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328 bands
Rank Image Band / Formed / Genres Albums
1
Dream Theater
1986, United States
Progressive Metal
2
Opeth
1990, Sweden
Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock
Blackwater Park (2001)  #9
Damnation (2003)  #77
Ghost Reveries (2005)  #80
3
Royal Hunt
1989, Denmark
Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal
Paradox (1997)  #74
Show Me How to Live (2011)  #290
1996 (1996)  [Live]  #422
4
Symphony X
1994, United States
Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal
5
Savatage
1983, United States
Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock
Gutter Ballet (1989)  #225
Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)  #298
Dead Winter Dead (1995)  #445
6
Ne Obliviscaris
2003, Australia
Extreme Progressive Metal
Portal of I (2012)  #52
Citadel (2014)  #488
Urn (2017)  #500
7
Between the Buried and Me
2000, United States
Progressive Metal, Metalcore
Colors (2007)  #173
Colors Live (2008)  [Live]  #324
The Great Misdirect (2009)  #431
8
Queensrÿche
1982, United States
Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
Empire (1990)  #914
The Verdict (2019)  #984
9
Persefone
2001, Andorra
Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal
Aathma (2017)  #188
Spiritual Migration (2013)  #262
Shin-Ken (2009)  #454
10
Mastodon
2000, United States
Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock
Crack the Skye (2009)  #211
Blood Mountain (2006)  #399
Leviathan (2004)  #773
11
Amorphis
1990, Finland
Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock
Halo (2022)  #413
Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021)  [Live]  #457
Queen of Time (2018)  #479
12
Vektor
2003, United States
Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal
Terminal Redux (2016)  #8
Outer Isolation (2011)  #165
Black Future (2009)  #181
13
Pain of Salvation
1984, Sweden
Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
The Perfect Element I (2000)  #209
BE (2004)  #710
Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016)  [Live]
14
Galneryus
2001, Japan
Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal
Resurrection (2010)  #146
Angel of Salvation (2012)  #492
15
Seventh Wonder
2000, Sweden
Progressive Metal
The Great Escape (2010)  #82
Tiara (2018)  #239
Mercy Falls (2008)  #254
16
Meshuggah
1987, Sweden
Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal
Nothing (2006)  #1873
Destroy Erase Improve (1995)  #3230
17
Tool
1990, United States
Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Lateralus (2001)  #132
Ænima (1996)  #174
10,000 Days (2006)  #230
18
Shadow Gallery
1985, United States
Progressive Metal
Legacy (2001)  #155
Room V (2005)  #590
Tyranny (1998)  #594
19
Vanden Plas
1986, Germany
Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
20
N.EX.T
1992, Korea
Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock
21
Gojira
2001, France
Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal
Fortitude (2021)  #279
Magma (2016)  #476
From Mars to Sirius (2005)  #643
22
Fates Warning
1984, United States
Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal
Awaken the Guardian (1986)  #556
Long Day Good Night (2020)  #691
Parallels (1991)  #735
23
Angra
1991, Brazil
Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal
Temple of Shadows (2004)  #18
Rebirth (2001)  #105
Holy Land (1996)  #318
24
Lost Horizon
1990, Sweden
Power Metal, Progressive Metal
25
Threshold
1988, United Kingdom
Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock
Legends of the Shires (2017)  #550
Critical Energy (2004)  [Live]  #803
March of Progress (2012)  #886
26
Liquid Tension Experiment
1997, United States
Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
27
Be'lakor
2004, Australia
Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal
Stone's Reach (2009)  #317
Of Breath and Bone (2012)  #416
Vessels (2016)  #436
28
In Mourning
2000, Sweden
Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal
The Weight of Oceans (2012)  #285
Monolith (2010)  #465
Shrouded Divine (2008)  #644
29
DGM
1994, Italy
Progressive Metal, Power Metal
FrAme (2009)  #506
The Passage (2016)  #1570
Life (2023)  #2530
30
Kamelot
1991, United States
Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal
The Black Halo (2005)  #31
Karma (2001)  #106
One Cold Winter's Night (2006)  [Live]  #172
31
Periphery
2005, United States
Progressive Metal, Djent
32
Circus Maximus
2000, Norway
Progressive Metal
Nine (2012)  #170
Isolate (2007)  #1504
The 1st Chapter (2005)  #2169
33
Ayreon
1994, Netherlands
Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera
34
Porcupine Tree
1987, United Kingdom
Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock
Deadwing (2005)  #434
In Absentia (2002)  #683
35
Cynic
1987, United States
Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock
Focus (1993)  #363
Traced in Air (2008)  #1164
36
Jeremy
1996, Korea
Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Edge on the History (2002)  #831
Exodus Part ll (2001)  [EP]  #912
Flying of Eagle (2000)  #1580
37
Death
1984, United States
Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Symbolic (1995)  #20
Human (1991)  #34
Leprosy (1988)  #65
38
Obscura
2002, Germany
Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal
Akróasis (2016)  #218
Cosmogenesis (2009)  #940
Omnivium (2011)  #1046
39
Riverside
2001, Poland
Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
ID.Entity (2023)  #1094
Second Life Syndrome (2005)  #1485
40
Evergrey
1995, Sweden
Progressive Metal, Power Metal
In Search of Truth (2001)  #1359
Theories of Emptiness (2024)  #2245
The Storm Within (2016)  #2565
41
Labÿrinth
1991, Italy
Power Metal, Progressive Metal
42
Leprous
2001, Norway
Progressive Metal
The Congregation (2015)  #689
Bilateral (2011)  #751
Malina (2017)  #928
43
Arcturus
1991, Norway
Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal
The Sham Mirrors (2002)  #217
Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996)  #560
44
Haken
2007, United Kingdom
Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Visions (2011)  #832
The Mountain (2013)  #1033
Fauna (2023)  #1163
45
Animals as Leaders
2007, United States
Progressive Metal, Djent
The Madness of Many (2016)  #385
The Joy of Motion (2014)  #930
Parrhesia (2022)  #1996
46
Devin Townsend
Canada
Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Ambient
Terria (2001)  #480
Ziltoid the Omniscient (2007)  #1111
Empath (2019)  #1118
47
Theocracy
2002, United States
Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Ghost Ship (2016)  #288
Mirror of Souls (2008)  #326
As the World Bleeds (2011)  #579
48
Psychotic Waltz
1986, United States
Progressive Metal
A Social Grace (1990)  #351
Bleeding (1996)  #1015
The God-Shaped Void (2020)  #2575
49
Vision Divine
1998, Italy
Power Metal, Progressive Metal
50
Devin Townsend Project
2008, Canada
Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ambient
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Info / Statistics
Artists : 47,171
Reviews : 10,394
Albums : 169,646
Lyrics : 218,061