Shining
Shining, the Norwegian band of Jørgen Munkeby, who coined the term “blackjazz” to fuse black metal and jazz.
Enslaved
Enslaved, the Norwegian band that has evolved from Viking saga black metal into a progressive metal of its own.
Ihsahn
Ihsahn, the former Emperor singer and one of the leading names in solo extreme progressive metal.
Gojira
Gojira, the French band that has brought progressive, environmentalist metal to stages such as the Paris Olympics.
Voivod
Voivod, the Canadian band that took thrash metal into science-fiction and progressive territory.
Sieges Even
Sieges Even, one of the cult bands of German progressive metal in the 1980s and 1990s.
Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta, one of the pioneers of German technical and progressive thrash, with classically inspired arrangements.
Coroner
Coroner, one of the pioneering Swiss bands of technical and progressive thrash.
Spiral Architect
Spiral Architect, the Norwegian technical progressive metal band with a single cult studio album.
Shadow Gallery
Shadow Gallery, one of the cult bands of 1990s American progressive metal.
Vanden Plas
Vanden Plas, one of the pioneering German progressive metal bands of the 1990s.
Seventh Wonder
Seventh Wonder, the Swedish progressive metal band with Mattias Olofsson on vocals since 2026, following Tommy Karevik (Kamelot).
Evergrey
Evergrey, one of the leading Swedish progressive metal bands, led by Tom S. Englund.
Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus, the Norwegian technical progressive metal band with the voice of Michael Eriksen.
Redemption
Redemption, the American progressive metal band with Tom S. Englund (Evergrey) on vocals.
Shadowfax
Shadowfax, the American jazz-fusion band with the lyricon as its signature instrument.
Steely Dan
Steely Dan, the duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker that brought the harmonic sophistication of jazz to studio-produced rock.
Passport
Passport, the jazz-fusion project of German saxophonist Klaus Doldinger, also known for the soundtrack of “Das Boot”.
Nucleus
Nucleus, Ian Carr’s British band and one of the pioneers of the fusion of jazz and rock in England.
Colosseum
Colosseum, the British band that pioneered the fusion of jazz and rock in the late sixties.
Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham, the drummer of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and one of the fundamental names of solo jazz-fusion.
Chick Corea Elektric Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band, pianist Chick Corea’s electric project since the mid-eighties.
Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Group, one of the most awarded jazz-fusion projects in history, with Lyle Mays on keyboards.
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty, the French violinist who brought his instrument to the centre of electric jazz-fusion.
Shakti
Shakti, John McLaughlin’s Indo-jazz fusion band and one of the most influential fusion projects of the seventies.
Novalis
Novalis, one of the key bands of German-language symphonic progressive rock in the seventies.
Eloy
Eloy, one of the pioneering bands of progressive rock and German “kosmische Musik”.
Sylvan
Sylvan, one of the key bands of contemporary German neo-prog, with recurring concept albums.
RPWL
RPWL, one of the leading German neo-prog bands, with clear Pink Floyd influences.
Discipline
Discipline, the American dark progressive rock band led by Matthew Parmenter.
Glass Hammer
Glass Hammer, the American band of epic fantasy and symphonic rock since the nineties.
Echolyn
echolyn, one of the key bands of American progressive rock in the nineties.
Galahad
Galahad, the British neo-prog band led since the eighties by Stuart Nicholson.
Landmarq
Landmarq, the British neo-prog band with the voice of Tracy Hitchings.
Jadis
Jadis, the British neo-prog band in which Martin Orford (IQ) and John Jowitt (IQ) crossed paths before and during their other bands.
Threshold
Threshold, one of the pioneering bands of British progressive metal in the nineties.
Arena
Arena, the British neo-prog band of Clive Nolan (Pendragon) and Marillion’s original drummer, Mick Pointer.
The Tangent
The Tangent, Andy Tillison’s project with a broad cast of musicians from the European neo-prog scene.
Karmakanic
Karmakanic, Jonas Reingold’s project (The Flower Kings, Steve Hackett) with a rotating cast of prog musicians.
Kaipa
Kaipa, Roine Stolt’s first band (The Flower Kings) and a pioneer of Swedish progressive rock in the seventies.