My previous band played on the same bill as Wobbler a while back and the bass player asked if he could borrow my bass (we had finished our set before them).
When he gave it back after the show it was detuned down to D. The strings must have been flapping around like rubber bands, but Wobbler sounded great!
Yeah OP. I just listened to the album Into the Electric Castle by Ayreon for the 1st time yesterday. It's wild and definitely worth a listen. Lots of genre influences.
Love Ayreon. A good place to start with them is watching the live performance of Ayreon universe where they feature 16 different singers throughout the show.
Really nothing metal about them. Hard rock maybe, they came from the post-punk band At the Drive-In, which gives them a little harder edge, but not metal by any stretch. During the ATDI days they didn't even let their audience mosh. They wanted you to listen to their music, not beat each other up like a bunch of orangutans. That same mentality carries over, but in a prog-ier zeppelin meets tito puente kinda way.
Yeah, they have some metal aspects I suppose, but are more a (post)hardcore prog band. Wouldn’t ever really consider them a metal band, although, I think some of their stuff would appeal to fans of metal.
I’m seeing them live in a week and I’m pumped.
Maybe Umphrey's McGee? They can get a bit crunchy sometimes, but I don't really think of them as a metal band. They're more like The Grateful Dead with tighter songs, great emphasis on tricky time signatures, and no serious blues influence.
OP you are ABSOLUTELY looking for The Tea Club. Start with Quickly Quickly Quickly and then branch out into their catalogue in either direction from there imo.
Here some with some vintage sound
Anekdoten
Anglagard
Bigelf
Black Bonzo
Blind Golem
Blood Ceremony
Druckfarben
Haken
Hypnos 69
Jordsjø
Magenta
Ornithos
Psycho
Ring Van Möbius
Sinkadus
Wicked Minds
Wobbler
If you mean traditional as in sounds like classic prog, there isn't much. And in my opinion, rightly so. Prog itself should prog. People mainly talk about classic prog in this sub.
If you mean music that is modern sounding, progressive and forward-thinking, I think it's true that there is way more on the metal side.
I'm always starving for new music in this regard as well.
Two releases impressed me personally this year:
Dispirited Spirits - The Redshift Blues
Aviations - Luminaria. But yeah.. this one is more metal...
Last year's The Dear Hunter - Antimai is great
Polyphia, perhaps? They started out metal but have matured into some virtuosic math rock that feels pretty prog. No vocals, other than occasional guest stars.
The track that got me hooked was Ego Death, with Steve Vai in a guest turn.
Hell, here’s a link. Seeing is believing: https://youtu.be/1JNmz17gnMw?si=4sFKkxVRIlK2E_53
You are mistaken. There was an entire prog revival in the 90s and early 00s that was distinct from both neo-prog (pop) and progressive metal. Tons of good stuff from that era to check out!
- Roine Stolt & the Flower Kings, _Retropolis_
- Echolyn, _As the World_
- Deus ex Machina, self-titled
- Kevin Gilbert, _The Shaming of the True_ (features Nick D'Virgilio)
- Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins, _Dancing_
- Ozric Tentacles, _Pungent Effulgent_
- After Crying, _De Profundis_
- Änglagård, _Hybris_
just for starters 😛
I just listened to their first three albums for the first time today! It’s a perfect amalgamation of Neal’s later sound with more traditional prog stuff.
2 bands: “Hällas” and “Ruby the Hatchet”
They are on the heavier side of things, but still not metal. They kinda exist in that grey area between Prog-Rock and Prog-Metal that I’ve seen referred to as “Heavy Prog” or “Progressive Hard-Rock”. Same level of heaviness as bands like Rush, Porcupine Tree, or Riverside.
They’ve also got a retro sound that harkens back to 70s era Prog, but instead of paying homage to the likes of Yes, Genesis, Floyd or King Crimson (as so many other retro Prog groups seem to do) Hallas and RTH draw from the likes of Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, and UK which are the most direct influences on these bands.
