Timeline of progressive rock (2020–29)

This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 2020–2029.

2020

Reformed bands

• Genesis[1]
• Vektor[2]

Albums

Release Date	Artist	Album	Country
3 January 2020	Karfagen	Birds of Passage	Ukraine
17 January 2020	Sons of Apollo	MMXX	USA
24 January 2020	Nektar	The Other Side	UK
8 February 2020	Pendragon	Love Over Fear	UK
14 February 2020	Ihsahn	Telemark (EP)[3]	Norway
14 February 2020	Lazuli	Le Fantastique Envol de Dieter Böhm	France
14 February 2020	Psychotic Waltz	The God-Shaped Void	USA
21 February 2020	Pat Metheny	From This Place	USA
28 February 2020	Intronaut	Fluid Existential Inversions	USA
10 March 2020	Anubis	Homeless	Australia
3 April 2020	Pure Reason Revolution	Eupnea	UK
17 April 2020	Glass Hammer	Dreaming City	USA
24 April 2020	Katatonia	City Burials	Sweden
8 May 2020	Green Carnation	Leaves of Yesteryear	Norway
8 May 2020	Mekong Delta	Tales of a Future Past	Germany
22 May 2020	Caligula's Horse	Rise Radiant	Australia
5 June 2020	Frost*	Others	UK
12 June 2020	Rick Wakeman	The Red Planet	UK
19 June 2020	Protest the Hero	Palimpsest	Canada
10 July 2020	Voivod	The End of Dormancy (EP)[4]	Canada
17 July 2020	Kansas	The Absence of Presence	USA
24 July 2020	Haken	Virus	UK
31 July 2020	Steve Howe	Love Is	UK
1 August 2020	AraPacis	Déja Hard	Canada
7 August 2020	Good Tiger	Raised in a Doomsday Cult	USA
14 August 2020	Kamelot	I Am the Empire – Live from the 013	USA
21 August 2020	The Tangent	Auto Reconnaissance	International
28 August 2020	John Petrucci	Terminal Velocity	USA
28 August 2020	Motorpsycho	The All Is One	Norway
28 August 2020	Pain of Salvation	PANTHER	Sweden
28 August 2020	Tim Bowness	Late Night Laments	UK
4 September 2020	The Pineapple Thief	Versions of the Truth	UK
11 September 2020	Ihsahn	Pharos (EP)[5]	Norway
11 September 2020	Mastodon	Medium Rarities	USA
11 September 2020	Neal Morse	Sola Gratia	USA
18 September 2020	Derek Sherinian	The Phoenix	USA
18 September 2020	Gazpacho	Fireworker	Norway
25 September 2020	Ayreon	Transistus	Netherlands
25 September 2020	Fish	Weltschmerz	UK
25 September 2020	The Ocean	Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic	Germany
2 October 2020	Blackfield	For the Music	International
2 October 2020	Enslaved	Utgard	Norway
9 October 2020	Ozric Tentacles	Space for the Earth	UK
23 October 2020	Wobbler	Dwellers of the Deep	Norway

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.[6]
• Sean Reinert, drummer for Cynic and Gordian Knot, died on January 24 at 48.[7]
• 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.[8][9]
• 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.[10][11][12][13][14]
• Florian Schneider, co-founder of Kraftwerk, died of cancer on April 21 at 73.[15]
• Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith died on July 22 at 59.[16]

2021

Newly formed bands

Albums

Release Date	Artist	Album	Country
29 January 2021	Steven Wilson	The Future Bites	UK

Disbandments

Events

• Coheed and Cambria's S.S. Neverender cruise, featuring other prog bands such as The Dear Hunter, Polyphia, and Thank You Scientist, is planned for October 25-29, after being postponed from the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][17]

2022

Newly formed bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events

2023

Newly formed bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events

2024

Newly formed bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events

2025

Newly formed bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events

2026

Newly formed bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events

2027

Newly formed bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events

2028

Newly formed bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events

2029

Newly formed bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events

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

1. Greene, Andy; Greene, Andy (4 March 2020). "Genesis to Launch 'The Last Domino?' Reunion Tour in November". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
2. May 27, Graham HartmannPublished:; 2020. "Vektor Have Reunited, Announce New Album + Tour Plans". Loudwire. Retrieved 12 August 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. Blabbermouth (28 November 2019). "IHSAHN To Release First Of Two New EPs In February". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
4. Blabbermouth (22 May 2020). "VOIVOD To Release 'The End Of Dormancy' EP". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
5. "Ihsahn Debuts "Spectre At The Feast", New EP "Pharos" Due In September". Theprp.com. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
6. CNN, Dakin Andone. "Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist of Rush, has died at 67". CNN. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
7. "Death and Cynic Drummer Sean Reinert Dead at 48". TMZ. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
8. "Coheed and Cambria announce S.S. Neverender festival cruise". Consequence of Sound. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
9. "Slipknot, Coheed and Cambria, and KISS cruises rescheduled for 2021". Consequence of Sound. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
10. "Tool Postpone All 2020 North American Tour Dates". Spin. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
11. March 27, Aidin Vaziri; March 27, 2020Updated:; 2020; Pm, 1:20. "Pink Floyd's Roger Waters postpones tour due to coronavirus". Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved 2 August 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. Live, D. G. M. (11 April 2020). "KING CRIMSON 2020 TOUR POSTPONED FOR A YEAR". DGM Live. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
13. "Coheed and Cambria postpone first leg of 'Neverender: NWFT' tour | NextMosh: Rock and Metal News". nextmosh.com. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
14. "The Future Postponed". Steven Wilson. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
15. "Kraftwerk Co-Founder Florian Schneider Dies at Age 73". Billboard. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
16. "The Quietus | Features | Remember Them... | Remembering Tim Smith Of Cardiacs". The Quietus. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
17. "S.S. Neverender". S.S. Neverender. Retrieved 12 August 2020.