Best Progressive Metal Albums
310 albums
| Rank | cover art | Artist name | Album title | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
95.3 | 165 | 8 | ||
| 2 |  |
Images and Words (1992) | 94.2 | 194 | 14 | |
| 3 |  |
Blackwater Park (2001) | 94 | 125 | 10 | |
| 4 |  |
Awake (1994) | 93.3 | 122 | 7 | |
| 5 |  |
Portal of I (2012) | 90.9 | 120 | 9 | |
| 6 |  |
Train of Thought (2003) | 92 | 92 | 5 | |
| 7 |  |
Paradox (1997) | 93.4 | 50 | 5 | |
| 8 |  |
The Great Escape (2010) | 93.7 | 43 | 2 | |
| 9 |  |
Ghost Reveries (2005) | 91.3 | 74 | 9 | |
| 10 |  |
V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) | 94.1 | 37 | 3 | |
| 11 |  |
Aathma (2017) | 93.8 | 36 | 1 | |
| 12 |  |
Still Life (1999) | 91.2 | 60 | 6 | |
| 13 |  |
Legacy (2001) | 94.7 | 25 | 2 | |
| 14 |  |
The Human Equation (2004) | 94.3 | 26 | 2 | |
| 15 |  |
Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour (2006) [Live] | 93 | 35 | 4 | |
| 16 |  |
My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) | 91.5 | 49 | 4 | |
| 17 |  |
Iconoclast (2011) | 90.6 | 59 | 4 | |
| 18 |  |
91.4 | 49 | 3 | ||
| 19 |  |
Nine (2012) | 91.9 | 43 | 2 | |
| 20 |  |
Spiritual Migration (2013) | 91 | 48 | 3 | |
| 21 |  |
87.8 | 100 | 9 | ||
| 22 |  |
A Social Grace (1990) | 93.3 | 28 | 2 | |
| 23 |  |
The Perfect Element I (2000) | 93.1 | 29 | 3 | |
| 24 |  |
91 | 47 | 3 | ||
| 25 |  |
The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) | 91.9 | 38 | 5 | |
| 26 |  |
Watershed (2008) | 89 | 64 | 3 | |
| 27 |  |
Colors (2007) | 89.1 | 61 | 5 | |
| 28 |  |
The Roundhouse Tapes (2007) [Live] | 93.6 | 21 | 2 | |
| 29 |  |
Gutter Ballet (1989) | 91.5 | 34 | 5 | |
| 30 |  |
Deliverance (2002) | 89.5 | 52 | 6 | |
| 31 |  |
Show Me How to Live (2011) | 90.5 | 41 | 3 | |
| 32 |  |
Morningrise (1996) | 91.5 | 32 | 5 | |
| 33 |  |
Christ.0 (2006) | 92.5 | 25 | 3 | |
| 34 |  |
Stream of Consciousness (2004) | 91 | 35 | 4 | |
| 35 |  |
Octavarium (2005) | 87.3 | 81 | 7 | |
| 36 |  |
Colors Live (2008) [Live] | 94.7 | 13 | 1 | |
| 37 |  |
Dream Theater (2013) | 86.9 | 77 | 5 | |
| 38 |  |
Orchid (1995) | 90.4 | 34 | 3 | |
| 39 |  |
A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011) | 86 | 94 | 4 | |
| 40 |  |
The Great Misdirect (2009) | 89.9 | 38 | 1 | |
| 41 |  |
Silent Waters (2007) | 91.3 | 27 | 1 | |
| 42 |  |
Pelagial (2013) | 93.3 | 17 | 2 | |
| 43 |  |
Live at the Marquee (1993) [Live] | 90.6 | 30 | 4 | |
| 44 |  |
BE (2004) | 91.1 | 26 | 2 | |
| 45 |  |
Mercy Falls (2008) | 92.4 | 19 | 2 | |
| 46 |  |
Tiara (2018) | 92.4 | 19 | 1 | |
| 47 |  |
Shin-Ken (2009) | 90.3 | 29 | 3 | |
| 48 |  |
Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) | 90.4 | 28 | 5 | |
| 49 |  |
Paradise Lost (2007) | 88.7 | 41 | 3 | |
| 50 |  |
Terria (2001) | 93.3 | 14 | 0 |