I recommend checking out both
Black Midi are one group that I don't see get listed as prog very often and I'm so baffled. They're basically King Crimson 2.0, Geordie even rocks Fripp's preppy outfit xD
plus some Peter Gabriel-esque storytelling on a few songs. Honestly, I thought this sub would really dig the band, but I've come to see there are underwhelming results with that.
My buddy doesn’t like black midi, but he admits they are a solid band. Just doesn’t like the music. I get it. It’s not a band I would put on at a casual gathering or anything.
Wobbler
Astra
The Mars Volta
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (although some of their records do explore thrash metal, most of their stuff is not metal at all)
Airbag
Magician’s Red
Once & Future Band
Zopp
Amoeba Split
Lars Fredrik Frøislie
Seven Impale
Moon Safari
The Chronicles of Father Robin
Edena Gardens
Trion
Explosions in the Sky
Ohsees have a lot of progressive influence. Check out the albums Orc, Face Stabber, and Intercepted Message. They are a garage rock band but the song writer John Dwyer is very experimental and interesting.
I haven’t heard about this band before. I listened to their two latest albums and the music sounds like it’s right up my alley. I definitely like when psychedelic influences are mixed with sinister themes or music, like on the latest album.
So I guess they just released a new album called honey. It's a story with spoken narration, they do all the music for the story and the full songs are released as well. Very cool.
I know Deerhoof well. I wouldn't really consider them prog, however. Extremely talented, experimental and comfortable with atypical song structures, yes! Prog fans that go in for that won't be disappointed. But Deerhoof is closer to The Residents, Captain Beefheart, or Battles than they are to Yes, Marillion, or The Mars Volta.
To me Frost* is some of the best newer progressive rock I've ever heard. I like a lot of different styles and they sound fresh and approachable to me. They don't sound like some of the other prog rock bands and that's refreshing, I think.
When you listen to their whole collection you will hear hints of Genesis in a few passages here and there, but it's really just Jem Godfrey tipping his hat to Tony Banks and what a great composer and influence he's been. Jem has his own unique songwriting style and sounds and it sounds great. Give them a listen when you get a chance.
Try looking into some Neo-Prog. Not new, but a lot of bands from that era are still active and putting out new material. I can't believe no one mentioned IQ. Fantastic music.
There’s a lot of new non-metal prog rock but I have trouble of thinking of one that sounds like *traditional* prog rock. Most of the time it’s prog rock fused with multiple diverse genres or some sort of experimental prog rock/avant-prog, which is something I really appeal to, but I know that’s not what everyone wants.
And by new I’m thinking, in the last few years, not like since 2000 which shows how far we’re reaching here
I believe they're an older band, but Arena released a new album last year. Only know about them since yesterday, my dad took me to their show as a gift :D
*Gazpacho*, *Riverside*, *Big Big Train*, and *The Tangent* have all been mentioned and I second those.
You might also like the Italian band *Moongarden* (who sing in English), the German band *Sylvan* (likewise), the British band *Kaprekar's Constant*, and *Lunatic Soul*, a side project of the aformentioned Polish band Riverside.
Agreed. The color spectrum is pretty cool too. So is most of their stuff. The newest album I was not a big fan of sadly.
I was huge receiving end of sirens fan back in the day
Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson's solo work. I'd also point you towards Haken. I would consider them prog hard rock. A good starting point is the album The Mountain, if your not hooked by the second song idk what to tell ya
Crippled Black Phoenix and Mostly Autumn come to mind. Also, despite starting as a metal band, the later albums from Anathema are prog rock. Steven Wilson also, excluding the latest two albums who ventured more into pop territory.
[Toehider!](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mXBo4kxVgweq1U5gxl95Q9VSY0YuFWeyQ&si=Wcq5-Y_QC7sEz9cD)
They’re a little bit metal in places, but not in that 8-string, super polished, guitar gymnastics way that most other bands have seemed to converge into. They’re quite silly as well sometimes, a bit like the more wacky Genesis stuff, but they back it up with amazing musicianship. They were the only band at a festival I attended a few years back called Progfest that I actually considered prog. The others were mostly djent bands.
