Select Page
Here are THE WINNERS of The Progspace Awards 2024!

The winners were chosen by the votes of our readers!

For us at The Progspace, each nominee is already a winner! Thank you so much to all artists for creating so much and so amazing music and making it available to us. Thanks to all you, we had a very very active 2024, filled with your AWESOME MUSIC!

And a big Thank You to our readers for helping us to find the very best of the year!

Album of the Year: Progressive Metal

Opeth - The Last Will And Testament
33.14%
Caligula’s Horse - Charcoal Grace
13.72%
Leprous - Melodies of Atonement
11.11%
Turbulence - Binary Dream
6.66%
DGM - Endless
6.49%
Wheel - Charismatic Leaders
5.40%
Oceans of Slumber - Where Gods Fear to Speak
4.49%
Mother of Millions - Magna Mater
4.49%
Rendezvous Point - Dream Chaser
4.18%
Myrath - Karma
4.14%
Kingcrow - Hopium
4.01%
For All We Know - By Design Or By Disaster
2.18%

Album of the Year: Progressive Rock

Jordan Rudess - Permission to Fly
20.45%
Meer - Wheels Within Wheels
13.41%
Kalandra - A Frame of Mind
11.96%
Anubis - The Unforgivable
9.68%
Marjana Semkina - Sirin
7.30%
Ritual - The Story of Mr. Bogd – Part 1
6.63%
Dool - The Shape of Fluidity
6.63%
PreHistoric Animals - Finding Love in Strange Places
6.26%
Kyros - Mannequin
5.69%
Azure - Fym
5.07%
Kaipa - Sommargryningsljus
4.04%
Haven of Echoes - Memento Vivere
2.90%

Album of the Year: Extreme Prog

Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera
19.11%
Job for a Cowboy - Moon Healer
14.78%
Iotunn - Kinship
14.04%
Vale of Pnath - Between The Worlds of Life and Death
8.01%
Gaerea - Coma
7.72%
Dvne - Voidkind
7.37%
Dååth - The Deceivers
7.37%
Hippotraktor - Stasis
6.57%
Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound to Fall
5.03%
Ubiquity - The Ascendant Travels Among the Stars
4.98%
Amiensus - Reclamation Pt. I & II
2.84%
Exocrine - Legend
2.19%

Album of the Year: Instrumental

The Aristocrats - Duck
13.77%
God Is An Astronaut - Embers
13.51%
Marty Friedman - Drama
11.23%
Night Verses - Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night
10.35%
Kiko Loureiro - Theory of Mind
10.30%
Intervals - memory palace
9.89%
Vipassi - Lightless
8.49%
Consider the Source - The Stare
5.85%
The Omnific - The Law of Augmenting Returns
5.18%
Zombi - Direct Inject
4.81%
Monkey3 - Welcome to the Machine
4.35%
Solum - Ävlagsenheten
2.28%

Album of the Year: Experimental

Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
27.22%
Ihsahn - Ihsahn
18.35%
Zeal & Ardor - Greif
12.87%
Tigran Hamasyan - The Bird Of A Thousand Voices
9.98%
Jazz Sabbath - The 1968 Tapes
8.67%
Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyöru Álmok Ezután Jönnek
4.92%
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - of the Last Human Being
4.41%
Joey Frevola - Art Supplies and Pain
3.09%
öz ürügülü - Della Morte dell​’​Artista
2.94%
Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
2.89%
Bedsore - Dreaming the Strife for Love
2.58%
Pijn - From Low Beams of Hope
2.08%

EP of the Year

Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I
21.81%
Universe Effects - The Distance
13.68%
Entheos - An End to Everything
10.05%
Richard Henshall - Mu Vol. 1
9.41%
Toehider - XII in XII #08 - Space Famous
9.09%
Ethos - An Eye For An Eye
7.11%
Kyros - Fear & Love
6.79%
Artificial Language - Distant Glow
6.36%
Atomic Guava - Beach Episode
6.25%
Omnerod - Panspermia
3.90%
Maruja - Connla's Well
2.78%
AxamentA - Spires
2.78%

Debut Album of the Year

Charlotte Wessels - The Obsession
17.94%
Weather Systems - Ocean Without a Shore
15.23%
Múr - Múr
13.92%
Ghost on Mars - Out of Time and Space
8.59%
Wombat Supernova - Apewoman VS Turbo
8.43%
Voidchaser - Solace
8.10%
Dawn Treader - Bloom Decay
5.87%
Sonder - Primordial Rule: Dawn/Dusk
5.55%
Apogean - Cyberstrictive
5.00%
ALMO - Reconciliation
4.62%
NinémiA - Weapons of Math Destruction
3.86%
Avneya - Road to I
2.88%

