Best Progressive Metal Bands

279 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Dream Theater 1986, United States Progressive Metal	Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999) #3 Images and Words (1992) #4 Awake (1994) #15
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #13 Damnation (2003) #76 Ghost Reveries (2005) #86
3	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #24 Karma (2001) #101 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #166
4	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #19 Rebirth (2001) #112 Holy Land (1996) #349
5	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #134 Angel of Salvation (2012) #434 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #460
6	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #31 Human (1991) #50 Leprosy (1988) #74
7	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #56 Show Me How to Live (2011) #287 Moving Target (1995) #478
8	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #64 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #103 Iconoclast (2011) #157
9	Epica 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	Design Your Universe (2009) #227 Omega (2021) #332 The Quantum Enigma (2014) #479
10	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Silent Waters (2007) #428 Halo (2022) #488 Skyforger (2009) #563
11	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal	Portal of I (2012) #49 The Aurora Veil (2007) [Demo] Citadel (2014) #537
12	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #198 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #333 The Great Misdirect (2009) #389
13	X Japan 1982, Japan Visual Kei, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Blue Blood (1989) #147 Jealousy (1991) #457 Art of Life (1993) #1241
14	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #8 Black Future (2009) #167 Outer Isolation (2011) #191
15	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #95 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #252 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #410
16	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #223 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #358 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #577
17	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #20 The Verdict (2019) #805 Empire (1990) #1190
18	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #148 BE (2004) #532 Be Live (2005) [Video]
19	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Ænima (1996) #100 Lateralus (2001) #104 10,000 Days (2006) #296
20	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #120 Spiritual Migration (2013) #203 Shin-Ken (2009) #354
21	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #263 Blood Mountain (2006) #398 Leviathan (2004) #686
22	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #73 Tiara (2018) #221 Mercy Falls (2008) #273
23	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1606 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3389 Nothing (2006) #3461
24	Crimson Glory 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Transcendence (1988) #91 Crimson Glory (1986) #211 Astronomica (1999) #5523
25	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #136 The Theory of Everything (2013) #412 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #528
26	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #179 Room V (2005) #619 Tyranny (1998) #758
27	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #372 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #788 Magma (2016) #1140
28	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #207 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1344 Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II (2015) #1899
29	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #145 Awakening the World (2001) #575 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
30	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Mirror of Souls (2008) #245 Ghost Ship (2016) #307 As the World Bleeds (2011) #526
31	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Hypothetical (2001) #547 Clone (1998) #549 Legends of the Shires (2017) #590
32	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #276 When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019) #1228 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video]
33	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #280 Monolith (2010) #561 Shrouded Divine (2008) #653
34	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #320 Traced in Air (2008) #810 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
35	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Perfect Symmetry (1989) #851 Parallels (1991) #852 Long Day Good Night (2020) #857
36	Liquid Tension Experiment 1997, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) #82 Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) #197 Live in NYC (2009) [Video]
37	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #172 Cosmogenesis (2009) #736 Omnivium (2011) #840
38	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #690 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1509 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1842
39	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #208 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #655 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1123
40	Nevermore 1992, United States Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Dead Heart, in a Dead World (2000) #665 This Godless Endeavor (2005) #909 Dreaming Neon Black (1999) #1445
41	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #175 Isolate (2007) #1319 The 1st Chapter (2005) #1811
42	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #416 Vessels (2016) #423 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #677
43	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #442 The Passage (2016) #1729 Momentum (2013) #2457
44	Secret Sphere 1997, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Time Nevercome (2001) #1265 Lifeblood (2021) #1586 Portrait of a Dying Heart (2012) #2023
45	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Edge on the History (2002) #636 Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #719 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1456
46	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #429 The Joy of Motion (2014) #761 Animals as Leaders (2009) #1677
47	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock	In Absentia (2002) #431 Deadwing (2005) #554 Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #587
48	Marty Friedman United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Dragon's Kiss (1988) #1216 Scenes (1992) #1878 Loudspeaker (2006) #2344
49	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #240 Unorthodox (1992) #1931 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #2580
50	Devil Doll 1987, Slovenia Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock & Roll	The Girl Who Was...Death (1989) #529 Dies Irae (1996) #1470 Devil Doll 5 CD Box (2008) [Boxed set]

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