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Timeline of progressive rock (2020–2029)
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This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 2020–.
2020
Newly formed bands
Reformed bands
Bands on hiatus
Albums
Disbandments
Events
- Drummer and lyricist Neil Peart of Rush died on January 7 at the age of 67 after fighting brain cancer for over three years.[8]
- Sean Reinert, drummer for Cynic and Gordian Knot, died on January 24 at 48.[9]
- Coheed and Cambria planned their inaugural S.S. Neverender cruise for October 26–30 with other prog bands such as The Dear Hunter, Polyphia, and Thank You Scientist; the event was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11]
- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacts the music industry, particularly disrupting concerts and tours. Tool, Roger Waters, King Crimson, and Coheed and Cambria postpone part or all of their 2020 tours, and Steven Wilson postpones the release of his sixth solo studio album until early 2021.[12][13][14][15][16]
- Florian Schneider, co-founder of Kraftwerk, died of cancer on April 21 at 73.[17]
- Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith died on July 22 at 59.[18]
- In August 2020, Eric Moore, the second drummer and manager of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, announced that he would be leaving the band to focus on running Flightless Records.[19]
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2021
Reformed bands
Albums
Disbandments
Events
- Chick Corea, American jazz fusion keyboardist and founder of fusion band Return to Forever, died of cancer on February 9 at the age of 79.
- Coheed and Cambria's S.S. Neverender cruise, featuring other prog bands such as The Dear Hunter, Polyphia, and Thank You Scientist, set sail from October 25 through 29, after being postponed from the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][21]
- David Longdon, the lead singer, multi-instrumentalist, and frontman of Big Big Train, died on November 20 in a tragic accident at the age of 56.
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2022
Reformed bands
Albums
Disbandments
Events
- King Crimson's founding saxophonist and keyboard player Ian McDonald died on February 9 at 75, a week after the release of the trailer for a King Crimson documentary, in which McDonald apologized to Robert Fripp for leaving the band back in 1969.[22]
- Gary Brooker, the founder, lead singer, principal songwriter, and sole continuous member of Procol Harum, died at the age of 76 on February 19.
- Taylor Hawkins (The Birds of Satan, Coheed and Cambria) was found dead at 50 in a hotel room in Bogotá, Colombia on March 26.[23] An initial toxicology report showed the presence of 10 substances in his body; however, no official cause of death was disclosed.[24]
- Klaus Schulze, Prominent electronic music pioneer and drummer for Krautrock bands Ash Ra Tempel, The Cosmic Jokers, and Tangerine Dream, died on April 26 at the age of 74.[25]
- Progressive electronic composer and Aphrodite's Child keyboardist Vangelis died on May 17 at 79 due to COVID-19 complications.[26]
- Yes drummer Alan White died at the age of 72 on May 26.[27]
- Massimo Morante of Goblin died on June 23 at 69.[28]
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2023
Reformed bands
Albums
Events
- In September 2023, Thank You Scientist announced that their singer, Salvator Marrano, was leaving the band to spend more time with his family.[29]
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2024
Reformed bands
Albums
Disbandments
Events
- In August 2024, Black Midi announced that they were going on an indefinite hiatus. Members Geordie Greep and Cameron Picton announced solo projects shortly thereafter.[30][31]
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2025
Newly formed bands
Reformed bands
Albums
| 15 January 2025 | The Ryszard Kramarski Project | FATHERSON | Poland |
| 17 January 2025 | Broers + Klazinga | Second Thoughts | Netherlands |
| 17 January 2025 | Steve Hackett | Live Magic at the Trading Boundaries | UK |
| 24 January 2025 | Riverside | Live ID | Poland |
| 1 February 2025 | Mark Trueack | Save Us | Australia/Thailand |
| 7 February 2025 | Dream Theater | Parasomnia | USA |
| 7 February 2025 | Squid | Cowards | UK |
| 14 February 2025 | The Adekaem | Pictures From Sierra Morena | Poland |
| 14 February 2025 | Pattern-Seeking Animals | Friend Of All Creatures | USA |
| 21 February 2025 | Motorpsycho | Motorpsycho | Norway |
| 24 February 2025 | Dave Kerzner | IT - A Celebration of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway | USA |
| 28 February 2025 | Everon | Shells | Germany |
| 28 February 2025 | Eye 2 Eye | Lost Horizon | France |
| 5 March 2025 | Submarine Silence | Atonement of a Former Sailor Turned Painter | Italy |
| 7 March 2025 | Echolyn | Time Silent Radio VII & II | USA |
| 7 March 2025 | Unitopia | Alive and Kicking | Australia |
| 7 March 2025 | Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate | The Uncertainty Principle | UK |
| 7 March 2025 | Ghost Of The Machine | Empires Must Fall | UK |
| 7 March 2025 | Karmakanic | Transmutation | Sweden |
| 7 March 2025 | Gino Vannelli | The Life I Got (To My Most Beloved) | UK |
| 7 March 2025 | District 97 | Live for the Ending | USA |
| 7 March 2025 | Jethro Tull | Curious Ruminant | UK |
| 7 March 2025 | John Lodge | Love Will Conquer All - EP | Multi-National |
| 14 March 2025 | Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks | Perpetual Change - Live | USA |
| 14 March 2025 | Coheed and Cambria | Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe | USA |
| 14 March 2025 | Steven Wilson | The Overview | UK |
| 28 March 2025 | IQ | Dominion | UK |
| 11 April 2025 | Bjørn Riis | Fimbulvinter | Norway |
| 11 April 2025 | Karfagen | Omni | Ukraine |
| 18 April 2025 | Hawkwind | There Is No Space for Us | UK |
| 25 April 2025 | Oak | The Third Sleep | Norway |
| 16 May 2025 | Magic Pie | Maestro | Norway |
| 18 July 2025 | Dave Bainbridge | On the Edge (of What Could Be) | UK |
| 1 August 2025 | Discipline | Breadcrumbs | USA |
| 12 September 2025 | Between the Buried and Me | The Blue Nowhere | UK |
| 12 September 2025 | The Sound of Animals Fighting | The Maiden | USA |
| 18 September 2025 | Cardiacs | LSD | UK |
Disbandments
Events
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See also
- Timeline of progressive rock: other decades: 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s
- Timeline of progressive rock (Parent article)
- Progressive rock
- Canterbury Scene
- Symphonic rock
- Avant-rock
- Rock in Opposition
- Neo-prog
- Progressive metal
- Jazz fusion
- Djent
References
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