Monday, March 20, 2023

2019's Best Prog Epics and Mesmerics

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

Masterpieces:
1. "Ellipsis" (14:13) - MONKEY3 - (29.5/30) = 9.83 
2. "Zöhr" (12:28) - ARNAUD BUKWALD - (24/25) = 9.6
3. "Eilmer" (9:33) - THIEVES' KITCHEN - (19/20) = 9.5
4. "Labyrinth" (14:26) - SONAR with DAVID TORN - (28.5/30) = 9.5 
5. "Dark Kingdom & The Evil King, Part 2" (11:20) - MODERN-ROCK ENSEMBLE -  (19/20) = 9.5
6. "Dragon Island Suite (Part 2)" (15:39) - KARFAGEN - (38/40) = 9.5
7. "Creature" (27:46) - THE TEA CLUB - (52/55) = 9.45
8. "Easy for Us" (10:01) - THE ANCESTRY PROGRAM - (18.5/20) = 9.25
9. "Come to Your Father" (10:08) - SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - (18.5/20) = 9.25
10. "Precipice" (9:46) - STEVE UNRUH - (18.5/20) = 9.25
11. "Le temps du crépuscule" (12:12) - ALIO DIE & INDALASKA - (23/25) = 9.2
12. "Uffington" (11:35) - THIEVES' KITCHEN -  (18.25/20) = 9.125
13. "Voyager" (14:03) - BIG BIG TRAIN - (27.3/30) = 9.11
14. "Singularity" (23:33) - DEVIN TOWNSEND - (45.5/50) = 9.10
15. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (21:49) - ULVER - (41/45) = 9.10
16. "The Voice of the Lar" (20:06) - THIEVES' KITCHEN - (36.25/40) = 9.0625

Also Very Good Songs:
17. "Dragon Island Suite (Part 1)" - (17:18) - KARFAGEN - (31.5/35) = 9.0
18. "Chromology" (9:49) - THANK YOU SCIENTIST - (18/20) = 9.0
19. "Seeds for Life" (19:34) - UNITED PROGRESSIVE FRATERNITY - (36/40) = 9.0
20. "Spirals" (11:19) - MONKEY3 - (18/20) = 9.0
21. "The Fountain and the Feather" (12:44) - THE PNEUMATIC TRANSIT - (22.5/25) = 9.0
22. "For Another Lifetime" (15:22) - IQ - (27/30) = 9.0
23. "Borderlands" (11:03) - DEVIN TOWNSEND - (18/20) = 9.0
24. "Luxury Denial" (10:38) - STEVE UNRUH - (18/20) = 9.0
25. "Exodus" (15:50) - ULVER - (27/30) = 9.0
26. "Briefing for a Descent Into Hell" (18:35) - STEPHAN THELEN feat. Markus Reuter & David Torn - (36/40) = 9.0
27. "Stormwatch" (14:22) - BJØRN RIIS - (27/30) = 9.0
28. "Residual Sentience" (9:46) - THE PNEUMATIC TRANSIT - (18/20) = 9.0
29. "Theremoon" (9:25) - ARNAUD BUKWALD - (18/20) = 9.0



"Age of Stars" (9:00) - IZZ - (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
"In the Woods" (13:17) - JAMBINAI - (26.5/30) = 8.83
"Casino Mouse" (13:07) - THE PNEUMATIC TRANSIT - (22/25) = 8.80
"Big Boy" (25:07) - CHEETO'S MAGAZINE - (44/50) = 8.8
"Red Sky" (11:14) - SONAR with DAVID TORN - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Anchor" (9:56) - THANK YOU SCIENTIST - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Tokyo" (11:24) - LOOSESENSE - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Hear My Voice Tonight" (9:57) - SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Reality" (9:25) - THE SAMURAI OF PROG - (17.5/20) = 8.75
RETROSPECTIVE - "What Will Be Next" (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Fractal Guitar" (9:20) - STEPHAN THELEN feat. Markus Reuter - (17.5/20) = 8.75
"Ursa Major" (18:23) - THE COSMIC DEAD - (35/40) = 8.75
"Prism" (9:10) - MONKEY3 -  (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
"Moment of Inertia" (9:46) - IZZ - (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
"Everyday Ghosts" (10:03) - THANK YOU SCIENTIST - (17/20) = 8.5
"Fallout" (19:55) - IQ - (34/40)
"Nowhere, Now Here" (10:25) - MONO - (17/20) = 8.5
MODERN-ROCK ENSEMBLE - "Night Comes - Dreams" (17/20) = 8.5
"Road Movie" (13:23) - STEPHAN THELEN feat. Markus Reuter - (25.5/30) = 8.5
"The Great Spirit Way" (21:45) - IQ - (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
"Urban Nightscape" (17:34) - STEPHAN THELEN feat. Markus Reuter - (29/35) = 8.29
"42" (18:41) - IZZ - (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
"Blood, Fire, Woods, Diamonds" (16:43) - ULVER - (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
"True North" (16:11) - ULVER - (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."


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