This list counts German bands from the genre of progressive rock and its subgenres, which also includes krautrock . It is a sublist of the list of German rock bands .
A separate Wikipedia article or a documented national presence are sufficient for inclusion in the list.
| Name | Genre(s) | founding | resolution | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Days Awake | Rock, Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock | 2003 | Bielefeld | |
| 7for4 | Fusion, Progressive Rock | 1999 | Munich | |
| Agitation Free | Progressive Rock | 1967, 1998 | 1974 | Berlin |
| Amon Düül | Krautrock | 1967 | Munich | |
| Amon Düül II | Krautrock | 1967 | West Germany | |
| things than | Krautrock | 1967 | 197? | Kamp-Lintfort |
| Anyone’s Daughter | Progressive Rock, Pop-Rock | 1972, 1986, 2000 | 1984, 1986 | Stuttgart |
| Ash Ra Tempel | Krautrock | 1970 | Berlin | |
| Birth Control | Krautrock | 1966, 1993, 2014 | 1983, 2014 | Berlin |
| Bröselmaschine | Krautrock | 1968, 1974, 1975, 1984, 2005 | 1973 | Duisburg |
| Camera Obscura | Krautrock | 1983 | Kürten | |
| Can | Krautrock | 1968, 1986 | 1979 | Cologne |
| Cluster | Krautrock | 1969 | West Germany | |
| Contact Trio | Jazz-Rock | 1970 | 1984 | Ruhr area |
| Cryptex | Progressive Rock, Folk Rock | 2008 | Salzgitter, Hanover | |
| from the beginning | Krautrock | 1970 | Fürth | |
| Dresden sextet | Beat, Jazzrock | 1969 | 1973 | Dresden |
| Duesenberg | Krautrock | 1976 | Schleswig-Holstein , Hamburg | |
| Dark figure | Artrock | 1981 | 1990 | Cologne |
| Electra | Progressive Rock, Artrock, Rock, Pop | 1969 | 2015 | Dresden |
| Eloy | Krautrock, Art Rock | 1969 | Hannover | |
| Eyevory | Progressive Rock | 2012 | Bremen | |
| Faust | Krautrock | 1970 | Hamburg | |
| Frequency Drift | Progressive Rock | 2007 | Bayreuth | |
| Gerhard-Stein-Combo | Jazz, Jazzrock, Progressive Rock | 1963 | 1970 | Leipzig |
| Gift | Krautrock | 1969, 2013 | 1974 | Augsburg |
| Rough cut | Krautrock | 1970, 2006 | 1989 | Hagen |
| Harmony | Krautrock | 1973 | 1976 | West Germany |
| Their children | Krautrock | 1969 | 1973 | Nürnberg |
| Jane | Krautrock | 1970 | Hannover | |
| Joy Unlimited | Progressive Rock | 1969 | a 1977 | Mannheim |
| Karthago | Krautrock | 19?? | West Germany | |
| Kin Ping Meh | Krautrock | 1969, 2005 | 1977 | Mannheim |
| Crane | Jazz-Rock | 1970, 2000 | 1990 | Ulm |
| Kraftwerk | Elektro, Krautrock (until 1973) | 1970 | Düsseldorf | |
| Lift | Art Rock | 1973 | Dresden | |
| Long Distance Calling | Post-Rock | 2006 | Münster | |
| Martigan | NeoProg | 1994 | ||
| Necronomicon | Krautrock | 1970 | Aachen | |
| New! | Krautrock | 1971 | 1976 | Düsseldorf |
| Prof. Wolfff | Progressive Rock, Krautrock | 1971 | 1972 | Ulm |
| Popol Vuh | Krautrock | 1970 | 2001 | West Germany |
| Quiet Earth | Progressive Rock, Artrock | 2011 | Dortmund | |
| Ramses | Krautrock | 1972 | Hannover | |
| RPWL | Progressive Rock, Artrock | 2011 | Freising | |
| Sahara | Progressive Rock | 1966, 2006 | 1977, 2019 | Munich |
| Seven Steps to the Green Door | Progressive Rock, Progressive Crossover | 2004 | Saxony | |
| Siloah | Psychedelic Rock | 1970 | 1972 | Munich |
| Subsignal | Progressive Rock | 2007 | Idstein - Wörsdorf | |
| Sylvan | Progressive Rock, Artrock | 1998 | Hamburg | |
| The Secluded | New Prog | 2012 | Frankfurt am Main | |
| Tritonus | Progressive Rock, Krautrock | 1972 | 1978 | Mannheim |
| Twenty Sixty Six and Then | Krautrock, Progressive Rock | 1971 | 1972 | Mannheim |
| Vanden Plas | Progressive Metal | 1986 | ||
| Versus X | Progressive Rock | 1991 | Frankfurt | |
| Wallenstein | Progressive Rock, Krautrock | 1971 | 1982 | Mönchengladbach |