Best Progressive Metal Bands

141 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) #9 Damnation (2003) #57 Ghost Reveries (2005) #72
3	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #65 Show Me How to Live (2011) #256 1996 (1996) [Live] #428
4	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #71 Iconoclast (2011) #132 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #158
5	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Progressive Metal, Extreme Metal	Portal of I (2012) #35 The Aurora Veil (2007) [Demo] Citadel (2014) #467
6	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #120 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #181 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #208
7	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #231 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #303 The Great Misdirect (2009) #318
8	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Silent Waters (2007) #327 Skyforger (2009) #522 Queen of Time (2018) #587
9	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #168 BE (2004) #352 Be Live (2005) [Video]
10	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #92 Spiritual Migration (2013) #160 Shin-Ken (2009) #382
11	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #119 Room V (2005) #456 Tyranny (1998) #536
12	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #414 Blood Mountain (2006) #586 Leviathan (2004) #714
13	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #69 Mercy Falls (2008) #359 Tiara (2018) #368
14	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #133 The Theory of Everything (2013) #329 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #629
15	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #293 Traced in Air (2008) #609 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
16	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ.0 (2006) #194 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1040 Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II (2015) #1674
17	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #197 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #336 La masquerade infernale (1997) #967
18	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #665 Periphery (2010) #1881 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #2206
19	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #344 The Passage (2016) #1498 Momentum (2013) #1844
20	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #143 Isolate (2007) #1012 The 1st Chapter (2005) #1510
21	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #637 Edge on the History (2002) #742 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1109
22	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal	The Spectre Within (1985) #435 Awaken the Guardian (1986) #475 Disconnected (2000)
23	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #455 The Joy of Motion (2014) #693 Animals as Leaders (2009) #1477
24	Devin Townsend Project 2008, Canada Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ambient	Transcendence (2016) #554 Addicted (2009) #669 The Retinal Circus (2013) [Live]
25	Pagan's Mind 2000, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Celestial Entrance (2002) #486 Enigmatic: Calling (2005) #573 Enigmtic Videos 2005 (2005) [Video]
26	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	From Mars to Sirius (2005) #1388 The Link (2003) #1511 The Way of All Flesh (2008) #2283
27	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Legends of the Shires (2017) #1036 Clone (1998) Hypothetical (2001)
28	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #691 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1558 Love, Fear and the Time Machine (2015) #1698
29	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock	Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #508 In Absentia (2002) #553 Deadwing (2005) #826
30	Ihsahn Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Arktis. (2016) #1132 angL (2008) #1520 After (2010) #1694
31	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #695 Target Earth (2013) #2089 Nothingface (1989)
32	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #163 Bleeding (1996) #603 Into the Everflow (1992)
33	Barren Earth 2007, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Curse of the Red River (2010) #680 A Complex of Cages (2018) The Devil's Resolve (2012) #2481
34	A.C.T 1994, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Melodic Metal	Last Epic (2003) #722 Today's Report (1999) #1553 Circus Pandemonium (2014)
35	Ikuinen Kaamos 1997, Finland Progressive Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	The Forlorn (2006) #854 Closure (2008) [EP] #1098 Fall of Icons (2010) #1226
36	Redemption 2001, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Snowfall on Judgment Day (2009) #1087 The Fullness of Time (2005) The Origins of Ruin (2007) #1695
37	Andromeda 1999, Sweden Progressive Metal	Extension of the Wish (2001) #966 Playing Off the Board (2007) [Video] Playing Off the Board (2009) [Live]
38	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) The Inner Circle (2004) #2254 The Storm Within (2016)
39	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	Bilateral (2011) #899 The Congregation (2015) #2157 Malina (2017)
40	Conception 1989, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Re:Conception (2018) [Single] The Last Sunset (1991) #2222 Flow (1997) #2748
41	Solefald 1995, Norway Progressive Metal, Post-Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	The Linear Scaffold (1997) #519 In Harmonia Universali (2003) Red for Fire : an Icelandic Odyssey Part l (2005)
42	Russell Allen United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal	The Great Divide (2014) #1401 The Showdown (2010) #2551 The Revenge (2007) #2900
43	Plini 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Ambidjent, Jazz Fusion, Instrumental	Handmade Cities (2016) #1185 Sweet Nothings (2013) [EP] The End of Everything (2015) [EP]
44	Protest The Hero 1999, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1430 Fortress (2008) #2709 Scurrilous (2011) #3387
45	Myrath 2006, Tunisia Progressive Metal	Tales of the Sands (2011) #890 Desert Call (2010) #1460 Hope (2007)
46	John Petrucci United States Progressive Metal	An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (2000) [Live] #715 Suspended Animation (2005) #1007
47	Jeff Loomis United States Progressive Metal	Zero Order Phase (2008) #1620 Plains of Oblivion (2012) #2467 Requiem for the Living (2013) [EP]
48	In the Woods... 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Heart of the Ages (1995) #1384 Live At the Caledonien Hall (2003) [Live] Pure (2016) #1681
49	Haken 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal	Visions (2011) #1479 The Mountain (2013) #2279 Restoration (2014) [EP]
50	James LaBrie Canada Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Static Impulse (2010) #2466 Impermanent Resonance (2013) #2945 Elements of Persuasion (2005) #3310

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