# Timeline of progressive rock (2000–2009)

This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 2000 - 2009.

## Contents

2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009
* See also
* Further reading

## 2000
### Newly formed bands

* AraPacis
* Between The Buried And Me
* Daedalus
* Electric Light Orchestra (reformed line-up; only Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy return from original line-up)
* Planet X
* The Orchestra (formed from remaining members of Electric Light Orchestra Part II, and not affiliated with Electric Light Orchestra listed above)
* Von Hertzen Brothers

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 6 March 2000 | Ian Anderson | The Secret Language of Birds | England |
| 21 March 2000 | Transatlantic | SMPTe | Various |
| 27 March 2000 | Pink Floyd | Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 | England |
| 11 April 2000 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Beethoven's Last Night | US |
| 1 May 2000 | Glass Hammer | Chronometree | US |
| 8 May 2000 | Iona | Open Sky | England |
| 9 May 2000 | Roger Hodgson | Open the Door | England |
| 22 May 2000 | Porcupine Tree | Lightbulb Sun | England |
| 23 May 2000 | King Crimson | the construKction of light | England |
| 6 June 2000 | Planet X | Universe | US |
| 20 June 2000 | Ayreon | Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer | Netherlands |
| 20 June 2000 | Ayreon | Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator | Netherlands |
| 4 July 2000 | The Flower Kings | Space Revolver | Sweden |
| 11 July 2000 | Kansas | Somewhere to Elsewhere | US |
| 22 August 2000 | Spock's Beard | V | US |
| 11 September 2000 | RPWL | God Has Failed | Germany |
| 20 September 2000 | Dir En Grey | Macabre | Japan |
| 3 October 2000 | Enchant | Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10 | US |
| 10 October 2000 | Symphony X | V-The New Mythology Suite | US |
| 31 October 2000 | Pain of Salvation | The Perfect Element | Sweden |
| 2000 Oct | CMX | Dinosaurus Stereophonicus | Finland |
| 14 November 2000 | Geddy Lee | My Favourite Headache | Canada |
| 2000 Nov | IQ | The Seventh House | England |
| 12 December 2000 | Tool | Salival | US |
| 2000 | Arena | Immortal? | England |
| 2000 | Echolyn | Cowboy Poems Free | US |
| 2000 | Steve Howe | Homebrew 2 | England |
| 2000 | IQ | Subterannea: The Concert | England |
| 2000 | Karnataka | The Storm | UK |
| 2000 | Little Tragedies | The Sun of Spirit | Russia |
| 2000 | Little Tragedies | Porcelain Pavilion | Russia |
| 2000 | Mastermind | Angels of the Apocalypse | US |
| 2000 | Species Being | Orgone Therapy | US |
| 2000 | Sylvan | Encounters | Germany |
| 2000 | Volapük | Polyglöt | France |
| 2000 | White Willow | Sacrament | Norway |

### Disbandments

* Electric Light Orchestra Part II

### Events

* Billy Sherwood left and Igor Khoroshev was fired from Yes. This left Yes for the first time in its history without a full-time keyboardist.
* Little Tragedies grew from a three piece band to five.

## 2001
### Newly formed bands

* Beardfish
* EXIT project
* The Mars Volta
* Coheed & Cambria

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 12 February 2001 | Saga | House of Cards | Canada |
| 12 March 2001 | Opeth | Blackwater Park | Sweden |
| 22 March 2001 | Koenji Hyakkei | Nivraym | Japan |
| 27 March 2001 | No-Man | Returning Jesus | England |
| 3 April 2001 | Amorphis | Am Universum | Finland |
| 15 May 2001 | Shadow Gallery | Legacy | US |
| 15 May 2001 | Marillion | Anoraknophobia | England |
| 15 May 2001 | Tool | Lateralus | US |
| 30 May 2001 | Dredg | Leitmotif | US |
| 5 June 2001 | Asia | Aura | England |
| 12 June 2001 | Electric Light Orchestra | Zoom | England |
| 12 June 2001 | Pendragon | Not of This World | England |
| 17 June 2001 | Muse | Origin of Symmetry | England |
| 10 July 2001 | Pallas | The Cross and the Crucible | Scotland |
| 21 August 2001 | Mastodon | Lifesblood | US |
| 10 September 2001 | Yes | Magnification | England |
| 18 September 2001 | The Flower Kings | The Rainmaker | Sweden |
| 9 October 2001 | Transatlantic | Bridge Across Forever | Various |
| 30 October 2001 | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Grand Opening and Closing | US |
| 17 December 2001 | Mostly Autumn | Music Inspired by The Lord of the Rings | England |
| 2001 | Ange | Culinaire Lingus | France |
| 2001 | Apocalypse | Apocalypse Live in USA | Brazil |
| 2001 | Ark | Burn the Sun | Norway |
| 2001 | Divinity Destroyed | Nocturnal Dawn | US |
| 2001 | Djam Karet | New Dark Age | US |
| 2001 | Glass | No Stranger to the Skies | US |
| 2001 | Halloween | Le Festin | France |
| 2001 | Hidria Spacefolk | HDRSF-01 | Finland |
| 2001 | Steve Howe | Guitar Player | England |
| 2001 | Steve Howe | Guitar Plus | England |
| 2001 | Steve Howe | Natural Timbre | England |
| 2001 | Isildurs Bane | Mind Volume 2 | Sweden |
| 2001 | La Torre dell'Alchimista | La torre dell'alchimista | Italy |
| 2001 | Le Orme | Elementi | Italy |
| 2001 | Los Jaivas | Arrebol | Chile |
| 2001 | Magma | Trilogie Theusz Hamtaahk | France |
| 2001 | maudlin of the Well | Bath | US |
| 2001 | maudlin of the Well | Leaving Your Body Map | US |
| 2001 | Miriodor | Mekano | Canada |
| 2001 | Mostly Autumn | The Last Bright Light | England |
| 2001 | Mastermind | Prog, Fusion, Metal, Leather & Sweat | US |
| 2001 | Olive Mess | Live Without Audience | Latvia |
| 2001 | One Shot | Vendredi 13 | France |
| 2001 | Present | High Infidelity | Belgium |
| 2001 | The Orchestra | No Rewind | England |
| 2001 | Spaced Out | Eponymus II | Canada |
| 2001 | Thieves' Kitchen | Argot | England |
| 2001 | Von Hertzen Brothers | Experience | Finland |

