Dream Theatre at the O2 playing Night Terror fantastic

God bless you guys-what a tough (but fun) task you have. Because of you, I'm now a fan of Frost, Big Big Train, Von Hertzen Brothers and so many other phenomenal bands. Kudos and Merry Christmas!

Far to much pop in today's prog

Rush's last 3 albums are fucking great

Amazed that Supper’s Ready was named so late in your discussion. Nevertheless a great discussion

It's been a brilliant year for prog music. Absolutely love the Frost and BBT albums - and for me, the Meer album was my biggest discovery of the year. These are probably my top three albums - they were consistently good across the album. Also, I enjoyed albums from Von Herten Brothers (Song of the year - Relapse?), Beardfish, Marjan Semkina and Kite Parade this year.

Well done to all the winners. BBT best album and very well deserved to in my humble opinion.

Too many great records this year

Harem Scarem is unbelievably good and took a leap faith to buy an import CD some time ago and am glad I did. Deeper lyrics/songs and the ballads are even great. This is one of the best under the radar bands I have ever heard. Playlist gets a spin several times a week. And....as I am typing up comes Bonham. Both of their albums are outstanding, and their second album Mad Hatter is even better than Disregard. Two great selections! Had to chime in again Winger's Pull easily top 5 album, a masterpiece. Bands later stuff is great with some great depth.

It's unfortunate that Swedish stalwarts, Ritual, who returned for their first full length album in over 15 years weren't recognized at all. Their latest album was ranked number one on the prog corner for best prog album of the year. Everyone has their own preferences I guess.

Wow, it nust have been a shit year if only 3 albums are nominated in virtually every category (and its DT in the others). 😊

Always a pleasure following you . see you in 2025 for keeping the prog report in sucess

Great choices! Love the DT recognition and the other winners are all phenomenal. Would've liked to see a little more of The Pineapple Thief as that was my favorite release of '24 but Big Big Train and Frost are so good that I can't complain. ☮🤘

"Countdown" also coincided with the first few space shuttle launches, which is probably why it was on MTV a lot back then.

... big big meh.

Frost might have outdone themselves with Life in the Wires. Fantastic stuff!

Epic of the year just had to go to the song I have played like 70 times since launch. What a song, what an album, what a band we have in Frost* in 2024

Yay prog! I can't argue with any of these choices except "Night Terror" which I found to be meh, I would have gone with Big Big Train but I guess they can't win all the awards.

Stunned that Jon Anderson didn't win for album cover of the year!

Good to hear about prog mainstream, but nothing truly innovative or interesting tbh. Time to move on and explore different music fields for me...

I certainly appreciate the results and agree with most on the list, but I cannot wrap my head around the DT vote. Their music is as cookie cutter as anything out their they have done. A LOT of talent, but their music is predictable fan service at this point. May be the novelty of Mike P returning blew this up I dont know. My opine of course.

So pleased Frost* are getting the attention they deserve. What a band.... Adore their music. Thank you....

I recently just listened to Life in the Wires and was blown away! fantastic album! glad it won

If it weren’t for channels like yours I would have no idea of the wonderful prog music--keep up the great work!

And almost 20 people took part and voted?

what's the name of the intro song?

A Broken Man is a far superior song to Night Terror. Not that NT is bad - but it's as by-the-numbers as DT gets. A Broken Man is the first time they've sounded fresh in years. Also, how do 2 different bands win album of the year and artist of the year?

Great picks! The one I have to disagree with would be Production of the Year. Jon and the Band Geeks album was spectacular. And the fact that Richie did it in his basement, remote with Jon. Glad it was a finalist! Love the monthly videos.

A British prog/alternative band called Beak needs to be mentioned. They released a good album that received a lot of attention here. A mention for Herin’s, “Hiding in Plain Sight”, which is about his father who suffered from Alzheimers. Airbag put out a sonically interesting album. And young Brits, Azure released an album that is barking mad but has some wonderful playing on it!

I used to go for long walks and listen to Ummagumma and one day I just fell in love with it; something clicked. Also the way I fell in love with In the Wake of Poseidon by King Crimson.

Congratulations, Jon, on True! If I hadn't known it was with The Band Geeks, I would have believed it to be a new Yes album! It sounds like a record you could have made with Chris, Rick, Steve, and Alan! Ritchie is amazing! It's like he helped you resurrect YES from the 70s! And your voice sounds the same as it did 53 years ago when I first began listening to YES!🎤🎵🎶🙌🩵

Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

So funny haha love it

Brilliant album. I really enjoyed it.

What a masterpiece of an album.

You got me with Meer, bought it after listen to two songs. What great music. Nice List btw. Thanks for it.

Great episode gentlemen, love seeing these year end favorites. A couple that didn't get mentioned that I have really enjoyed this year. Oddleaf - When Ideal and Denial Collide Ritual - The Story of Mr. Bogd Part 1 Monkey3 - Welcome to the Machine Whom Gods Destroy - Insanium The Flying Norseman - The Flying Norseman Sunburst - Manifesto Tusmorke - Dawn of Oberon

Death Metal fan here. That Blood Incantation album keeps getting mentioned as one of the best albums of 2024, and I can only conclude that IQs have dropped sharply over the last few years. Where is the melodic development? The purposeful transitions? These two tracks are a compositional disaster of jarring moods and schizophrenic 'anything goes' songwriting, and almost nobody is critiquing them for it. The band believed their own hype, got high, and started throwing all of their favourite influences at the wall with no concern about how they would work together. I burst out laughing at several of the hamfisted segues on this thing. And it had such potential - they're good musicians and I like all of the individual elements - but the execution is horrible. Reviewers - if you care about the future of Progressive Metal please stop encouraging this amateurish consequence-free style of composition. We must hold bands of this calibre and influence to a higher standard before more compositionally-insane copycats start flooding the airwaves.

Amazing Albums, I think also that Pure Reason Revolution - Coming Up To Consciousness is an amazing Prog Album

Intersting video but I don't consider one of these songs "prog". YMMV

Mr. Harrison es uno de los MEJORES bateristas del mundo; por cierto, poco nombrado en listados hechos por "expertos" en el tema.

Pleasure Dome is Van Halen's prog song.

Shame ORGONE's 'Pleroma' is missing. But then they don't care about self-promotion.

Ritual The Story Of Mr. Bogd Part 1

Dont want to be that guy but Meer is nowhere near the level of the 1st 3 Arcade Fire albums

Major props for putting the Whirlwind at #1!

Bumping down Awake for Six Degrees hurt my soul lol

Great list, however, has anyone listened to The Flying Norsemen self-titled? If you like Arabs in Aspic, you'll love this one.

My number one #1 OPeth outstanding music

I've been a Yes fan since 45 years ago when I was 14.. By far the best band ever.. Fun table but many of the voters here must have other bands as their favourite.. That ranking was terrible. Too many wrongly positioned ones to mention.. but I will only say that someone that considers Magnification or even 90125 as an A or S, must surely be a fan of INXS or Phil Collins.. which I respect... but never a fan of Yes. Thank you; it was fun anyway.