Welcome to the 2023 Prog Report Awards. These awards are entirely fan-voted. Please select your favorites among 8 categories including Album, Song, Epic, Live Album, Album Cover, Video, Production, and Artist/Band of the Year. We will also announce winners in 2 special categories Breakthrough and Event of the Year chosen by The Prog Report team. Nominees are from albums released in 2023. Only 1 vote per person will count. Proceed to each category below. (If on mobile, after voting in each category, you might have to scroll up to see the next one).
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CATEGORY 1: LIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR
1-Live Album of the Year
2-Video of the Year
3-Album Cover of the Year
4-Album Production of the Year
5-Song of the Year
6-Epic of the Year
7-Album of the Year
8-Artist/Band of the Year
Most varied and satisfying album I heard this year.
This quickly became one of my all-time favorite album covers. So good, I even bought artwork from the artist!
Because, of course!
My favorite song from my favorite album this year.
There are a LOT of great stuff missing!
100% agree. To name a few:
Ne Obliviscaris
Seven Impale
Earthside
Lars Fredrik Frøislie
OK Goodnight
The Chronicles of Father Robin
Zopp
Deposed King
Sleep Token
Enslaved
Anubis Gate
Galahad
Missing Theocracy- The Red Sea for Epic of the year. FYI.
Goodbye has to be one of the best epic songs of the year, and it didn’t even make the list. Come on guys
Sorry, part of my first comment was chopped off. Galahad’s The Long Goodbye is one of the best Epic songs of the year, and it didn’t even make your list. What a shame. Please take another listen to the entire new Galahad album and try to justify why it made none of your lists. I bet you’ll have a hard time answering why nothing on/about the album made any of your lists. Thanks.
I agree the Long Goodbye is truly one of the best Epics I’ve heard in a while!!
Thanks
Great selections this year!
Masterpiece
Another great live recording from a great musician playing great songs
After all this time – Yes are right up there again.
<3
Best album
The best
❤️❤️
Voyager and Tesseract for the win!
Loving this band right now. Been spamming it on Spotify the last week.
Love
Awesome
E-Molecule is such an amazing surprise since many years.
The band Ice Age came back after over 20 years with an excellent new album (WAVES OF LOSS AND POWER on the Sensory label) and yet this polling provides no write-in options, in case readers would have liked to submit something beyond the very limited and biased choices.
My Man !
I thought the same thing and especially the fact that these band members are pioneers of the new modern prog music
So much choice on song of the year…..
AVKVRST has blown me away this year. The whole album! Can’t wait to see what they do in the future after such an impressive first outing.
Lot of very good albums out there in 2023.
La primera vez que lo escuche me volo la cabeza ,excelente disco debut, al igual que the anchoret,pero me quedo con avkrvst.
Love the production
A flawless live album!
Wonderful atmospheric live album. I could close my eyes and think I am there
Epic
Great!
Brilliant
Go Andrew Lawrence!!
Too many to choose so I had to rely on being biased. Being an Aussie I had to go for Southern Empire. Could have picked Unitopia as well.
Just pure prog genius.
Aguante Southern Empire!!
Advent Horizon is the best new band I’ve heard in years.
Nospun and Temic are super promising bands too.
Avent Horizon videos are tasteful and meaningful.
Jason u got this!
Very emotive
So many tough choices this year! 🤦♂️🤷♂️
Awesome
Wonderful band.such a great experience to see them live
Great job
Excellent 👍
Great listening 👍
Amazing !
Not a hard choice. It’s not often that I sit and hum the outro to a prog song. Riverside – Big Tech Brother took the spot and stuck there after the first listen.
Wow, these lists are way to limited with options. F.e.: Where is Earthside (video of the year, album of the year), Theocracy- The Red Sea for epic of the year, Sky Empire for epic, Orphaned Land for live album, Noveria, Eldritch, Anubis Gate, The Ocean etc. And personally my favourite song by Periphery would be Wax Wings, not Wildfires, but that’s always going to happen.