### Disbandments

* Death
* Electric Light Orchestra

### Events

* Dream Theater released Live Scenes from New York on September 11, 2001 which made headlines because the album's artwork had an image of the New York City skyline in flames, including a depiction of the World Trade Center. The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center occurred the same day. The album was recalled and a new version was released. The original artwork is now a rare collectible.
* Russian Prog Rock festival InProg took place for the first time.
* Chuck Schuldiner, the frontman of Death, died from brain cancer.

## 2002
### Newly formed bands

* Protest The Hero
* Mechanical Poet
* Pig Farm On The Moon
* Riverside
* a.P.A.t.T.

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 29 January 2002 | Dream Theater | Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence | US |
| 30 January 2002 | Dir En Grey | Kisō | Japan |
| February 2002 | Pain of Salvation | Remedy Lane | Sweden |
| 5 March 2002 | Coheed & Cambria | The Second Stage Turbine Blade | US |
| 5 March 2002 | IZZ | I Move | US |
| 2 April 2002 | The Mars Volta | Tremulant | US |
| 23 April 2002 | Supertramp | Slow Motion | England |
| 25 April 2002 | Kaipa | Notes from the Past | Sweden |
| 1 May 2002 | Quidam | The Time Beneath The Sky | Poland |
| 14 May 2002 | Rush | Vapor Trails | Canada |
| 28 May 2002 | Mastodon | Remission | US |
| June 2002 | Echolyn | Mei | US |
| 2 July 2002 | RPWL | Trying to Kiss the Sun | Germany |
| 19 July 2002 | Camel | A Nod and a Wink | England |
| 23 July 2002 | Enchant | Blink of an Eye | US |
| 31 July 2002 | Dir En Grey | Six Ugly | Japan |
| 13 August 2002 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | 30 Seconds to Mars | US |
| 16 August 2002 | Frank Zappa | FZ:OZ | US |
| 27 August 2002 | Spock's Beard | Snow | USA |
| 1 September 2002 | Glass Hammer | Lex Rex | US |
| 10 September 2002 | Magellan | Hundred Year Flood | US |
| 23 September 2002 | Peter Gabriel | Up | England |
| 24 September 2002 | Porcupine Tree | In Absentia | England |
| 7 October 2002 | Karmakanic | Entering The Spectra | Sweden |
| 8 October 2002 | Dredg | El Cielo | US |
| 28 October 2002 | Sigur Rós | ( ) | Iceland |
| October 2002 | Sylvan | Artificial Paradise | Germany |
| 5 November 2002 | The Flower Kings | Unfold the Future | Sweden |
| 12 November 2002 | Opeth | Deliverance | Sweden |
| 2002 | Dave Kerman/5uu's | Abandonship | US |
| 2002 | Bubblemath | Such Fine Particles of the Universe | US |
| 2002 | Big Big Train | Bard | England |
| 2002 | Deus Ex Machina | Cinque | Italy |
| 2002 | Everon | Bridge | Germany |
| 2002 | Everon | Flesh | Germany |
| 2002 | EXIT project | Live Electricity | Russia |
| 2002 | Farpoint | First Light | US |
| 2002 | Hidria Spacefolk | Symbiosis | Finland |
| 2002 | Höstsonaten | Springsong | Italy |
| 2002 | Steve Howe | Skyline | England |
| 2002 | Inviolet Row | Consolation Prizes | US |
| 2002 | Kenso | Fabulis Mirabilibus De Bombycosi Scriptis | Japan |
| 2002 | Tony Levin | Pieces of the Sun | US |
| 2002 | Mats / Morgan | On Air With Guests | Sweden |
| 2002 | NeBeLNeST | Nova Express | France |
| 2002 | Olive Mess | Gramercy | Latvia |
| 2002 | Le Orme | L'infinito | Italy |
| 2002 | Paatos | Timeloss | Sweden |
| 2002 | Planet X | MoonBabies | US |
| 2002 | Pig Farm On The Moon | Orbital | Venezuela |
| 2002 | Sotos | Platypus | France |
| 2002 | Sphere3 | Comeuppance | UK |
| 2002 | Témpano | The Agony and the Ecstasy | Venezuela |
| 2002 | Uzva | Niittoaika | Finland |
| c.2002 | Citizen Cain | Playing Dead | UK |

### Disbandments

* Transatlantic - Neal Morse announced his departure from "mainstream music". Transatlantic would reform with the same line-up in 2009.
* After the "One More for the Road" tour, Supertramp goes on hiatus once again.

