Best Epic Progressive Songs

This list was created with the intention of sharing some true masterpieces of progressive music, particularly those of lesser known bands who IMO deserve more attention.
The Top Ten
1 Second Life Syndrome - Riverside

This is a really unique and emotional piece from a seruiously underrated Polish act

Sm*sh its a amazing boy band of Indonesia

2 Arriving Somewhere But Not Here - Porcupine Tree

A perfect example of the unique melancholy yet beautiful music Porcupine Tree are capable of producing. Steven Wilson is a musical genius!

3 Echoes - Pink Floyd
4 Xanadu - Rush

There has to be a Rush song on here - after all, these guys invented progressive rock/metal!

5 A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater

A Change of Seasons is Fantastic. When people ask me what my single favorite song is, I always answer A Change of Seasons without hesitation. It is purely awesome from start to finish, and has a little something for every fan. Metal, jamming, aggressive vocals, melodies, and it's fair share of bizarre time signatures. A very emotional song that tells an interesting story, which the instrumentation helps to build the theme. And the ending is just phenomenal.

From what I have heard from all these songs, A Change of Seasons and Lateralus are the only two that belong on this list.

6 Roads to Madness - Queensryche

A classic epic from Queensryche, one of the most influential prog metal bands ever

7 Close to the Edge - Yes

How is this song not eV en in the top 10? A masterpiece by a band unrivaled by but a few in terms of talent.

Close to the edge at 10? Yea right. This list is dumb.

8 Anesthetize - Porcupine Tree
9 Supper's Ready - Genesis

Greatest song I've ever heard by far. This needs to be number 1.

Absolutely amazing progressive rock

10 Octavarium - Dream Theater
The Contenders
11 Dreamflight - After Forever

This is a very atmospheric epic track from the band's final album before breakup

12 Larks' Tongues In Aspic - King Crimson
13 Elysium - Stratovarius

The technically proficient keyboards of Johanssen along with other elements help drive this recent epic song from Stratovarius

14 Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
15 Lateralus - Tool

Brilliant musicianship! Everymember of the band shows excellence and the song is comlex lyrically and instrumentally..

16 You Enjoy Myself - Phish
17 Infinite Fire - Flying Colors

This song just what Flying Colors is capable of, in this case writhing music that's just amazing.

A catchy and epic closing track to the debut album of this supergroup, including Mike Portnoy

18 Colossus - In Mourning
19 Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
20 Thick As a Brick - Jethro Tull
21 The Leper Affinity - Opeth

Found on "Blackwater Park", one of the most original albums ever released, Lopez's drumming talent particularly stands out on this

22 Revelation (Divus Pennae Ex Tragoedia) - Symphony X

Very few artists produce epic metal greater than Symphony X!

23 The Ministry of Lost Souls - Dream Theater
24 All of the Above - Transatlantic
25 Kingdom of Heaven - Epica

This is an absolute masterpiece from Epica, uniquely combining progressive and symphonic elements

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