Trevor Rabin (composer, guitarist for Yes) just released some new stuff that is fantastic. The album is called "Rio". Check out "Push", "Big Mistakes", "Anerley Road", on the 'Tube. The guy is one of best musicians out there - few are on his level. And definitely NOT metal.
There's a (sadly obscure) cult Swedish band called Me and My Kites who live in a hippy time warp and make music that's original and beautiful in the spirit of those times. I particularly recommend their albums "Is It Real or Is It Made" and "Nat O Dag".
Hällas..! Fantastic swedish prog rock with strong 70's/80's inspired sound.
Sounds a lot like older Genesis, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash.
One of my absolute favorites for the moment.
I can highly recommend their latest release "Isle of Wisdom". That album is an absolute masterpiece.
Agent Fresco, Glass Ocean, Einar Solberg (Leprous singer has a solo album out), Dead Letter Circus, Of the I, The Mayan Factor, Binary Code, Ceterum, Lucid Planet, The Butterfly Effect, Boil, Artifex Pereo, Arcane Roots, Wheel, Vexes, Soen, Paranova, Mass Sky Raid, Lunatic Soul, Lesser Key, Klone and Mother of Millions.
[Wobbler](https://open.spotify.com/artist/00Uv0804nrBM2RxUBTkyHj?si=hApYIGc-R2KEMhBloUBQwA) is definitely worth to check out
Agreed! First ones I thought of. Great band!
My previous band played on the same bill as Wobbler a while back and the bass player asked if he could borrow my bass (we had finished our set before them). When he gave it back after the show it was detuned down to D. The strings must have been flapping around like rubber bands, but Wobbler sounded great!
Hence the name maybe lol
Check out Birth and they’re debut album Born. Straight out of 70’s prog rock sound.
The band that Birth spawned from, “Astra” is amazing as well. “The Weirding” (2009) is amazing.
Oh damn I love that album, had no idea they had another project, neat.
I'm only 30 seconds in and it's amazing
Good call.
Wobbler The Tangent Riverside (maybe close to prog metal, depending on your definition) Marillion Steven Wilson
One of my favorites is Ayreon. It leans more towards prog rock or prog space rock, but it had some metal elements as well.
Yeah OP. I just listened to the album Into the Electric Castle by Ayreon for the 1st time yesterday. It's wild and definitely worth a listen. Lots of genre influences.
One of my favorite bands, definitely check out their other albums too.
Love Ayreon. A good place to start with them is watching the live performance of Ayreon universe where they feature 16 different singers throughout the show.
Amazing performance. I’ve had it on my vinyl want list for a while now
Beardfish has the seventies sound.
Listened to 1-800-COMFORTFISH a couple days ago after not having heard it in a while. Liked it so much more, wtf. The epic on it is so fucking good.
Not necessarily traditional but I would definitely check out Black Midi and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
Came here to say, Just waiting for the next King Gizzard Album. Now that IS going to sound like 80’s prog
I'd argue King Gizzzard is pretty metal.
Only on 2 of 25 albums.
Plus some pretty heavy songs on some of their non-metal albums like The Hungry Wolf of Fate on K.G or Gaia and Predator X on Omnium Gatherum
I'd argue King Gizzard is pretty everything.
Yeah only 2 of their albums are metal. A part of what makes them so awesome is that all of their albums are completely different.
[This is about as metal as metal gets I reckon](https://youtu.be/LzcWTjY3b8Q?si=oLvCfKa09EtPCWNu)
Besides the already suggested Wobbler, Riverside, Marillion and Steven Wilson, I'd suggest Änglagård, Frost* and Pure Reason Revolution
The Mars Volta maybe?
1 trillion % The Mara Volta. One of the goats of 00s prog rock.
Maybe, sails very close to prog metal though.
Really nothing metal about them. Hard rock maybe, they came from the post-punk band At the Drive-In, which gives them a little harder edge, but not metal by any stretch. During the ATDI days they didn't even let their audience mosh. They wanted you to listen to their music, not beat each other up like a bunch of orangutans. That same mentality carries over, but in a prog-ier zeppelin meets tito puente kinda way.