### Events

* Rick Wakeman re-joined Yes.
* Having grown in popularity since its inception in 1999, NEARfest relocated to Trenton, New Jersey for the next two years to a venue that seats 1,850.
* Neal Morse, the frontman and primary contributor for Spock's Beard, embraced Christianity and left the band. He would later pursue a solo career producing progressive rock albums as well as occasional folk and worship albums. Spock's Beard continued on with drummer Nick D'Virgilio taking on lead vocal/frontman duties.
* First Progman Cometh Music Festival in Seattle
* Rush released Vapor Trails, their first album since 1996's Test For Echo. The band had been on hiatus after the death of drummer Neil Peart's daughter in 1997, and wife in 1998.
* Former Camel keyboardist Peter Bardens died.
* Drummer Chris Maitland left Porcupine Tree.

## 2003
### Newly formed bands

* Pure Reason Revolution
* Black Bonzo
* Moon Safari
* OSI
* AraPacis

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 4 February 2003 | Frank Zappa | Halloween | US |
| 10 February 2003 | Karnataka | Delicate Flame of Desire | UK |
| 17 February 2003 | OSI | Office of Strategic Influence | US |
| 4 March 2003 | King Crimson | The Power to Believe | England |
| 8 April 2003 | Saga | Marathon | Canada |
| 22 April 2003 | Opeth | Damnation | Sweden |
| 26 May 2003 | Amorphis | Far from the Sun | Finland |
| 24 June 2003 | The Mars Volta | De-Loused In The Comatorium | US |
| 2003 Jun | Anekdoten | Gravity | Sweden |
| 8 July 2003 | Spock's Beard | Feel Euphoria | US |
| 5 August 2003 | Enchant | Tug of War | US |
| 19 August 2003 | Ian Anderson | Rupi's Dance | England |
| 2 September 2003 | Kaipa | Keyholder | Sweden |
| 2 September 2003 | No-Man | Together We're Stranger | England |
| 8 September 2003 | Iron Maiden | Dance of Death | England |
| 10 September 2003 | Dir En Grey | Vulgar | Japan |
| 21 September 2003 | Muse | Absolution | England |
| 21 September 2003 | Riverside | Out of Myself | Poland |
| 23 September 2003 | Neal Morse | Testimony | US |
| 29 September 2003 | Oceansize | Effloresce | England |
| 30 September 2003 | Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | England |
| 7 October 2003 | The Tangent | The Music That Died Alone | Various |
| 8 October 2003 | Coheed & Cambria | In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 | US |
| 11 November 2003 | Dream Theater | Train Of Thought | US |
| 2003 Oct | Daedalus | Leading Far From a Mistake | Italy |
| 2003 | After Crying | Show | Hungary |
| 2003 | Apocalypse | Refúgio | Brazil |
| 2003 | Arena | Contagion | England |
| 2003 | Azigza | Kriya | US |
| 2003 | Beardfish | Från en plats du ej kan se... | Sweden |
| 2003 | Cast | Al-Bandaluz | Mexico |
| 2003 | Divinity Destroyed | Divinity Destroyed |
| 2003 | Divinity Destroyed | Eden in Ashes | US |
| 2003 | Djam Karet | A Night For Baku | US |
| 2003 | Farpoint | Grace | US |
| 2003 | Frogg Café | Creatures | US |
| 2003 | Kostarev Group | Live@InProg 2003 | Russia |
| 2003 | Knight Area | The Sun Also Rises | Netherlands |
| 2003 | Krakatoa | We Are the Rowboats | US |
| 2003 | Little Tragedies | New Faust | Russia |
| 2003 | Magellan | Impossible Figures | US |
| 2003 | Mechanical Poet | Handmade Essence | Russia |
| 2003 | Mostly Autumn | Passengers | England |
| 2003 | Pineapple Thief | Variations on a Dream | England |
| 2003 | Satellite | A Street Between Sunrise And Sunset | Poland |
| 2003 | Steve Howe | Masterpiece Guitars | England |
| 2003 | Steve Howe | Elements | England |
| 2003 | Steve Howe | Light Walls | England |
| 2003 | Steve Howe | Guitar World | England |
| 2003 | Taal | Skymind | France |
| 2003 | The Science Group | Spoors | Various |
| 2003 | Thinking Plague | A History of Madness | US |
| 2003 | Ten Jinn | Alone | US |

### Disbandments

* Ark

### Events

* InProg takes place for the second time.
* The Mars Volta forms out of the punk group At the Drive-In and releases their first full studio album De-Loused in the Comatorium. The album mixes elements of prog, post-rock, punk, Latin, and jazz. The release is very successful and becomes an example of progressive rock success in the mainstream. Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
* Second Progman Cometh Music Festival in Seattle
* Robert Fripp and King Crimson release The Power to Believe, their first studio album since 2000.
* The Tangent is formed and releases their first album The Music That Died Alone. The initial lineup of this "supergroup" consisted of Andy Tillison & Sam Baine (Parallel Or 90 Degrees), Roine Stolt, Jonas Reingold, & Zoltan Czsorz (The Flower Kings), David Jackson (Van der Graaf Generator), and Guy Manning (Manning). It featured the epic track The Canterbury Sequence, which was an homage to the Canterbury scene of the 1970s.
* Los Jaivas Frontman/Guitarist/Vocalist Eduardo "Gato" Alquinta, Died of a Heart Attack.

