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🇺🇸🎸Tom Petty A seminal figure in rock & roll who distinctively fused American rock & roll and British Invasion pop with his band the Heartbreakers. 1. Damn the Torpedoes, 2. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, 3. Hard Promises, 4. Full Moon Fever, 5. Wildflowers, 6. An American Treasure, 7. Echo, 8. Hypnotic Eye
🇬🇧🇺🇸🎸Carmen In the early seventies, the British-American group Carmen broke new ground in rock music, combining the British flair for progressive rock with traditional Spanish folk themes into a very fresh, energetic and powerful new mix. 1. Fandangos in Space, 2. Dancing on a Cold Wind
🇮🇹🎸La Maschera Di Cera is a critically acclaimed Italian progressive rock band founded in 2001 by bassist/keyboardist Fabio Zuffanti (of Finisterre). Known for a nostalgic 70s sound, the group features Mellotron, Moog, flute, and dramatic vocals, drawing comparisons to Museo Rosenbach and Il Balletto di Bronzo. They are a prominent name in modern Italian symphonic prog. 1. La Maschera Di Cera, 2. Il grande labirinto, 3. Le Porte Del Domani, 4. The Gates of Tomorrow, 5. S.E.I.
🇩🇪📟🎸Kraftwerk Düsseldorf group whose advancements in electronic music have resonated in virtually every development of contemporary pop since the late 20th century. 1. Trans-Europe Express, 2. The Man-Machine, 3. Computer World, 4. Autobahn
🇳🇱🎸Kayak Dutch band whose music mixed pop and prog influences. The band began as a symphonic progressive rock act with an emphasis in songwriting, but from 1977 on Kayak changed direction moving into crossover territories. 1. Kayak, 2. See See the Sun, 3. Royal Bed Bouncer
🇨🇦🇫🇷🎸Jelly Fiche This band literally swims into a sea of artistic creativity. Its unique concept surpasses all the limits of the actual French-Canadian scene. Jelly Fiche will transport you into a whirlwind of surrealism, mystery, fantasy, psychic balance and unbalance. 1. Tout ce que j'ai rêvé, 2. Symbiose, 3. Comme au dernier jour
🇬🇧🎸Electric Light Orchestra Creators of high-tech Beatlesque prog-rock in the 1970s, heavy on the synths and strings, influential on later atmospheric pop. 1. El Dorado, 2. On the Third Day, 3. Electric Light Orchestra [Aka: No Answer], 4. Out Of The Blue, 5. ELO 2 [Aka: Electric Light Orchestra II]
🇲🇽🎸Iconoclasta A mostly instrumental band and one of the first Mexican progressive groups, Iconoclasta has been revered for years for epic-length songs that are influenced by classical, folk, and jazz music. 1. Suite Mexicana, 2. Reminiscencias, 3. Soliloquio, 4. Adolescencia Crónica, 5. Iconoclasta, 6. Movilidad, 7. Granja Humana, 8. Resurrección, 9. En Busca de Sentido, 10. En Concierto:Teatro de la Ciudad. (Special Mention: Iconoclasta 2015)
🇬🇧🎸Fish Scottish singer-songwriter and poet best known as the charismatic original frontman of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion from 1981 to 1988. He defined their early sound with hits like "Kayleigh" before pursuing a successful, albeit often challenging, solo career. Known for literate lyrics and theatrical performances. 1. A Feast of Consequences, 2. Weltschmerz, 3. Vigil In the Wilderness of Mirrors, 4. 13th Star, 5. Sunsets of Empire, 6. Rain Gods With Zippos
🇨🇱🎻🎷🎸Fulano was a highly influential Chilean avant-jazz/rock fusion band, recognized as a pillar of experimental music in Latin America, active primarily between 1984 and 2015. The band is known for its complex, high-virtuosity style that blended rock, jazz, and varied styles with a "punk attitude" and satirical lyrics. 1. Fulano, 2. En el Bunker, 3. El Infierno de los Payasos, 4. Trabajos Inútiles
🇩🇪🎸Wallenstein were a band that transcended a number of musical styles during their decade-plus of existence, from early krautrock to symphonic to space rock toward the end of their existence. 1. Blitzkrieg, 2. Cosmic Century, 3. Mother Universe, 4. Stories, Songs and Symphonies.
🇬🇧🎸 🎙️Gordon Giltrap Innovative British guitarist who emerged during the 1960s folk scene and found success in the '70s with a trio of instrumental prog rock albums. 1. Perilous Journey, 2. Fear of the Dark, 3. Visionary
🇺🇸🎸🎷Liquid Tension Experiment is an American instrumental prog rock "supergroup." Founded in 1997 by drummer Mike Portnoy, then a member of Dream Theater, their sound offers complex compositions -- sometimes of protracted length -- wedding riff-laden hard rock and heavy metal to knotty jazz fusion, and meaty funk with constantly shifting dynamics, rhythms, time signatures, and textures. 1. Liquid Tension Experiment 2, 2. Liquid Tension Experiment
🇬🇷📟🪈🎻🎹🎬🎸Vangelis Greek composer, arranger, and musician whose influence on electronic music and the world of film scores is immeasurable. 1. Blade Runner, 2. 1492 – Conquest of Paradise, 3. Heaven and Hell, 4. Voices, 5. China, 6. L' Apocalypse Des Animaux, 7. Albedo 0.39, 8. Spiral, 9. Direct, 10. Mask (Special Mention: 1. Odes, 2. Chariots of Fire, 3. Opera Sauvage)
🇮🇹🎸Eris Pluvia Italian progressive rock band formed in Genoa in 1988, renowned for a melodic, symphonic sound blending 70s rock (Camel, Pink Floyd) with folk and pastoral elements. 1. Rings of Earthly Light, 2. Third Eye Light, 3. Different Earths, 4. Tales From Another Time
🇯🇵🎸Kenso is a Japanese progressive rock and jazz fusion band formed in 1974 by guitarist and keyboardist Yoshihisa Shimizu, who also works as a dentist. The band’s music is characterized by a complex blend of symphonic prog, Canterbury-style jazz fusion, and jazz-rock, featuring instrumental compositions that seamlessly weave traditional Japanese themes with Western influences. Critics highlight their sophisticated use of flutes, synthesizers, and dual keyboardists, noting a sound that ranges from melodic, Metheny-esque jazz to heavy, metal-influenced prog rock, often creating an emotional arc from introspection to triumph. 1. UCHINARU KOE NI KAIKI SEYO, 2. Kenso 2, 3. Kenso 3, 4. Kenso
🇬🇧🎸 Manfred Mann’s Earth band The fourth incarnation of Manfred Mann, an art-rock band who scored big with "Blinded By the Light." 1. Solar Fire, 2. Nightingales and Bombers, 3. The Roaring Silence, 4. Watch
🇬🇧🎸Gryphon They shared a vision of blending traditional English folk, Baroque instrumentation and Renaissance music in a modern format. 1. Red Queen to Gryphon Three, 2. Midnight Mushrumps, 3. Gryphon, 4. Raindance
🇬🇧🎸Atomic Rooster Hard-rocking English band formed in 1969 at the height of the U.K. progressive rock boom. 1. Death Walks Behind You, 2. Atomic Rooster, 3. Made in England, 4. In Hearing of Atomic Rooster
🇸🇪🎸Kaipa pioneering Swedish progressive rock band formed in 1973 by keyboardist Hans Lundin, bassist Tomas Eriksson, and drummer Thomas Sjöberg, initially named Ura Kaipa. Known for blending symphonic rock with Swedish folk melodies, they achieved prominence in the 1970s featuring guitarist Roine Stolt before splitting in 1982. 1. Inget nytt under solen, 2. Kaipa, 3. Solo
🇫🇮🎸Hidria Spacefolk is a Finnish progressive, psychedelic, and space rock band formed in Lohja in 1999. Their sound, which they term "Astro-Beat," is frequently compared to Ozric Tentacles and Kingston Wall, featuring instrumental tracks that blend hypnotic grooves with folk and ethnic influences. The band utilizes a wide array of instruments beyond standard rock setups, including cello, violin, flute, didgeridoo, marimba, mandolin, sitar, and vibraphone. Their musical style merges high-energy bass-driven rock with swirling synthesizers and acoustic elements, creating a fusion of electronica, rock, and folk that ranges from ambient psychedelia to intense, danceable rhythms. 1. Symbiosis, 2. Symetria, 3. Balansia
🇲🇽🎸Los Dug Dug’s are a pioneering Mexican rock band formed in the early 1960s (as Xippos Rock) in Durango by Armando Nava, becoming instrumental in the development of Mexican rock through the 1970s. Known for their psychedelic, hard rock, and progressive sounds, they famously brought The Beatles' music to Mexico and performed at the iconic Avándaro festival. 1. Smog, 2. Los Dug Dug’s, 3. El Loco
🇬🇧🎸Greenslade Mid-'70s British progressive rock band anchored by two keyboardists. Their sound melded pop melodies to classical, jazz, psychedelia, and blues. 1. Greenslade, 2. Bedside Manners Are Extra. Offshoots: 🇬🇧🎸Dave Grrenslade Greenslade first came to attention as the keyboards player for the jazz-blues-rock fusion outfit Colosseum, for whom he composed the epic "Valentyne Suite," a 17-minute, multi-section production that became the centerpiece of the album of the same name. 1. Cactus Choir
🇺🇸🎸🎤Bruce Springsteen A rock & roll true believer with a poet's heart, the Boss defined mainstream American rock in the late 20th century. 1. Nebraska, 2. Born to Run, 3. Darkness on the Edge of Town, 4. The River, 5. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle, 6. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., 7. Born in the U.S.A., 8. Tunnel of Love, 9. We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, 10. Tracks
🇺🇸🎸Grand Funk Railroad Michigan-based power trio who became hard rock heroes before scaling the pop charts with "We're an American Band." 1. Grand Funk, 2. We're An American Band, 3. Closer to Home, 4. On Time, 5. E Pluribus Funk, 6. Good Singin' Good Playin’
🇺🇸🎼🎸Journey Anthemic arena rock outfit who achieved huge success in the 1970s and '80s thanks to musical prodigy Neal Schon and smooth tenor Steve Perry. 1. Journey, 2. Look into the Future, 3. Next, 4. Escape, 5. Infinity (Faithfully)
🇬🇧🎸Faces Boozy and bluesy rock & roll band of the '70s, fronted by Rod Stewart and guitarist Ron Wood with a joyous spirit that proved very influential. 1. A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse, 2. Ooh La La, 3. Long Player, 4. First Step (1970-1975 You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything)
🇬🇧🎤🎸Nick Drake Acclaimed British singer/songwriter who produced three albums of intimate, somber beauty, gaining a cult following years after his early death. 1. Pink Moon, 2. Five Leaves Left, 3. Bryter Layter
🇬🇧🎸Judas Priest One of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, and the one that spearheaded the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late '70s. 1. Painkiller, 2. Screaming for Vengeance, 3. Defenders of the Faith, 4. Stained Class, 5. Sad Wings of Destiny, 6. Sin After Sin, 7. British Steel, 8. Killing Machine, 9. Firepower 10. Unleashed in the East
🇧🇷🎸Sepultura Legendary Brazilian metal act that forged a rich, powerful sound full of speed, aggression, anger, and a surprising dose of melody. 1. Arise, 2. Beneath the Remains, 3. Chaos A.D., 4. Schizophrenia, 5. Roots, 6. Quadra, 7. Morbid Visions / Bestial Devastation
🇺🇸🎸Morbid Angel Florida death metal mavens whose faster, more sonically brutal version of the West Coast style revolutionized the genre. 1. Altars of Madness, 2. Covenant, 3. Blessed Are The Sick, 4. Formulas Fatal to the Flesh, 5. Gateways to Annihilation, 6. Domination
🇺🇸🎸Testament One of the first thrash acts to emerge from the Bay Area in Metallica's wake during the '80s. 1. The Legacy, 2. The New Order, 3. Practice What You Preach, 4. The Gathering
🇺🇸🎸Jimi Hendrix Considered by plenty the greatest rock guitarist of all time, with a raw, blues-influenced style that brought fire and emotion to rock music unseen before or since. 1. Electric Ladyland, 2. Are You Experienced? 3. Axis: Bold as Love, 4. Band of Gypsys, 5. The Cry of Love, 6. Blues
🇬🇧🎸Rare Bird Rare Bird came together in October 1969 when organist Graham Field, keyboardist Dave Kaffinetti, drummer Mark Ashton, and vocalist Steve Gould envisioned a two-keyboard rock sound without guitars. 1. As Your Mimd Flies By, 2. Rare Bird
🇺🇸🎼🎸Jefferson Airplane The quintessential San Francisco psychedelic band and a defining force in pop before turning toward political statements in the late '60s. 1. Surrealistic Pillow, 2. Volunteers, 3. After Bathing At Baxters, 4. Crown of Creation
🇺🇸🎼🎸🎺Rare Earth Detroit-based group that fused bar band rock and R&B to become the most successful white group in the Motown organization. 1. Get Ready, 2. Ecology, 3. One World, 4. Ma, 5. In Concert.