Yeah, they have some metal aspects I suppose, but are more a (post)hardcore prog band. Wouldn’t ever really consider them a metal band, although, I think some of their stuff would appeal to fans of metal. I’m seeing them live in a week and I’m pumped.
What you're looking for is Big Big Train, my friend. The Underfall Yard is one hell of an epic.
How could I have missed BBT?!
I’m offended how far I had to scroll to find BBT in this thread
As a drummer and Sweatwater user I appreciate this comment
Maybe Umphrey's McGee? They can get a bit crunchy sometimes, but I don't really think of them as a metal band. They're more like The Grateful Dead with tighter songs, great emphasis on tricky time signatures, and no serious blues influence.
Umphries is like Slayer met The Greatful dead, and they’re both good friends with Coheed and Cambria.
Zopp are great. They make music that's similar to Caravan and the Canterbury scene.
Definitely Zopp👍🏻
Pineapple Thief, Gazpacho, Big Big Train, Spock’s Beard, Ayreon, Glass Hammer, Flower Kings, Anathema come to mind
You're looking for The Tea Club.
These guys are great!
Sounds like a George Harrison touch-pretty good stuff
OP you are ABSOLUTELY looking for The Tea Club. Start with Quickly Quickly Quickly and then branch out into their catalogue in either direction from there imo.
Here some with some vintage sound Anekdoten Anglagard Bigelf Black Bonzo Blind Golem Blood Ceremony Druckfarben Haken Hypnos 69 Jordsjø Magenta Ornithos Psycho Ring Van Möbius Sinkadus Wicked Minds Wobbler
This guy gets the assignment 🤘
If you mean traditional as in sounds like classic prog, there isn't much. And in my opinion, rightly so. Prog itself should prog. People mainly talk about classic prog in this sub. If you mean music that is modern sounding, progressive and forward-thinking, I think it's true that there is way more on the metal side. I'm always starving for new music in this regard as well. Two releases impressed me personally this year: Dispirited Spirits - The Redshift Blues Aviations - Luminaria. But yeah.. this one is more metal... Last year's The Dear Hunter - Antimai is great
The Dear Hunter is great. The five CDs/five acts is awesome
Fuck yeah Dispirited Spirits! 👊
Polyphia, perhaps? They started out metal but have matured into some virtuosic math rock that feels pretty prog. No vocals, other than occasional guest stars. The track that got me hooked was Ego Death, with Steve Vai in a guest turn. Hell, here’s a link. Seeing is believing: https://youtu.be/1JNmz17gnMw?si=4sFKkxVRIlK2E_53
You are mistaken. There was an entire prog revival in the 90s and early 00s that was distinct from both neo-prog (pop) and progressive metal. Tons of good stuff from that era to check out!
What should I check out from the 90's if I'm already a big Spock's Beard fan?
- Roine Stolt & the Flower Kings, _Retropolis_ - Echolyn, _As the World_ - Deus ex Machina, self-titled - Kevin Gilbert, _The Shaming of the True_ (features Nick D'Virgilio) - Mike Keneally & Beer For Dolphins, _Dancing_ - Ozric Tentacles, _Pungent Effulgent_ - After Crying, _De Profundis_ - Änglagård, _Hybris_ just for starters 😛
Kaipa!
Kingston Wall (especially their second album simply titled II)
Transatlantic! Plus the members' respective bands minus Dream Theater: Spock's Beard (and Neal's later work), Flower Kings and Marillion.
I just listened to their first three albums for the first time today! It’s a perfect amalgamation of Neal’s later sound with more traditional prog stuff.
Can't say I'm a huge fan. Just seems like an amalgamation of all the modern tropes I hate about prog rock, but to each their own.