## 2004
### Newly formed bands

* FromUz (Uzbekistan)
* Janvs (Italy)
* Karmic Juggernaut (U.S.A.)
* Sanctuary Rig (England)
* Tinyfish (England)

### reformed bands

* Van Der Graaf Generator

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 6 January 2004 | Disen Gage | The Screw-Loose Entertainment | Russia |
| 14 January 2004 | Glass Hammer | Shadowlands | US |
| 2004 Feb | Blackfield | Blackfield | Various |
| 2004 Feb | Porcupine Tree | Warszawa | England |
| 5 April 2004 | Proto-Kaw | Before Became After | US |
| 27 April 2004 | Eric Burdon | My Secret Life | England |
| 27 April 2004 | Marillion | Marbles | England |
| 25 May 2004 | Ayreon | The Human Equation | Netherlands |
| 30 May 2004 | Frank Zappa | Joe's Corsage | US |
| 29 June 2004 | IQ | Dark Matter | England |
| 26 July 2004 | Dave Bainbridge | Veil of Gossamer | England |
| 3 August 2004 | The Flower Kings | Adam & Eve | Sweden |
| 31 August 2004 | Asia | Silent Nation | England |
| 31 August 2004 | Mastodon | Leviathan | US |
| 2004 Sep | Pain of Salvation | Be | Sweden |
| 14 September 2004 | Frank Zappa | QuAUDIOPHILIAc | US |
| 1 October 2004 | Frank Zappa | Joe's Domage | US |
| 12 October 2004 | The Tangent | The World That We Drive Through | Various |
| 25 October 2004 | Sleepytime Gorilla Museum | Of Natural History | US |
| 26 October 2004 | 3 | Wake Pig | US |
| 2 November 2004 | Neal Morse | One | US |
| 15 November 2004 | Eyefear | 9 Elements of Inner Vision | Australia |
| 30 November 2004 | Saga | Network | Canada |
| 2004 | Ahvak | Ahvak | Israel |
| 2004 | Amarok | Quentadharkën | Spain |
| 2004 | Apocalypse | Magic-Radio Edits | Brazil |
| 2004 | Big Big Train | Gathering Speed | England |
| 2004 | Black Bonzo | Lady of the Light | Sweden |
| 2004 | EXIT project | Quintet | Russia |
| 2004 | Farpoint | From Dreaming to Dreaming | US |
| 2004 | Finisterre | Le Meccanica Naturale | Italy |
| 2004 | Glass | No Stranger to the Skies | France |
| 2004 | Guapo | Five Suns | England |
| 2004 | Happy the Man | The Muse Awakens | US |
| 2004 | Hidria Spacefolk | Balansia | Finland |
| 2004 | Karmakanic | Wheel of Life | Sweden |
| 2004 | Le Orme | L'Infinito | Italy |
| 2004 | Magenta | Seven | England |
| 2004 | Magma | K.A. (Kohntarkosz Anteria) | France |
| 2004 | Mechanical Poet | Woodland Prattlers | Russia |
| 2004 | Metamorfosi | Paradiso | Italy |
| 2004 | Mizraab | Mazi Haal Mustaqbil | Pakistan |
| 2004 | Myriad | Natural Elements | US |
| 2004 | Ozric Tentacles | Spirals in Hyperspace | England |
| 2004 | Panzerpappa | Farlig Vandring | Norway |
| 2004 | Sylvan | X-Rayed | Germany |
| 2004 | The Watch | Vacuum | Italy |
| 2004 | White Willow | Storm Season | Norway |

### Events

* Anton Kochurkin and Michail "Kotovsky" Finagin leave EXIT Project.
* InProg 2004.
* Mel Pritchard, original drummer with Barclay James Harvest, dies of a heart attack.
* French 70s Zeuhl pioneers Magma release K.A (Köhntarkösz Anteria), a long anticipated follow-up album containing material written in the 1970s.
* Happy the Man, a popular 70s American group who had reunited a few years earlier, release their first recorded studio album in 25 years titled The Muse Awakens.
* Rush celebrated their 30th anniversary, along with releasing an 8-track cover EP titled Feedback.
* Yuri Alaverdyan, the guitarist of Disen Gage, leaves the band and is replaced by Sergey Bagin.
* Former members Derek Sherinian and Charlie Dominici join Dream Theater on stage to commemorate the 15th anniversary of "When Dream and Day Unite"

## 2005
### Newly formed bands

* Deluge Grander (U.S.A.)
* Dominici (U.S.A.)
* Outlaws of Ravenhurst (Canada)
* Qelbanix - Albania
* We Are The Music Makers (U.S.A.)
* Solarys (Lisbon, Portugal), http://solarys.pt.vu, formerly Project W.I.L.L. (1999–2004)