🇺🇸🎼🎸Cactus Blues and boogie supergroup featuring members of Vanilla Fudge, Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels, and Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes. 1. Cactus, 2. One Way… or Another, 3. Restrictions
🇺🇸🎼🎸Mountain New York hard rockers who formed during the first generation of heavy metal and featured a dense, blues-based sound. 1. Nantucket Sleighride, 2. Mountain
🇬🇧🎼🎸Ten Years After Hard-rocking British blues band led by virtuosic guitarist Alvin Lee and best known for their legendary Woodstock performance. 1. Cricklewood Green, 2. A Space in Time
🇬🇧🎼🎸🪕The Pretty Things Seminal British R&B band that never broke big, despite talent to spare and a notable psychedelic masterpiece in 1968's S.F. Sorrow. 1. S.F. Sorrow, 2. Parachute, 3. The Pretty Things, 4. Get the Picture?
🇺🇸🎸Slayer The early thrash metal band with the most continued vitality and the least risk of compromise, with graphic lyrics wedded to powerful musical chops. 1. Reign of Blood, 2. South of Heaven, 3. Seasons In the Abyss, 4. Hell Awaits, 5. Show no Mercy
🇺🇸🎸Pantera One of the preeminent bands of the '90s, whose brutal groove metal influenced a generation. 1. Vulgar Display of Power, 2. Cowboys from Hell, 3. The Great Southern Trendkill, 4. Far Beyond Driven
🇺🇸🎸Eagles Among the best-selling artists of the 1970s, first at the forefront of the country-rock movement, later by producing soft rock and album rock. 1. Hotel California, 2. One of These Nights, 3. Desperado, 4. The Long Run, 5. Eagles, 6. Hell Freezes Over, 7. On the Border
🇺🇸🎸Dead Meadow is an American psychedelic rock and stoner rock band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1998. The band's music style is defined by a fusion of 1970s heavy metal and 1960s psychedelic rock, drawing significant inspiration from acts like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Jimi Hendrix. Their sonic identity features guitar distortion, drone riffs, and wah pedal effects, creating a "sludgy" and hypnotic atmosphere. 1. Dead Meadow, 2. Feathers, 3. Shivering King and Others, 4. Three Kings
🇬🇧🎸Savoy Brown is a seminal English blues-rock band formed in London in 1965 by guitarist and songwriter Kim Simmonds. The group is renowned for its electric blues, blues rock, and later hard rock style, characterized by Simmonds’ fiery, twelve-bar guitar boogie and an "English sensibility" applied to American blues traditions. 1. Looking In, 2. Street Corner Talking, 3. A Step Further, 4. Hellbound Train
🇬🇧🎼🎸Stone the Crows was a Scottish blues rock and progressive soul band formed in Glasgow in 1969, known for the powerhouse vocals of Maggie Bell and the guitar work of Les Harvey. Managed by Led Zeppelin’s Peter Grant and Mark London, the group blended gritty blues, soul, and hard rock, earning Bell comparisons to Janis Joplin for her raw, emotive delivery. The band’s music style was characterized by a fusion of blues rock, boogie rock, and hard rock, featuring extended improvisations and a heavy, soulful sound. 1. Ode to John Law, 2. Ontinuous Performance, 3. Teenage Licks, 4. Stone the Crows
🇬🇧🎸Carcass Liverpool band that assisted in a death metal revival and subsequently pioneered grindcore. 1. Necroticism, 2. Heartwork, 3. Symphonies of Sickness, 4. Swansong, 5. Surgical Steel
🇵🇱🎸Behemoth Acclaimed Polish group that deliver a caustic cocktail of black and death metal seasoned with a heavy dose of religious provocation. 1. The Satanist, 2. Zos Kia Cultus, 3. Evangelion, 4. Demigod, 5. Grom
🇬🇧🎸Ozzy Osbourne An instinctive metal showman who gained fame in Black Sabbath and as a solo act with his dramatic flair and a knack for creating controversy. 1. Tribute, 2. Diary of a Madman, 3. Blizzard of Ozz, 4. No More Tears, 5. No Rest for the Wicked, 6. Bark at the Moon
🇺🇸🎸A Perfect Circle American alt-metal supergroup that features a revolving cast of notable members. 1. Thirteenth Step, 2. Mer de noms
🇧🇷 🎸🪇 Os Mutantes is a Brazilian psychedelic rock band formed in São Paulo in 1966 by brothers Arnaldo Baptista and Sérgio Dias, along with vocalist Rita Lee. They were a central force in the Tropicália movement, fusing rock, samba, bossa nova, and avant-garde electronics to challenge cultural norms during Brazil's military dictatorship. Their sound is characterized by experimental techniques like distortion, feedback, and studio tricks, often described as a playful, lighthearted version of extreme Brazilian pop. 1. Mutantes, 2. Os Mutantes, 3. A Divina Comédia Ou Ando Meio Desligado, 4. Jardim Elétrico, 5. Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol
🇸🇪🎸Anekdoten is a critically acclaimed Swedish progressive rock band formed in 1991, known for a heavy, dark, and Mellotron-drenched sound influenced by 1970s King Crimson. 1. Vemod, 2. Nucleus, 3. From Within, 4. Gravity, 5. A Time of Day
🇺🇸🎸David Sancious is an American multi-instrumentalist best known for playing keyboards and guitar. He began playing classical piano at age seven and taught himself guitar by age nine, influenced by folk, R&B, and rock artists like B.B. King and Jimi Hendrix. His early career was rooted in the Asbury Park, New Jersey music scene, where he played with local bands before joining Bruce Springsteen’s backing group. His musical style is characterized by a blend of jazz fusion, progressive rock, classical, and blues rock, reflecting influences from Thelonious Monk and Mozart. 1. Just as I Thought, 2. Transformation (The Speed of Love), 3. Forest of Feelings. 4. True Stories
🇨🇦🎸Voivod Canadian metal outfit that helped spread the word on speed and thrash metal in the early '80s. 1. Nothing Face, 2. Dimension Hatröss, 3. The Outer Limits, 4. Killing Technology, 5. Angel Rat
🇺🇸🎸Warren Zevon A hard-edged singer/songwriter with a sensitive side, one of the great chroniclers of Los Angeles in the '70s. 1. Excitable Boy, 2. Warren Zevon, 3. Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 4. Life´ll Kill Ya, 5. Sentimental Hygiene, 6. Preludes: The Rare Unreleased Recordings, 7. The Wind
🇳🇴🎸Emperor is an iconic Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991 in Notodden by Ihsahn (vocals/guitar) and Samoth (guitar), widely regarded as pioneers of symphonic black metal. Renowned for their intricate, atmospheric sound and landmark albums like In the Nightside Eclipse (1994), they significantly influenced the extreme metal genre. 1. In the Nightside Eclipse, 2. Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk, 3. IX Equilibrium, 4. Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise
🇺🇸🎸Slipknot is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995. Known for their aggressive musical style, iconic masks, and chaotic live performances, they became a global phenomenon in the late 1990s and early 2000s. 1. Slipknot, 2. IOWA, 3. Vol. 3 The Subliminal Verses
🇺🇸🎙️🎷🎬Frank Sinatra One of the towering figures of the 20th century, the first teen idol and the definitive saloon singer, the latter exemplified on a series of '50s concept albums. 1. Watertown, 2. Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, 3. No One Cares, 4. September of My Years, 5. In the Wee Small Hours, 6. Songs for Swingin' Lovers! 7. A Swingin' Affair! 8. Where Are You? 9. Come Fly With Me 10. Duets
🇬🇧🎸Phil Collins The frontman for Genesis 2.0, with a soulful voice and pop smarts that made him one of the top superstars of the 1980s. 1. No Jacket Required, 2. Face Value, 3. Hello, I Must Be Going
🇬🇧🪕🎸Eric Clapton A rock guitar legend who, in addition to a distinguished solo career, collaborated with countless artists and played in many classic bands. 1. Eric Clapton, 2. 461 Ocean Boulevard, 3. Slowhand, 4. Journeyman, 5. Riding with the King, 6. MTV Unplugged, 7. From the Cradle, 8. Pilgrim, 9. Just One Night, 10. Clapton
🇬🇧🎼🎸🎤Donovan An icon of flower power who emerged as a folksinger but later gained hits like "Sunshine Superman" with bright psychedelic pop. 1. Sunshine Superman, 2. A Gift From a Flower to a Garden, 3. The Hurdy Gurdy Man
🇬🇧🎸Joe Cocker Gravel-voiced vocalist whose animated live shows, especially at Woodstock, made him a legend in soul circles. 1. Mad Dogs & Englishmen, 2. With a Little Help from My Friends, 3. Joe Cocker!