A very interesting new album by Southern Empire, it has been a few years since you came to the UK/Europe.
Brilliant choices xx
Amazing song!
Brilliant album.
Great video with awesome graphics!
Ottimo lavoro corale, emotivamente carico, produzione all’altezza.
Simply the best
Song of the Year
Epic of the decade
This is an absolute magic to my ears! This album proved that creativity is unlimited! Can’t wait for what’s coming next from The Anchoret!!
All the votes for Nospūn!!!! Best prog out there
The varied tempo of the different tracks, plays to the strengths of every player in the band. Cole Millward’s ability to draw these strengths is obvious by his expert editing and mixing of their music.
Nospun in all categories available!!!
Having been introduced to Prog Rock for the first time, I couldn’t believe the quality of this bands music. They have taken time to think about the different tracks on the album. I like the track Earwyrm best as it’s catchy base tones and rhythm leaves you wanting to put it on repeat over and over and over again.
Another brilliant piece of art by Roger Dean specially painted for this album cover. It was great to see some of the live painting episodes Roger did of this. Wonderful
Loved the Nospun album Opus! Congrats on the successful release to the newcomers!
This is without a doubt an perfectly written and played album by Katatonia.
They are always progressing and Sky void of stars shows that the band is still relevant after so many years.
Katatonia is quite capable to grab your emotions which takes you on a little journey and shows your miserable spots in your life.
Sadly the band didn’t really get the credit and fame throughout the years they should get but i think that would make them a little less miserable as we know them.
Long story short…….they deserve to archive a little bit more.
CHEERS!
Nospūn with the album of the decade! Easy choice for me this year
Unparalleled.
All Great Albums!
Best album of 2023
Riverside was the best
Best year for Prog in almost a decade. I wish Seven Impale was included. Lots of folks have their album “Summit” highly ranked.
Nice not to have to choose between the lesser of two evils! Long live Prog!🤘😎
Keep on ProgrRockin’, bros!
Excellent
Amazing album, a jorney a different sound and rhythms. The years creating soundtracks for movies in Trevor Rabin was a master school for make new and beauty music.
Thanks Trevor.
Great year of music with many good albums and one topper, “Crime Scene” by RPWL.
Elephants never forgets is THE song of the year, hands down.
Phenomenal albums from all especially Peter Gabriel and Trevor Rabin
Such a great band in the studio as well as live
More of the same please
Fantastic as always trevor rabin is dam Good his music so different to others. rio to me hits the spot one song he sounds just like the great jon anderson 👍
Cosmic by Avenged Sevenfold is absolutely fantastic! Very pleased to see it nominated here
Great album!
Lifesigns are the best!!
Really good song of this year.
Best performance of this year
Good come back album.
Amazing album. Beautifully mixed
My favorite song of the year.
Good song
Amazing finish.
i love haken
Great album of a great concert
Great to hear Trevor’s vision! Amazing album!
Classic Rabin!
Trevor
Lifesigns live is a wonderful experience. If you’ve not yet seen them you are missing out, not only a fantastically tight knit band, but some great individual performances from it’s members. A really class act!
Love this band and this album is the perfect introduction to their music.
Superb musicianship, great live sound, what’s not to like?
Lifesigns off course
Nospun, Opus, has to be the best album of the past ten years… Across genres! Outstanding production, song craft, story telling, musicianship!
Transatlantic. Marvelous uplifting album
Saw this band live in the UK this year, and they quite literally blew me away. Superb songwriting and musicianship.
This is an amazing album by an amazing band of musicians.
Yeah
Don’t like live albums
Wonderful live album from the band that is getting better and better.
One of the best mail voices in prog. Album is catchy, well done
Rock on Tommy
👍🏻 👍🏻
If you’ve not yet heard Kite Parade, do it soon – you won’t be disappointed!
Steve is King
I love Empath! Very nostalgic for me and Devin Townsend is an awesome person
Super interesting new band. My brother (who is obsessed) showed me this album and i love it. Waiting patiently for an Opus vinyl.
