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Welcome to The Progspace Awards 2024!

Here YOU will be selecting the very best of Progressive rock and metal released in 2024.

You will find 16 categories, with 12 nominees in each category for a total of 192 choices!
These nominees have been thoroughly selected in a long process of internal voting
by our staff all over the world.

The 16 categories and nominees comprise a diverse selection of genres and styles,
representing a good selection of progressive rock, metal and related subgenres.

YOUR VOTES will select the very best of 2024!

Here you can download the full list of nominees

This poll has ended (since 9 months).

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%