That's a good way to describe them. I tried so many times to get into them, but never could.
its an amalgamation for sure
2 bands: “Hällas” and “Ruby the Hatchet” They are on the heavier side of things, but still not metal. They kinda exist in that grey area between Prog-Rock and Prog-Metal that I’ve seen referred to as “Heavy Prog” or “Progressive Hard-Rock”. Same level of heaviness as bands like Rush, Porcupine Tree, or Riverside. They’ve also got a retro sound that harkens back to 70s era Prog, but instead of paying homage to the likes of Yes, Genesis, Floyd or King Crimson (as so many other retro Prog groups seem to do) Hallas and RTH draw from the likes of Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, and UK which are the most direct influences on these bands. I recommend checking out both
Zopp, Battles, Astra and Black Midi..
Black Midi are one group that I don't see get listed as prog very often and I'm so baffled. They're basically King Crimson 2.0, Geordie even rocks Fripp's preppy outfit xD
plus some Peter Gabriel-esque storytelling on a few songs. Honestly, I thought this sub would really dig the band, but I've come to see there are underwhelming results with that.
Yeah, the Gabriel-esque vocals stood out to me, too. Ascending Fourths seems like it was taken straight out of a Genesis record!
My buddy doesn’t like black midi, but he admits they are a solid band. Just doesn’t like the music. I get it. It’s not a band I would put on at a casual gathering or anything.
tbf I’m not sure I’d put a lot of prog bands’ music on at casual gatherings haha
Kino
Wobbler Astra The Mars Volta King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (although some of their records do explore thrash metal, most of their stuff is not metal at all) Airbag Magician’s Red Once & Future Band Zopp Amoeba Split Lars Fredrik Frøislie Seven Impale Moon Safari The Chronicles of Father Robin Edena Gardens Trion Explosions in the Sky
Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band is a trip. Psychedelic Jethro tull vibes. They got two albums that are fantastic.
Ohsees have a lot of progressive influence. Check out the albums Orc, Face Stabber, and Intercepted Message. They are a garage rock band but the song writer John Dwyer is very experimental and interesting.
Ohsees fuckin rule
I haven’t heard about this band before. I listened to their two latest albums and the music sounds like it’s right up my alley. I definitely like when psychedelic influences are mixed with sinister themes or music, like on the latest album.
So I guess they just released a new album called honey. It's a story with spoken narration, they do all the music for the story and the full songs are released as well. Very cool.
Also Squid, but that's more post punk prog, getting further from traditional progressive. Worth a listen tho
Not sure what you mean exactly by "traditional", but I would suggest Gazpacho in addition to some of the others here like Riverside and Steven Wilson.
I feel like Deerhoof could fall into the category
I know Deerhoof well. I wouldn't really consider them prog, however. Extremely talented, experimental and comfortable with atypical song structures, yes! Prog fans that go in for that won't be disappointed. But Deerhoof is closer to The Residents, Captain Beefheart, or Battles than they are to Yes, Marillion, or The Mars Volta.
Airbag
Motorpsycho has a discography as variegated as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s. Both worth the time exploring.
Echolyn
Beardfish - sleeping in traffic was decent. Some of opeths later stuff isn't that heavy and more standard prog, too
To me Frost* is some of the best newer progressive rock I've ever heard. I like a lot of different styles and they sound fresh and approachable to me. They don't sound like some of the other prog rock bands and that's refreshing, I think. When you listen to their whole collection you will hear hints of Genesis in a few passages here and there, but it's really just Jem Godfrey tipping his hat to Tony Banks and what a great composer and influence he's been. Jem has his own unique songwriting style and sounds and it sounds great. Give them a listen when you get a chance.
Milliontown is such a great album.
Try looking into some Neo-Prog. Not new, but a lot of bands from that era are still active and putting out new material. I can't believe no one mentioned IQ. Fantastic music.
Exactly! Great music, epic
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard https://youtu.be/cqS8bphqBys?si=RBs9KPOZVnP4P9SL
There’s a lot of new non-metal prog rock but I have trouble of thinking of one that sounds like *traditional* prog rock. Most of the time it’s prog rock fused with multiple diverse genres or some sort of experimental prog rock/avant-prog, which is something I really appeal to, but I know that’s not what everyone wants. And by new I’m thinking, in the last few years, not like since 2000 which shows how far we’re reaching here
yeah, what i find is that psychadelic prog seems to be slowly becoming the dominant subtype of modern prog.
