Best Progressive Metal Bands

136 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) #5 Awake (1994) #14
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #11 Damnation (2003) #65 Ghost Reveries (2005) #82
3	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #66 Show Me How to Live (2011) #243 1996 (1996) [Live] #418
4	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #77 Iconoclast (2011) #148 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #172
5	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal	Portal of I (2012) #35 The Aurora Veil (2007) [Demo] Citadel (2014) #464
6	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #138 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #167 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #251
7	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #189 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #295 The Great Misdirect (2009) #346
8	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Silent Waters (2007) #322 Skyforger (2009) #513 Queen of Time (2018) #654
9	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #158 BE (2004) #350 Be Live (2005) [Video]
10	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #83 Spiritual Migration (2013) #156 Shin-Ken (2009) #384
11	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #116 Room V (2005) #489 Tyranny (1998) #603
12	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #69 Tiara (2018) #336 Mercy Falls (2008) #355
13	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #127 The Theory of Everything (2013) #325 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #617
14	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #311 Traced in Air (2008) #558 Demo 1991 (1991) [Demo]
15	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #188 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #339 La masquerade infernale (1997) #941
16	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ.0 (2006) #253 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1124 Chronicles of the Immortals - Netherworld II (2015) #1630
17	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #344 The Passage (2016) #1460 Momentum (2013) #2092
18	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #137 Isolate (2007) #996 The 1st Chapter (2005) #1473
19	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #627 Edge on the History (2002) #876 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1092
20	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal	The Spectre Within (1985) #423 Awaken the Guardian (1986) #470 Disconnected (2000)
21	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #656 Periphery (2010) #1840 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #2192
22	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #392 The Joy of Motion (2014) #724 Animals as Leaders (2009) #1227
23	Devin Townsend Project 2008, Canada Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ambient	Transcendence (2016) #563 Addicted (2009) #684 The Retinal Circus (2013) [Live]
24	Pagan's Mind 2000, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Celestial Entrance (2002) #482 Enigmatic: Calling (2005) #583 Enigmtic Videos 2005 (2005) [Video]
25	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Legends of the Shires (2017) #920 Clone (1998) Hypothetical (2001)
26	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	From Mars to Sirius (2005) #1354 The Link (2003) #1474 The Way of All Flesh (2008) #2221
27	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #683 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1519 Love, Fear and the Time Machine (2015) #1657
28	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock	In Absentia (2002) #543 Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #678 Deadwing (2005) #834
29	Ihsahn Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Arktis. (2016) #1115 angL (2008) #1484 After (2010) #1651
30	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #734 Target Earth (2013) #2040 Nothingface (1989)
31	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #150 Bleeding (1996) #596 Into the Everflow (1992)
32	Barren Earth 2007, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Curse of the Red River (2010) #673 A Complex of Cages (2018) The Devil's Resolve (2012) #2414
33	A.C.T 1994, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Melodic Metal	Last Epic (2003) #711 Today's Report (1999) #1515 Circus Pandemonium (2014)
34	Ikuinen Kaamos 1997, Finland Progressive Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	The Forlorn (2006) #831 Closure (2008) [EP] #1082 Fall of Icons (2010) #1204
35	Redemption 2001, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Snowfall on Judgment Day (2009) #985 The Fullness of Time (2005) The Origins of Ruin (2007) #1653
36	Andromeda 1999, Sweden Progressive Metal	Extension of the Wish (2001) #940 Playing Off the Board (2007) [Video] Playing Off the Board (2009) [Live]
37	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) The Inner Circle (2004) #2194 The Storm Within (2016)
38	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	Bilateral (2011) #925 The Congregation (2015) #2354 Malina (2017)
39	Solefald 1995, Norway Progressive Metal, Post-Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	The Linear Scaffold (1997) #497 In Harmonia Universali (2003) Red for Fire : an Icelandic Odyssey Part l (2005)
40	Plini 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Ambidjent, Jazz Fusion, Instrumental	Handmade Cities (2016) #1167 Sweet Nothings (2013) [EP] The End of Everything (2015) [EP]
41	Conception 1989, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Re:Conception (2018) [Single] The Last Sunset (1991) #2166 Flow (1997) #2684
42	Russell Allen United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal	The Great Divide (2014) #1717 The Showdown (2010) #2485 The Revenge (2007) #2829
43	Protest The Hero 1999, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1395 Fortress (2008) #2644 Scurrilous (2011) #3315
44	Myrath 2006, Tunisia Progressive Metal	Tales of the Sands (2011) #863 Desert Call (2010) #1423 Hope (2007)
45	John Petrucci United States Progressive Metal	An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (2000) [Live] #704 Suspended Animation (2005) #991
46	Jeff Loomis United States Progressive Metal	Zero Order Phase (2008) #1575 Plains of Oblivion (2012) #2398 Requiem for the Living (2013) [EP]
47	In the Woods... 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Heart of the Ages (1995) #1197 Live At the Caledonien Hall (2003) [Live] Pure (2016) #1635
48	Haken 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal	Visions (2011) #1441 The Mountain (2013) #2216 Restoration (2014) [EP]
49	James LaBrie Canada Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Static Impulse (2010) #2397 Impermanent Resonance (2013) #2866 Elements of Persuasion (2005) #3228
50	Angel Vivaldi 2003, United States Progressive Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Instrumental	Universal Language (2011) [EP] #1527 Synapse (2017) #2274 Universal Voices (2012) [Single]

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