🇺🇸🎷The Tony Williams Lifetime Celebrated jazz drummer whose body of work as a bandleader and sideman included hard bop, fusion, free jazz, and rock. 1. Emergency, 2. Turn it Over
🇺🇸🎷Jaco Pastorius Tragic genius who reinvented the electric bass guitar, playing complex, long lines and amazing solos at remarkable speeds. 1. Jaco Pastorius, 2. Word of Mouth, 3. Jaco, 4. Invitation
🇺🇸🎷The Crusaders This remarkably versatile group's career encompassed R&B, jazz, soul, and funk styles. 1. Free As the Wind, 2. The 2nd Crusade, 3. Southern Comfort, 4. Those Sothern Knights, 5. Chain Reaction, 6. Crusaders 1
🇯🇵🎷Miku Yonezawa is a prominent Japanese jazz and fusion saxophonist known for her energetic playing style and numerous chart-topping albums. 1. Exotic Gravity, 2. Another World, 3. Delight. 4. Landscape, 5. Works 1&2
🇯🇵🎷Senri Kawaguchi is a highly acclaimed Japanese jazz fusion drummer. Widely recognized as one of the world's top drummers, she is known for her exceptional technical ability, particularly her speed ("Princess of Many Strokes") and limb independence. 1. Buena Vista, 2. CIDER ~Hard & Sweet~, 3. Dynamogenic
🇺🇸🎷Matrix is a critically acclaimed 1970s American jazz-fusion ensemble founded by keyboardist John Harmon in 1974 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Known for complex, tight brass-heavy arrangements and literary themes, they played major festivals like Monterey and Newport. 1. Tale of the Whale, 2. Wizard
🇺🇸🎷Herbie Mann was an innovative American jazz flautist and a pioneer of world music and jazz fusion. He popularized the flute in jazz, heavily featuring Afro-Cuban, Brazilian bossa nova, and funk influences throughout his prolific career. 1. Memphis Underground, 2. Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty, 3. Impressions of the Middle East, 4. Stone Flute, 5. Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann, 6. London Underground, 7. At the Village Gate (Live), 8. America/Brasil, 9. Flute, Brass, Vibes & Percussion, 10. Flute Soufflé
🇪🇸🎼🎷Guadalquivir was a pioneering Spanish jazz-fusion and progressive rock band formed in Seville, Andalusia, in 1978. Known as one of the most prominent jazz-fusion bands from Southern Spain, they became an essential part of the "Rock Andaluz" (Andalusian rock) movement, merging traditional Spanish flamenco with jazz-rock influences. 1. Camino del Concierto, 2. Guadalquivir
🇪🇸🎼🎷Iceberg was a prominent Spanish progressive rock and jazz fusion band from Barcelona, Catalonia, active between 1974 and 1979. The music is noted for its strong Latin and Spanish folk influences, complex time signatures, and high-energy, technically proficient performances. 1. Sentiments, 2. Coses Nostres, 4. Arc-En-Ciel, 4. Tutankhamon
🇺🇸🎷🎸The Fusion Syndicate is a jazz-rock fusion supergroup project formed in 2012 in Los Angeles, CA, conceived and led by multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Billy Sherwood—best known for his work with the progressive rock band Yes. Unlike a traditional band, The Fusion Syndicate operates more as a rotating collective of elite musicians, brought together for studio recordings rather than live performances. The project emerged as a spiritual successor to Sherwood’s earlier Prog Collective, but with a focused shift toward jazz fusion and instrumental rock. 1. Beautiful Horizon, 2. A Speedway On Saturn’s Rings
🇧🇷🎷🪇Eumir Deodato is a renowned Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger, and record producer who became a pivotal figure in the jazz fusion and crossover jazz movements of the 1970s. He is primarily known for his eclectic melding of big band and combo jazz with elements of pop, rock, R&B, funk, classical, and Latin music, particularly bossa nova. 1. Prelude, 2. Deodato 2, 3. Night Cruiser, 4. Os Catedráticos 73, 5. Inútil Paisagem - As Maiores Composições De Antonio Carlos Jobim, 6. Donato Deodato
🇺🇸🎷🎸Tribal Tech is an American progressive jazz fusion band founded in 1984 by guitarist Scott Henderson and bassist Gary Willis. The group is widely recognized for its virtuosic instrumental prowess and significant influence on the modern fusion scene, blending elements of blues, jazz, and rock. Their music is characterized by complex polyrhythms, aggressive guitar tones, and elastic bass grooves, often pushing technical boundaries while maintaining a strong rhythmic drive. 1. Illicit, 2. Tribal Tech, 3. Nomad, 4. Face First, 5. Dr. Hee
🇺🇸🎷🎸Lee Ritenour A prolific session player and musical chameleon, a guitarist whose speed, facility, phrasing, and technique are always flawless. 1. Captain Fingers, 2. The Captain's Journey, 3. Larry & Lee, Alive in L.A., 4. This is Love
🇺🇸🎷Snarky Puppy Texas-based, multiple-Grammy-winning jam collective centered around bassist Michael League that fuses jazz, funk, and rock. 1. Empire Central, 2. Culcha Vulcha, 3. Immigrance, 4. Bring Us the Bright, 5. The World is Getting Smaller
🇯🇵🎷🎸Space Circus was a Japanese jazz-rock/fusion band from Osaka that released two studio albums in the late 1970s. The band’s style is characterized by precise musicianship, tight riffs, and blend of jazz fusion with Progressive rock elements. Their sound is often compared to Return to Forever (from whose song they took their name), Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Camel. 1. Fantastic Arrival, 2. Funky Caravan
🇺🇸🎷Chuck Mangione A talented and respected jazz trumpeter who achieved popular success with his melodic, uncluttered music. 1. Land of Make Believe, 2. Feels So Good, 3. Children of Sanchez
🇺🇸🎷Steps Ahead Its music combines advanced jazz, R&B, rock, and fusion and is frequently exciting. 1. Moder Times, 2. Steps Ahead, 3. Smokin’ in the Pit
🇬🇧🎸🎷Level 42 English band whose blend of smooth jazz, sophisticated pop, and funk topped the British charts during the 1980s and '90s. 1. The Early Tapes, 2. Level 42, 3. The Pursuit Of Accidents, 4. Standing In The Light
🇺🇸🎸🎷Norah Jones Pianist who sold millions with her beguiling vocals and a musical blend featuring jazz, traditional vocal pop, bluesy country, and contemporary folk. 1. Come Away with Me, 2. The Fall, 3. Feels like Home, 4. Day Breaks, 5. Foreverly, 6. Little Broken Hearts, 7. Visions, 8. Pick Me Up Off the Floor
🇺🇸🎙️🎷🪇🎤Melody Gardot Acclaimed vocalist, known for her dusky mix of jazz, Brazilian traditions, folk, and artful pop. 1. Worrisome Heart, 2. Sunset in the Blue, 3. Currency of Man, 4. My One and Only Thrill
🇷🇺🎸🪇Vespero From Russia playing psychedelic music in the beginnings and later Natalya Tjurina (vocals) joined, and the band moved into more progressive rock-related areas. 1. The Four Zoas, 2. Hollow Moon, 3. Shun-Shir, 4. Songo, 5. Rito, 6. Surpassing All Kings, 7. By The Waters Of Tomorrow, 8. Subkraut - U-Boats Willkommen Hier, 9. Droga, 10. Lique Mekwas
🇳🇴🎸Needlepoint Oslo-based Norwegian band founded in 2010 by guitarist/vocalist Bjørn Klakegg, blending 1970s progressive rock, jazz-rock, and psychedelic pop. Known for a Canterbury-scene sound, the group features seasoned musicians from the Nordic scene, including members of Elephant9 and Bigbang.1. Walking up That Valley, 2. Aimless Mary, 3. Remnants Of Light, 4. The Diary of Robert Reverie
🇵🇱🎸🎷SBB is one of the most important Polish bands of the seventies. SBB, rightfully listed in the eclectic progressive genre, mainly plays a hybrid of symphonic prog, space/atmospheric prog and fusion. 1. Memento z banalnym tryptykiem, 2. Pamięć, 3. SBB, 4. Ze Słowem Biegnę Do Ciebie, 5. Nowy Horyzont, 6. Follow My Dream, 7. Welcome, 8. The Rock
🇳🇴🎸🪈Popol Ace Having roots as far back as 1959 with The Scavers and later releasing a single Arman Stumpe Dur Express, this Norwegian quintet that released two albums under the Popol Vuh moniker (a Maya mythology-related name), until they became aware of a German band using the same name, they changed their names to Popol Ace 1. Popol Vuh, 2. Quiche Maya, 3. Stolen from Timex
🇩🇪🎸Versus X is a German progressive rock band from Frankfurt, formed in 1984 under the name "Vague Venture" before changing their name in 1991. The band plays symphonic and intricate progressive rock in the vein of 1970s classics like King Crimson, ELP, and Van der Graaf Generator, incorporating influences from classical music, heavy rock, and jazz-rock. Their style is characterized by lengthy songs with fantastic arrangements, grandiose pianos, obscure synths, and strong guitar riffs. 1. Primordial Ocean, 2. The Turbulent Zone, 3. Disturbance
🇺🇸🎸Jack O’ the Clock Acclaimed American avant-prog/folk band from Oakland, California, formed in 2007 by multi-instrumentalist Damon Waitkus and Nicci Reisnour, blending intricate folk songwriting with complex composition, exploring themes of modern life, nostalgia, and identity with a unique palette of instruments like bassoon, hammer dulcimer, and violin, creating a sound compared to Sufjan Stevensmeets Henry Cow. 1. How Are We Doing and Who Will Tell Us? 2. Night Loops, 3. All My Friends, 4. Repetitions of the old City I, 5. Repetitions of the old City II, 6. The Warm, Dark Circus, 7. Portraits
🇺🇸🪈Mannheim Steamroller Neoclassical pop group that became a commercial juggernaut with the Fresh Aire series and modernized takes on Christmas material. 1. Fresh Air III, 2. Fresh Air V, 3. Fresh Air I, 4. Fresh Air IV, 5. Fresh Air II, 6. Christmas
🇩🇪🎸🎻Anima-Sound was an avant-garde Krautrock duo from Germany, formed in 1969 by the married couple Paul and Limpe Fuchs. They are renowned for their radical, experimental approach that blended atonal sound structures, wordless vocalizations, and ritualistic percussion, creating a style often described as primitive acoustic improvisation or experimental modern classical. 1. Stürmischer Himmel, 2. Musik für Alle, 3. 1978 (feat. Limpe Fuchs & Paul Fuchs)
🇳🇱🎸Supersister was a Dutch progressive rock band formed in 1968, known for its unique sound that blended jazz, psychedelia, and the Canterbury scene. 1. To the Highest Bidder 2. Present from Nancy, 3. Pudding en Gisteren [Aka: Pudding & Yesterday]
🇳🇱🎸Ekseption In their eight-year existence, Ekseption came as close as any group from the European continent ever did to stealing the thunder of early classical rock outfits such as the Nice and rivaling the early work of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. 1. Trinity, 2. 3, 3. 00.004, 4. Bingo
🇬🇷🎸Aphrodite's Child Greek psych/prog band that gave birth to the career of keyboard wizard Vangelis. 1. 666, 2. End Of The World
🇬🇧🎸Uriah Heep British hard rockers with a revolving-door lineup and an eclectic sound that grandly draws on prog, metal, acid rock, and pastoral folk. 1. Demons and Wizards, 2. Look at Yourself, 3. Salisbury
🇨🇦🎸Harmonium was a highly successful French-Canadian folk-progressive rock band from Quebec, active in the 1970s. Formed in 1973 by Serge Fiori, Michel Normandeau, and Louis Valois, the band achieved both commercial and artistic success in French and English Canada by blending folk, rock, and jazz into innovative albums like their self-titled debut, Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison, and the concept album L'Heptade. 1. Les Cinq Saisons, 2. L'heptade XL, 3. Harmonium
🇦🇷🎸🪘Ave Rock The progressive sound of this group —full of rhythm changes and rich melodic treatments— was based on the virtuosity of Caló, Borda and Sainz. 1. Ave Rock, 2. Espacios
🇦🇺🎸Frozen Planet 1969 Australian instrumental psychedelic rock trio formed in 2012. The band is known for its improvisational, long-form "jamming" sessions, which have resulted in numerous albums released through their own Pepper Shaker Records and Headspin Records. 1. Not From 1969, 2. Lost Traveller Chronicles Vol. 2., 3. The Heavy Grand Explotion, 4. Cold Hand of a Gambling Man
