Best Progressive Metal Albums
318 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist | Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
95.7 | 175 | 9 | ||
| 2 |  |
Images and Words (1992) | 94.4 | 202 | 15 | |
| 3 |  |
Blackwater Park (2001) | 93.8 | 130 | 11 | |
| 4 |  |
Awake (1994) | 93.5 | 127 | 7 | |
| 5 |  |
Train of Thought (2003) | 92 | 96 | 6 | |
| 6 |  |
Portal of I (2012) | 90.6 | 121 | 9 | |
| 7 |  |
Paradox (1997) | 93.4 | 50 | 5 | |
| 8 |  |
Ghost Reveries (2005) | 91.5 | 76 | 9 | |
| 9 |  |
The Great Escape (2010) | 93.8 | 42 | 2 | |
| 10 |  |
V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) | 94.2 | 38 | 3 | |
| 11 |  |
Aathma (2017) | 93.9 | 37 | 1 | |
| 12 |  |
Still Life (1999) | 91.2 | 63 | 6 | |
| 13 |  |
The Human Equation (2004) | 94.6 | 27 | 2 | |
| 14 |  |
Iconoclast (2011) | 90.8 | 63 | 4 | |
| 15 |  |
91.6 | 52 | 3 | ||
| 16 |  |
The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) | 92.5 | 41 | 5 | |
| 17 |  |
Legacy (2001) | 94.4 | 26 | 2 | |
| 18 |  |
The Perfect Element I (2000) | 93.7 | 30 | 3 | |
| 19 |  |
Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour (2006) [Live] | 93 | 35 | 4 | |
| 20 |  |
My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) | 91.5 | 49 | 4 | |
| 21 |  |
88.1 | 105 | 9 | ||
| 22 |  |
Nine (2012) | 91.8 | 44 | 2 | |
| 23 |  |
90.9 | 51 | 3 | ||
| 24 |  |
Spiritual Migration (2013) | 91 | 48 | 3 | |
| 25 |  |
Christ.0 (2006) | 93.3 | 28 | 4 | |
| 26 |  |
A Social Grace (1990) | 93.1 | 28 | 2 | |
| 27 |  |
Watershed (2008) | 89.2 | 64 | 3 | |
| 28 |  |
The Roundhouse Tapes (2007) [Live] | 93.7 | 22 | 2 | |
| 29 |  |
Deliverance (2002) | 89.8 | 54 | 6 | |
| 30 |  |
Gutter Ballet (1989) | 91.4 | 36 | 5 | |
| 31 |  |
Colors (2007) | 89 | 62 | 5 | |
| 32 |  |
Show Me How to Live (2011) | 90.5 | 41 | 3 | |
| 33 |  |
Octavarium (2005) | 87.2 | 87 | 7 | |
| 34 |  |
Morningrise (1996) | 91.5 | 32 | 5 | |
| 35 |  |
Stream of Consciousness (2004) | 90.9 | 36 | 4 | |
| 36 |  |
Dream Theater (2013) | 87.2 | 83 | 5 | |
| 37 |  |
Pelagial (2013) | 93.8 | 18 | 2 | |
| 38 |  |
Mercy Falls (2008) | 93.2 | 20 | 2 | |
| 39 |  |
Paradise Lost (2007) | 89.4 | 45 | 3 | |
| 40 |  |
Colors Live (2008) [Live] | 94.7 | 13 | 1 |
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