Best Progressive Metal Bands

324 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	André Andersen Denmark Hard Rock, Progressive Metal	Changing Skin (1998) #5293 In the Late Hour (1999) [EP] Black on Black (2002) #7040
152	Mind's Eye 1992, Sweden Progressive Metal	A Work of Art (2002) ...Waiting for the Tide (2000) #6051 1994: the Afterglow (2008)
153	Intervals 2011, Canada Progressive Metal, Djent	In Time (2012) [EP] #1280 The Space Between (2011) [EP] The Way Forward (2017) #5608
154	OSI 2002, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Free (2006) #3708 Fire Make Thunder (2012) Office of Strategic Influence (2003) #5841
155	Textures 2001, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Reaching Home (2011) [Single] Drawing Circles (2006) #4423 Dualism (2011) #4604
156	Explorers Club 1997, United States Progressive Metal	Age of Impact (1998) #995 Raising the Mammoth (2002) #5158
157	Beyond Twilight 1996, Denmark Progressive Metal	Lurking Fantasia (1999) [Demo] Section X (2005) #1977 The Devil's Hall of Fame (2001) #2605
158	Conquering Dystopia 2013, United States Progressive Metal	Conquering Dystopia (2014) #1893
159	Cormorant 2007, United States Progressive Folk Metal, Black Metal	Metazoa (2009) #1006 The Last Tree (2007) [EP] Dwellings (2011)
160	Jinjer 2009, Ukraine Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Wallflowers (2021) #3121 Inhale, Do Not Breathe (2012) [EP] Cloud Factory (2014) #7701
161	Wilderun 2008, United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal	Veil of Imagination (2019) #2088 Sleep at the Edge of the Earth (2015) #4026 Epigone (2022) #4126
162	Andy James United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Andy James (2011) #2710 Psychic Transfusion (2013) [EP] Arrival (2018)
163	Arch Echo 2016, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Arch Echo (2017) #3095 Story I (2020) [EP] Final Pitch (2023) #3797
164	Avalon 1992, Germany Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Vision Eden (1998) Mystic Places (1997) Eurasia (2000) #5373
165	Soen 2005, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Memorial (2023) Imperial (2021) Lykaia (2017) #6926
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) #3513 Who Defines What's Divine (2021)
168	Edu Falaschi Brazil Power Metal	Vera Cruz (2021) #1404 Eldorado (2023) #2090 Tenochtitlán (2023) [Single]
169	Almah 2006, Brazil Melodic Power Metal	E.V.O (2016) #1228 Fragile Equality (2008) #2407 Motion (2011) #6517
170	Superior 1992, Germany Progressive Metal	Younique (1998) #5003 Behind (1996) #5695 Ultima Ratio (2002) #6068
171	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #58 No More Color (1989) #384 Mental Vortex (1991) #508
172	Frameshift 2003, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Unweaving the Rainbow (2004) #2910 An Absence of Empathy (2005) #7541
173	Alchemist Australia Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Austral Alien (2003) Tripsis (2007) #3712 Organasm (2000)
174	Borknagar 1995, Norway Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Viking Metal	Fall (2024) Empiricism (2001) #4727 Winter Thrice (2016) #6200
175	Amberian Dawn 2006, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Darkness of Eternity (2017) #3837 Innuendo (2015) #5194 River of Tuoni (2008) #5974
176	Witherfall 2013, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Curse of Autumn (2021) Nocturnes and Requiems (2017) #3916 A Prelude to Sorrow (2018) #4845
177	Michael Angelo Batio United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Hands Without Shadows (2005) #5391 No Boundaries (1995) #6231 Hands Without Shadows 2 – Voices (2009)
178	Orphaned Land 1992, Israel Middle Eastern Folk Metal	Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (2018) #1488 The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR (2010) #2988 All Is One (2013) #3835
179	Vildhjarta 2005, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal	måsstaden under vatten (2021) #930 Måsstaden (2011) #5177 Omnislash (2009) [EP]
180	Ibaraki 2021, United States Metalcore	Rashomon (2022) #2635
181	Suspyre United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Great Divide (2007) #1961 When Time Fades… (2008) Suspyre (2012)
182	In the Woods... 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Pure (2016) #2159 Live At the Caledonien Hall (2003) [Live] #2390 Heart of the Ages (1995) #2922
183	Wuthering Heights 1989, Denmark Progressive Power Metal, Folk Metal	The Shadow Cabinet (2006) #1808 Far From the Madding Crowd (2004) #2135 Salt (2010) #7543
184	The Contortionist 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Deathcore	Exoplanet (2010) #5377 Intrinsic (2012) #6708 Language (2014) #6906
185	Spheric Universe Experience France Progressive Metal	Mental Torments (2005) #5395 Anima (2007) #5739 The New Eve (2012)
186	Communic 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Waves of Visual Decay (2006) Conspiracy in Mind (2005) #5487 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) #2855 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) #6923 Season of the Witch (2017)
191	Athena 1991, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	A New Religion? (1998) #3452 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) #3167 Inmazes (2015) Applause of a Distant Crowd (2018)
194	Strapping Young Lad 1994, Canada Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal	City (1997) #1452 Alien (2005) #2243 Strapping Young Lad (2003) #3591
195	Thy Catafalque 1998, Hungary Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Vadak (2021) #1963 Meta (2016) #3905 Rengeteg (2011)
196	Nuclear Power Trio 2017, United States Progressive Metal	A Clear and Present Rager (2020) [EP] #2385 Wet Ass Plutonium (2023) #4583
197	Bruce Dickinson United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Accident of Birth (1997) #1349 The Chemical Wedding (1998) #1420 Tyranny of Souls (2005) #2842
198	Akphaezya 2002, France Avant-garde Metal, Gothic Metal, Progressive Metal	Anthology II: Links from the Dead Trinity (2008) #3729 Anthology IV : the Tragedy of Nerak (2012) #3999 Anthology II: Links from the Dead Trinity (2004) [Demo]
199	Xerath United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	II (2011) #2063 III (2014) #5320 I (2009) #5414
200	Lost in Thought 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal	Opus Arise (2011) #2537 Lost in Thought (2008) [EP] Renascence (2018)

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