Best Progressive Metal Bands

328 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) #15
2	Opeth 1990, Sweden Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Blackwater Park (2001) #9 Damnation (2003) #77 Ghost Reveries (2005) #80
3	Royal Hunt 1989, Denmark Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Symphonic Metal	Paradox (1997) #74 Show Me How to Live (2011) #289 1996 (1996) [Live] #422
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) #102 Iconoclast (2011) #152
5	Savatage 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Gutter Ballet (1989) #224 Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) #298 Dead Winter Dead (1995) #445
6	Ne Obliviscaris 2003, Australia Extreme Progressive Metal	Portal of I (2012) #52 Citadel (2014) #487 Urn (2017) #499
7	Between the Buried and Me 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Colors (2007) #172 Colors Live (2008) [Live] #324 The Great Misdirect (2009) #430
8	Queensrÿche 1982, United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	Operation: Mindcrime (1988) #21 Empire (1990) #913 The Verdict (2019) #983
9	Persefone 2001, Andorra Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Aathma (2017) #187 Spiritual Migration (2013) #261 Shin-Ken (2009) #454
10	Mastodon 2000, United States Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Progressive Rock	Crack the Skye (2009) #209 Blood Mountain (2006) #400 Leviathan (2004) #773
11	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #413 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #457 Queen of Time (2018) #533
12	Vektor 2003, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Terminal Redux (2016) #8 Outer Isolation (2011) #165 Black Future (2009) #180
13	Pain of Salvation 1984, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	The Perfect Element I (2000) #207 BE (2004) #707 Remedy Lane Re:Lived (2016) [Live]
14	Galneryus 2001, Japan Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Resurrection (2010) #147 Beyond the End of Despair... (2006) #485 Angel of Salvation (2012) #491
15	Seventh Wonder 2000, Sweden Progressive Metal	The Great Escape (2010) #82 Tiara (2018) #238 Mercy Falls (2008) #252
16	Meshuggah 1987, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	The Violent Sleep of Reason (2016) #1040 Nothing (2006) #1867 Destroy Erase Improve (1995) #3225
17	Shadow Gallery 1985, United States Progressive Metal	Legacy (2001) #155 Room V (2005) #589 Tyranny (1998) #593
18	Tool 1990, United States Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Lateralus (2001) #140 Ænima (1996) #173 10,000 Days (2006) #256
19	Vanden Plas 1986, Germany Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Christ 0 (2006) #247 The Empyrean Equation of the long lost Things (2024) #1152 The Seraphic Clockwork (2010) #1653
20	N.EX.T 1992, Korea Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, Pop Rock	The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994) #122 Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) #257 The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World (1995) #469
21	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #279 Magma (2016) #476 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #643
22	Fates Warning 1984, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Awaken the Guardian (1986) #555 Long Day Good Night (2020) #689 Parallels (1991) #734
23	Angra 1991, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	Temple of Shadows (2004) #18 Rebirth (2001) #109 Holy Land (1996) #316
24	Lost Horizon 1990, Sweden Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003) #167 Awakening the World (2001) #539 Cry of a Restless Soul (2003) [Single]
25	Threshold 1988, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Acoustic Rock	Legends of the Shires (2017) #549 Critical Energy (2004) [Live] #803 March of Progress (2012) #886
26	Liquid Tension Experiment 1997, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) #75 Liquid Tension Experiment (1998) #208 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 (2021) #1642
27	Be'lakor 2004, Australia Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal	Stone's Reach (2009) #321 Of Breath and Bone (2012) #416 Vessels (2016) #435
28	In Mourning 2000, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Weight of Oceans (2012) #285 Monolith (2010) #465 Shrouded Divine (2008) #644
29	DGM 1994, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	FrAme (2009) #505 The Passage (2016) #1568 Life (2023) #2526
30	Kamelot 1991, United States Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	The Black Halo (2005) #31 Karma (2001) #104 One Cold Winter's Night (2006) [Live] #171
31	Periphery 2005, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Periphery II: This Time It's Personal (2012) #620 Periphery III: Select Difficulty (2016) #1567 Periphery IV: Hail Stan (2019) #1678
32	Circus Maximus 2000, Norway Progressive Metal	Nine (2012) #169 Isolate (2007) #1503 The 1st Chapter (2005) #2162
33	Ayreon 1994, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Rock Opera	The Human Equation (2004) #133 The Theory of Everything (2013) #474 Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (1998) #588
34	Porcupine Tree 1987, United Kingdom Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock	Deadwing (2005) #433 Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) #462 In Absentia (2002) #681
35	Cynic 1987, United States Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Focus (1993) #363 Traced in Air (2008) #1161 Uroboric Forms - The Complete Demo Recordings (2017) [Compilation]
36	Jeremy 1996, Korea Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Edge on the History (2002) #831 Exodus Part ll (2001) [EP] #911 Flying of Eagle (2000) #1578
37	Death 1984, United States Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Symbolic (1995) #20 Human (1991) #36 Leprosy (1988) #65
38	Obscura 2002, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Akróasis (2016) #218 Cosmogenesis (2009) #938 Omnivium (2011) #1046
39	Riverside 2001, Poland Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Anno Domini High Definition (2009) #768 ID.Entity (2023) #1093 Second Life Syndrome (2005) #1483
40	Evergrey 1995, Sweden Progressive Metal, Power Metal	In Search of Truth (2001) #1359 Theories of Emptiness (2024) #2237 The Storm Within (2016) #2561
41	Labÿrinth 1991, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Return to Heaven Denied Pt.II - A Midnight Autumn's Dream (2010) #896 Return to Heaven Denied (1998) #1146 Welcome to the Absurd Circus (2021) #1641
42	Leprous 2001, Norway Progressive Metal	The Congregation (2015) #687 Bilateral (2011) #750 Malina (2017) #926
43	Arcturus 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Black Metal	The Sham Mirrors (2002) #217 Aspera Hiems Symfonia (1996) #559 La masquerade infernale (1997) #1017
44	Haken 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Visions (2011) #832 The Mountain (2013) #1033 Fauna (2023) #1160
45	Animals as Leaders 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	The Madness of Many (2016) #386 The Joy of Motion (2014) #928 Parrhesia (2022) #1989
46	Devin Townsend Canada Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Ambient	Terria (2001) #479 Ziltoid the Omniscient (2007) #1110 Empath (2019) #1117
47	Theocracy 2002, United States Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ghost Ship (2016) #287 Mirror of Souls (2008) #326 As the World Bleeds (2011) #578
48	Psychotic Waltz 1986, United States Progressive Metal	A Social Grace (1990) #351 Bleeding (1996) #1014 The God-Shaped Void (2020) #2571
49	Vision Divine 1998, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Stream of Consciousness (2004) #270 When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019) #1203 Stage of Consciousness (2005) [Video]
50	Devin Townsend Project 2008, Canada Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Ambient	Addicted (2009) #591 Transcendence (2016) #875 Devin Townsend Presents: Ziltoid Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2015) [Live] #1705

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