Best Progressive Metal Bands

328 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
51	Adagio 2000, France Progressive Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	Underworld (2003) #655 Sanctus Ignis (2001) #1584 A Band in Upperworld (2004) [Live] #2471
52	Voivod 1981, Canada Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Dimension Hatröss (1988) #1167 Target Earth (2013) #1477 Killing Technology (1987) #2238
53	Ihsahn Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Arktis. (2016) #1434 angL (2008) #2440 After (2010) #3820
54	Pagan's Mind 2000, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Celestial Entrance (2002) #493 Enigmatic: Calling (2005) #951 God's Equation (2007) #1287
55	John Petrucci United States Progressive Metal	Terminal Velocity (2020) #325 Suspended Animation (2005) #1215 An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (2000) [Live] #1232
56	Kiko Loureiro Brazil Power Metal, Jazz Fusion, Progressive Metal	Open Source (2020) #439 No Gravity (2005) #2142 Sounds of Innocence (2012) #2289
57	A.C.T 1994, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Last Epic (2003) #1284 Today's Report (1999) #1398 Circus Pandemonium (2014) #1478
58	Redemption 2001, United States Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Snowfall on Judgment Day (2009) #817 The Origins of Ruin (2007) #1610 Alive in Color (2020) [Live]
59	Edge of Sanity 1989, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Crimson (1996) #280 Unorthodox (1992) #1941 The Spectral Sorrows (1993) #3082
60	Trans-Siberian Orchestra 1993, United States Symphonic Rock, Symphonic Metal, Rock Opera	The Christmas Attic (1998) #1621 Christmas Eve & Other Stories (1996) #2067 Beethoven's Last Night (2000) #3224
61	Devil Doll 1987, Slovenia Avant-garde Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal, Rock & Roll	The Girl Who Was...Death (1989) #1345 Dies Irae (1996) #1450 Devil Doll 5 CD Box (2008) [Boxed set]
62	Shaman 2001, Brazil Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Ritual (2002) #663 Reason (2005) #4518 Origins (2010) #5230
63	TesseracT 2003, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal	War of Being (2023) #1455 War of Being (2023) [Single] Altered State (2013) #2590
64	Barren Earth 2007, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Curse of the Red River (2010) #1071 A Complex of Cages (2018) #2016 The Devil's Resolve (2012) #5256
65	The Ocean 2000, Germany Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Progressive Metal	Pelagial (2013) #376 Anthropocentric (2010) Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic (2020) #2404
66	Atheist 1988, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Unquestionable Presence (1991) #392 Piece of Time (1990) #1044 Elements (1993) #3476
67	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1039 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1927 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1982
68	Blind Guardian 1986, Germany Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Speed Metal	Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998) #168 Imaginations from the Other Side (1995) #213 Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) #334
69	Michael Romeo United States Progressive Metal, Neoclassical Metal	War of the Worlds // Pt. 1 (2018) #632 War of the Worlds // Pt. 2 (2022) #1127 The Dark Chapter (1994) #1471
70	Jason Becker United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Perpetual Burn (1988) #297 Collection (2008) [Compilation] Triumphant Hearts (2018) #5790
71	Caligula's Horse 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Charcoal Grace (2024) #633 In Contact (2017) #1638 Bloom (2015) #1748
72	X Japan 1982, Japan Visual Kei, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Blue Blood (1989) #121 Jealousy (1991) #473 Art of Life (1993) #1341
73	Vinnie Moore United States Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Mind's Eye (1986) #1321 Time Odyssey (1988) #1365 Meltdown (1991) #2764
74	Enslaved 1991, Norway Black Metal, Viking Metal, Progressive Metal	Vikingligr veldi (1994) #437 Eld (1997) #1262 Ruun (2006)