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 17 January 2005 | Arena | Pepper's Ghost | England |
| 24 January 2005 | RPWL | World Through My Eyes | Germany |
| 25 January 2005 | Spock's Beard | Octane | US |
| 7 February 2005 | Karnivool | Themata | Australia |
| 15 February 2005 | The Sound of Animals Fighting | Tiger and the Duke | US |
| 22 February 2005 | Kino | Picture | England |
| 1 March 2005 | The Mars Volta | Frances The Mute | US |
| 9 March 2005 | Dir En Grey | Withering to Death | Japan |
| 28 March 2005 | Porcupine Tree | Deadwing | England |
| 12 April 2005 | Cog | The New Normal | Australia |
| 18 April 2005 | Magellan | Symphony for a Misanthrope | US |
| 19 April 2005 | Circa Survive | Juturna | US |
| 25 April 2005 | Van der Graaf Generator | Present | England |
| 30 May 2005 | Kaipa | Mindrevolutions | Sweden |
| 6 June 2005 | Quidam | surREvival | Poland |
| 7 June 2005 | Dream Theater | Octavarium | US |
| 5 July 2005 | Dominici | O3: A Trilogy, Part One | US |
| 12 July 2005 | Glass Hammer | The Inconsolable Secret | US |
| 16 August 2005 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | A Beautiful Lie | US |
| 16 August 2005 | The Fall of Troy | Doppelganger | US |
| 20 August 2005 | Koenji Hyakkei | Angherr Shisspa | Japan |
| 29 August 2005 | Opeth | Ghost Reveries | Sweden |
| 30 August 2005 | Protest The Hero | Kezia | Canada |
| 2005 Aug | Echolyn | The End Is Beautiful | US |
| 6 September 2005 | Between The Buried And Me | Alaska | US |
| 12 September 2005 | Sigur Rós | Takk... | Iceland |
| 19 September 2005 | Oceansize | Everyone Into Position | England |
| 20 September 2005 | Coheed & Cambria | Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness | US |
| 20 September 2005 | Indukti | S.U.S.A.R. | Poland |
| 27 September 2005 | KTU | 8 Armed Monkey | Various |
| 2005 Sep | Wobbler | Hinterland | Norway |
| 1 October 2005 | Moon Safari | A Doorway to Summer | Sweden |
| 1 November 2005 | Neal Morse | ? | US |
| 8 November 2005 | The Mars Volta | Scabdates | US |
| 8 November 2005 | Riverside | Second Life Syndrome | Poland |
| 11 November 2005 | Roine Stolt | Wallstreet Voodoo | Sweden |
| 21 December 2005 | Frank Zappa | Joe's Xmasage | US |
| 2005 | Ange | Point D'interrogation | France |
| 2005 | Beardfish | The Sane Day | Sweden |
| 2005 | Cerebus Effect | Acts of Deception | US |
| 2005 | Divinity Destroyed | Eden in Ashes | US |
| 2005 | Divinity Destroyed | The Plague | US |
| 2005 | Djam Karet | Recollection Harvest | US |
| 2005 | EXIT project | Hack The World | Russia |
| 2005 | Frogg Café | Fortunate Observer of Time | US |
| 2005 | The Future Kings of England | The Future Kings of England | UK |
| 2005 | Glass | Illuminations | US |
| 2005 | Guapo | Black Oni | England |
| 2005 | John Hackett | Checking Out Of London | England |
| 2005 | IZZ | My River Flows | US |
| 2005 | K2 | Book of the Dead | England |
| 2005 | Little Tragedies | Return | Russia |
| 2005 | Machine and the Synergetic Nuts | Leap Second Neutral | Japan |
| 2005 | Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses | Perils | England |
| 2005 | Miriodor | Parade + Live at NEARfest 2002 | Canada |
| 2005 | Mostly Autumn | Storms Over Still Water | England |
| 2005 | Nil | Nil Novo Sub Sole | France |
| 2005 | Nurkostam | XIII | Finland |
| 2005 | Mastermind | Broken | US |
| 2005 | Pallas | The Dreams Of Men | Scotland |
| 2005 | Pendragon | Believe | England |
| 2005 | Robert Beriau | Falling Back To Where I Began | Canada |
| 2005 | Sanctuary Rig | Sail On | England |
| 2005 | Satellite | Evening Games | Poland |
| 2005 | Underground Railroad | The Origin of Consciousnes | US |
| 2005 | Unitopia | More Than a Dream | Australia |

### Events

* 1970s progressive rock legends Van der Graaf Generator reunite and release a double CD titled Present which contained strong lyrical content and an entire disc of improvisations.
* InProg turned into a two-day international festival.
* Kino, a new progressive rock supergroup consisting of members from Porcupine Tree, Arena, Marillion, and It Bites is formed. They release their first album, Picture in 2005.
* Pink Floyd members David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright reunite with Roger Waters, the leading creative force of the band during its 1970s heyday, at Live 8 on July 2 in Hyde Park, England. Waters had acrimoniously left the band in 1985, and the quartet had last played together during a performance of The Wall in 1981.
* Former Gong drummer Pierre Moerlen died.
* Yugoslav band Na Lepem Prijazni reunites after 24 years.

## 2006
### Newly formed bands

* American Flag (US)
* Birds and Buildings (US)
* GPS
* Grand Tour (Scotland)
* Mother Military
* Pomme De Chien
* Proyecto Eskhata (Spain)
* Ride the Sky
* Thought Chamber
* Ved Buens Ende (reformed with previous line-up)