🇧🇷🎸🪇🪘Gal Costa An artist of extraordinary range who became a Brazilian icon and the most illustrious female singer of the Tropicália movement. 1. Cantar, 2. Legal, 3. Gel Costa, 4. Índia
🇩🇪🎸🎷Kraan Among those German groups who include psychedelic, sometimes ethnic elements to their distinctive, innovative jazz rock. They were influenced by Pharaoh Sanders and Frank Zappa. 1. Kraan, 2. Let it Out, 3. Andy Nogger, 4. Wintrup, 5. Live
🇩🇪🎸La Düsseldorf was an influential German krautrock/art-rock band formed in 1975 by multi-instrumentalist Klaus Dinger following the breakup of Neu!. Consisting of Klaus Dinger, his brother Thomas Dinger, and Hans Lampe, the group combined melodic, hypnotic "motorik" beats with pop, electronic, and punk elements. 1. La Düsseldorf, 2. Viva
🇺🇸🎸Clown Core (stylized as ClownC0re) is an American experimental music duo from California, active since 2008. The group consists of two anonymous musicians who perform in clown masks and jumpsuits. While their identities are not officially confirmed, it is widely speculated that the members are Louis Cole (drums) and Sam Gendel (saxophone), both of whom are known for their work in other experimental projects like Knower. Their musical style is a chaotic and difficult-to-categorize fusion of grindcore, free jazz, electronic music, avant-garde metal, and breakbeat. 1. Van, 2. Toilet, 3. Clown Core
🇺🇸🎸Big Black was an influential noise rock and post-hardcore band founded in 1981 in Evanston, Illinois, by Steve Albini. The group was active until 1987, with a brief partial reunion in 2006, and is characterized by its abrasive, industrial-tinged sound and controversial, transgressive lyrical themes. 1. Atomizer, 2. Songs About Fucking
🇲🇽🎸🪇Chac Mool was a prominent Mexican progressive rock band formed in Mexico City in 1979, active until 1985. Led by Jorge Reyes and Carlos Alvarado, the band was known for its atmospheric sound that blended complex progressive rock with elements of pre-Hispanic music, jazz, and folk. 1. Nadie en Especial, 2. Sueños de Metal, 3. El Mensajero de los Dioses, 4. Chac Mool, 5. Cintas En Directo
🇬🇧🎸Argent Zombies keyboard maestro Rod Argent found a place to explore all of his musical notions and incorporated more classical, jazz, and art rock influences. 1. Nexus, 2. All Together Now, 3. Circus
🇨🇭🎸Brainticket The obscure late-'60s/early-'70s experimental/Krautrock outfit Brainticket originally formed in 1968, consisting of members from Swiss, German, and Italian descent. 1. Celestial Ocean, 2. Cottonwoodhill, 3. Psychonaut, 4. Adventure, 5. Voyage
🇬🇧🎷🎸🪇Osibisa is an Afro-rock band formed in London in 1969 by Ghanaian musicians Teddy Osei, Sol Amarfio, and Mac Tontoh. Their music is a fusion of African highlife, with rock, jazz, and funk, and they became one of the first African-heritage bands to achieve widespread international recognition. 1. Osibisa, 2. Boyaya
🇨🇱🎸🪇Los Jaivas This Chilean band offers one of the most interesting blends of folk and symphonic rock. 1. Los Jaivas 2. Alturas de Macchu Picchu
🇸🇪🎸🎷Janne Schaffer As one of the most prominent guitarists and session musicians in Sweden, Janne Schaffer has played with almost everyone at home, and quite a few important bands abroad. 1. Katharsis, 2. Janne Schaffer, 3. Earmeal
🇨🇦🎸🪇Maneige Their music is probably one of the best example of what Fusion music can be by blending in classical and folk elements together with jazz tones the whole thing having a very progressive rock ideal and could also fit the chamber rock style. 1. Les porches, 2. Maneige, 3. Ni Vent... Ni Nouvelle, 4. Libre Service - Self Service
🇩🇪🎸🎻📟Cluster has recorded many albums of ambitious, pre-ambient electronic music with gorgeous synth arrangements, a groovy tone and a constant sense of melody. 1. Cluster, 2. Cluster II, 3. Zuckerzeit, 4. Sowiesoso
🇺🇸🎷🎻🎹🎸Thank You Scientist A 21st century progressive rock septet that formed at Montclair State University in New Jersey. 1. Stranger Heads Prevail, 2. Maps of Non — Existent Places, 3. Terraformer
🇦🇷🎸🪘Aquelarre Argentinean progressive rock band Aquelarre got involved in the local music scene in March of 1972 while performing at a local venue, releasing a self-titled album that same year. 1. Aquelarre, 2. Brumas
🇦🇷🎸🪇 Crucis Their music is half instrumental/half with strong Spanish vocals and the emphasis is on the keyboards (organ, string-ensemble, synthesizers, Steinway - and Fender Rhodes piano), the rhythm-section sounds powerful and adventurous. 1. Los Delirios del Mariscal, 2. Crucis
🇬🇧🎸The Pop Group Politically motivated post-punk collective from Bristol, characterized by slicing guitars, primitive funk rhythms, and agit-prop lyrics. 1. Y, 2. For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?
🇬🇧🎸Spirogyra Formed in Canterbury, England in 1970, Spirogyra was one of a group of young progressive folk bands signed to B&C Records at the same time as Steeleye Span. 1. St. Radigunds, 2. Old Boot Wine
🇫🇷🎸Clearlight is a project by French song-writer and composer Cyrille "CLearlight" Verdeaux, with a blend of classical romanticism and prog-rock experimentation. 1. Clearlight Symphony, 2. Forever Blowing Bubbles, 3. Impressionist Symphony, 4. Infinite Symphony, 5. Symphony II, 6. Les Contes Du Singe Fou
🇧🇪🎸🪇 Aksak Maboul is a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis. Known for their eclectic and experimental music, the band has explored diverse styles, including post-punk, free jazz, electronic music, and traditional folk. 1. Un peu de l'âme des bandits, 2. Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine
🇬🇧🎸Steamhammer pioneering British blues-rock band formed in Worthing, England, in 1968, known for blending blues with progressive rock, jazz, and folk elements. 1. MK II, 2. Mountains, 3. Reflection
🇺🇸🎸This Will Destroy You Texas quartet makes sprawling, experimental instrumental rock influenced by shoegaze, ambient, and doom metal. 1. Young Mountain, 2. Another Language, 3. This Will Destroy You, 4. Tunnel Blanket, 5. S/T
🇬🇧🎸Fruupp One of the hardest-working progressive bands to end up languishing in relative obscurity, Fruupp was begun in 1971 by guitarist Vince McCusker. 1. Future Legends, 2. Seven Secrets, 3. Modern Masquerades
🇺🇸🎸Styx The rare art rock band with commercial success, capable of producing monster hits with stadium rock, sweeping power ballads, and concept albums. 1. The Grand Illusion, 2. Pieces of Eight
🇨🇿🎷🎸 🎬Jan Hammer Pioneering Czech jazz fusion keyboardist best known for his television scores. 1. Timeless, 2. Oh, Yeah? 3. The First Seven Days, 4. Malma Mainly
🇮🇸🎸Sigur Rós Pioneering Icelandic post-rockers whose uniquely dreamlike, slow-motion sound is popular with shoegazers and filmmakers. 1. Ágætis Byrjun, 2. (), 3. Takk…
🇯🇵🎸DIR EN GREY is a Japanese experimental metal band formed in Osaka in 1997, consisting of vocalist Kyo, guitarists Kaoru and Die, bassist Toshiya, and drummer Shinya. Originally emerging from the Visual Kei scene as an alternative rock act with pop appeal, they have evolved into a complex, aggressive group known for their dark, poetic lyrics and extreme vocal. versatility, which includes guttural growls, shrieks, and clean singing. Their musical style is difficult to categorize but generally spans experimental metal, progressive metal, metalcore, nu metal, and death metal. 1. UROBOROS, 2. Dum Spiro Spero, 3. Vulgar, 4. ARCHE
🇨🇦🎸Sloche was a seminal Québécois progressive rock band formed around 1971 in the Chicoutimi region, known for blending jazz-rock, symphonic prog, and funk. Active during the mid-70s, they released two acclaimed albums—J'un Oeil (1975) and Stadaconé (1976)—before disbanding. 1. Stadacone, 2. J'un œil
🇨🇦🎸🎷Lighthouse is a renowned Canadian "rock orchestra" formed in 1969 in Toronto by Skip Prokop and Paul Hoffert, blending rock, jazz, and classical elements. 1. One Fine Morning, 2. Suite Feeling, 3. Thoughts of Movin’ On
🇸🇪🎸Hällas is a Swedish "adventure rock" band formed in 2011 in Jönköping, known for blending 1970s progressive rock, hard rock, and folk with 1980s heavy metal. They are famous for conceptual, fantasy-driven lyrics and a melodic, synth-heavy sound. 1. Conundrum, 2. Panorama, 3. Excerpts From a Future Past, 4. Isle of Wisdom
🇮🇸🎼🎸📟Björk Iconic Icelander whose unique sonic adventurousness has extended to pop, jazz, electronica, and beyond. 1. Vespertine, 2. Homogenic, 3. Post, 4. Debut, 5. Vulnicura, 6. Medúlla
🇦🇺🎸🪈Dead Can Dance Project that combines elements of European folk music, particularly the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, with ambient pop and worldbeat. 1. Within the realm of a Dying Sun, 2. The Serpent’s Egg, 3. Into the Labyrinth, 4. Spleen and Ideal, 5. Anastasis, 6. Dionysus
🇳🇴 🎸Leprous is a Norwegian progressive metal/rock band formed in 2001 in Notodden by vocalist/keyboardist Einar Solberg and guitarist Tor Oddmund Suhrke. Known for a complex, emotional, and evolving style, they moved from progressive metal to an experimental art rock sound featuring clean vocals, synths, and orchestral elements. 1. Tall Poppy Syndrome, 2. Coal, 3. Malina, 4. Bilateral, 5. Pitfalls, 6. The Congregation
🇬🇧🎸Zopp is a Nottingham, UK-based progressive rock project formed around 2010 by multi-instrumentalist and composer Ryan Stevenson. Known for a modern revival of the 1970s "Canterbury Scene" sound—fusing fuzz organs, complex time signatures, and catchy melodies—they are often labeled as neo-Canterbury. 1. Dominion, 2. Zoop
🇺🇸🎸Planet P Project is a science-fiction-themed progressive and space rock project led by American keyboardist and composer Tony Carey, formerly of the band Rainbow. Carey adopted this pseudonym to distinguish his experimental, synthesizer-driven work from his mainstream pop-rock solo releases. The project is heavily influenced by Pink Floyd and features dystopian narratives, interstellar isolation, and Cold War paranoia, with the name inspired by the fictional "Planet P" in Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers. 1. Planet P Project, 2. Pink World
🇮🇹🎸Nuova Idea was a Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI) band formed in Genoa, Italy, in 1969 and disbanded in 1973. They originated from the beat group Plep and are recognized for their evolution from beat-oriented music to complex symphonic and psychedelic progressive rock, characterized by predominant keyboards, choir-like vocals, and vibrating guitar solos. 1. Clowns, 2. Mr. E. Jones, 3. In the Beginning
🇦🇷🎸Arco Iris was a pioneering Argentine rock band formed in 1968 in El Palomar, Buenos Aires. The band's musical style evolved from early pop-rock and beat influences to a distinctive folk-rock fusion, characterized by Santaolalla's electric guitar work and the use of native instruments. Their mid-70s output, particularly the double rock opera "Sudamérica o el Regreso a la Aurora" (1972) and the symphonic progressive album "Agitor Lucens V" (1975), showcased complex arrangements blending jazz, blues, and Latin rhythms. Following Santaolalla's departure in 1975, the remaining members shifted toward jazz-rock and new-age music after relocating to California in 1978. 1. Sudamérica o el Regreso a la Aurora, 2. Los Elementales (Fuerzas Magicas de la Naturaleza), 3. Agitor Lucens V, 4. Arco Iris - Cronología I, 5. Inti Raymi
