The Prog Report Best Prog Albums of 2025 podcast had the crew discussing some of the year’s best releases, including our Top 10 Albums of the Year. You can watch that episode on our YouTube channel.
Now the team are ready to share each of our lists of favorite songs from another great year. You can check out the Spotify playlist as well. (Songs chosen are from album released in 2025).
Roie Avin’s 2025 Playlist (Band – Song – Album)
1 Moron Police – Pachinko Pt.1 – Pachinko
2 Paul Meany – Scenic Route – Forever Phase
3 BTBAM – Things We Tell Ourselves – The Blue Nowhere
4 Echolyn – Water In Our Hands – Time Silent Radio II
5 Dream Theater – Bend The Clock – Parasomnia
6 Big Wreck – Around – The Rest of the Story
7 Jonas Lindberg – Running Out of Time – Time Frames
8 Dim Gray – Attakulla – Shards
9 Steven Wilson – Objects Outlive Us – The Overview
10 Cosmic Cathedral – The Heart of Life – Deep Water
11 Jason Bieler – Hollow – The Escapologist
12 Edensong – Black Crow – Our Road to Dust
Daniel Levy’s 2025 Playlist
1 Steven Wilson – Objects Outlive Us – The Overview
2 Dream Theater – Bend The Clock – Parasomnia
3 Cosmic Cathedral – Time to Fly – Deep Water
4 Karmakanic – Transmutation – Transmutation
5 Lux Terminus – Neon Rain – Cinder
6 The Dear Hunter – Shlammin’ Salmon – North American EP
7 Spock’s Beard – The Archaeoptimist – The Archaeoptimist
8 Katatonia – Temporal – Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State
9 Dim Gray – Defiance – Shards
10 Jack the Joker – XV – The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
11 AVKRVST – The Malevolent – Waving at the Sky
12 Pattern-Seeking Animals – Future Perfect World – Friend of All Creatures
Prog Nick’s 2025 Playlist
1 Karmakanic – Transmutation – Transmutation
2 Spocks Beard – Next Step – The Archaeoptimist
3 Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side – Faces Of Stone – Timeframe
4 Solstice – Earthsong (CD Extra) – Clann
5 DarWin – ALT Distorted Mirror – Distorted Mirror
6 Cosmic Cathedral – New Revelation – Deep Water
7 Dream Theater – Bend The Clock – Parasomnia
8 Big Wreck – Short Bangs – The Rest Of The Story
9 Moron Police – Pachinko, Pt 1 – Pachinko
10 Styx – Build and Destroy – Circling From Above
11 Nad Sylvan – Make Somebody Proud – Monumentata
12 Magic Pie – Someone Else’s Wannabe – Maestro
Kyle Fagala’s 2025 Playlist
1 Karmakanic – Transmutation – Transmutation
2 Moron Police – Pachinko Pt.1 – Pachinko
3 Dream Theater – Night Terror – Parasomnia
4 Cosmic Cathedral – The Heart of Life – Deep Water
5 Styx – Build and Destroy – Circling From Above
6 Steven Wilson – Objects Outlive Us – The Overview
7 BTBAM – The Blue Nowhere – The Blue Nowhere
8 Tiktaalika – Gods of Pangaea – Gods of Pangaea
9 Dim Gray – Myopia – Shards
10 Jason Bieler – Violent Creatures – The Escapologist
11 Big Wreck – Staff Party – The Rest of the Story
12 Jonas Lindberg – End of the Road – Time Frames
Geoff Bailie’s 2025 Playlist
1 Solstice – Twin Peaks – Clan
2 Cosmic Cathedral – Deep Water Suite: New Revelation – Deep Water
3 Dream Theater – Bend The Clock – Parasomnia
4 Steven Wilson – Objects Outlive Us – The Overview
5 Spock’s Beard – Next Step – The Archeoptimist
6 Whimsical Creatures – Begin Again Again – Wistful Thinking
7 The Flower Kings – Considerations – LOVE
8 Dim Gray – Defiance – Shards
9 Lunatic Soul – Hands Made Of Lead – The World Under Unsun
10 Jakko Jaksyk – I Told You So – Son Of Glen
11 Jonas Lindberg – End of the Road – Timeframe
12 Karmakanic – End Of The Road – Transmutation
Jon Fiala’s 2025 Playlist
1 Dream Theater – Midnight Messiah – Parasomnia
2 Steve Morse Band – Tumeni Partz – Triangulation
3 Cosmic Cathedral – The Heart of LIfe – Deep Water
4 DarWin – Man vs Machine – Distorted Mirror
5 Magic Pie – Opus Imperfectus, Pt. 1 – The Missing Chord – Maestro
6 Spock’s Beard – Aforethoughts – The Archaeoptimist
7 Styx – It’s Clear – Circling From Above
8 Karmakanic – Transmutation – Transmutation
9 Big Wreck – Believer – The Rest of the Story
10 Nad Sylvan – That’s Not Me – Monumentata
11 Flower Kings – Considerations – LOVE
12 Moron Police – Waiting Around for You – Pachinko
Steve Joyce’s 2025 Playlist
1 Arjen Anthony Lucassen – The Universe Has Other Plans – Songs No-one Will Ever Hear
2 Moron Police – Pachinko Pt. 1 – Pachinko
3 Between the Buried and Me – Beautifully Human – The Blue Nowhere
4 Karmakanic – All That Glitters is not Gold – Transmutation
5 Edensong – The Illusion of Permanence – The Road to Dust
6 Lunatic Soul – Mind Obscured Heart Eclipsed – The World Under Unsun
7 IHLO – Mute – Legacy
8 Jakko Jaksyk – Somewhere Between Then & Now – Son of Glen
9 AVKRVST – Ghosts of Yesteryear – Waving at the Sky
10 Dim Gray – Attakulla – Shards
11 Jonas Lindberg & THe Other Side – Running Out of Time – Timeframe
12 Lars Fredrik Froislie – Jakten På Det Kalydonske Villsvin – Gamle Mester