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 13 January 2006 | Frank Zappa | Imaginary Diseases | US |
| 31 January 2006 | Proto-Kaw | The Wait of Glory | US |
| 31 January 2006 | The Tangent | A Place in the Queue | Various |
| 15 February 2006 | Amorphis | Eclipse | Finland |
| 6 March 2006 | David Gilmour | On An Island | England |
| 27 March 2006 | Lizard | Spam | Poland |
| 2006 Mar | Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime II | US |
| 4 April 2006 | The Flower Kings | Paradox Hotel | Sweden |
| 10 April 2006 | Pure Reason Revolution | The Dark Third | England |
| 21 April 2006 | OSI | Free | US |
| 2 May 2006 | Tool | 10,000 Days | US |
| 17 May 2006 | Von Hertzen Brothers | Approach | Finland |
| 23 May 2006 | Saga | Trust | Canada |
| 13 June 2006 | Between The Buried And Me | The Anatomy Of | US |
| 11 July 2006 | Muse | Black Holes and Revelations | England |
| 25 Aug 2006 | Iron Maiden | A Matter of Life and Death | United Kingdom |
| 1 September 2006 | Disen Gage | Libertage | Russia |
| 11 September 2006 | Mastodon | Blood Mountain | US |
| 11 September 2006 | To-Mera | Transcendental | United Kingdom |
| 12 September 2006 | The Mars Volta | Amputechture | US |
| 26 September 2006 | The Dear Hunter | Act I: The Lake South, the River North | US |
| 2 October 2006 | Iona | The Circling Hour | England |
| 3 October 2006 | The Decemberists | The Crane Wife | US |
| 24 October 2006 | Frank Zappa | Trance-Fusion | US |
| 21 November 2006 | Spock's Beard | Spock's Beard | US |
| 5 December 2006 | Frank Zappa | The MOFO Project/Object | US |
| 15 December 2006 | Frank Zappa | The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle (2006) | US |
| 19 December 2006 | Tinyfish | Tinyfish Album | England |
| 2006 | A Triggering Myth | The Remedy of Abstraction | US |
| 2006 | Kostarev | Works 1978-2006 | Russia |
| 2006 | Deluge Grander | August in the Urals | US |
| 2006 | Little Tragedies | The Six Sense | Russia |
| 2006 | Mostly Autumn | Heart Full Of Sky | England |
| 2006 | Pomme De Chien | The Death Of Logan | Canada |
| 2006 | Quidam | ...bez półPRĄDU...halfPLUGGED... | Poland |
| 2006 | Sylvan | Posthumous Silence | Germany |
| 2006 | Sympozion | Kundabuffer | Israel |
| 2006 | The Sound of Animals Fighting | Lover, The Lord Has Left Us... | US |
| 2006 | Univers Zero | Live | Belgium |
| 2006 | Unjust | Glow | US |
| 2006 | Zaar | Zaar | France |
| 2006 | AraPacis | So Many Leapers | Canada |

### Events

* A combination of high-speed internet connections, MP3 compression, inexpensive streaming web servers, and the iPod/iTunes phenomenon has resulted in an explosion of internet radio stations devoted to playing progressive rock and other similar music. Some of these stations and radio programs have begun podcasting their programming, making it even more convenient to access music online.
* Former Soft Machine member Elton Dean died.
* Former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett died on July 7 due to diabetic related complications.
* Former Hatfield and the North/National Health drummer Pip Pyle died in August.
* Josh Eppard and Michael Todd, the drummer and bassist respectively for Coheed & Cambria left the group for personal reasons. Eppard was replaced with Chris Pennie of The Dillinger Escape Plan fame, but Michael Todd returned to help finish recording their next album.
* Genesis announced plans to reunite for a reunion tour in 2007 with Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford being augmented by Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson. Members Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett would not take part.

## 2007
### Newly formed bands

* Animist
* Beggar's Loot
* Circa (formed 2006, announced March 2007)
* Dennis
* Distant Lights
* Fractal Dimension - Turkey (İstanbul)
* Haken - England
* Headspace
* Porn Sheep Hospital - Portugal
* Skyshroud Claim
* White Nurse Gene

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 22 January 2007 | Pain of Salvation | Scarsick | Sweden |
| 23 January 2007 | Damiera | M(US)IC | US |
| 7 February 2007 | Dir En Grey | The Marrow of a Bone | Japan |
| 13 February 2007 | Blackfield | Blackfield II | multi-international |
| 20 February 2007 | Psyopus | Our Puzzling Encounters Considered | US |
| 26 February 2007 | Dominici | O3: A Trilogy, Part Two | US |
| 2007 Feb | Gazpacho | Night | Norway |
| 18 March 2007 | Distant Lights | Simulacrum | US |
| 1 April 2007 | Frank Zappa | Buffalo | US |
| 9 April 2007 | Marillion | Somewhere Else | UK |
| 16 April 2007 | Porcupine Tree | Fear of a Blank Planet | UK |
| 2007 Apr | Anekdoten | A Time Of Day | Sweden |
| 1 May 2007 | Rush | Snakes & Arrows | Canada |
| 1 May 2007 | The Fall of Troy | Manipulator | US |
| 15 May 2007 | Mystery | Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face | Canada |
| 18 May 2007 | Kaipa | Angling Feelings | Sweden |
| 18 May 2007 | Planet X | Quantum | US |
| 21 May 2007 | Beardfish | Sleeping in Traffic: Part One | Sweden |
| 22 May 2007 | The Dear Hunter | Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading | US |
| 25 May 2007 | Sonata Arctica | Unia | Finland |
| 29 May 2007 | Circa Survive | On Letting Go | US |
| 5 June 2007 | Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos | US |
| 24 July 2007 | 3 | The End is Begun | US |
| 9 August 2007 | Headspace | I Am (EP) | England |
| 24 August 2007 | Frank Zappa | The Dub Room Special | US |
| 29 August 2007 | Amorphis | Silent Waters | Finland |
| 30 August 2007 | Big Big Train | The Difference Machine | England |
| 5 September 2007 | CMX | Talvikuningas | Finland |
| 18 September 2007 | Between the Buried and Me | Colors | US |
| 24 September 2007 | Riverside | Rapid Eye Movement | Poland |
| 25 September 2007 | The Flower Kings | The Sum of No Evil | Sweden |
| 1 October 2007 | Oceansize | Frames | England |
| 23 October 2007 | Coheed & Cambria | Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow | US |
| 23 October 2007 | Glass Hammer | Culture of Ascent | US |
| 30 October 2007 | Frank Zappa | Wazoo | US |
| 5 November 2007 | Quidam | Alone Together | Poland |
| 6 November 2007 | Saga | 10,000 Days | Canada |
| 13 November 2007 | Din Within | Awaken the Man | US |
| 20 November 2007 | Genesis | Live Over Europe 2007 | UK |
| 2007 | Ange | Souffleurs De Vers | France |
| 2007 | Apocalypse | Apocalypse Live in Rio | Brazil |
| 2007 | Black Bonzo | Sound of the Apocalypse | Sweden |
| 2007 | Eyefear | A World Full of Grey | Australia |
| 2007 | EXIT Project | Mystery Journey of Girl With Her Death | Russia |
| 2007 | The Future Kings of England | The Fate of Old Mother Orvis | UK |
| 2007 | FromUz | Audio Diplomacy | Uzbekistan |
| 2007 | Glass | Live at Progman Cometh | US |
| 2007 | Hidria Spacefolk | Symetria | Finland |
| 2007 | Little Tragedies | Chinese Songs | Russia |
| 2007 | Magic Pie | Circus of Life | Norway |
| 2007 | Mechanical Poet | Creepy Tales for Freaky Children | Russia |
| 2007 | Mechanical Poet | Who Did It To Michelle Waters? | Russia |
| 2007 | Magellan | Innocent God | US |
| 2007 | Outer Limits | Stromatolite | Japan |
| 2007 | Pentwater | Ab-Dul | US |
| 2007 | Pomme De Chien | The Allegory of Benjamin Franklin | Canada |
| 2007 | Pomme De Chien | Pandamonium | Canada |
| 2007 | Sylvan | Presets | Germany |
| 2007 | Témpano | Memoria selectiva - Selective memory | Venezuela |
| 2007 | Thought Chamber | Angular Perceptions | US |

