Quiet Footsteps"(12:35) - GENTLE KNIFE - (20.5/25) = 8.2
"The Scientist's Wife" (19:58) - THIEVES' KITCHEN - (32/40) = 8.0
“Infinite Rise” (10:10) - KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - (15.75/20) = 7.875


As-yet Unrated:
"Dawn of a Forgotten" (18:08) - BATTLESTATIONS - (/35) = 
"The Greatest Show on Earth" (24:02) - NIGHTWISH - (/50) = 
"Kung Bores Dans" (18:18) - AGUSA - (/40) = 
"Gånglåt Från Vintergatan" (20:22) - AGUSA - (/40) = 
"Vale of Æternum" (19:26) - YAK - (/40) = 
"Quest for the Stones" (23:59) - YAK - (/50) =
"Schrodinger's Cat" (16:52) - SIMON STEENSLAND - (/35) = 
"To Turn the Other Side" (22:05) - NAD SYLVAN - (/45) = 
"Echoes of Ekwabet" (9:41) - NAD SYLVAN - (/20) = 
"The Piper" - TIGER MOTH TALES


Too Short:
"The Flood"* - LEPROUS (not quite 9 mins. but a MUST HEAR) (20/20) =10.0
"Light Shining Through the Sea" (8:35) - CICADA - (20/20) = 10.0
"Rubbing Shoulders with The Absolute" (8:36) - OZRIC TENTACLES - (20/20) = 10.0
"Discovery" (8:45) ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF - (19/20) = 9.5
"Sova" (8:34) - DUNGEN - (/20) = 
"Bound in Chains" (8:53) - SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - (18.25/20) = 9.125
"Starfire" (8:47) - JAGA JAZZIST - (18/20) = 9.0
"Nothing, Everything" (8:50) - GLASS HAMMER - (18/20) = 90.0
"Life at Any Cost" (8:50) - 3RDEGREE - /20) =
"Captured Light" (8:13) - THE AMAZING


* Denotes songs that are so good that they have vaulted into the hallowed halls of Prog's Valhalla.

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