Best Progressive Metal 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) #13
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #8 Damnation (2003) #70 Ghost Reveries (2005) #73
3	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #75 Iconoclast (2011) #121 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #139
4	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #67 Show Me How to Live (2011) #234 1996 (1996) [Live] #380
5	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal	Portal of I (2012) #42 The Aurora Veil (2007) [Demo] Citadel (2014) #443
6	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #126 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #192 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #253
7	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #236 The Great Misdirect (2009) #327 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #329
8	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Silent Waters (2007) #346 Queen of Time (2018) #539 Skyforger (2009) #561
9	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #148 BE (2004) #402 Be Live (2005) [Video]
10	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #110 Spiritual Migration (2013) #202 Shin-Ken (2009) #370
11	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #132 Room V (2005) #486 Tyranny (1998) #575
12	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #461 Blood Mountain (2006) #673 Leviathan (2004) #695
13	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #68 Tiara (2018) #274 Mercy Falls (2008) #324
14	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #226 Traced in Air (2008) #656 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
15	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ.0 (2006) #189 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1055 Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II (2015) #1611
16	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #130 The Theory of Everything (2013) #445 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #672
17	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #704 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1570 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #2061
18	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #209 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #368 La masquerade infernale (1997) #969
19	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #330 The Passage (2016) #1312 Momentum (2013) #1933
20	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #166 Isolate (2007) #1073 The 1st Chapter (2005) #1562
21	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #506 Edge on the History (2002) #781 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1191
22	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal	The Spectre Within (1985) #488 Awaken the Guardian (1986) #823 Disconnected (2000)
23	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #484 The Joy of Motion (2014) #732 Animals as Leaders (2009) #1543
24	Devin Townsend Project 2008, Canada Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ambient	Addicted (2009) #523 Transcendence (2016) #595 Deconstruction (2011) #966
25	Pagan's Mind 2000, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Celestial Entrance (2002) #564 Enigmatic: Calling (2005) #681 Enigmtic Videos 2005 (2005) [Video]
26	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #475 In Absentia (2002) #768 Deadwing (2005) #877
27	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	From Mars to Sirius (2005) #1459 The Link (2003) #1589 The Way of All Flesh (2008) #2388
28	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Hypothetical (2001) Legends of the Shires (2017) #1106 Clone (1998)
29	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #731 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1639 Love, Fear and the Time Machine (2015) #1773
30	Ihsahn Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Arktis. (2016) #1195 angL (2008) #1603 After (2010) #1767
31	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #734 Target Earth (2013) #2186 Nothingface (1989)
32	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #204 Bleeding (1996) #652 Mosquito (1994)
33	Barren Earth 2007, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Curse of the Red River (2010) #723 A Complex of Cages (2018) The Devil's Resolve (2012) #2597
34	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) #1807 The Inner Circle (2004) #2411 The Storm Within (2016)
35	A.C.T 1994, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Melodic Metal	Last Epic (2003) #996 Today's Report (1999) #1637 Circus Pandemonium (2014)
36	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	Bilateral (2011) #756 The Congregation (2015) #2260 Malina (2017) #2307
37	Ikuinen Kaamos 1997, Finland Progressive Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	The Forlorn (2006) #901 Closure (2008) [EP] #1161 Fall of Icons (2010) #1415
38	Redemption 2001, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Snowfall on Judgment Day (2009) #1150 The Fullness of Time (2005) The Origins of Ruin (2007) #1769
39	Andromeda 1999, Sweden Progressive Metal	Extension of the Wish (2001) #1029 Playing Off the Board (2007) [Video] Playing Off the Board (2009) [Live]
40	Conception 1989, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Re:Conception (2018) [Single] The Last Sunset (1991) #2690 Flow (1997) #2868

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