🇨🇦🎸Saga is a Canadian progressive rock band formed in 1977 in Oakville, Ontario, originally performing as "The Pockets" before adopting their current name. The group is celebrated for blending symphonic progressive rock with synth-driven melodies and AOR (album-oriented rock) hooks, achieving significant international success, particularly in Germany and Scandinavia. The band's musical style is defined by intricate guitar work, complex song structures, and a futuristic atmospheric quality derived from heavy synthesizer use. Their lyrics often explore science fiction, philosophy, and human existence, most notably through the "Chapters" series—a collection of interconnected songs across multiple albums that tell a continuous sci-fi narrative involving an alien race's intervention in human affairs. Influenced by pioneers like Yes, Genesis, and Rush, Saga balanced technical complexity with melodic accessibility, producing hits like "On the Loose" and "Wind Him Up" from their platinum-selling 1981 album Worlds Apart. 1. Silent Knight, 2. Saga, 3. Worlds Apart, 4. Heads or Tales, 5. Generation 13, 6. Trust, 7. 10,000 Days
🇬🇧🇺🇸🇸🇪🎸Transatlantic Prog rock supergroup featuring members of Dream Theater, Spock's Beard, Marillion, and the Flower Kings 1. Bridge Across Forever, 2. SMPT E, 3. The Whirlwind, 4. The Absolute Universe: Forevermore, 5. Kaleidoscope, 6. The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)
🇬🇧🎸Haken English band whose original prog-metal sound has evolved into a kaleidoscopic swirl of prog-rock, electronic pop, and anthemic rock. 1. The Mountain, 2. Visions, 3. Aquarius 4. Affinity, 5. Fauna, 6. Vector, 7. Virus
🇺🇸🎸Deluge Grander is a progressive rock band formed in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2005 by Dan Britton, who also leads projects like Birds and Buildings. The band, a successor to Britton's previous project, Cerebus Effect, was founded with drummer Patrick Gaffney to perform Britton's complex compositions. Early lineups included guitarists Dave Berggren and bassists Brett d'Anon, and their music is characterized by intricate, symphonic progressive. 1. August in the Urals, 2. The Form of the Good, 3. Oceanarium, 4. Heliotians
🇩🇪🎸📟🎻🎬🪈Tangerine Dream Innovative Berlin group whose pioneering synthesizer and sequencer work helped found the new age of popular ambient and electronica. 1. Rubycon, 2. Phaedra, 3. Stratosfear, 4. Force Majeure, 5. Tangram, 6. Exit, 7. Encore, 8. Logos, 9. White Eagle, 10. Hyperborea
🇬🇧🎸Ozric Tentacles British neo-psychedelic jam band who bridged the gap between techno and space rock in the 1980s and '90s 1. Erpland, 2. Strangeitude, 3. Jurassic Shift, 4. Arborescence, 5. Pungent Effulgent, 6. Curious Corn, 7. The Hidden Step, 8. Lotus Unfolding, 9. Spirals in Hyperspace, 8. Technicians of the Sacred, 10. Space for the Earth
🇺🇸🎸Dream Theater Standard-bearing American progressive metal standard bearers who have influenced the entire genre with their impeccable musicianship and recordings. 1. Awake 2. Images and Words, 3. A Dramatic Turn of Events, 4. Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, 5. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, 6. Train of Thought, 7. Octavarium, 8. Distance Over Time, 9. A View from the Top of the World, 10. Black Clouds & Silver Linings
🇩🇪🎸📟Klaus Schulze German electronic music pioneer and a central figure in the development of progressive electronic, Krautrock, and "Berlin School" ambient music. As a composer, drummer, and synthesizer virtuoso, his career spanned over six decades and 60+ solo albums, often characterized by long, hypnotic, and symphonic soundscapes that bridged experimentalism with a reflective, dreamy aesthetic. 1. Mirage, 2. Timewind, 3, “X”
🇺🇸🎼🎸Queensrÿche Seattle quintet who constructed a progressive form of heavy metal drawing equally from guitar pyrotechnics and art rock. 1. Operation: Mindcrime, 2. Empire, 3. Rage For Order, 4. The Warning, 5. Promised Land
🇺🇸🎸🎬Explosions in the Sky Austin-based instrumental post-rock quartet known for moody, cinematic compositions as well as film and television scores. 1. The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, 2. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, 3. All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone, 4. The Wilderness
🇺🇸🎸Pain of Salvation has evolved from a Dream Theater-inspired, technical metal band into a stylized, syncopated fusion powerhouse. 1. Remedy Lane, 2. The Perfect Element, Pt. I, 3. Entropia, 4. One Hour By The Concrete Lake, 5. “BE”
🇬🇧🎸Big Big Train Veteran British ensemble blends progressive rock and thoughtful pop melodicism. 1. English Electric, Pt. One, 2. English Electric, Pt. Two, 3. The Underfall Yard, 4. Folklore, 5. Grimspound, 6. Grand Tour, 7. Common Ground, 8. Welcome to the Planet, 9. Ingenious Device, 10. The Likes of Us
🇺🇸🎸Magellan was an American progressive rock/metal duo formed in 1985 in San Francisco, California, by brothers Trent Gardner (vocals, keyboards) and Wayne Gardner (guitar, bass). The band is distinct for never employing permanent drummers, instead relying on programmed drum tracks in their early work before collaborating with guest musicians like Ian Anderson and Tony Levin. Their sound heavily draws from 1970s pioneers such as Yes, Genesis, and Kansas, blending classic symphonic prog with neo-progressive melodies and progressive metal aggression. 1. Impending Ascension, 2. Tests of Wills, 3. Hundred Years of Flood, 4. Hour of Restoration
🇬🇧🎸I.Q. Prolific British progressive rock band active since the early '80s. 1. The Road of Bones, 2. Ever, 3. Subterranea, 4. The Wake, 5. The Seventh House, 6. Tales from the Lush Attic, 7. Dark Matter, 8. Frequency, 9. Resistance
🇸🇪🎸The Flower Kings Longstanding, innovative prog rock band from Sweden led by guitarist and composer Roine Stolt. 1. Banks of Eden, 2. Back in the World of Adventures, 3. Flower Power, 4. Desolation Rose, 5. Stardust We Are, 6. Retropolis, 7. Space Revolver, 8. Unfold the Future, 9. Paradox Hotel, 10. Islands
🇺🇸🎸Spock’s Beard Los Angeles neo-progressive rock band known for its catchy songwriting and technical playing style. 1. Snow, 2. The Light, 3. V, 4. Beware of Darkness, 5. Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep, 6. The Oblivion Particle, 7. X, 8. Noise Floor
🇺🇸🎸Pattern-Seeking Animals is an American progressive rock supergroup formed in 2018 in California, featuring Ted Leonard (lead vocals, guitar), Dave Meros (bass), John Boegehold (keyboards, production), and Jimmy Keegan (drums). The band’s musical style is defined by melodic progressive rock and art rock, characterized by intricate compositions, complex time signatures (such as 7/8 and 11/8), and lush symphonic textures. Their sound blends classic prog influences like Genesis and Yes with modern production, emphasizing catchy hooks and emotional vocal performances over the lengthy, crunchy epics often associated with Spock’s Beard. 1. Pattern-Seeking Animals, 2. Only Passing Through, 3. Spooky Action at a Distance, 4. Friend Of All Creatures, 5. Grimalkin, 6. Prehensile Tales
🇸🇪🎸Beardfish Swedish progressive rock band celebrated for their technical prowess and muscular interpretation of the genre. 1. Sleeping In Traffic, Pt. 2, 2. Sleeping In Traffic, Pt. 1, 3. +4626-Comfortzone, 4. Destined Solitaire, 5, Mammoth, 6. Songs for Beating Hearts, 7. The Void
🇺🇸🎸Flying Colors Progressive rock supergroup featuring former members of Dream Theater, the Dixie Dregs, and Spock's Beard. 1. Second Nature, 2. Third Degree, 3. Five Colors
🇬🇧🎸Be Bop Deluxe British band of the mid-'70s, led by talented guitarist Bill Nelson, that balanced art rock and glam, proving a heavy influence on new wave. 1. Modern Music, 2. Sunburst Finish, 3. Futurama
🇭🇺🎸Solaris Hungarian progressive rock band Solaris got its start in 1980. They took their name, and the content of all their songs, from classic science fiction. 1. Martian Chronicles, 2. Martian Chronicles II, 3. 1990
🇬🇧🎸Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come This UK band was formed in 1971 by the eccentric Arthur Brown a vocalist who had achieved momentary commercial fame three years earlier with his memorable single, "Fire." Considered one of the prime movers behind the British progressive underground, Brown's flamboyant stage act - flaming helmet, outlandish costumes, bizarre facial make-up and crazy, incendiary vocals - appropriately suited the band's manic, psychedelic sound. 1. Galactic Zoo Dossier, 2. Journey
🇬🇧🎸The Edgar Broughton Band British blues-rock and psychedelic band formed in Warwick in 1968, known for their gritty, heavy sound and countercultural, anti-establishment ethos. Often compared to Captain Beefheart, the trio (later a quartet) was popular for their high-energy live performances and the 1970 hit single "Out Demons Out". 1. Wasa Wasa, 2. Sing Brother Sing, 3. Rings of Earthly Light
🇺🇸🎸Maudlin of the Well (stylized as maudlin of the Well or motW) was a Boston-based avant-garde metal band (1996–2003) founded by Toby Driver and Jason Byron. Known for blending death/doom metal with progressive rock, jazz, and chamber music, their music and lyrics focused on astral projection and lucid dreaming. 1. Part the Second, 2. “Bath”, 3. Leaving Your Body Map
🇺🇸🎸Astra is a progressive psychedelic space rock band from San Diego, California, formed in 2001 under the name Silver Sunshine before rebranding in 2006. The band is known for its 1970s retro style, utilizing extensive analog equipment such as Mellotrons, Moog synthesizers, Hammond organs, and echoplexes to create long, jam-based compositions that blend heavy rock with symphonic elements. 1. The Weirding, 2. The Black Chord
🇦🇺🎸🪇 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Australian psychedelic collective with an intense work ethic and a wildly experimental outlook that reaches from synth prog to folk-rock. 1. Polygondwanaland, 2. Flying Microtonal Banana, 3. Nonagon Infinity, 4. I'm In Your Mind Fuzz, 5. Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava, 6. Changes
🇨🇭🎸Krokodil was a pioneering Swiss progressive/psychedelic rock band formed in 1969 by drummer Düde Dürst and pianist Hardy Hepp, blending blues-rock with Eastern, ethnic, and folk influences. 1. An Invisible World Revealed, 2. Krokodil, 3. Swamp, 4. Getting Up For The Morning, 5. Sweat and Swim
🇮🇪🎤🪇🪈Clannad Irish family band who debuted with traditional instruments and Gaelic vocals, then enjoyed global success by bridging folk, rock, and new age. 1. Dúlamán, 2. Clannad 2
🇺🇸🎸Yezda Urfa was an American progressive rock band formed in 1973 that gained a cult following for its technically complex, quirky, and humor-filled music, influenced by bands like Yes and Gentle Giant. 1. Boris, 2. Sacred Baboon
🇺🇸🎻📟🎷🎹Terry Riley Widely influential Californian composer who pioneered the use of tape loops and delay/feedback systems. 1. A Rainbow In Curved Air, 2. Church of Anthrax, 3. In C, 4. Persian Surgery Dervishes, 5. Atlantis Nath, 6. In C/Djembé
🇩🇪🎸Jeronimo was a German heavy blues rock/krautrock band active between 1969 and 1972, known for hits like "Heya" and "Na Na Hey Hey". Founded in 1969 by Rainer Marz, Gunnar Schäfer, and Ringo Funk, the power trio blended heavy guitar riffs with progressive elements, touring with Steppenwolf and playing festivals with Deep Purple. 1. Jeronimo, 2. Time Ride, 3. Cosmic Blues
🇺🇸🎸Metallica California metal band whose aggressive yet melodic style made them one of the most popular bands of all time. 1. …And Justice for All, 2. Master of Puppets, 3. Kill 'Em All, 4. Metallica 5. Ride the Lightning
🇺🇸🎸Megadeth One of the most popular and important thrash metal bands, led by Dave Mustaine, with strong social and political messages throughout their music. 1. Rust In Peace, 2. Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? 3. Countdown to Extinction, 4. Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! 5. So Far, So Good... So What!
