Best Progressive Metal Bands

326 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) #17
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #8 Damnation (2003) #76 Ghost Reveries (2005) #80
3	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #72 Show Me How to Live (2011) #279 1996 (1996) [Live] #414
4	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #82 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #104 Iconoclast (2011) #149
5	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #227 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #291 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #472
6	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #187 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #325 The Great Misdirect (2009) #423
7	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Portal of I (2012) #50 Urn (2017) #518 Citadel (2014) #549
8	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #22 Empire (1990) #897 The Verdict (2019) #966
9	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #155 Spiritual Migration (2013) #253 Shin-Ken (2009) #451
10	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #408 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #455 Queen of Time (2018) #520
11	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #239 Blood Mountain (2006) #421 Leviathan (2004) #799
12	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #10 Outer Isolation (2011) #169 Black Future (2009) #181
13	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #79 Tiara (2018) #235 Mercy Falls (2008) #248
14	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #203 BE (2004) #599 Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016) [Live]
15	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #148 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #483 Angel of Salvation (2012) #486
16	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #153 Room V (2005) #577 Tyranny (1998) #581
17	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #135 Ænima (1996) #168 10,000 Days (2006) #250
18	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1119 Nothing (2006) #2109 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3159
19	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #242 The Empyrean Equation of the long lost Things (2024) #1135 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1628
20	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #115 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #265 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #468
21	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Awaken the Guardian (1986) #539 Long Day Good Night (2020) #720 Parallels (1991) #721
22	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #18 Rebirth (2001) #108 Holy Land (1996) #337
23	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #282 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #737 Magma (2016) #831
24	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #163 Awakening the World (2001) #499 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
25	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Legends of the Shires (2017) #535 Critical Energy (2004) [Live] #787 March of Progress (2012) #867
26	Liquid Tension Experiment 1997, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) #73 Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) #204 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (2021) #1618
27	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #322 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #413 Vessels (2016) #430
28	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #276 Monolith (2010) #464 Shrouded Divine (2008) #634
29	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #496 The Passage (2016) #1546 Life (2023) #2497
30	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #33 Karma (2001) #103 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #165
31	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #604 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1199 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1545
32	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #130 The Theory of Everything (2013) #471 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #576
33	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #191 Isolate (2007) #1478 The 1st Chapter (2005) #2445
34	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Deadwing (2005) #426 Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #460 In Absentia (2002) #671
35	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #364 Traced in Air (2008) #1145 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
36	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Edge on the History (2002) #814 Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #895 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1552
37	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #197 Cosmogenesis (2009) #997 Omnivium (2011) #1031
38	Labÿrinth 1991, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Return to Heaven Denied Pt.II - A Midnight Autumn's Dream (2010) #877 Return to Heaven Denied (1998) #1129 Welcome to the Absurd Circus (2021) #1617
39	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #24 Human (1991) #43 Leprosy (1988) #70
40	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #829 ID.Entity (2023) #1083 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1454
41	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #211 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #545 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1005
42	Haken 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Visions (2011) #972 The Mountain (2013) #1021 Fauna (2023) #1041
43	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #383 The Joy of Motion (2014) #918 Parrhesia (2022) #1964
44	Devin Townsend Canada Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Ambient	Terria (2001) #475 Ziltoid the Omniscient (2007) #1100 Empath (2019) #1107
45	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	The Congregation (2015) #676 Bilateral (2011) #718 Malina (2017) #916
46	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) #1690 Theories of Emptiness (2024) #2387 The Storm Within (2016) #2530
47	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ghost Ship (2016) #273 Mirror of Souls (2008) #300 As the World Bleeds (2011) #564
48	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #350 Bleeding (1996) #1001 Into the Everflow (1992) #2655
49	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #266 When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019) #1180 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video]
50	Devin Townsend Project 2008, Canada Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ambient	Addicted (2009) #579 Transcendence (2016) #857 Devin Townsend Presents: Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2015) [Live] #1672

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