Soen’s Memorial goes straight to your ❤ and soul!
❤️ Great Album❤️
Perfect album
Lifesigns “Live in the Netherlands” has the best prog rock you have heard in years. Great Songs beautifully crafted and guaranteed to touch your soul. Fabulous instrumentation from the Keyboard, Bass Guitar line up and a powerhouse of a drummer .. You owe it to yourself to give it a listen
Good luck!!
Great to see Southern Empire from little old Adelaide in with the BIG guns ! But they deserve it . Fabulous players lovely harmonies and super songs .
A great year for prog!!!!!
I listen to Memorial over and over again and it still gives me chills! This album is a real miracle!
Best bands!
Great track!
Bonne chance Molybaron 🤘
Le meilleur des groupes dynamique et en connexion..
Des sons qui donne le SMILE
Bravo à vous
Molybaron les meilleurs 🤘😜
🤘
Most talented artist!
One of the finest live performance and recorded I’ve ever enjoyed.
An easily repeated enjoyment.
Awesome video!
Water….a Great Song from an incredibile band
Une tuerie molybaron !!! 😎😎😎
Go Molly Go !!!
Molybaron 🤟
So entertaining. It was like watching a movie. The transitions were flawless and the artists were amazing!!!
Most impressive and immersive concert
Best album of the year (like Fauna by Haken). I’m very proud to saw them in Veruno this September!
Fantastic band, your album Is the best of the year like the new album of District 97. I saw you in March in Milan and I Hope tò see you again in the next year
Karnataka Requiem for a dream is my stand out album even though I love Yes and Neil Morse ( not at their best this year) !
Saw them live, this is a great representation
Molybaron super groupe.
Great album and great band! The more you listen to it, the more you appreciate it!
These guys work hard and I knew the first time I saw them they had the potential to be something big. I’m so happy for them.
From the sweet to the dark. I love all of this album.
So cool!
Temic – wow
Great Prog year with classic albums
Love love love PT
Love Lifesigns been following them since 2014
Simply my favorite of the year
Absolutely love this album. Complex yet quite beautiful and moving.
Absolute masterpiece huge Flower kings fan have been for a while , just the sounds, melody’s of the instruments /voices used in this album are out of this world. They transport you into a different dimension. AMAZING!!
My favorite from the list
OBSESSED with Jason Bieler’s MEXICO!! If you haven’t listened to it yet, whatcha waiting for?? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Awesome album, I love this album
beautifull
Riverside is the best
Great video !!!
What a great year of fantastic music.hard to make choices.
Riverside!
One of my favorites! Genius
Great band, great music
Amazing band!
So good! Prog at its best.
Simply wonderful music
Dan is the Best
Beautiful artwork
🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Awesome album cover 👌
The level if detail is unreal
Ok Goodnight’s “The Fox and the Bird” easily has the best album art this year, but fiiiine I’ll pick something else…
Superb!
Brilliant!
RIVERSIDE!
I love it!
Only Riverside!
It’s refined and not so very metal. Splendid.
Congrats Riverside 💕
SOEN YEAH!!!
Great album!
Emotional strong deep thoughts lyrics about life.
The best.
The palace Where I Belong. It gets me all the time.
Teen Angel Meet The Apocalypse is very close (maybe with more time with it)
I would also consider Mystery Is This How The Story Ends?
Push by Trevor Rabin for me.
I am a great Riverside fan…so…
I Love Riverside
Moon Safari
The best
👌🏻
Perfect.
Hope for the best, and merry Christmas!
I love it
The BEST !!
I look forward to the next album.
TEMIC
Anything Devin releases is a masterpiece!
Temic is the best new upcoming band I’ve heard in a long time!
Temic + Tesseract 🔥🔥🔥
Love Moon Safari!
Awesome band !!!
Mature musicianship!
Amazing album!
I found them to have the most complete album and tour experience this year. If you thought they peaked before, they just raised the mountain higher.