Best Progressive Metal Bands

335 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) #9 Ghost Reveries (2005) #72 Damnation (2003) #82
3	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #79 Show Me How to Live (2011) #289 1996 (1996) [Live] #432
4	Symphony X 1994, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	V: The New Mythology Suite (2000) #87 The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1997) #109 Iconoclast (2011) #145
5	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #216 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #302 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #458
6	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Extreme Progressive Metal	Portal of I (2012) #55 Citadel (2014) #503 Urn (2017) #512
7	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #201 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #334 The Great Misdirect (2009) #441
8	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #21 Empire (1990) #794 The Verdict (2019) #936
9	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #150 Spiritual Migration (2013) #270 Shin-Ken (2009) #469
10	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #419 Queen of Time (2018) #428 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #474
11	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #221 Blood Mountain (2006) #356 Leviathan (2004) #773
12	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #176 BE (2004) #727 Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016) [Live]
13	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #11 Outer Isolation (2011) #165 Black Future (2009) #182
14	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #152 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #501 Angel of Salvation (2012) #505
15	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #77 Tiara (2018) #231 Mercy Falls (2008) #261
16	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1054 Nothing (2006) #1374 ObZen (2008) #3307
17	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #138 Ænima (1996) #211 10,000 Days (2006) #281
18	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #253 The Empyrean Equation of the long lost Things (2024) #992 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1553
19	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #160 Room V (2005) #599 Tyranny (1998) #601
20	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #140 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #255 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #482
21	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Awaken the Guardian (1986) #571 Long Day Good Night (2020) #701 Parallels (1991) #752
22	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #288 Magma (2016) #619 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #651
23	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #18 Rebirth (2001) #102 Holy Land (1996) #321
24	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #166 Awakening the World (2001) #555 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
25	Liquid Tension Experiment 1997, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) #81 Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) #214 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (2021) #1668
26	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Legends of the Shires (2017) #560 March of Progress (2012) #754 Critical Energy (2004) [Live] #823
27	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #314 Vessels (2016) #413 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #453
28	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #522 The Passage (2016) #1586 Momentum (2013) #2527
29	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #287 Monolith (2010) #483 Shrouded Divine (2008) #652
30	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #164 Isolate (2007) #1316 The 1st Chapter (2005) #2014
31	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #30 Karma (2001) #99 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #178
32	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #136 01011001 (2008) #412 The Theory of Everything (2013) #445
33	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #579 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1585 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1705
34	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Deadwing (2005) #403 Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #435 In Absentia (2002) #672
35	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #371 Traced in Air (2008) #1219 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) #38 Leprosy (1988) #59
37	Labÿrinth 1994, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Return to Heaven Denied Pt.II - A Midnight Autumn's Dream (2010) #912 Return to Heaven Denied (1998) #1304 Welcome to the Absurd Circus (2021) #1571
38	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Edge on the History (2002) #853 Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #923 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1596
39	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) #1383 Theories of Emptiness (2024) #2027 The Storm Within (2016) #2616
40	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #227 Cosmogenesis (2009) #959 Omnivium (2011) #1059
41	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #788 ID.Entity (2023) #1095 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1505
42	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	The Congregation (2015) #699 Bilateral (2011) #810 Malina (2017) #943
43	Haken 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Visions (2011) #1049 Fauna (2023) #1258 The Mountain (2013) #1436
44	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #220 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #590 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1033
45	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #391 The Joy of Motion (2014) #850 Parrhesia (2022) #2026
46	Devin Townsend Canada Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Ambient	Terria (2001) #494 Ziltoid the Omniscient (2007) #1108 Empath (2019) #1153
47	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ghost Ship (2016) #285 Mirror of Souls (2008) #317 As the World Bleeds (2011) #536
48	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #366 Bleeding (1996) #1031 The God-Shaped Void (2020) #2624
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) #1392
50	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #879 Target Earth (2013) #1499 Killing Technology (1987) #2285

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