Recent Prog Discoveries 2000-2021

Today, i "travel" to Netherlands (with Sky Architect). So here are my modern discoveries from this country:

When you listen to a novel record, your brain will automatically and unconsciously scan this brand-new record that you’re hearing. You’re assessing first and foremost, auditory scene analysis. Am I hearing music? The next thing you do, and this happens in a matter of milliseconds, is you scan the timbres. What’s the style of music? Is this an electronic record? Is this an orchestral record? Is it a Broadway record? Is it a jazz record? You scan the timbres and, in a few hundred milliseconds, you know the style—the sources, shall we say—of the instruments that are playing.

Then you can independently process the words. For most of us, that’s in our left hemisphere. You can move your spotlight of attention to the melody and the harmonies. Very nice. You can move your spotlight of attention up here to the somatosensory cortex and the motor cortex. You can ask yourself, how’s that groove going? Where do I feel the beats in this record? You can extract that rhythm from this record.

Simultaneously, you’re assessing the style of the record, the genuineness of the performances. And as you do all that, you’re looking for treats. You just need to find one. And if that treat is powerful enough, your brain, your auditory cortex will recognize, “Yep, that’s what I’m talking about. That’s my kind of record.”

It’s going to release some opiates initially and some dopamine from your dopaminergic system. And that dopaminergic reward system is going to swing back and tell the auditory cortex, “Yes, please. More of that.” What happens is, over time, our auditory cortex is shaped to be better and faster at recognizing our treats. Better and faster at recognizing rhythms we love, melodies we love, the harmonies, the chord changes we love. The lyrical ideas we love, the style we love, the sound. That’s what happens when you listen to a novel record.

More or less prog bands which I own at least one CD ( from your list)
All Traps on Earth               Symphonic Prog             Sweden                         2018
Anima Mundi                      Symphonic Prog             Cuba                         2002-2018
Dave Bainbridge                  Crossover Prog             United Kingdom            1998-2021
Birds & Buildings                  Eclectic Prog               United States               2008-2013
Cairo                                  Symphonic Prog            United States               1994-2001
Daal                                   Eclectic Prog                 Italy                           2009-2022
Deluge Grander                   Symphonic Prog            United States               2006-2020
Gazpacho                            Crossover Prog              Norway                      2003-2020
Glass Hammer                     Symphonic Prog            United States               1993-2022
Haken                                 Heavy Prog                  United Kingdom           2010-2020
Hidria Spacefolk                   Space Rock                   Finland                      2002-2012
Hypnos 69                           Space Rock                  Belgium                      2001-2010
Izz                                      Symphonic Prog           United States               1999-2019
Karmakanic                         Symphonic Prog             Sweden                      2002-2016
Kotebel                               Symphonic Prog             Spain                         1999-2017
Magic Pie                            Symphonic Prog             Norway                      2005-2019
Mystery                               Neo Prog                     Canada                      1996-2018
Nexus                                 Symphonic Prog            Argentina                    1999-2017
Phideaux                             Crossover Prog             United States               1992-2020
The Pineapple Thief              Crossover Prog             United Kingdom           1999-2022
Proto-Kaw                           Symphonic Prog            United States               2004-2011
Satellite                               Neo Prog                      Poland                      2003-2009
Simon Says                          Symphonic Prog            Sweden                      1995-2008
Taal                                    Eclectic Prog                 France                      2000-2003

David_D wrote: Ciccada  (GR)                                   A Child In The Mirror          (CD, Fading 2010 I, a.2011, 150) (2010) Green Carnation  (N)                        The Acoustic Verses               (CD, Sublife Productions, (2006) Hidria Spacefolk  (FIN)                    Symbiosis               (CD, Silence, 2002 Fin, a. 2014, 200)           (2002) Hypnos 69  (B)                                 Legacy     (Elektrohasch, 2010 D, 2LP, 180g, a. 2012, 300)  (2010) Indukti  (PL)                                     S.U.S.A.R.       (CD, Laser’s Edge, 2005 US, a. 2011, 300)            (2004) ILunatic Soul  (PL)                            Lunatic Soul            (CD, Mystic, 2008 PL, a. 2009, 150)            (2008) The Mars Volta  (USA)                     De-loused in the Comatorium             (CD, Universal,       (2003) The Mars Volta                               Frances the Mute   (CD, GSL, 20? Europa, a. 2018, 100)              (2005) Opeth  (S)                                       Damnation                                  (CD, KOCH, 2003 US,    (2003) OSI  (USA)                                       Office Of Strategic Influence       (CD, InsideOut/SPV,              (2003) Riverside  (PL)                                 Out Of Myself                   (CD, Laser´s Edge, 2004 US,           (2003) Riverside                                         Second Life Syndrome                           (CD, Mystic,           (2005) Taal  (F)                                           Skymind                     (CD, Musea, 2003 F, a. 2011, 250)              (2002)   Tool  (USA)                                      Lateralus                              (HDCD, Tool D./Volcano,       (2001) Vespero  (RUS)                                 By the Waters of Tomorrow                    (CD, RAIG,            (2010) White Willow  (N)                           Sacrament       (CD, Laser’s Edge, 2000 US, a. 2006, 150)            (2000)

I've got many/some CDs of these bands. 

Psychedelic Paul wrote: ARTIST                                GENRE                         COUNTRY                  YEARS ACTIVE Clepsydra                            Neo Prog                      Switzerland                 1991-2019 The Dear Hunter                  Crossover Prog             United States               2006-2022 Gazpacho                            Crossover Prog              Norway                      2003-2020 Glass Hammer                     Symphonic Prog            United States               1993-2022 Haken                                 Heavy Prog                  United Kingdom           2010-2020 Hidria Spacefolk                   Space Rock                   Finland                       2002-2012 Hypnos 69                           Space Rock                  Belgium                      2001-2010 I Am the Morning                 Crossover Prog             Russia                         2012-2019 Izz                                      Symphonic Prog           United States               1999-2019 Antony Kalugin                    Symphonic Prog            Ukraine                       2008-2022 Karfagen                             Symphonic Prog            Ukraine                       2006-2022 Neal Morse                          Symphonic Prog            United States              1999-2021 Mystery                               Neo Prog                     Canada                       1996-2018 Nexus                                 Symphonic Prog            Argentina                    1999-2017 Not a Good Sign                   Eclectic Prog                 Italy                           2013-2018 Phideaux                             Crossover Prog             United States               1992-2020 The Pineapple Thief              Crossover Prog             United Kingdom           1999-2022 Sanguine Hum                     Neo Prog                      United Kingdom           2010-2020 Seven Reizh                         Symphonic Prog            France                        2001-2018 Sylvan                                 Neo Prog                      Germany                    1999-2021 Taal                                     Eclectic Prog                 France                       2000-2003

David_D wrote: Btw, I'd say that Taal's Skymind (2003), which I'm fond of, is both metallic and avantgardish.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: David_D wrote: I hope, Paul, that you didn't find it too overwhelming with this invasion of my fond-ofs.   Not at all. It balances out my underwhelming list.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Sorry there weren't any Danish sizzlers on my list, but at least I still have a half-century of The Savage Rose's albums to look forward to hearing for the first time.