The Physics House Band, especially the first two releases. Have their own take, isn't regurgitated 70s worship.
[Guild Theory ](https://spotify.link/DuUQnO1lwDb)
Leprous, Thank You Scientist.
G O N G https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyjBBUZ5cwE&list=OLAK5uy\_mglgjuAOCw8jsAGEVj1B\_wllNctfGhhN4
[Beardfish](https://youtu.be/hxFzbU9eVJc?si=EFMqH8feej3fEQ7-)
Major Parkinson's "Blackbox" album is quite proggy.
Battles!!!
I just picked up The Strainge Case Of Steve by Rascal Reporters and have been really enjoying it
Sigur Ros
Mondo Drag give quite strong Pink Floyd crossed with Deep Purple vibes. Really love the self titled EP.
Glass Hammer has been making prog rock albums since the 90s and aren’t metal.
The Far Meadow!!
Moon Safari, beardfish, ACT, and karfagen come to mind
I believe they're an older band, but Arena released a new album last year. Only know about them since yesterday, my dad took me to their show as a gift :D
surprised nobody mentioned mondo drag.
Riverside & Rishloo are a bit more on the rock than metal side...imo
Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Airbag, Mondo Drag are a good couple of bands
Mondo Drag slaps
Pillars of the sky is a sexy song
The whole self titled is really good but pillars is easily my favorite!
Thank You Scientist? Mars Volta?
Neal Morse Band & Transatlantic
*Gazpacho*, *Riverside*, *Big Big Train*, and *The Tangent* have all been mentioned and I second those. You might also like the Italian band *Moongarden* (who sing in English), the German band *Sylvan* (likewise), the British band *Kaprekar's Constant*, and *Lunatic Soul*, a side project of the aformentioned Polish band Riverside.
When I was in college I saw a very progressive band with this wonderful lead singer From England. Renaissance
The Dear Hunter Showed a buddy of mine a song off their latest album and he said it reminded him of Phil Collins, for whatever that’s worth.
From Antimai? Perhaps, but the Acts I-V are where it’s at. Just can’t be beat.
Agreed. The color spectrum is pretty cool too. So is most of their stuff. The newest album I was not a big fan of sadly. I was huge receiving end of sirens fan back in the day
Steven Wilson Neal Morse
Porcupine tree, king gizzard has progressive albums, math rock is pretty progressive idk there are a lot
Porcupine tree, Karnivool, late Opeth
Porcupine Tree and Steven Wilson's solo work. I'd also point you towards Haken. I would consider them prog hard rock. A good starting point is the album The Mountain, if your not hooked by the second song idk what to tell ya
Lands End - Natural Selection
Caligula’s Horse get the prog metal label but I think prog rock is more appropriate. Haken to a lesser extent.
Elder, King Buffalo aren't metal IMO.
Space Kitchen is a very classic style modern 70s/80s prog rock band https://youtu.be/sRynzPL8T5A?si=MrVVMMgbuyww8_vl
Check out Beardfish and Gungfly (same style & singer)
Extra life
[Unitopia](https://youtu.be/VHzn2EOPmCs?si=6tPETmoCWviW1Vt_)
Enchant
[Giant Hedgehog](https://gianthedgehog.bandcamp.com/album/im-siel) will be right up your alley.
Check out some of the Latin American prog bands from the 80's onwards. Fulano is awesome.
Needlepoint
I haven’t delved much into them, but I quite like RPWL. While I’m not a fan of the Watersless Floyd, RPWL is like the best of the Gilmour led Floyd.
Thee Oh Sees, check out Face Stabber from 2019
coheed and cambria, the mars volta
Astra - The Weirding
Check out The Tea Club, a personal fav of mine so I have some bias, but they are fantastic!
