Best Progressive Metal Bands

323 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) #16
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #8 Damnation (2003) #70 Ghost Reveries (2005) #82
3	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #68 Show Me How to Live (2011) #278 1996 (1996) [Live] #422
4	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #80 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #115 Iconoclast (2011) #146
5	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #225 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #284 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #464
6	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Portal of I (2012) #50 Urn (2017) #513 Citadel (2014) #542
7	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #190 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #310 The Great Misdirect (2009) #441
8	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #22 Empire (1990) #876 The Verdict (2019) #948
9	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #150 Spiritual Migration (2013) #249 Shin-Ken (2009) #439
10	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #400 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #503 Queen of Time (2018) #516
11	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #234 Blood Mountain (2006) #415 Leviathan (2004) #777
12	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #10 Black Future (2009) #176 Outer Isolation (2011) #178
13	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #77 Tiara (2018) #231 Mercy Falls (2008) #247
14	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #140 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #473 Angel of Salvation (2012) #476
15	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #196 BE (2004) #588 Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016) [Live]
16	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #149 Room V (2005) #565 Tyranny (1998) #568
17	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1106 Nothing (2006) #2092 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3438
18	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #156 Ænima (1996) #215 10,000 Days (2006) #259
19	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #108 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #263 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #461
20	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Awaken the Guardian (1986) #536 Parallels (1991) #708 The Spectre Within (1985) #872
21	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #245 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1614 Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II (2015) #2102
22	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #162 Awakening the World (2001) #486 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
23	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Legends of the Shires (2017) #529 Critical Energy (2004) [Live] #765 March of Progress (2012) #847
24	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #288 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #788 Magma (2016) #810
25	Liquid Tension Experiment 1997, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) #69 Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) #197 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (2021) #1599
26	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #18 Rebirth (2001) #111 Holy Land (1996) #359
27	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #307 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #413 Vessels (2016) #420
28	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #285 Monolith (2010) #456 Shrouded Divine (2008) #625
29	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #521 The Passage (2016) #1520 Life (2023) #2469
30	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #31 Karma (2001) #102 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #161
31	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #639 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1510 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1519
32	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #125 The Theory of Everything (2013) #463 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #564
33	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #188 Isolate (2007) #1459 The 1st Chapter (2005) #2426
34	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #322 Traced in Air (2008) #1086 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
35	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Deadwing (2005) #460 Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #502 In Absentia (2002) #661
36	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Edge on the History (2002) #750 Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #1069 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1529
37	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #192 Cosmogenesis (2009) #911 Omnivium (2011) #1012
38	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #808 ID.Entity (2023) #1065 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1436
39	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #29 Human (1991) #46 Leprosy (1988) #83
40	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #373 The Joy of Motion (2014) #902 Parrhesia (2022) #1950
41	Labÿrinth 1991, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Return to Heaven Denied Pt.II - A Midnight Autumn's Dream (2010) #857 Return to Heaven Denied (1998) #1056 Welcome to the Absurd Circus (2021) #1598
42	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #226 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #668 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1143
43	Devin Townsend Canada Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Ambient	Terria (2001) #468 Ocean Machine - Biomech (1998) #1049 Ziltoid the Omniscient (2007) #1081
44	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	The Congregation (2015) #664 Bilateral (2011) #704 Malina (2017) #899
45	Haken 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Visions (2011) #955 The Mountain (2013) #1088 Fauna (2023) #1194
46	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ghost Ship (2016) #268 Mirror of Souls (2008) #291 As the World Bleeds (2011) #555
47	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) #2216 The Storm Within (2016) #2503 The Atlantic (2019) #2803
48	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #333 Bleeding (1996) #1167 Into the Everflow (1992) #3101
49	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #264 When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019) #1166 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video]
50	Devin Townsend Project 2008, Canada Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ambient	Addicted (2009) #566 Transcendence (2016) #836 Devin Townsend Presents: Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2015) [Live] #1658

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