Best Progressive Metal Albums
452 albums
| Rank | cover art | Artist name | Album title | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
95.5 | 162 | 8 | ||
| 2 |  |
Images and Words (1992) | 94.2 | 190 | 13 | |
| 3 |  |
Terminal Redux (2016) | 94.3 | 113 | 4 | |
| 4 |  |
Blackwater Park (2001) | 93.9 | 122 | 10 | |
| 5 |  |
Awake (1994) | 93.1 | 123 | 7 | |
| 6 |  |
Operation: Mindcrime (1988) | 94.2 | 80 | 4 | |
| 7 |  |
Portal of I (2012) | 90.9 | 120 | 9 | |
| 8 |  |
Train of Thought (2003) | 92.1 | 89 | 5 | |
| 9 |  |
Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) | 95.1 | 33 | 2 | |
| 10 |  |
The Great Escape (2010) | 93.8 | 44 | 2 | |
| 11 |  |
Paradox (1997) | 93.3 | 49 | 5 | |
| 12 |  |
V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) | 94.1 | 37 | 3 | |
| 13 |  |
Aathma (2017) | 93.9 | 37 | 1 | |
| 14 |  |
Ghost Reveries (2005) | 90.9 | 71 | 9 | |
| 15 |  |
Resurrection (2010) | 89.9 | 81 | 9 | |
| 16 |  |
Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour (2006) [Live] | 93.4 | 35 | 4 | |
| 17 |  |
Legacy (2001) | 94.7 | 25 | 2 | |
| 18 |  |
90 | 73 | 5 | ||
| 19 |  |
Still Life (1999) | 90.9 | 58 | 6 | |
| 20 |  |
The Human Equation (2004) | 94.3 | 26 | 2 | |
| 21 |  |
My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) | 91.5 | 49 | 4 | |
| 22 |  |
Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) | 92.5 | 38 | 2 | |
| 23 |  |
Nine (2012) | 91.9 | 43 | 2 | |
| 24 |  |
91.5 | 47 | 3 | ||
| 25 |  |
Iconoclast (2011) | 90.4 | 59 | 4 | |
| 26 |  |
A Social Grace (1990) | 93.7 | 27 | 2 | |
| 27 |  |
Ænima (1996) | 92.9 | 32 | 1 | |
| 28 |  |
The Sound of Perseverance (1998) | 89.9 | 63 | 6 | |
| 29 |  |
The Perfect Element I (2000) | 93.1 | 29 | 3 | |
| 30 |  |
91 | 47 | 3 | ||
| 31 |  |
Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) | 89.4 | 65 | 4 | |
| 32 |  |
87.6 | 98 | 9 | ||
| 33 |  |
Spiritual Migration (2013) | 90.6 | 49 | 3 | |
| 34 |  |
The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) | 91.8 | 37 | 4 | |
| 35 |  |
The Sham Mirrors (2002) | 93.6 | 23 | 3 | |
| 36 |  |
Colors (2007) | 89.3 | 62 | 6 | |
| 37 |  |
Akróasis (2016) | 93.3 | 24 | 1 | |
| 38 |  |
Crimson (1996) | 92.4 | 29 | 3 | |
| 39 |  |
Mirror of Souls (2008) | 91.1 | 38 | 3 | |
| 40 |  |
The Roundhouse Tapes (2007) [Live] | 93.6 | 21 | 2 | |
| 41 |  |
Watershed (2008) | 88.8 | 62 | 3 | |
| 42 |  |
Show Me How to Live (2011) | 90.5 | 41 | 3 | |
| 43 |  |
Perpetual Burn (1988) | 92.8 | 24 | 1 | |
| 44 |  |
Gutter Ballet (1989) | 91.4 | 33 | 4 | |
| 45 |  |
Morningrise (1996) | 91.5 | 32 | 5 | |
| 46 |  |
Christ.0 (2006) | 92.5 | 25 | 3 | |
| 47 |  |
Pelagial (2013) | 94 | 17 | 2 | |
| 48 |  |
Octavarium (2005) | 87.2 | 81 | 7 | |
| 49 |  |
Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) | 93.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| 50 |  |
Deliverance (2002) | 89.2 | 49 | 6 | |
| 51 |  |
Stream of Consciousness (2004) | 90.7 | 34 | 4 | |
| 52 |  |
Colors Live (2008) [Live] | 94.7 | 13 | 1 | |
| 53 |  |
A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011) | 86.1 | 94 | 4 | |
| 54 |  |
Dream Theater (2013) | 87 | 76 | 5 | |
| 55 |  |
Focus (1993) | 89.1 | 46 | 5 | |
| 56 |  |
Orchid (1995) | 90.4 | 34 | 3 | |
| 57 |  |
Tiara (2018) | 92.9 | 19 | 1 | |
| 58 |  |
Silent Waters (2007) | 91.3 | 27 | 1 | |
| 59 |  |
The Weight of Oceans (2012) | 90.2 | 33 | 4 | |
| 60 |  |
Live at the Marquee (1993) [Live] | 90.7 | 29 | 4 | |
| 61 |  |
FrAme (2009) | 89.4 | 39 | 2 | |
| 62 |  |
The Great Misdirect (2009) | 89.6 | 37 | 1 | |
| 63 |  |
BE (2004) | 91.1 | 26 | 2 | |
| 64 |  |
Mercy Falls (2008) | 92.4 | 19 | 2 | |
| 65 |  |
Pandora's Piñata (2012) | 92.7 | 17 | 0 | |
| 66 |  |
Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) | 90.4 | 28 | 5 | |
| 67 |  |
Paradise Lost (2007) | 88.7 | 41 | 3 | |
| 68 |  |
Shin-Ken (2009) | 90.5 | 27 | 2 | |
| 69 |  |
Terria (2001) | 93.3 | 14 | 0 | |
| 70 |  |
The Madness of Many (2016) | 93.6 | 13 | 0 | |
| 71 |  |
Cybion (2009) | 93.1 | 14 | 1 | |
| 72 |  |
Crack the Skye (2009) | 89.5 | 32 | 3 | |
| 73 |  |
1996 (1996) [Live] | 92.4 | 16 | 2 | |
| 74 |  |
As the World Bleeds (2011) | 89.4 | 32 | 2 | |
| 75 |  |
89.8 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 76 |  |
The Spectre Within (1985) | 90.6 | 24 | 1 | |
| 77 |  |
The Odyssey (2002) | 89.2 | 33 | 2 | |
| 78 |  |
Moving Target (1995) | 90.8 | 22 | 4 | |
| 79 |  |
Citadel (2014) | 85.2 | 79 | 4 | |
| 80 |  |
Awaken the Guardian (1986) | 92 | 16 | 2 | |
| 81 |  |
Celestial Entrance (2002) | 91.9 | 16 | 1 | |
| 82 |  |
Haven (2015) | 86.6 | 54 | 3 | |
| 83 |  |
Room V (2005) | 90.1 | 24 | 2 | |
| 84 |  |
Monolith (2010) | 89.1 | 30 | 4 | |
| 85 |  |
Urn (2017) | 88.2 | 36 | 2 | |
| 86 |  |
Asheran (2017) | 93.3 | 11 | 1 | |
| 87 |  |
Twilight in Olympus (1998) | 90.9 | 19 | 2 | |
| 88 |  |
Skyforger (2009) | 89.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| 89 |  |
Shrouded Divine (2008) | 91.9 | 15 | 2 | |
| 90 |  |
Core (2006) | 92.1 | 14 | 1 | |
| 91 |  |
A Change of Seasons (1995) [EP] | 87.2 | 43 | 3 | |
| 92 |  |
Vessels (2016) | 90.9 | 18 | 0 | |
| 93 |  |
In Absentia (2002) | 94.4 | 8 | 0 | |
| 94 |  |
Stone's Reach (2009) | 90 | 22 | 0 | |
| 95 |  |
Live at Budokan (2004) [Live] | 90.6 | 19 | 0 | |
| 96 |  |
Traced in Air (2008) | 88.4 | 31 | 2 | |
| 97 |  |
A Life to Die For (2013) | 91 | 17 | 1 | |
| 98 |  |
Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] | 93.7 | 9 | 4 | |
| 99 |  |
Fragments of Creation (2016) | 92.8 | 11 | 1 | |
| 100 |  |
Blood Mountain (2006) | 91.7 | 14 | 1 |