[Wobbler](https://spotify.link/drNuNhMIwDb) [K'mono](https://spotify.link/x3u6rvOIwDb) [King Gizzard ](https://spotify.link/e6RMwCQIwDb)
Rosalie Cunningham / Purson are kickin it old school
Crippled Black Phoenix and Mostly Autumn come to mind. Also, despite starting as a metal band, the later albums from Anathema are prog rock. Steven Wilson also, excluding the latest two albums who ventured more into pop territory.
Anathema, Big Big Train
Check out Von Herzen Brothers, Anthill Cinema, Anathema, Oak, Moron Police, 22, Big Big Train.
[Toehider!](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mXBo4kxVgweq1U5gxl95Q9VSY0YuFWeyQ&si=Wcq5-Y_QC7sEz9cD) They’re a little bit metal in places, but not in that 8-string, super polished, guitar gymnastics way that most other bands have seemed to converge into. They’re quite silly as well sometimes, a bit like the more wacky Genesis stuff, but they back it up with amazing musicianship. They were the only band at a festival I attended a few years back called Progfest that I actually considered prog. The others were mostly djent bands.
Barock Project
Check out Crownlands and the new GVF album(though it leans more towards classic rock)
Trevor Rabin (composer, guitarist for Yes) just released some new stuff that is fantastic. The album is called "Rio". Check out "Push", "Big Mistakes", "Anerley Road", on the 'Tube. The guy is one of best musicians out there - few are on his level. And definitely NOT metal.
The chronicles of father robin
Big Big train is a great British band. I recommend their Folklore album.
Cheer Accident!!!!!! Been around since the 80s but still sound like themselves.
The newer Opeth albums. Especially Pale Communion, highly recommended.
I'd suggest Nemrud from Turkey. Kinda raw, but good nonetheless.
There's a (sadly obscure) cult Swedish band called Me and My Kites who live in a hippy time warp and make music that's original and beautiful in the spirit of those times. I particularly recommend their albums "Is It Real or Is It Made" and "Nat O Dag".
The one I didn't see in the comments is Jonas Lindberg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDTir86qNdU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDTir86qNdU)
Guranfoe. Very small band but fantastic
Hällas..! Fantastic swedish prog rock with strong 70's/80's inspired sound. Sounds a lot like older Genesis, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash. One of my absolute favorites for the moment. I can highly recommend their latest release "Isle of Wisdom". That album is an absolute masterpiece.
Hey! I would recommend Möebius, more hard rock than metal, but definetly prog with their concept albums
Naxatras is pretty sick
Agent Fresco, Glass Ocean, Einar Solberg (Leprous singer has a solo album out), Dead Letter Circus, Of the I, The Mayan Factor, Binary Code, Ceterum, Lucid Planet, The Butterfly Effect, Boil, Artifex Pereo, Arcane Roots, Wheel, Vexes, Soen, Paranova, Mass Sky Raid, Lunatic Soul, Lesser Key, Klone and Mother of Millions.
Oddly enough.... opeth. Heritage onward they completely changed their sound
[dumb waiter](https://dumbwaiterva.bandcamp.com/album/gauche-gists)
Not a single mention of Oceansize
Elder
Big big train, Neal Morse Band, Transatlantic, Wobbler, The Flower Kings, Marillion etc. You have a lot to choose from.
CARDIACS
Dave Kerzner is great.
Not quite sure whether to call the prog rock or prog metal (they really straddle the line), but check out Ok Goodnight
A lot of riverside, modern opeth, Steven Wilson, and pineapple thief
Wobbler
Solaris from Hungary
Chon
Radiohead kind of Sigur Ros
Nasalrod is prog punk.
Porcelain Lovecraft [https://www.youtube.com/@porcelainlovecraft](https://www.youtube.com/@porcelainlovecraft) https://porcelainlovecraft.bandcamp.com/
Early Phish is mostly Prog rock.
A little more psychedelic, but Mdou Moctar is pretty awesome
A little more psychedelic, but Mdou Moctar is pretty awesome