Live Release of the Year

Ayreon - 0101101 - Live Beneath the Waves
17.97%
Jinjer - Live in Los Angeles
12.73%
VOLA - VOLA | Audiotree From Nothing
11.53%
Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes (Live At Tavastia)
10.82%
Caligula's Horse - Caligula's Horse on Audiotree Live
10.68%
Einar Solberg - The Congregation - Acoustic
8.34%
Cynic - Cynic | Audiotree From Nothing
6.77%
Big Big Train - A Flare On The Lens (Live)
5.53%
Sylvan - Back To Live
4.58%
Ihlo - Live at ProgPower Europe
4.53%
Rolo Tomassi - Live at Electric Ballroom
3.62%
RPWL - True Live Crime
2.91%

Cover Artwork of the Year

Alcest - Les Chants de l'Aurore (Yoann Lossel)
16.79%
Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun (Adam Burke/Nightjar Illustrations)
14.13%
Gaerea - Coma (Nathan Lorenzana)
12.19%
Radiant Black - Rituals of Anarchy
10.05%
Permanence - The Collapse Of Singularity (Thor Chacin)
8.58%
Iotunn - Kinship (Saprophial)
8.30%
Nyktophobia - To The Stars (Simon Bossert)
6.35%
Avneya - Road to I (Fear and Sorrow)
6.12%
Ritual Fog - But Merely Flesh (Juanjo Castellano)
5.93%
Dvne - Voidkind (Felix Abel Klaer)
5.78%
Monovoth - Pleroma Mortem Est (Andrea Navarro)
2.89%
Amiensus - Reclamation Pt. I & II (Aria Fawn)
2.89%

Music Video of the Year

Madmans Esprit - 蟻夢 [Official Video]
17.47%
JINJER - Someone's Daughter (Official Video) | Napalm Records
16.65%
Nightwish - Perfume Of The Timeless (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
15.54%
BLOOD INCANTATION - The Stargate (Official Video)
13.74%
Kate Bush - Little Shrew (Snowflake)
10.40%
Kalandra - I Am (Official Music Video)
7.11%
Turbulence - "Ternary" - Official Video
6.12%
Tigran Hamasyan - The Quest Begins (Official Video by Ruben Van Leer)
3.68%
Múr - Heimsslit (Official Music Video)
3.25%
Tiberius - Tip of the Spear (Official Music Video)
2.65%
!GeRald! - Letter to Sandrine
2.01%
AXAMENTA - Summerhaven (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
1.37%

Performance of the Year: Vocals

Brittney Slayes for her performance on Phantoma by Unleash the Archers
17.10%
Devin Townsend for his performance on PowerNerd
14.19%
Jim Grey for his performance on Charcoal Grace by Caligula’s Horse
13.39%
Veronica Bordacchini for her performance on Opera by Fleshgod Apocalypse
12.62%
That Joe Payne for his performance on Permission to Fly by Jordan Rudess
7.30%
Damian Wilson for his performance on Can We Leave The Light On Longer? by Wilson & Wakeman
7.18%
Adrienne Cowan for her performance on A Fortress Called Home by Seven Spires
5.65%
Omar El Hage for his performance on Binary Dream by Turbulence
5.04%
Chaney Crabb for her performance on An End to Everything by Entheos
5.00%
George Prokopiou for his performance on Magna Mater by Mother of Millions
4.23%
Cammie Beverly for her performance on Where Gods Fear To Speak by Oceans of Slumber
4.23%
Mark Basile for his performance on Endless by DGM
4.07%

Performance of the Year: Guitars

Sam Vallen for his performance on Charcoal Grace by Caligula’s Horse
18.33%
Guthrie Govan for his performance on Duck by The Aristocrats
16.57%
Rafael Trujillo for his performance on The Deceivers by Dååth
12.39%
Simone Mularoni for his performance on Endless by DGM
9.10%
​​Mark Bogert for his performance on Hollingsworth Mansion by Magoria
8.45%
Carlos Lozano Quintanilla for his performance on Lingua Ignota: Part I by Persefone
7.19%
Alain Ibrahim for his performance on Binary Dream by Turbulence
6.73%
Per Nilsson for his performance on Sommargryningsljus by Kaipa
6.36%
Martin Gonzalez for his performances on Suspiro and Beach Episode by Atomic Guava
5.24%
Eric Gillette for his performance on Sensory Overload
4.45%
Charlie Robbins for his performances on Fiction by Syncatto and Distant Glow by Artificial Language
2.78%
Christian Fredriksson for his performance on Ävlagensheten by Solum
2.41%