### Disbandments

* Ved Buens Ende (after less than a year back together)

### Events

* Canadian rock band Rush streamed their lead single "Far Cry" from their official website a day before releasing it to terrestrial radio stations.
* UK Progressive Rock festival SummersEnd announces its second year after a successful first year at the Robin venue in Bilston, Wolverhampton, UK.
* 1980s neo-progressive band Twelfth Night reunite for the first time since 1987 for sporadic live appearances.
* Muse were the first band to sell out the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium, performing two nights there and filming the shows for their H.A.A.R.P live album and DVD.

## 2008
### Newly formed bands

* Demians (France)
* Traumatized (Korea Rep.)
* Octillian (Canada)
* Awake (Australia)
* Timeless Infamy (US)
* Ill Omen (Australia)
* Oh, Lenore! (Canada)

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 3 January 2008 | Moon Safari | Blomljud | Sweden |
| 25 January 2008 | Ayreon | 01011001 | Netherlands |
| 26 January 2008 | The Mars Volta | The Bedlam in Goliath | US |
| 29 January 2008 | Protest The Hero | Fortress | Canada |
| 18 February 2008 | To-Mera | Delusions | England |
| 29 February 2008 | RPWL | The RPWL Experience | Germany |
| 3 March 2008 | The Tangent | Not as Good as the Book | England |
| 7 March 2008 | Meshuggah | ObZen | Sweden |
| 17 March 2008 | Van der Graaf Generator | Trisector | England |
| 11 April 2008 | Asia | Phoenix | England |
| 12 April 2008 | Cog | Sharing Space | Australia |
| 14 May 2008 | Von Hertzen Brothers | Love Remains the Same | Finland |
| 19 May 2008 | Beardfish | Sleeping in Traffic: Part Two | Sweden |
| 30 May 2008 | Opeth | Watershed | Sweden |
| 13 June 2008 | Frank Zappa | One Shot Deal | US |
| 20 June 2008 | Sigur Rós | Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust | Iceland |
| 9 September 2008 | The Sound of Animals Fighting | The Ocean and the Sun | US |
| 1 October 2008 | Frank Zappa | Joe's Menage | US |
| 1 October 2008 | Pendragon | Pure | England |
| 14 October 2008 | Between The Buried And Me | Colors Live | US |
| 20 October 2008 | Marillion | Happiness is the Road | England |
| 27 October 2008 | Karmakanic | Who's the Boss in the Factory? | Sweden |
| 11 November 2008 | Dir En Grey | Uroboros | Japan |
| 18 November 2008 | Unitopia | The Garden | Australia |
| 31 December 2008 | Disen Gage | ...The Reverse May Be True | Russia |
| 2008 | Abel Ganz | Shooting Albatross | Scotland |
| 2008 | a.P.A.t.T. | Black & White Mass | England |
| 2008 | 7 Hz | - | Finland |
| 2008 | Robert Beriau | Selfishness: Source Of War & Violence | Canada |
| 2008 | Birds and Buildings | Bantom to Behemoth | US |
| 2008 | Demians | Building an Empire | France |
| 2008 | Everon | North | Germany |
| 2008 | Farpoint | Cold Star Quiet Star | US |
| 2008 | FromUz | Overlook | Uzbekistan |
| 2008 | Little Tragedies | Cross | Russia |
| 2008 | Mostly Autumn | Glass Shadows | England |
| 2008 | Pomme De Chien | The Five Food Groups | Canada |
| 2008 | Qelbanix | Infinit Relativ | Albania |
| 2008 | Pomme De Chien | Untitled {Thoughts of You} | Canada |
| 2008 | Sanctuary Rig | Khnosti | England |
| 2008 | Unjust | Too Lose a Name | US |

### Events

* Progressive Nation 2008 takes place, featuring Dream Theater, Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, and 3.
* Liquid Tension Experiment goes on a 10th anniversary tour.
* Rush's first drummer John Rutsey dies. Rutsey played on Rush's debut album.
* Richard Wright, keyboardist for Pink Floyd, dies of complications due to cancer.
* Coheed and Cambria play Neverender, a series of four-night shows played from October to November in four cities.
* Jon Anderson is fired from Yes after being admitted to hospital and Rick Wakeman leaves due to health complications. They are replaced by Benoît David and Oliver Wakeman (Rick's son).
* Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith suffers a heart attack after attending a My Bloody Valentine gig, causing lifelong dystonia.

