Written off or considered endangered several decades ago, progressive rock keeps proving itself alive and impervious to expiration dates. The online magazine Louder has thus decided to dedicate a special year-end list to the venerable genre: the top 50 prog albums of 2025. Naturally, as is always the case when talking about prog, one has to reckon with rather loose and subjective takes on what the term actually means, which in some cases might not be entirely convincing. But the main goal, once again, is to provide a useful guide for digging through the most interesting new releases of the past year. "What an incredible year 2025 has been for the world of prog," Louder writes in its introduction, "This time we've taken a different approach to our Critics' Choice: instead of publishing each contributor's individual Top 20, we've merged them together to create one definitive Top 50."
So here is the list of the 50 best prog albums of 2025 according to Louder magazine (full feature here).
50. Maud The Moth – “The Distaff”
49. Anna von Hausswolff – “Iconoclasts”
48. Black Country, New Road – “Forever Howlong”
47. Lars Fredrik Frøislie – “Gamle Mester”
46. Michael Woodman – “Hiss Of Today”
45. Jinjer – “Duel”
44. AVKRVST – “Waving At The Sky”
43. Spock’s Beard – “The Archaeoptimist”
42. Gösta Berlings Saga – “Forever Now”
41. Imperial Triumphant – “Goldstar”
40. Steeleye Span – “Conflict”
39. Tiberius – “Singing For Company”
38. Pavlov's Dog – “Wonderlust”
37. Gwenno – “Utopia”
36. Chimpan A – “M.I.A. Vol. 1”
35. Dim Gray – “Shards”
34. Lunatic Soul – “The World Under Unsun”
33. Jakko M. Jakszyk – “Son Of Glen”
32. Envy Of None – “Stygian Wavz”
30. North Sea Radio Orchestra – “Special Powers”
29. Cosmograf – “The Orphan Epoch”
28. Katatonia – “Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State”
27. Coheed And Cambria – “Vaxis Act III: The Father Of Make Believe”
26. Bioscope – “Gentō”
25. Jo Quail – “Notan”
24. Hawkwind – “There Is No Space For Us”
23. Wardruna – “Birna”
22. The Utopia Strong – “Doperider”
21. Spriggan Mist – “The Glare”
20. Ghost Of The Machine – “Empires Must Fall”
19. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “Phantom Island”
18. Rick Wakeman – “Melancholia”
17. Midlake – “A Bridge Too Far”
16. Green Carnation – “A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia”
15. Jonathan Hultén – “Eyes Of The Living Night”
14. Karmakanic – “Transmutation”
13. The Emerald Dawn – “The Land, The Sea, The Air (Vol. 1)”
12. The Flower Kings – “Love”
11. Hedvig Mollestad Trio – “Bees In The Bonnet”
10. Gazpacho – “Magic 8-Ball”
9. Jethro Tull – “Curious Ruminant”
8. Between The Buried And Me – “The Blue Nowhere”
7. Amplifier – “Gargantuan”
6. Ihlo – “Legacy”
5. IQ – “Dominion”
4. Dream Theater – “Parasomnia”
3. Solstice – “Clann”
1. Steven Wilson – “The Overview”
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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Claudio Fabretti, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.
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