🇬🇧🎸Mott the Hoople British hard rock band whose mix of glam, metal, and attitude was bolstered by Ian Hunter's strong, thoughtful songwriting. 1. The Hoople, 2. All the Young Dudes, 3. Mott
🇺🇸🎸Cinderella was a prominent American rock band from the Philadelphia suburbs that rose to fame in the mid-1980s Initially categorized as a glam/hair metal act due to their image and debut sound, they later evolved into a rootsy blues rock style that set them apart from their contemporaries. 1. Long Cold Winter, 2. Night Songs, 3. Heartbreak Station, 4. Still Climbing
🇺🇸🎸Ratt Aqua-netted glam metal band from the 1980s, who infused their brand of hard rock with serious pop hooks.1. Invasion of Privacy, 2. Out of the Cellar, 3. Detonator, 4. Dancing Undercover, 5. Reach for the Sky, 6. Tell the World: The Very Best of Ratt Remastered, (Over the Edge), 7. Ratt
🇺🇸🎸Tesla Blues-based hard rock band marked by smart songwriting who rose to fame during the Hair Metal boom of the 1980s and '90s. 1. The Great Radio Controversy, 2. Mechanical Resonance, 3. Psychotic Supper, 4. Bust a Nut, Signs (Live at the Trocadero)
🇺🇸🎸Guns N’ Roses Best and most influential hard rockers of the 1980s and '90s, a straight-ahead guitar boogie band that often displayed a surprising musical diversity. 1. Appetite for Destruction, 2. Use Your Illusion II, 3. G N' R Lies, 4. Use Your Illusion I
🇺🇸🎸Mötley Crüe Joyously sleazy and stupid, they became one of the top heavy metal bands of the '80s, but garnered more headlines for their infamous antics. 1. Dr. Feelgood, 2. Shout at the Devil, 3. Girls, Girls, Girls, 4. Theatre of Pain, 5. Too Fast for Love
🇦🇺🎸AC/DC One of the defining acts of '70s hard rock, driven by the bazooka roar of the Young brothers' twin guitars and Bon Scott's snarling vocals. 1. Back in Black, 2. Highway to Hell, 3. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, 4. Let There Be Rock, 5. High Voltage, 6. Powerage, 7. If You Want Blood You've Got It, 8. The Razors of Edge, 9. Live, 10. For Those About to Rock. (Special Mention: Ballbreaker, Flick the Switch, Fly On the Wall, Blow Your Video)
🇩🇪🎸Scorpions German band who blew in with the first wave of '70s heavy metal, then stuck around for decades while unleashing many a classic anthem. 1. Taken by Force, 2. Lovedrive, 3. Love at First Sting, 4. In Trance, 5. Blackout, 6. Crazy World, 7. Virgin Killer, 8. Lonesome Crow, 9. Fly to the Rainbow
🇺🇸🎸Poison the definitive hair band of the '80s, with a long string of pop-metal hits to go along with their highly visual approach to rock & roll. 1. Look What the Cat Dragged In, 2. Open Up and Say... Ahh!, 3. Flesh & Blood, 4. Native Tongue
🇺🇸🎸Fred Neil was a highly influential but reclusive American folk singer-songwriter who bridged the gap between Greenwich Village folk and folk-rock. His music style was characterized by a unique fusion of blues, jazz, gospel, and folk, with Neil often cited as one of the first to integrate jazz improvisation into folk music. He possessed a distinctive, loose-limbed acoustic guitar style and a deep, resonant voice that allowed him to sing authentic, raw blues unlike many of his contemporaries. 1. Sessions, 2. Freid Neil, 3. Bleecker and McDougal
🇺🇸🎸Overkill An integral part of the early-'80s thrash metal movement that spawned acts like Metallica and Anthrax. 1. Horrorscope, 2. The Years of Decay, 3. Taking Over, 4. Feel the Fire, 5. Under the Influence
🇺🇸🎸Meat Loaf A one-man rock opera responsible for such epics as "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "I Would Do Anything for Love." 1. Bat Out of Hell I, 2. Bat Out of Hell II
🇺🇸🎸Anthrax Combining the speed and fury of hardcore punk with the prominent guitars and vocals of heavy metal, they helped create a new subgenre of heavy metal on their early albums. 1. Among the Living, 2. Speeding the Disease, 3. Persistence of Time
🇬🇧🎸Rainbow Early metal heroes led by Deep Purple's guitar virtuoso Ritchie Blackmore and charismatic singer Ronnie James Dio. 1. Rising, 2. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, 3. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
🇺🇸🎸DIO Classic heavy metal band formed by Ronnie James Dio, headbanging icon and perennial frontman (Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath). 1. The Last in Line, 2. Dream Evil, 3. Magica, 4. Holy Diver, 5. Strange Highways
🇺🇸🎸Sleep Northern California pioneers of stoner rock and doom metal who chose to disband rather than compromise their aesthetic with their label. 1. Dopesmoker, 2. Sleep's Holy Mountain, 3. The Sciences
🇩🇪🎸Sodom One of German thrash's Big Three, and a pioneer of early death metal. 1. Persecution Mania, 2. Agent Orange, 3. Tapping the Vein, 4. M-16
🇺🇸🎸W.A.S.P. L.A. metal outfit who rose to infamy in the 1980s thanks to their shock rock image, lyrics, and outrageous live concerts. 1. The Headless Children, 2. W.A.S.P., 3. The Crimson Idol, 4. The Last Command, 5. Inside the Electric Circus
🇺🇸🎸Dokken Los Angeles-based heavy metal band with an intimate fusion of hard rock, melody and atmospherics. 1. Under Lock and Key, 2. Tooth and Nail, 3. Back for the Attack
🇺🇸🎸🎷Joe Satriani One of the great guitarists of the '80s, a rare shredder whose popularity crossed over from six-string obsessives and into the mainstream. 1. Surfing with the Alien, 2. Time Machine, Vol. 1, 3. Flying In a Blue Dream, 4. The Extremist, 5. Strange Beautiful Music, 6. Crystal Planet
🇺🇸🎸🎷Steve Vai Fleet-fingered guitar hero who worked with Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake as well as recording solo. 1. Passion and Warfare, 2. Flex-Able, 3. The Ultra Zone, 4. Fire Garden, 5. Alien Love Secrets
🇺🇸🎼🎸Mr. Bungle Free-form rock radicals (sounds of funk, death metal, ska, video games, carnivals) who provided the first experience (and later, a side project) for Faith No More's Mike Patton. 1. Mr. Bungle. 2. Disco Volante, 3. California, 4. The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
🇸🇪🎸In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 1990 in Gothenburg by guitarist Jesper Strömblad. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, they are credited as pioneers of the melodic death metal genre, often referred to as the "Gothenburg sound," which blends the brutality of traditional death metal with melodic guitar harmonies and keyboard elements. 1. The Jester Race, 2. Colony, 3. Whoracle
🇺🇸🎸Van Halen One of the best and most popular American hard rock/heavy metal bands, primarily distinguished by the fleet fingers of guitarist Eddie 1. Van Halen, 2. 1984, 3. Woman and Children First, 4. Van Halen II, 5. Fair Warning, 6. Diver Down, 7. 5150
🇺🇸🎸Britny Fox American glam/hair metal band from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. They emerged as part of the late-1980s hard rock scene, known for their flashy style, big hair, and energetic anthems reminiscent of bands like Cinderella (with whom they shared early connections). 1. Britny Fox, 2. Boys in Heat, 3. Bite Down Hard
🇫🇮🎸Dark Buddha Rising Finnish psychedelic sludge/doom metal band formed in 2007 in Laitila by Vesa Ajomo, Jukka Rämänen, and Petri Rämänen. Known for their occult themes and long, droning, ritualistic compositions. 1. Ritual Ix, 2. Mathreyata, 3. Entheomorphosis, 4. Inversum, 5. Dakhmandal
🇬🇧🎸The Groundhogs influential English blues-rock band formed in London in late 1963. They are known for transitioning from traditional blues to a more progressive, heavy rock sound while maintaining a "power trio" format. 1. Thank Christ for the Bomb, 2. Split, 3. Blues Obituary, 4. Who Will Save the World? The Mighty Groundhogs, 5. Hogwash
🇬🇧🎸Humble Pie was an English hard rock band formed in 1969 by Steve Marriott (ex-Small Faces), Peter Frampton (ex-The Herd), Greg Ridley (ex-Spooky Tooth), and Jerry Shirley (ex-Apostolic Intervention). The group’s music style was a powerful fusion of blues rock, hard rock, and soul, characterized by raw energy, heavy guitar riffs, and Marriott’s distinctive, powerful vocals. 1. Smokin', 2. Rock On, 3. Humble Pie, 4. As Safe As Yesterday Is, 5. Town And Country
🇬🇧🎸Napalm Death Groundbreaking British grindcore band who pushed heavy metal into new levels of extremity and intensity. 1. Scum, 2. Enemy of the Music Business, 3. From Enslavement to Obliteration, 4. Harmony Corruption, 5. Utopia Banished, 6. Fear, Emptiness, Despair, 7. Apex Predator - Easy Meat
🇺🇸🎸Faster Pussycats American hard rock/sleaze glam metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1985 by vocalist Taime Downe and guitarist Brent Muscat. Famous for hits like "Bathroom Wall" and "House of Pain," the band sold over two million records, bridging glam and punk with a gritty, Hollywood Sunset Strip style. 1. Faster Pussycat, 2. Wake Me When It's Over, 3. Whipped
🇺🇸🎸Mastodon One of the most acclaimed metal bands of the new millennium, with an innovative, lyrically astute blend of progressive metal, grindcore, and hardcore. 1. Crack the Sky, 2. Leviathan, 3. Blood Mountain, 4. The Hunter, 5. Once More ‘Round the Sun, 6. Emperor of Sand
🇺🇸🎸Ancestors L.A.'s suitably named Ancestors are conversant with all manner of "classic" hard rock and heavy metal influences, ranging from the primordial doom of Black Sabbath, to the futuristic space rock of Hawkwind, 1. Of Sound Mind, 2. In Dreams and Time
🇨🇦🎸Max Webster Toronto's Max Webster blended metal, prog, and rock elements into a genre-defying blend that won the group a cult following in the mid- to late '70s. 1. High Class in borrowed Shoes, 2. A Million Vacations, 3. Mutiny Up My Sleeve, 4. Max Webster