## 2009
### Newly formed bands

* Ashes Of Nothing (Slovenia)
* Sincara (Norway)
* Projected Twin (Australia)
* The Hopeful Calling (Canada)
* Intrepid (Canada)
* The Pepper Machine (France)
* The Muhittin Experience (Turkey)
* Caterpillarmen (Iceland)
* Astra (US)

### Albums

| Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
| 23 Jan 2009 | Frank Zappa | Lumpy Money | US |
| Jan 2009 | Daedalus | The Never Ending Illusion | Italy |
| Jan 2009 | Henry Cow | The 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set | England |
| Feb 2009 | Wobbler | Afterglow | Norway |
| 15 Mar 2009 | Gazpacho | Tick Tock | Norway |
| 24 Mar 2009 | The Decemberists | The Hazards of Love | US |
| 24 Mar 2009 | Mastodon | Crack the Skye | US |
| 27 Apr 2009 | OSI | Blood | US |
| 4 May 2009 | Tinyfish | Curious Things | England |
| 11 May 2009 | Anekdoten | Chapters | Sweden |
| 14 May 2009 | maudlin of the Well | Part the Second | US |
| 19 May 2009 | Saga | The Human Condition | Canada |
| 25 May 2009 | Astra | The Weirding | US |
| 26 May 2009 | IQ | Frequency | England |
| 27 May 2009 | Amorphis | Skyforger | Finland |
| 29 May 2009 | Phideaux Xavier | Number Seven | US |
| 5 Jun 2009 | Karnivool | Sound Awake | Australia |
| 9 Jun 2009 | Quidam | The Fifth Season - Live In Concert | Poland |
| 19 Jun 2009 | Riverside | Anno Domini High Definition | Poland |
| 22 Jun 2009 | Marillion | Recital of the Script | England |
| 23 Jun 2009 | Dream Theater | Black Clouds & Silver Linings | US |
| 23 Jun 2009 | The Dear Hunter | Act III: Life and Death | US |
| 23 Jun 2009 | The Mars Volta | Octahedron | US |
| Jun 2009 | Peter Hammill | Thin Air | England |
| 24 Jul 2009 | Beardfish | Destined Solitaire | Sweden |
| 11 Aug 2009 | Tinyfish | One Night on Fire | England |
| 14 Sep 2009 | Muse | The Resistance | England |
| 14 Sep 2009 | Porcupine Tree | The Incident | England |
| 16 Sep 2009 | Sonata Arctica | The Days of Grays | Finland |
| 21 Sep 2009 | Gong | 2032 | England |
| 21 Sep 2009 | Gong | Gong Global Family - Live in Brazil 2007 | England |
| 23 Oct 2009 | Transatlantic | The Whirlwind | Various |
| 26 Oct 2009 | Oceansize | Home and Minor | England |
| 27 Oct 2009 | Between the Buried and Me | The Great Misdirect | US |
| 27 Oct 2009 | 3 | Revisions | US |
| 30 Oct 2009 | Steve Hackett | Out of the Tunnel's Mouth | England |
| 3 Nov 2009 | Glass Hammer | Three Cheers for the Broken-Hearted | US |
| 16 Nov 2009 | The Tangent | Down and Out in Paris and London | England |
| 4 Dece 2009 | Thirty Seconds to Mars | This Is War | US |
| 15 Dec 2009 | Big Big Train | The Underfall Yard | United Kingdom |
| 21 Dec 2009 | Frank Zappa | Philly '76 | US |
| 2009 | AraPacis | Consequences of Dreams | England |
| 2009 | Barclay James Harvest | Sea Of Tranquility ~ The Polydor Years • 1974-1997 | England |
| 2009 | Deluge Grander | The Form of the Good | US |
| 2009 | Different Light | Icons That Weep | Czech Republic |
| 2009 | IZZ | The Darkened Room | US |
| 2009 | Little Tragedies | Paris Symphony | Russia |
| 2009 | Manir Donaghue | Reflections | England |
| 2009 | Mostly Autumn | Pass the Clock | England |
| 2009 | Nurkostam | III of Dreamers | Finland |
| 2009 | Pantokraator | Tormidesööjad | Estonia |
| 2009 | Anthony Phillips | Missing Links Volume IV: Pathways & Promenades | England |
| 2009 | Sylvan | Force of Gravity | Germany |
| 2009 | The Future Kings of England | The Viewing Point | UK |
| 2009 | The Pineapple Thief | 3000 Days | England |

### Events

* Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper dies on June 7.
* Progressive rock supergroup, Transatlantic, reunites in April with the original line-up (Neal Morse, Pete Trewavas, Roine Stolt, and Mike Portnoy). They release their third studio album, The Whirlwind, in October and announce a 2010 world tour.
* The Norwegian group Ark officially reunites and begin songwriting sessions for the third album.
* Original lead vocalist of Crimson Glory, Midnight, dies on June 8 of a stomach aneurysm.