Best Progressive Metal Bands

326 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	Adagio 2000, France Progressive Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Underworld (2003) #652 Sanctus Ignis (2001) #1573 A Band in Upperworld (2004) [Live] #2454
52	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1162 Target Earth (2013) #1463 Killing Technology (1987) #2215
53	Ihsahn Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Arktis. (2016) #1427 angL (2008) #2422 After (2010) #3772
54	Pagan's Mind 2000, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Celestial Entrance (2002) #492 Enigmatic: Calling (2005) #947 God's Equation (2007) #1278
55	John Petrucci United States Progressive Metal	Terminal Velocity (2020) #324 An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (2000) [Live] #1226 Suspended Animation (2005) #1290
56	A.C.T 1994, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Last Epic (2003) #1275 Today's Report (1999) #1386 Circus Pandemonium (2014) #1464
57	Redemption 2001, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Snowfall on Judgment Day (2009) #807 The Origins of Ruin (2007) #1603 Alive in Color (2020) [Live]
58	Kiko Loureiro Brazil Power Metal, Jazz Fusion, Progressive Metal	Open Source (2020) #437 No Gravity (2005) #2122 Sounds of Innocence (2012) #2270
59	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #301 Unorthodox (1992) #1924 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #3053
60	Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1993, United States Symphonic Rock, Symphonic Metal, Rock Opera	The Christmas Attic (1998) #1610 Christmas Eve & Other Stories (1996) #2049 Beethoven's Last Night (2000) #3196
61	Devil Doll 1987, Slovenia Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock & Roll	The Girl Who Was...Death (1989) #961 Dies Irae (1996) #1441 Devil Doll 5 CD Box (2008) [Boxed set]
62	Shaman 2001, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ritual (2002) #660 Reason (2005) #4484 Origins (2010) #5191
63	TesseracT 2003, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal	War of Being (2023) #1446 War of Being (2023) [Single] Altered State (2013) #2577
64	Barren Earth 2007, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Curse of the Red River (2010) #1065 A Complex of Cages (2018) #2004 The Devil's Resolve (2012) #5217
65	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #374 Anthropocentric (2010) Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic (2020) #2388
66	Atheist 1988, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Unquestionable Presence (1991) #397 Piece of Time (1990) #1038 Elements (1993) #3435
67	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1036 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1595 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1909
68	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #160 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #219 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #334
69	Michael Romeo United States Progressive Metal, Neoclassical Metal	War of the Worlds // Pt. 1 (2018) #626 War of the Worlds // Pt. 2 (2022) #1124 The Dark Chapter (1994) #1458
70	Jason Becker United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Perpetual Burn (1988) #293 Collection (2008) [Compilation] Triumphant Hearts (2018) #5750
71	X Japan 1982, Japan Visual Kei, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Blue Blood (1989) #119 Jealousy (1991) #473 Art of Life (1993) #1332
72	Vinnie Moore United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Mind's Eye (1986) #1312 Time Odyssey (1988) #1353 Meltdown (1991) #2737
73	Enslaved 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal	Vikingligr veldi (1994) #435 Eld (1997) #1253 Ruun (2006)
74	Fallujah 2007, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Deathcore	The Harvest Wombs (2011) #910 Nomadic (2013) [EP] #1054 The Flesh Prevails (2014) #1452
75	Conception 1989, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Re:Conception (2018) [Single] The Last Sunset (1991) #4155 Flow (1997) #4977
76	Marty Friedman United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Dragon's Kiss (1988) #1542 Scenes (1992) #1575 Loudspeaker (2006) #2768
77	Caligula's Horse 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Charcoal Grace (2024) #659 In Contact (2017) #1627 Bloom (2015) #1732
78	Myrath 2006, Tunisia Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	Desert Call (2010) #1827 Tales of the Sands (2011) #1970 Legacy (2016) #2001
79	Protest the Hero 2001, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1432 Fortress (2008) #3604 Palimpsest (2020) #5330
80	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #735 Nightmare (2010) #854 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1363
81	Plini 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion	Impulse Voices (2020) Handmade Cities (2016) #2493 Sweet Nothings (2013) [EP] #3334
82	Necrophagist 1992, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Epitaph (2004) #784 Onset of Putrefaction (1999) #1375 Requiems of Festered Gore (1992) [Demo]
83	Vitalij Kuprij Ukraine Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Extreme Measures (1998) #1069 High Definition (1997) #2522 VK3 (1999) #3588
84	Andromeda 1999, Sweden Progressive Metal	Extension of the Wish (2001) #1105 Playing Off the Board (2007) [Video] Playing Off the Board (2009) [Live]
85	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #2015 Kaleidoscope (1992) #4799 Visions Fugitives (1994)
86	Secret Sphere 1997, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Time Nevercome (2001) #1291 Lifeblood (2021) #1359 Portrait of a Dying Heart (2012) #1889
87	Sithu Aye 2010, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion	Set Course for Andromeda (2016) #1214 Invent the Universe (2012) #2578 Senpai EP II: The Noticing「先輩EPII：ザ・ノーティシング」 (2017) [EP] #4098
88	Eldritch 1991, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	El Niño (1998) #1594 Innervoid (2023) #2453 EOS (2021) #2589
89	Sigh 1990, Japan Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) #412 Scenes From Hell (2010) #1026 In Somniphobia (2012) #1473
90	Emperor 1991, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) #48 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) #377 IX Equilibrium (1999) #1405
91	Jeff Loomis United States Progressive Metal	Zero Order Phase (2008) #1845 Plains of Oblivion (2012) #4057 Requiem for the Living (2013) [EP]
92	Transatlantic 1999, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	SMPTe (2000) #1842 Live in Europe (2003) [Live] Bridge Across Forever (2001) #3638
93	Waltari Finland Progressive Metal	Space Avenue (1997) Big Bang (1995) Radium Round (1999) #4852
94	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2511 Augment (2013) #3000 Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante) (2021) [Single]
95	Pyramaze 2001, Denmark Power Metal, Progressive Metal	IV: Disciples of the Sun (2015) #898 Contingent (2017) #979 Bloodlines (2023) #1172
96	Darkwater 2003, Sweden Progressive Metal	Human (2019) #447 Calling the Earth to Witness (2007) #2995 Where Stories End (2010) #4615
97	Watchtower 1982, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Control and Resistance (1989) #2014 Concepts of Math: Book One (2016) [EP] #2171 Energetic Disassembly (1985) #2568
98	Sons of Apollo 2017, United States Progressive Metal	Psychotic Symphony (2017) #1890 MMXX (2020) #2234 Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony (2019) [Live]
99	Angel Vivaldi United States Progressive Metal	Universal Language (2011) [EP] #2026 Synapse (2017) #3284 Universal Voices (2012) [Single]
100	Sunburst 2010, Greece Progressive Metal	Fragments of Creation (2016) #594 Manifesto (2024) #2214 Hollow Lies (2024) [Single]

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