Best Progressive Metal Bands

323 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	André Andersen Denmark Hard Rock, Progressive Metal	Changing Skin (1998) #5236 In the Late Hour (1999) [EP] Black on Black (2002) #6952
152	Mind's Eye 1992, Sweden Progressive Metal	A Work of Art (2002) ...Waiting for the Tide (2000) #5969 1994: the Afterglow (2008)
153	OSI 2002, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Free (2006) #3665 Fire Make Thunder (2012) Office of Strategic Influence (2003) #5764
154	Textures 2001, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Reaching Home (2011) [Single] Drawing Circles (2006) #4378 Dualism (2011) #4553
155	Explorers Club 1997, United States Progressive Metal	Age of Impact (1998) #984 Raising the Mammoth (2002) #5090
156	Beyond Twilight 1996, Denmark Progressive Metal	Lurking Fantasia (1999) [Demo] Section X (2005) #1960 The Devil's Hall of Fame (2001) #2586
157	Conquering Dystopia 2013, United States Progressive Metal	Conquering Dystopia (2014) #1881
158	Cormorant 2007, United States Progressive Folk Metal, Black Metal	Metazoa (2009) #998 The Last Tree (2007) [EP] Dwellings (2011)
159	Intervals 2011, Canada Progressive Metal, Djent	In Time (2012) [EP] #1276 The Space Between (2011) [EP] The Way Forward (2017) #5542
160	Jinjer 2009, Ukraine Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Wallflowers (2021) #3093 Inhale, Do Not Breathe (2012) [EP] Cloud Factory (2014) #7600
161	Wilderun 2008, United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal	Veil of Imagination (2019) #2068 Sleep at the Edge of the Earth (2015) #3983 Epigone (2022) #4079
162	Andy James United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Andy James (2011) #2684 Psychic Transfusion (2013) [EP] Arrival (2018)
163	Arch Echo 2016, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Arch Echo (2017) #3068 Story I (2020) [EP] Final Pitch (2023) #3748
164	Avalon 1992, Germany Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Vision Eden (1998) Mystic Places (1997) Eurasia (2000) #5313
165	Soen 2005, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Memorial (2023) Imperial (2021) Lykaia (2017) #6838
166	Poverty's No Crime Germany Progressive Metal	Slave to the Mind (1999) Symbiosis (1995) The Autumn Years (1996)
167	Crux 1989, Korea Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Elapse with the Relapse (2014) #3475 Who Defines What's Divine (2021)
168	Edu Falaschi Brazil Power Metal	Vera Cruz (2021) #1396 Eldorado (2023) #1848 Tenochtitlán (2023) [Single]
169	Almah 2006, Brazil Melodic Power Metal	E.V.O (2016) #1220 Fragile Equality (2008) #2394 Motion (2011) #6431
170	Superior 1992, Germany Progressive Metal	Younique (1998) #4944 Behind (1996) #5623 Ultima Ratio (2002) #5987
171	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #58 No More Color (1989) #388 Mental Vortex (1991) #507
172	Frameshift 2003, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Unweaving the Rainbow (2004) #2875 An Absence of Empathy (2005) #7441
173	Alchemist Australia Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Austral Alien (2003) Tripsis (2007) #3669 Organasm (2000)
174	Borknagar 1995, Norway Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Viking Metal	Fall (2024) Empiricism (2001) #4679 Winter Thrice (2016) #6117
175	Amberian Dawn 2006, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Darkness of Eternity (2017) #3784 Innuendo (2015) #5130 River of Tuoni (2008) #5897
176	Witherfall 2013, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Curse of Autumn (2021) Nocturnes and Requiems (2017) #3866 A Prelude to Sorrow (2018) #4790
177	Michael Angelo Batio United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Hands Without Shadows (2005) #5331 No Boundaries (1995) #6148 Hands Without Shadows 2 – Voices (2009)
178	Orphaned Land 1992, Israel Middle Eastern Folk Metal	Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (2018) #1484 The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR (2010) #2960 All Is One (2013) #3782
179	Vildhjarta 2005, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal	måsstaden under vatten (2021) #926 Måsstaden (2011) #5113 Omnislash (2009) [EP]
180	Ibaraki 2021, United States Metalcore	Rashomon (2022) #2617
181	Suspyre United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Great Divide (2007) #1945 When Time Fades… (2008) Suspyre (2012)
182	In the Woods... 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Pure (2016) #2142 Live At the Caledonien Hall (2003) [Live] #2375 Heart of the Ages (1995) #2890
183	Wuthering Heights 1989, Denmark Progressive Power Metal, Folk Metal	The Shadow Cabinet (2006) #1799 Far From the Madding Crowd (2004) #2120 Salt (2010) #7443
184	The Contortionist 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Deathcore	Exoplanet (2010) #5317 Intrinsic (2012) #6619 Language (2014) #6819
185	Spheric Universe Experience France Progressive Metal	Mental Torments (2005) #5335 Anima (2007) #5663 The New Eve (2012)
186	Communic 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Waves of Visual Decay (2006) Conspiracy in Mind (2005) #5422 Payment of Existence (2008)
187	Nightingale 1994, Sweden Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Alive Again: the Breathing Shadow Part IV (2003) Retribution (2014) The Breathing Shadow (1995)
188	Saviour Machine United States Progressive Metal	Live in Deutschland (1996) [Live] I (1996) II (1996)
189	Misanthrope 1988, France Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Misanthrope Immortel (2000) #3347 Les déclinistes (2023) Libertine Humiliations (1998)
190	John 5 United States Hard Rock, Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal	Invasion (2019) The Devil Knows My Name (2007) #6836 Season of the Witch (2017)
191	Athena 1991, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	A New Religion? (1998) #3887 Twilight of Days (2001) Inside, the Moon (1995)
192	Andromida 2016, United States Progressive Metalcore, Djent	Wrath of the Vanguard (2022) Hellscape (2021) Timeless (2020)
193	VOLA 2004, Denmark Progressive Metal, Djent	Witness (2021) #3134 Inmazes (2015) Applause of a Distant Crowd (2018)
194	Strapping Young Lad 1994, Canada Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal	City (1997) #1440 Alien (2005) #2221 Strapping Young Lad (2003) #3549
195	Thy Catafalque 1998, Hungary Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Vadak (2021) #1947 Meta (2016) #3857 Alföld (2023) #4813
196	Nuclear Power Trio 2017, United States Progressive Metal	A Clear and Present Rager (2020) [EP] #2369 Wet Ass Plutonium (2023) #4533
197	Akphaezya 2002, France Avant-garde Metal, Gothic Metal, Progressive Metal	Anthology II: Links from the Dead Trinity (2008) #3686 Anthology IV : the Tragedy of Nerak (2012) #3955 Anthology II: Links from the Dead Trinity (2004) [Demo]
198	Xerath United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	II (2011) #2044 III (2014) #5259 I (2009) #5352
199	Lost in Thought 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal	Opus Arise (2011) #2518 Lost in Thought (2008) [EP] Renascence (2018)
200	Widek 2010, Poland Djent, Progressive Metal	Journey to the Stars (2015) #5520 Dream Reflection (2018) The Garden of Existence (2019)

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