🇸🇪🎸Meshuggah formed in Umeå, Sweden, in 1987 by vocalist/guitarist Jens Kidman and guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, Meshuggah is a pioneering extreme metal band known for their complex, polyrhythmic, and math-metal sound. Utilizing seven and eight-string guitars, they defined the "djent" subgenre, influencing countless modern metal bands. 1. Chaosphere, 2. Catch Thirty Three, 3. Destroy Erase Improve, 4. Nothing, 5. Obzen, 6. Koloss
🇺🇸🎼🎸The Chocolate Watchband formed in 1965 in Los Altos, California, was a premier 1960s American garage/psychedelic rock band known for a gritty sound often compared to the Rolling Stones. Led by vocalist David Aguilar and guitarist Mark Loomis, the group blended rebellious garage rock with psychedelic experimentation. 1. Inner Mystique, 2. No Way Out
🇨🇭🎼🎸Toad was a Swiss hard rock and blues-rock band formed in Basel, Switzerland, in 1970. Known for their heavy, fuzz-laden guitar sound and high-energy live performances, they were a significant, albeit often overlooked, force in the early 1970s European rock scene, influencing later Swiss bands like Krokus and Celtic Frost. 1. Toad, 2. Tomorrow Blue
🇺🇸🎼🎸Fever Tree was a Houston-based late-1960s psychedelic rock band known for their 1968 hit "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)". Formed in 1966 from The Bostwick Vines, the group blended rock with baroque pop and blues, releasing four albums before disbanding in 1970. Their sound featured dramatic vocals, heavy fuzz guitar, and orchestral arrangements. 1. Another Time, Another Place, 2. Fever Tree
🇺🇸🎼🎸The Fallen Angels The band was known for its psychedelic sound, featuring sitar, horns, and experimental, often cynical lyrics that mirrored the era's counterculture attitudes. 1. It's a Long Way Down, 2. The Fallen Angels
🇺🇸🎼🎸Ultimate Spinach Short-lived psychedelic/acid rock band who were one of the most successful acts associated with the Bosstown Sound of the late '60s. 1. Ultimate Spinach, 2. Behold and See
🇬🇧🎸Arena is a British neo-progressive rock band formed in 1995 in Virginia Water, Surrey, by drummer Mick Pointer (a founding member of Marillion) and keyboardist Clive Nolan (known for his work with Pendragon and Shadowland). The band is characterized by its supergroup-like lineup, intricate compositions, and consistent output of concept albums that blend symphonic prog elements with hard rock and progressive metal influences. 1. The Theory of Molecular Inheritance, 2. Contagion, 3. The Visitor, 4. Inmortal? 5. Songs From the Lions Cage
🇪🇸🎸Bloque was a prominent Spanish progressive rock band formed in 1973 in Torrelavega, Cantabria, known for their sophisticated blend of symphonic rock, hard rock, and jazz-rock elements. The band’s musical style is characterized by dual-guitar harmonies, complex multi-part compositions, and a hybrid of regional Spanish rock sensibilities with sweeping symphonic textures. 1. Bloque, 2. El Hijo del Alba, 3. Hombre, Tierra, Alba
🇸🇪🎸Edge of Sanity Swedish extreme metal band which was among the first to fuse death and black metal with progressive rock. 1. Purgatory Afterglow 2. The Spectral Sorrows 3. Crimson
🇺🇸🎸Baroness is a progressive metal and sludge metal band formed in Savannah, Georgia in 2003, with members originally from Lexington, Virginia. The group is known for evolving from aggressive, guitar-driven sludge metal on early releases like Red Album (2007) and Blue Record (2009) to a more atmospheric, melodic, and experimental sound incorporating post-rock, indie rock, and trip-hop influences on albums such as Yellow & Green (2012), Purple (2015), and Gold & Grey (2019). 1. Red Album, 2. Blue Record, 3. Purple, 4. Yellow and Grren
🇺🇸🎼🎸Deftones Alternative metal quintet who evolved beyond the nu-metal era with a dynamic blend of beauty and brutality. 1. White Pony, 2. Koi no yokan, 3. Around the Fur, 4. Diamond Eyes, 5. Saturday Night Wrist
🇬🇧🎸Squid are a critically acclaimed English post-punk/art-rock band formed in Brighton in 2016, known for their frantic, genre-blending sound featuring brass, synths, and intricate rhythms. Described as post-punk, art-rock, and krautrock-influenced, featuring "half-yelped, half-sung" vocals, angular guitars, and experimental instrumentation. 1. Bright Green Field, 2. Cowards, 3. O Monolith
🇷🇺🎸The Gourishankar is a Russian progressive rock band formed in 2002 in Syktyvkar, known for blending classic retro-prog with experimental, modern touches. Renowned for technical proficiency, they released acclaimed albums Close Grip (2003) and 2nd Hands (2007), often featuring complex instrumentation, melodic depth, and eclectic influences, gaining recognition in the early 2000s prog scene. 1. 2nd Hands, 2. Close Grips
🇬🇧🎸Mandalaband is a British progressive rock band formed in 1974 by composer and producer David Rohl, known for concept albums featuring revolving all-star lineups. Their 1975 debut and the 1978 space-fantasy epic The Eye of Wendor: Prophecies (featuring members of 10cc and The Moody Blues) are highly regarded in prog circles. 1. Mandalaband, 2. The Eye of Wendor: Prophecies
🇮🇹🎸Blacksmith Tales is an Italian progressive rock/metal band formed around the musical vision of multi-instrumentalist David Del Fabro, with roots in the 1990s. The group is known for conceptual, melodic, and symphonic prog, blending vintage keyboards (Hammond, Mellotron) with modern heavy metal, folk, and classical influences. 1. Pathway to Hamlet’s Mill, 2. The Dark Presence
🇬🇧🎸Jade Warrior British progressive rock band formed in 1970 by Tony Duhig (guitar), Jon Field (flute/percussion), and Glyn Havard (vocals/bass), known for blending rock with folk, jazz, and world music influences. Emerging from the band July, they developed a distinct sound featuring soft/loud contrasts and ethereal, atmospheric textures. 1. Last Autumn's Dream, 2. Floating Worlds, 3. Released, 4. Waves, 5. Jade Warrior
🇺🇸🎼🎸Strawberry Alarm Clock is a renowned 1960s American psychedelic rock band from Glendale, California, best known for their 1967 #1 hit, "Incense and Peppermints". Formed in 1966 as Thee Sixpence, they quickly pivoted from garage rock to a signature psychedelic sound. 1. Wake Up...It's Tomorrow, 2. Incense & Peppermints
🇸🇪🎸Candlemass Swedish quintet whose dirge-like, sustain-laden guitar riffing made them pioneers of the doom metal genre. 1. Nightfall, 2. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, 3. Ancient Dreams, 4. Tales of Creation, 5. Candlemass, 6. Death Magic Doom, 7. King of the Grey Islands
🇺🇸🎸Sacred Reich is an influential American thrash metal band formed in 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona, known for socially conscious, political lyrics and fast-paced music. 1. Ignorance, 2. The American Way, 3. Surf Nicaragua
🇺🇸🎸Nuclear Assault were among thrash metal's most socially aware groups, making room for serious subject matter (and occasional goofs) in their careening speed metal riffing. 1. Handle with Care, 2. Game Over
🇩🇪🎸Helloween Innovative German group whose vision of high-speed power metal made them one of the prime European rock bands to emerge in the '80s. 1. Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II, 2. Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I, 3. Walls of Jericho, 4. The Time of the Oath, 5. The Dark Ride
🇬🇧🎸Heads, Hands and Feet Their self-titled debut album, populated with guests from the folk and singer/songwriter scenes, was released as a double record in the U.S., but only as a single album in Europe. The record was very well regarded, with Lee's guitar work garnering attention. 1. Heads, Hands and Feet, 2. Tracks
🇳🇱🎸Golden Earring Boogie rock legends in their Dutch homeland, and worldwide hitmakers with 1973's "Radar Love" and 1982's "Twilight Zone." 1. Moontan, 2. Golden Earring [Aka: Wall of Dolls], 3. Eight Miles High, 4. Seven Tears
🇬🇧🎸Queen Larger-than-life British arena-glam rockers who mastered the art of the pop single, led by the incomparable Freddie Mercury. 1. A Night At The Opera, 2. Queen II, 3. Sheer Heart Attack, 4. A Day At The Races, 5. Queen, 6. Jazz, 7. News of the World, 8. The Game
🇺🇸🎸Aerosmith Boston quintet that epitomized '70s sleaze, but then had a remarkably sober comeback in the '80s that eclipsed their down-and-dirty heyday. 1. Toys in the Attic, 2. Rocks, 3. Pump, 4. Get Your Wings, 5. Permanent Vacation, 6. Aerosmith, 7. Draw the Line, 8. Get a Grip
🇺🇸🎸Bon Jovi One of rock's biggest acts, they bridged the gap between heavy metal and pop with style and ease, remaining consistently popular for decades.1. New Jersey, 2. Slippery When Wet, 3. Keep the Faith, 4. Bon Jovi, 5. 7800° Fahrenheit
🇺🇸🎸Skid Row One of the very last pop-metal bands to hit the mainstream before grunge took over in the early '90s. 1. Skid Row, 2. Slave to the Grind
🇬🇧🎸Def Leppard Stadium rock perennials whose catchy, guitar-driven, power pop/rock was one of the most imitated styles of the '80s. 1. Pyromania, 2. Hysteria, 3. High 'N' Dry
🇩🇪🎸Accept One of Germany's earliest and best speed metal bands, their brutal riffs and aggressive tempos exemplified on the 1983 smash "Balls to the Wall." 1. Balls to the Wall, 2. Restless and 3. Wild, Metal Heart, 4. Breaker, 5. Russian Roulette
🇺🇸🎸Whitesnake Hard rock hitmakers, led by David Coverdale, who combined brutal, powerful hard rock and chart-topping power ballads. 1. Whitesnake, 2. Ready an' Willing, 3. Slide It In, 4. Saints & Sinners
🇺🇸🎸White Lion Brooklyn rockers who scored hits at the peak of the 1980s glam metal craze with their shimmering hooks. 1. Mane Attraction, 2. Pride, 3. Fight to Survive, 4. Anthology 83’-89´
🇦🇺🎸Buffalo Pioneering Australian hard rock/heavy metal band formed in Sydney in August 1971 by vocalist Dave Tice and bassist Peter Wells, evolving from the blues-rock band Head. Known for early, heavy pub rock. 1. Volcanic Rock, 2. Only Want You For Your Body, 3. Dead Forever.