75	Fallujah 2007, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Deathcore	The Harvest Wombs (2011) #916 Nomadic (2013) [EP] #1061 The Flesh Prevails (2014) #1464
76	Conception 1989, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Re:Conception (2018) [Single] The Last Sunset (1991) #4196 Flow (1997) #5017
77	Marty Friedman United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Dragon's Kiss (1988) #1550 Scenes (1992) #1688 Loudspeaker (2006) #2793
78	Myrath 2006, Tunisia Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	Desert Call (2010) #1843 Tales of the Sands (2011) #1987 Legacy (2016) #2013
79	Protest the Hero 2001, Canada Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Volition (2013) #1441 Fortress (2008) #3641 Palimpsest (2020) #5370
80	Avenged Sevenfold 1999, United States Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock	City of Evil (2005) #673 Nightmare (2010) #814 Avenged Sevenfold (2007) #1218
81	Plini 2011, Australia Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion	Impulse Voices (2020) Handmade Cities (2016) #2509 Sweet Nothings (2013) [EP] #3367
82	Necrophagist 1992, Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Epitaph (2004) #791 Onset of Putrefaction (1999) #1387 Requiems of Festered Gore (1992) [Demo]
83	Vitalij Kuprij Ukraine Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Extreme Measures (1998) #1073 High Definition (1997) #2220 VK3 (1999) #2664
84	Andromeda 1999, Sweden Progressive Metal	Extension of the Wish (2001) #1108 Playing Off the Board (2007) [Video] Playing Off the Board (2009) [Live]
85	Mekong Delta 1985, Germany Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Dances of Death (And Other Walking Shadows) (1990) #2028 Kaleidoscope (1992) #4840 Visions Fugitives (1994)
86	Secret Sphere 1997, Italy Power Metal, Progressive Metal	A Time Nevercome (2001) #1299 Lifeblood (2021) #1370 Portrait of a Dying Heart (2012) #1903
87	Erra 2009, United States Progressive Metalcore	Erra (2021) #2043 Augment (2013) #3027 Vanish Canvas (feat. Courtney LaPlante) (2021) [Single]
88	Sithu Aye 2010, United Kingdom Djent, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion	Set Course for Andromeda (2016) #1221 Invent the Universe (2012) #2591 Senpai EP II: The Noticing「先輩EPII：ザ・ノーティシング」 (2017) [EP] #4140
89	Eldritch 1991, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	El Niño (1998) #1603 Innervoid (2023) #2470 EOS (2021) #2601
90	Sigh 1990, Japan Black Metal, Avant-garde Metal	Imaginary Sonicscape (2001) #414 Scenes From Hell (2010) #1029 In Somniphobia (2012) #1486
91	Sunburst 2010, Greece Progressive Metal	Fragments of Creation (2016) #600 Manifesto (2024) #1467 Hollow Lies (2024) [Single]
92	Emperor 1991, Norway Symphonic Black Metal	In the Nightside Eclipse (1994) #46 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (1997) #347 IX Equilibrium (1999) #1415
93	Jeff Loomis United States Progressive Metal	Zero Order Phase (2008) #1860 Plains of Oblivion (2012) #4098 Requiem for the Living (2013) [EP]
94	Transatlantic 1999, United States Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	SMPTe (2000) #1857 Live in Europe (2003) [Live] Bridge Across Forever (2001) #3678
95	Waltari Finland Progressive Metal	Space Avenue (1997) Big Bang (1995) Radium Round (1999) #4893
96	Pyramaze 2001, Denmark Power Metal, Progressive Metal	IV: Disciples of the Sun (2015) #906 Contingent (2017) #982 Bloodlines (2023) #1175
97	Darkwater 2003, Sweden Progressive Metal	Human (2019) #448 Calling the Earth to Witness (2007) #3022 Where Stories End (2010) #4647
98	Watchtower 1982, United States Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	Control and Resistance (1989) #2027 Concepts of Math: Book One (2016) [EP] #2195 Energetic Disassembly (1985) #2579
99	Sons of Apollo 2017, United States Progressive Metal	Psychotic Symphony (2017) #1904 MMXX (2020) #2256 Live with the Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony (2019) [Live]
100	Angel Vivaldi United States Progressive Metal	Universal Language (2011) [EP] #2039 Synapse (2017) #3316 Universal Voices (2012) [Single]

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