Best Progressive Metal Bands

354 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 Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #8 Damnation (2003) #64 Ghost Reveries (2005) #65
3	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #79 Show Me How to Live (2011) #265 Fear (1999) #458
4	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #92 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #105 Iconoclast (2011) #164
5	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #205 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #279 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #417
6	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #208 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #356 The Great Misdirect (2009) #459
7	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Extreme Progressive Metal	Portal of I (2012) #57 Urn (2017) #478 Citadel (2014) #481
8	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #24 Empire (1990) #548 The Warning (1984) #820
9	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #368 Queen of Time (2018) #390 Skyforger (2009) #371
10	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #157 Spiritual Migration (2013) #281 Shin-Ken (2009) #429
11	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #225 Blood Mountain (2006) #404 Leviathan (2004) #630
12	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #167 BE (2004) #613 Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016) [Live]
13	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #147 Angel of Salvation (2012) #502 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #521
14	Vektor 2004, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #13 Outer Isolation (2011) #166 Black Future (2009) #213
15	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #88 Tiara (2018) #242 Mercy Falls (2008) #299
16	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #174 Ænima (1996) #212 10,000 Days (2006) #355
17	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1092 Nothing (2006) #1389 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3256
18	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #161 Room V (2005) #604 Tyranny (1998) #587
19	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal	Christ 0 (2006) #270 The Empyrean Equation of the long lost Things (2024) #1022 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1497
20	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Awaken the Guardian (1986) #526 Parallels (1991) #607 Long Day Good Night (2020) #725
21	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #150 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #272 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #524
22	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #289 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #602 Magma (2016) #708
23	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #20 Rebirth (2001) #113 Holy Land (1996) #333
24	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #306 Monolith (2010) #499 Shrouded Divine (2008) #766
25	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal	Legends of the Shires (2017) #569 March of Progress (2012) #771 For the Journey (2014) #922
26	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #295 Vessels (2016) #466 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #473
27	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #190 Awakening the World (2001) #492 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
28	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #541 The Passage (2016) #1355 Momentum (2013) #2587
29	Liquid Tension Experiment 1997, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) #87 Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) #229 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (2021) #1685
30	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #178 Isolate (2007) #1331 The 1st Chapter (2005) #1894
31	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #27 Karma (2001) #80 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #177
32	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #17 Human (1991) #33 Leprosy (1988) #55
33	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #673 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1615 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1730
34	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Deadwing (2005) #454 Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #453 In Absentia (2002) #686
35	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #143 01011001 (2008) #427 The Theory of Everything (2013) #463
36	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) #1445 Theories of Emptiness (2024) #2081 The Atlantic (2019) #2322
37	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #325 Traced in Air (2008) #1255 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
38	Labÿrinth 1994, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Return to Heaven Denied Pt.II - A Midnight Autumn's Dream (2010) #938 Return to Heaven Denied (1998) #1496 Welcome to the Absurd Circus (2021) #1601
39	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	The Congregation (2015) #562 Bilateral (2011) #722 Malina (2017) #912
40	Haken 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Visions (2011) #1263 Fauna (2023) #1202 The Mountain (2013) #1237
41	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #216 Cosmogenesis (2009) #988 Omnivium (2011) #1001
42	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Edge on the History (2002) #925 Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #1004 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1690
43	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #762 ID.Entity (2023) #870 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1531
44	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #249 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #508 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1402
45	Devin Townsend Canada Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Ambient	Terria (2001) #566 Ziltoid the Omniscient (2007) #1151 Empath (2019) #1183
46	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #377 The Joy of Motion (2014) #807 Parrhesia (2022) #2079
47	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #271 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video] The Perfect Machine (2005) #1546
48	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ghost Ship (2016) #263 Mirror of Souls (2008) #318 As the World Bleeds (2011) #546
49	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #378 Bleeding (1996) #1066 The God-Shaped Void (2020) #2690
50	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #924 Killing Technology (1987) #1975 The Wake (2018) #2840

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