🇺🇸🎸Kiss Garish glam rockers with anthems galore, who became rock legends with a reputation for incredible live shows. 1. Alive! 2. Destroyer, 3. Dressed to Kill, 4. Kiss, 5. Love Gun, 6. Hotter than Hell, 7. Creatures of the Night, 8. Ace Frehley, 9. Rock and Roll Over (Odyssey)
🇬🇧🎸Morrissey With the Smiths and solo, a spokesman for millions of the disaffected with his poetic, biting lyrics and theatrical vocals. 1. Your Arsenal, 2. Viva Hate, 3. Vauxhall and I, 4. Bona Drag
🇺🇸🎸Ramones Seminal punk rockers who lit up the mid-'70s New York City scene by stripping rock & roll to the basics. 1. Rocket to Russia, 2. Leave Home, 3. Ramones, 4. Road to Ruin, 5. Too Tough to Die, 6. End of the Century, 7. Pleasant Dreams
🇺🇸🎸Pearl Jam The prototypical Seattle grunge band, with a driving sound and a long run as one of the most principled and hard-working groups in rock. 1. Ten 2. Vs, 3. Vitalogy, 4. Lost Dogs, 5. MTV Unplugged
🇺🇸🎸Nirvana Second-generation punk's most unlikely success story, a rampaging hard rock trio that influenced countless artists but ended in tragedy 1. Nevermind, 2. In Utero, 3. Bleach, 4. MTV Unplugged In New York (Live Acoustic)
🇬🇧🎸The Clash The best and most accomplished punk band, critically important provocateurs influenced by reggae, rockabilly, and blues. 1. London Calling, 2. The Clash, 3. Give 'Em Enough Rope, 4. Sandinista!
🇺🇸🎸Iggy Pop Punk godfather who began shocking in the late '60s, influencing and outlasting practically every punk movement to come. 1. Lust For Life, 2. The Idiot, 3. Raw Power, 4. Kill City, 5. New Values, 6. Fun House, 7. Brick by Brick, 8. American Caesar
🇺🇸🎸Jane’s Addiction Alternative rock band fronted by Perry Farrell, who became era icons at the turn of the 1990s with their distinctive sound and style. 1. Nothing's Shocking, 2. Jane's Addiction, 3. Ritual de lo Habitual
🇬🇧🎸Pulp Pioneering Brit-pop band known for its stylish sound and vocalist Jarvis Cocker's lyrical obsessions (sexual foibles, working-class misfits). 1. Different Class, 2. His 'n' Hers, 3. This Is Hardcore, 4. We Love Life, 5. Separations
🇲🇽🎸🪘Caifanes Pioneering Mexican rock band of the 1980s known for their dark fusion of post-punk, goth, new wave, Latin and Mexican traditions. 1. Caifanes, Vol. 1, 2. El Diablito, 3. El Nervio del Volcán, 4. El Silencio. Jaguares In 1995, Jaguares was formed out of the skeleton of Califanes, a Mexico City rock group. 1. Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio, 2. El Equilibrio de Los Jaguares, 3. Cuando la Sangre Galopa, 4. El Primer Instinto, 5. Cronicas de un Laberinto
🇪🇸🎸Héroes del Silencio Spanish band whose musicianship and innovation kick-started the rock en español movement. The band’s sound evolved significantly throughout their career, moving from early post-punk and gothic rock influences to a heavier hard rock style. Bunbury’s lyrics are renowned for being cryptic, surreal, and poetic, drawing inspiration from literary figures like William Blake and Charles Baudelaire. Valdivia’s complex, gothic-styled guitar work and the band’s solid rhythmic foundation created a distinctive "epic" and "messianic" rock sound. 1. Senderos de traición, 2. El Mar No Cesa, 3. El Espíritu del Vino, 4. Avalancha, 5. Senda 91’, 6. Tour 2007
🇺🇸🎺Stevie Wonder A teenage soul sensation in the '60s who racked up smash after smash, then explored adventurous, risky territory on his pioneering '70s albums. 1. Songs in the Key of Life, 2. Innervisions, 3. Talking Book, 4. Fulfillingness' First Finale, 5. Music of my Mind
🇦🇷🎸Sumo was a highly influential Argentine rock band (1982-1987) led by Italian-Scottish Luca Prodan, known for pioneering post-punk, reggae, and ska in Argentina, with English lyrics challenging the military dictatorship, despite facing censorship. 1. Divididos por la Felicidad, 2. After Chabon, 3. Llegando los Monos, 4. Corpiños en la Madrugada.
🇦🇷🎸🪘Soda Stereo One of the seminal bands in the rock en español movement. 1. Dynamo 2. Canción Animal, 3. Signos, 4. Sueño Stereo, 5. Nada Personal, 6. Soda Stereo, 7. Doble Vida, 8. El Ultimo Concierto
🇲🇽🎸🪘El Tri Legendary Mexican Rock & Roll band lead by Alex Lora. The group has sold more than 30 million records in its career and has had five nominations for the Grammy Award. 1. 40 años Vol. 1 &2, 2. En Vivo en la Cárcel de Santa Martha, 3. Sinfónico 1,2,3
🇦🇷🎸🪘Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Argentinean band who mixed punk, ska, and South American sounds. 1. Los Fabulosos Calaveras, 2. Rey Azúcar, 3. El Satánico Dr. Cadillac, 4. El León, 5. Yo Te Avisé!!, Bares y Fondas, El Ritmo Mundial, La Marcha del Golazo Solitario, Chau, Hola, Obras Cumbres, La Salvación de Solo y Juan
🇲🇽🎸🪘Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio Mexican musical group, formed in Mexico City in 1985 that fuses rhythms such as rock, ska, reggae, punk and traditional influences of Mexican music such as danzón and bolero. Comprising vocalist Roco, guitarists El Pato and Sax, bassist Aldo, and drummer Pacho. 1. El Circo, 2. Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio
🇬🇧🎸New Order Seminal British alternative act, formed from the ashes of Joy Division, that transitioned from moody rock to extroverted dance. 1. Movement, 2. Power Corruption and Lies 3. Low-Life
🇺🇸🎸Mazzy Star was an American alternative rock band formed in 1989 in Santa Monica, California, by David Roback and Hope Sandoval, emerging from the group Opal. Known for their dreamy, melancholic sound and the 1993 hit "Fade into You," the duo created a signature blend of psychedelic folk, blues, and moody dream pop. 1. So Tonight That I Might See, 2. Among My Swan, 3. She Hangs Brightly
🇺🇸🎸Icon was a Phoenix, Arizona-based heavy/glam metal band formed in 1981, known for their blend of melodic hard rock and AOR. 1. Night of the Crime, 2. Icon, 3. Right Between the Eyes.
🇺🇸🎸KIX Their roots in blue-collar Baltimore produced one of the hardest rocking, hardest working bands in rock history. 1. Kix, 2. Blow my Fuse, 3. Hot Wire, 4. Cool Kids
🇳🇱🎸Picture Pioneering Dutch heavy metal band formed in 1979, recognized as the first hard rock/metal band from the Netherlands to secure an international record deal. 1. Diamond Dreamer, 2. Heavy Metal Ears, 3. Eternal Dark
🇬🇧🎸Oasis Enduringly popular Manchester rockers who stood at the vanguard of the Brit-pop movement. 1. Definitely Maybe, 2. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 3. Be Here Now, 4. Dig Out Your Soul
🇺🇸🎸Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock and college rock band formed in Redlands, California, in 1983. The group is known for its do-it-yourself ethos and eclectic musical fusion that blends punk, ska, folk, country, psychedelia, and world music. 1. Key Lime Pie, 2. Telephone Free Landslide Victory, 3. Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart, 4. Camper Van Beethoven, 5. II & III
🇺🇸🎸Pixies Influential indie icons who welded classic pop influences to jagged, roaring guitars and Black Francis' fragmented songwriting. The Pixies are credited with defining the 1990s alternative rock sound by blending punk rock aggression with surf rock melodies and pop hooks. Their signature style is characterized by extreme dynamic shifts, often described as "loud-quiet-loud" dynamics, where hushed, restrained verses explode into wailing, noisy choruses. Black Francis is the primary songwriter, known for fragmented, surreal lyrics covering offbeat subjects like extraterrestrials, biblical violence, and surrealism. 1. Doolittle, 2. Surfer Rosa, 3. Bossanova
🇺🇸🎸Minutemen One of the most influential punk bands, an eclectic trio that ranged from jazz and funk to beat poetry and classic rock, with a wry sense of humor. 1. Double Nickels on the Dime, 2. What Makes a Man Start Fires?, 3. The Punch Line, 4. 3-Way Tie (For Last)
🇺🇸🎸Cows Minneapolis punk agitators take rawness of their influences to extremes. 1. Daddy Has a Tail, 2. Cunning Stunts, 3. Sorry in Pig Minor
🇬🇧🎸Coldplay Earnest alternative pop group whose sweet melodies and swooning lyrics made them one of the biggest bands of the new millennium. 1. X&Y, 2. A Rush of Blood to the Head, 3. Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, 4. Parachutes (Coloratura)
🇲🇽🎸🪘Fobia Mexican alternative pop/rock pioneer Fobia made their debut with the release of a self-titled album in 1990, featuring "Microbito," the band's first hit. 1. Fobia, 2. Mundo Feliz, 3. Leche, 4. Amor Chiquito, 5. Rosa Venus
🇺🇸🎸Interpol Enduring post-punk revivalists updating the moody sounds of Joy Division, the Chameleons, and the Smiths for the 21st century. 1. Turn on the Bright Lights, 2. Antics, 3. Marauder, 4. Our Love to Admire, 5. Interpol, 6. El Pintor, 7. The Other Side of Make-Believe
🇺🇸🎸The Black Keys Intense Akron, Ohio blues-soaked duo that began by overwhelming indie rock critics and quickly moved to arena audiences. 1. Rubber Factory, 2. Thickfreakness, 3. Brothers, 4. Attack & Release, 5. El Camino, 6. The Big Come Up, 7. Magic Potion, 8. Turn Blue, 9. Delta Kream, 10. Dropout Boogie
🇬🇧🎸The Sisters of Mercy Goth rock's prime mover of the 1980s, with a vision sustained by singer Andrew Eldritch and his love of psychedelia, metal, and dance. 1. Floodland Collection, 2. First and Last and Always Collection
🇦🇺🎸Tame Impala Australian indie rockers who channel crunchy '60s psych, trippy pop and modern electronics to deliver a much in-demand sound. 1, Lonerism, 2. Innerspeaker, 3. Currents, 4. The Slow Rush
🇺🇸🎸The Strokes New York City band that ushered in a new era of indie rock in the 2000s, with spiky guitars, chugging backbeats, and self-assured songwriting. 1. Is This It, 2. Room on Fire
🇨🇦🎸Arcade Fire Montreal indie rockers who topped charts and won awards with their intense, anthemic, multi-layered vision of alternative rock. 1. Funeral, 2. The Suburbs, 3. Neon Bible, 4. Reflektor
🇲🇽🎸🪘Café Tacvba At the forefront of the Rock en Español movement, the band mixes rock, punk, electronics, and the occasional traditional Mexican flavoring. 1. Café Tacvba, 2. Re, 3. Cuatro Caminos, 4. Jen Beibi, 5. El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco
🇲🇽🎸🪘Maná Latin rock stars from Mexico who are one of the best-selling recording and touring acts in Latin music history. 1. Falta Amor, 2. ¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños?, 3. Sueños Líquidos. Offshoot: 🇲🇽🎸Sombrero Verde Mexican rock band formed in the late 1970s in Guadalajara, Jalisco, which later became the internationally renowned band Maná Led by vocalist Fher Olvera and featuring early members like drummer Alex González, they played reggae-rock and pop-rock. They rebranded to Maná in 1986, achieving massive success. 1. Sombrero Verde
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