Best Progressive Metal Bands

323 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	Adagio 2000, France Progressive Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Underworld (2003) #637 Sanctus Ignis (2001) #1535 A Band in Upperworld (2004) [Live] #2417
52	Pagan's Mind 2000, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Celestial Entrance (2002) #477 Enigmatic: Calling (2005) #920 God's Equation (2007) #1242
53	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1220 Target Earth (2013) #1425 Killing Technology (1987) #2456
54	Ihsahn Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Arktis. (2016) #1390 angL (2008) #2393 After (2010) #3680
55	A.C.T 1994, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Last Epic (2003) #1240 Today's Report (1999) #1353 Circus Pandemonium (2014) #1427
56	Redemption 2001, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Snowfall on Judgment Day (2009) #778 The Origins of Ruin (2007) #1565 Alive in Color (2020) [Live]
57	John Petrucci United States Progressive Metal	Terminal Velocity (2020) #312 An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (2000) [Live] #1192 Suspended Animation (2005) #1293
58	Kiko Loureiro Brazil Power Metal, Jazz Fusion, Progressive Metal	Open Source (2020) #425 No Gravity (2005) #2096 Sounds of Innocence (2012) #2247
59	Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1993, United States Symphonic Rock, Symphonic Metal, Rock Opera	The Christmas Attic (1998) #1575 Christmas Eve & Other Stories (1996) #2026 Beethoven's Last Night (2000) #3109
60	Shaman 2001, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ritual (2002) #644 Reason (2005) #4638 Origins (2010) #5020
61	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #305 Unorthodox (1992) #1938 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #2972
62	Devil Doll 1987, Slovenia Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock & Roll	The Girl Who Was...Death (1989) #466 Dies Irae (1996) #1389 Devil Doll 5 CD Box (2008) [Boxed set]
63	Barren Earth 2007, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Curse of the Red River (2010) #1040 A Complex of Cages (2018) #1985 The Devil's Resolve (2012) #5044
64	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #429 Anthropocentric (2010) Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic (2020) #2366
65	TesseracT 2003, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal	War of Being (2023) #1408 War of Being (2023) [Single] Altered State (2013) #2525
66	Atheist 1988, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Unquestionable Presence (1991) #384 Piece of Time (1990) #914 Elements (1993) #3332
67	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1004 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1761 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1892
68	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #164 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #236 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #330
69	Michael Romeo United States Progressive Metal, Neoclassical Metal	War of the Worlds // Pt. 1 (2018) #684 War of the Worlds // Pt. 2 (2022) #1101 The Dark Chapter (1994) #1421
70	Jason Becker United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Perpetual Burn (1988) #321 Collection (2008) [Compilation] Triumphant Hearts (2018) #5572
71	X Japan 1982, Japan Visual Kei, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Blue Blood (1989) #107 Jealousy (1991) #464 Art of Life (1993) #1294
72	Enslaved 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal	Vikingligr veldi (1994) #424 Eld (1997) #1223 Ruun (2006)
73	Vinnie Moore United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Time Odyssey (1988) #1321 Mind's Eye (1986) #1612 Meltdown (1991) #2674
74	Fallujah 2007, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Deathcore	The Harvest Wombs (2011) #880 Nomadic (2013) [EP] #1028 The Flesh Prevails (2014) #1411
75	Protest the Hero 2001, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1396 Fortress (2008) #3505 Palimpsest (2020) #5154
76	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #666 Nightmare (2010) #826 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1438
77	Myrath 2006, Tunisia Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	Karma (2024) Desert Call (2010) #1814 Tales of the Sands (2011) #1947
78	Plini 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion	Impulse Voices (2020) Handmade Cities (2016) #2454 Sweet Nothings (2013) [EP] #3233
79	Necrophagist 1992, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Epitaph (2004) #1042 Onset of Putrefaction (1999) #2078 Requiems of Festered Gore (1992) [Demo]
80	Marty Friedman United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Dragon's Kiss (1988) #1502 Scenes (1992) #1539 Loudspeaker (2006) #2700
81	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #1994 Kaleidoscope (1992) #4663 Visions Fugitives (1994)
82	Secret Sphere 1997, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Time Nevercome (2001) #1253 Lifeblood (2021) #1327 Portrait of a Dying Heart (2012) #1874
83	Sithu Aye 2010, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion	Set Course for Andromeda (2016) #1180 Invent the Universe (2012) #2526 Senpai EP II: The Noticing「先輩EPII：ザ・ノーティシング」 (2017) [EP] #4008
84	Caligula's Horse 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Charcoal Grace (2024) #618 In Contact (2017) #1592 Bloom (2015) #1709
85	Andromeda 1999, Sweden Progressive Metal	Extension of the Wish (2001) #1349 Playing Off the Board (2007) [Video] Playing Off the Board (2009) [Live]
86	Vitalij Kuprij Ukraine Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Extreme Measures (1998) #1270 High Definition (1997) #2476 Forward and Beyond (2004) #3443
87	Sigh 1990, Japan Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) #366 Scenes From Hell (2010) #996 In Somniphobia (2012) #1440
88	Conception 1989, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Re:Conception (2018) [Single] The Last Sunset (1991) #4543 Flow (1997) #5419
89	Emperor 1991, Norway Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) #39 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) #399 Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise (2001) #1453
90	Jeff Loomis United States Progressive Metal	Zero Order Phase (2008) #1828 Plains of Oblivion (2012) #3962 Requiem for the Living (2013) [EP]
91	Transatlantic 1999, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	SMPTe (2000) #1825 Live in Europe (2003) [Live] Bridge Across Forever (2001) #3538
92	Waltari Finland Progressive Metal	Space Avenue (1997) Big Bang (1995) Radium Round (1999) #4706
93	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Augment (2013) #2918 Erra (2021) #3523 Impulse (2011)
94	Pyramaze 2001, Denmark Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Contingent (2017) #838 IV: Disciples of the Sun (2015) #868 Bloodlines (2023) #1433
95	Darkwater 2003, Sweden Progressive Metal	Human (2019) #435 Calling the Earth to Witness (2007) #2912 Where Stories End (2010) #4492
96	Eldritch 1991, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	El Niño (1998) #1558 Innervoid (2023) #2416 EOS (2021) #2537
97	Sons of Apollo 2017, United States Progressive Metal	Psychotic Symphony (2017) #1462 MMXX (2020) #2198 Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony (2019) [Live]
98	Akercocke 1997, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Black Metal	Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (2005) #2274 Renaissance in Extremis (2017) Choronzon (2003) #3815
99	Dir en Grey 1997, Japan Alternative Metal, Visual Kei, Progressive Metal	Uroboros (2008) #816 Arche (2014) #1585 Dum Spiro Spero (2011) #1655
100	Everon Germany Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Flesh (2002) #2827 Bridge (2002) #3032 Venus (1997)

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