Best Progressive Metal Bands

330 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) #16
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Ghost Reveries (2005) #73 Damnation (2003) #80
3	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #74 Show Me How to Live (2011) #293 1996 (1996) [Live] #429
4	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #85 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #105 Iconoclast (2011) #156
5	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #229 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #302 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #455
6	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Extreme Progressive Metal	Portal of I (2012) #52 Citadel (2014) #492 Urn (2017) #501
7	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #198 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #327 The Great Misdirect (2009) #439
8	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #22 Empire (1990) #919 The Verdict (2019) #990
9	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #170 Spiritual Migration (2013) #270 Shin-Ken (2009) #463
10	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #231 Blood Mountain (2006) #403 Leviathan (2004) #753
11	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #419 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #465 Queen of Time (2018) #486
12	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #8 Outer Isolation (2011) #165 Black Future (2009) #185
13	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #210 BE (2004) #714 Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016) [Live]
14	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #148 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #491 Angel of Salvation (2012) #494
15	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #82 Tiara (2018) #242 Mercy Falls (2008) #260
16	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1052 Nothing (2006) #1367 ObZen (2008) #3250
17	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #133 Ænima (1996) #176 10,000 Days (2006) #235
18	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #157 Room V (2005) #595 Tyranny (1998) #599
19	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #254 The Empyrean Equation of the long lost Things (2024) #976 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1666
20	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #127 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #264 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #475
21	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Awaken the Guardian (1986) #562 Long Day Good Night (2020) #695 Parallels (1991) #735
22	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #281 Magma (2016) #614 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #648
23	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #18 Rebirth (2001) #108 Holy Land (1996) #323
24	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #168 Awakening the World (2001) #543 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
25	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Legends of the Shires (2017) #553 Critical Energy (2004) [Live] #805 March of Progress (2012) #890
26	Liquid Tension Experiment 1997, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) #77 Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) #211 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (2021) #1656
27	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #321 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #425 Vessels (2016) #430
28	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #287 Monolith (2010) #473 Shrouded Divine (2008) #649
29	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #507 The Passage (2016) #1580 Life (2023) #2548
30	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #31 Karma (2001) #101 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #174
31	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #171 Isolate (2007) #1521 The 1st Chapter (2005) #2186
32	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #626 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1579 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1692
33	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #136 01011001 (2008) #413 The Theory of Everything (2013) #482
34	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Deadwing (2005) #442 Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #471 In Absentia (2002) #686
35	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #19 Human (1991) #35 Leprosy (1988) #60
36	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #365 Traced in Air (2008) #1174 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
37	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Edge on the History (2002) #834 Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #916 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1591
38	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #219 Cosmogenesis (2009) #944 Omnivium (2011) #1058
39	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #770 ID.Entity (2023) #1106 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1500
40	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) #1375 Theories of Emptiness (2024) #2013 The Storm Within (2016) #2581
41	Labÿrinth 1991, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Return to Heaven Denied Pt.II - A Midnight Autumn's Dream (2010) #902 Return to Heaven Denied (1998) #1155 Welcome to the Absurd Circus (2021) #1655
42	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	The Congregation (2015) #693 Bilateral (2011) #750 Malina (2017) #933
43	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #216 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #566 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1030
44	Haken 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Visions (2011) #1009 Fauna (2023) #1173 The Mountain (2013) #1424
45	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #384 The Joy of Motion (2014) #935 Parrhesia (2022) #2012
46	Devin Townsend Canada Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Ambient	Terria (2001) #487 Ziltoid the Omniscient (2007) #1121 Empath (2019) #1128
47	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ghost Ship (2016) #277 Mirror of Souls (2008) #328 As the World Bleeds (2011) #585
48	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #353 Bleeding (1996) #1027 The God-Shaped Void (2020) #2591
49	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #259 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video] When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019) #1382
50	Devin Townsend Project 2008, Canada Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ambient	Addicted (2009) #597 Transcendence (2016) #879 Devin Townsend Presents: Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2015) [Live] #1718

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