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) #12
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Damnation (2003) #66 Ghost Reveries (2005) #67
3	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #74 Iconoclast (2011) #129 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #136
4	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #65 Show Me How to Live (2011) #245 Moving Target (1995) #420
5	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal	Portal of I (2012) #44 The Aurora Veil (2007) [Demo] Citadel (2014) #451
6	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #131 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #192 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #250
7	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #230 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #316 The Great Misdirect (2009) #325
8	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Silent Waters (2007) #342 Skyforger (2009) #545 Queen of Time (2018) #547
9	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #146 BE (2004) #386 Be Live (2005) [Video]
10	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #87 Spiritual Migration (2013) #179 Shin-Ken (2009) #383
11	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #128 Room V (2005) #476 Tyranny (1998) #561
12	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #440 Blood Mountain (2006) #652 Leviathan (2004) #807
13	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #72 Mercy Falls (2008) #294 Tiara (2018) #317
14	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #241 Traced in Air (2008) #630 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
15	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ.0 (2006) #181 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1032 Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II (2015) #1706
16	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #126 The Theory of Everything (2013) #421 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #650
17	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #203 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #361 La masquerade infernale (1997) #934
18	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #682 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1543 Periphery (2010) #1932
19	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #357 The Passage (2016) #1380 Momentum (2013) #1896
20	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #491 Edge on the History (2002) #763 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1145
21	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #159 Isolate (2007) #1059 The 1st Chapter (2005) #1559
22	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal	The Spectre Within (1985) #482 Awaken the Guardian (1986) #725 Disconnected (2000)
23	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #474 The Joy of Motion (2014) #746 Animals as Leaders (2009) #1520
24	Devin Townsend Project 2008, Canada Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ambient	Transcendence (2016) #573 Addicted (2009) #660 The Retinal Circus (2013) [Live]
25	Pagan's Mind 2000, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Celestial Entrance (2002) #550 Enigmatic: Calling (2005) #664 Enigmtic Videos 2005 (2005) [Video]
26	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #460 In Absentia (2002) #750 Deadwing (2005) #845
27	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	From Mars to Sirius (2005) #1430 The Link (2003) #1561 The Way of All Flesh (2008) #2342
28	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Hypothetical (2001) Legends of the Shires (2017) #1081 Clone (1998)
29	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #705 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1598 Love, Fear and the Time Machine (2015) #1736
30	Ihsahn Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Arktis. (2016) #1173 angL (2008) #1568 After (2010) #1729
31	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #708 Target Earth (2013) #2137 Nothingface (1989)
32	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #199 Bleeding (1996) #625 Into the Everflow (1992)
33	Barren Earth 2007, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Curse of the Red River (2010) #697 A Complex of Cages (2018) The Devil's Resolve (2012) #2538
34	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) #1771 The Atlantic (2019) The Inner Circle (2004) #2368
35	A.C.T 1994, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Melodic Metal	Last Epic (2003) #972 Today's Report (1999) #1594 Circus Pandemonium (2014)
36	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	Bilateral (2011) #732 The Congregation (2015) #2210 Malina (2017) #2259
37	Ikuinen Kaamos 1997, Finland Progressive Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	The Forlorn (2006) #870 Closure (2008) [EP] #1135 Fall of Icons (2010) #1384
38	Redemption 2001, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Snowfall on Judgment Day (2009) #1125 The Fullness of Time (2005) The Origins of Ruin (2007) #1731
39	Andromeda 1999, Sweden Progressive Metal	Extension of the Wish (2001) #1003 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) #2633 Flow (1997) #2810

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