Performance of the Year: Keyboards

Jordan Rudess for his performance on Permission to Fly
21.53%
Francesco Ferrini for his performance on Opera by Fleshgod Apocalypse
19.40%
Tigran Hamasyan for his performance on The Bird of a Thousand Voices
9.37%
Adam Wakeman for his performances on The 1968 Tapes by Jazz Sabbath and Can We Leave The Light On Longer? by Wilson & Wakeman
8.96%
Nicolay Tangen Svennæs for his performance on Dream Chaser by Rendezvous Point
8.86%
Derek Sherinian for his performance on Insanium by Whom Gods Destroy
6.82%
Mood Yassin for his performance on Hybrid Dream by Turbulence
6.08%
Ole Gjøstøl for his performance on Wheels Within Wheels by Meer
5.57%
Francis Grégoire for his performance on The Distance by Universe Effects
4.64%
Stefano Allegretti for his performance on Dreaming the Strife for Love by Bedsore
4.50%
Nicolás Quinteros for his performance on Gemini by Delta
2.65%
Carl Westholm for his performances on Asleep or Insane by Bakelit and Trail by Hollingshead
1.62%

Performance of the Year: Bass Guitar

Martin Méndez for his performance on The Last Will and Testament by Opeth
24.02%
Tony Levin for his performance on Bringing it Down to the Bass
17.25%
Nick Schendzielos for his performance on Moon Healer by Job for a Cowboy
11.71%
Dale Prinsse for his performance on Charcoal Grace by Caligula’s Horse
11.61%
Bryan Beller for his performance on Duck by The Aristocrats
7.24%
Anthony Atwe for his performance on Hybrid Dream by Turbulence
5.88%
Alex Weber for his performances on Hijacking the Zeitgeist by Exist
5.45%
Matt Fack & Toby Peterson-Stewart for their performance on The Law of Augmenting Returns by The Omnific
5.17%
Arran McSporran for his performances on Lightless by Vipassi and Shame by Utopia
4.42%
Anton Ericsson for his performance on Down the Mountainside by Quantum
2.91%
Evan Brewer for his performance on An End to Everything by Entheos
2.59%
Markus Brouwers for his performance on Of Spectres and Strife by Unhallowed Deliverance
1.74%

Performance of the Year: Drums

Baard Kolstad for his performances on Dream Chaser by Rendezvous Point and Melodies of Atonement by Leprous
20.75%
Waltteri Väyrynen for his performance on The Last Will and Testament by Opeth
20.70%
Marco Minnemann for his performance on Duck by The Aristocrats
11.93%
Eugene Ryabchenko for his performance on Opera by Fleshgod Apocalypse
9.95%
Josh Griffin for his performance on Charcoal Grace by Caligula’s Horse
6.53%
Navene Koperweis for his performance on An End to Everything by Entheos and Moon Healer by Job for a Cowboy
6.48%
George Kollias for his performance on The Underworld Awaits Us All by Nile
4.91%
Krimh for his performance on The Deceivers by Dååth
4.77%
Daniel Presland for his performance on Lightless by Vipassi
4.19%
​​Sergi "Bobby" Verdeguer for his performance on Lingua Ignota: Part I by Persefone
3.47%
Dobber Beverly for his performance on Where Gods Fear To Speak by Oceans of Slumber
3.38%
Yogev Gabay for his performance on Sky Full of Hope by Fractal Sextet
2.97%

Performance of the Year: Non-Traditional Rock Instrument

Raphael Weinroth-Browne (Cello) for his performance on Candles Burn by Jason Blake
15.08%
Jo Quail (Cello) for her performance on Live at Dunk! Fest by God Is An Astronaut
13.70%
Åsa Ree (Violin) for her performance on Wheels Within Wheels by Meer
12.58%
Nick Beggs (Chapman Stick) for his performance on The New Normal by Trifecta
12.43%
Hana Piranha (Strings) for her performance on Hex by Crimson Veil
10.75%
Chloé Panhaleyx (Electric Harp) for her performance on Mirrors by Djiin
6.83%
Jason Blake (Warr guitar) for his performances on A Confusion Sequence and Candles Burn
6.32%
Mathieu Metzger (Saxophone) for his performance on Camouflage! by Killing Spree and The Unseen by Klone
5.86%
David Weber (Saxophones/Bass Clarinet) for his performance on Della Morte dell’Artista by öz ürügülü
4.48%
Ingvild Nordstoga Sandvik (Viola) for her performance on Wheels Within Wheels by Meer
4.43%
Carla Kihlstedt (Violin) for her performance on of the Last Human Being by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
4.08%
Colin Stetson (Saxophones/Bass Clarinet) for his performance on The love it took to leave you
3.46%