The 25 Best Prog Rock Albums of the 2000s, According to Loudwire

progressive rock is more alive than ever even in the new millennium. Loudwire proves it, having selected what it considers the 25 best prog rock albums of the 2000s, capturing a decade in which the genre managed to renew itself without severing its ties to tradition. Alongside already-established names like Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard and IQ, the list charts the rise of new acts such as The Mars Volta, Gazpacho, Beardfish and The Dear Hunter, in a landscape increasingly open to crossovers with alternative rock, metal, psychedelia, electronic music, jazz and post-hardcore. Multiple entries from the same artists are not lacking, testifying to the weight certain bands carried in redefining progressive rock at the dawn of the new millennium.

25. Pure Reason Revolution – The Dark Third (2006)
24. Frost* – Milliontown (2006)
23. Unitopia – The Garden (2008)
22. Echolyn – Mei (2002)
21. Beardfish – Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two (2008)
20. Big Big Train – The Underfall Yard (2009)
19. Phideaux – Number Seven (2009)
18. The Pineapple Thief – Tightly Unwound (2008)
17. Transatlantic – The Whirlwind (2009)
16. Von Hertzen Brothers – Love Remains the Same
15. Porcupine Tree – Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
14. The Flower Kings – Space Revolver (2000)
13. The Dear Hunter – Act III: Life and Death (2009)
12. Beardfish – Destined Solitaire (2009)
11. IQ – Frequency (2009)
10. Phideaux – Doomsday Afternoon (2007)
9. The Mars Volta – Frances the Mute (2005)
8. Porcupine Tree – Lightbulb Sun (2000)
7. Opeth – Damnation (2003)
6. Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
5. Marillion – Marbles (2004)
4. The Dear Hunter – Act II: The Meaning of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading (2007)
3. Spock’s Beard – V (2000)
2. Gazpacho – Night (2007)
1. Spock’s Beard – Snow (2002)

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