Best Progressive Metal Bands

268 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) #14
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #11 Ghost Reveries (2005) #72 Damnation (2003) #74
3	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #26 Karma (2001) #93 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #163
4	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #17 Rebirth (2001) #97 Holy Land (1996) #395
5	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #126 Angel of Salvation (2012) #409 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #470
6	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #36 Human (1991) #56 Leprosy (1988) #75
7	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #59 Show Me How to Live (2011) #277 1996 (1996) [Live] #429
8	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #85 Iconoclast (2011) #144 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #155
9	Epica 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	Design Your Universe (2009) #230 Omega (2021) #319 The Quantum Enigma (2014) #419
10	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal	Portal of I (2012) #52 The Aurora Veil (2007) [Demo] Citadel (2014) #492
11	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #173 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #297 The Great Misdirect (2009) #333
12	X Japan 1982, Japan Visual Kei, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Blue Blood (1989) #135 Jealousy (1991) #444 Endless Rain (1989) [Single]
13	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Silent Waters (2007) #408 Queen of Time (2018) #454 Skyforger (2009) #618
14	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #98 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #241 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #366
15	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #13 Black Future (2009) #158 Outer Isolation (2011) #239
16	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #263 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #356 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #584
17	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #19 The Verdict (2019) #677 Empire (1990) #964
18	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #140 BE (2004) #455 Be Live (2005) [Video]
19	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #269 Blood Mountain (2006) #389 Hushed and Grim (2021) #923
20	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #108 Ænima (1996) #129 10,000 Days (2006) #265
21	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #95 Spiritual Migration (2013) #169 Shin-Ken (2009) #320
22	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #68 Tiara (2018) #206 Mercy Falls (2008) #267
23	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #159 Room V (2005) #568 Tyranny (1998) #627
24	Crimson Glory 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Transcendence (1988) #90 Crimson Glory (1986) #186 Astronomica (1999) #5652
25	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #232 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1282 Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II (2015) #1714
26	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #142 The Theory of Everything (2013) #504 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #602
27	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #124 Awakening the World (2001) #638 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
28	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1808 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3007 Nothing (2006) #3193
29	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #347 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #742 Magma (2016) #1285
30	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Mirror of Souls (2008) #266 Ghost Ship (2016) #270 As the World Bleeds (2011) #474
31	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #268 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video] When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019) #1278
32	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #295 Traced in Air (2008) #732 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
33	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	The Spectre Within (1985) #787 Perfect Symmetry (1989) #788 Parallels (1991) #789
34	Liquid Tension Experiment 1997, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) #77 Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) #187 Live in NYC (2009) [Video]
35	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #619 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1361 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1663
36	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #168 Omnivium (2011) #757 Cosmogenesis (2009) #834
37	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Legends of the Shires (2017) #417 Hypothetical (2001) #494 Clone (1998) #496
38	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #332 Monolith (2010) #539 Shrouded Divine (2008) #591
39	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #226 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #516 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1080
40	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #160 Isolate (2007) #1292 The 1st Chapter (2005) #1883

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