Best Progressive Metal Bands

332 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) #4 Awake (1994) #17
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #8 Ghost Reveries (2005) #75 Damnation (2003) #80
3	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #78 Show Me How to Live (2011) #295 1996 (1996) [Live] #428
4	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #86 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #107 Iconoclast (2011) #154
5	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #229 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #304 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #449
6	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Extreme Progressive Metal	Portal of I (2012) #55 Citadel (2014) #494 Urn (2017) #505
7	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #201 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #330 The Great Misdirect (2009) #436
8	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #21 Empire (1990) #924 The Verdict (2019) #992
9	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #148 Spiritual Migration (2013) #266 Shin-Ken (2009) #458
10	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #217 Blood Mountain (2006) #395 Leviathan (2004) #763
11	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #416 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #462 Queen of Time (2018) #485
12	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #10 Outer Isolation (2011) #171 Black Future (2009) #183
13	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #150 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #492 Angel of Salvation (2012) #496
14	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #176 BE (2004) #722 Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016) [Live]
15	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #83 Tiara (2018) #228 Mercy Falls (2008) #258
16	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1051 Nothing (2006) #1369 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3164
17	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #135 Ænima (1996) #180 10,000 Days (2006) #234
18	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #253 The Empyrean Equation of the long lost Things (2024) #984 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1677
19	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #161 Room V (2005) #594 Tyranny (1998) #597
20	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #134 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #261 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #473
21	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Awaken the Guardian (1986) #567 Long Day Good Night (2020) #696 Parallels (1991) #744
22	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #282 Magma (2016) #615 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #649
23	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #18 Rebirth (2001) #101 Holy Land (1996) #316
24	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #173 Awakening the World (2001) #547 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
25	Liquid Tension Experiment 1997, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) #79 Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) #211 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (2021) #1666
26	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Legends of the Shires (2017) #553 March of Progress (2012) #747 Critical Energy (2004) [Live] #808
27	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #312 Vessels (2016) #411 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #445
28	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #515 The Passage (2016) #1587 Endless (2024) #1669
29	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #296 Monolith (2010) #471 Shrouded Divine (2008) #650
30	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #31 Karma (2001) #98 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #178
31	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #163 Isolate (2007) #1523 The 1st Chapter (2005) #2013
32	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #576 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1586 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1702
33	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #137 01011001 (2008) #410 The Theory of Everything (2013) #481
34	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Deadwing (2005) #403 Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #468 In Absentia (2002) #669
35	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #379 Traced in Air (2008) #1166 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
36	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #19 Human (1991) #37 Leprosy (1988) #59
37	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Edge on the History (2002) #840 Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #920 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1597
38	Labÿrinth 1991, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Return to Heaven Denied Pt.II - A Midnight Autumn's Dream (2010) #909 Return to Heaven Denied (1998) #1297 Welcome to the Absurd Circus (2021) #1566
39	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #225 Cosmogenesis (2009) #950 Omnivium (2011) #1055
40	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) #1378 Theories of Emptiness (2024) #2025 The Storm Within (2016) #2609
41	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	The Congregation (2015) #694 Bilateral (2011) #773 Malina (2017) #938
42	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #777 ID.Entity (2023) #1097 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1499
43	Haken 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Visions (2011) #1009 Fauna (2023) #1251 The Mountain (2013) #1431
44	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #216 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #587 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1030
45	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #388 The Joy of Motion (2014) #837 Parrhesia (2022) #2024
46	Devin Townsend Canada Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Ambient	Terria (2001) #487 Ziltoid the Omniscient (2007) #1109 Empath (2019) #1115
47	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ghost Ship (2016) #278 Mirror of Souls (2008) #331 As the World Bleeds (2011) #584
48	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #359 Bleeding (1996) #1026 The God-Shaped Void (2020) #2618
49	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #256 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video] When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019) #1385
50	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #874 Target Earth (2013) #1494 Killing Technology (1987) #2280

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