Best Progressive Metal Bands

330 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	Exivious 1997, Netherlands Progressive Metal	Exivious (2009) #1607 Liminal (2013) #6043 Demo 2001 (2001) [Demo]
152	Aspera 2005, Norway Progressive Metal	Ripples (2010) #2307
153	André Andersen Denmark Hard Rock, Progressive Metal	Changing Skin (1998) #5526 In the Late Hour (1999) [EP] Black on Black (2002) #7352
154	Mind's Eye 1992, Sweden Progressive Metal	A Work of Art (2002) ...Waiting for the Tide (2000) #6311 1994: the Afterglow (2008)
155	Thy Catafalque 1998, Hungary Avant-garde Metal	Vadak (2021) #2010 Meta (2016) #4039 Rengeteg (2011)
156	Akercocke 1997, United Kingdom Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Black Metal	Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone (2005) #3507 Choronzon (2003) #3521 Renaissance in Extremis (2017)
157	Intervals 2011, Canada Progressive Metal, Djent	In Time (2012) [EP] #1344 The Space Between (2011) [EP] The Way Forward (2017) #5845
158	OSI 2002, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Free (2006) #3849 Fire Make Thunder (2012) Office of Strategic Influence (2003) #6090
159	Textures 2001, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Reaching Home (2011) [Single] Drawing Circles (2006) #4591 Dualism (2011) #4786
160	Explorers Club 1997, United States Progressive Metal	Age of Impact (1998) #1036 Raising the Mammoth (2002) #5386
161	Beyond Twilight 1996, Denmark Progressive Metal	Lurking Fantasia (1999) [Demo] Section X (2005) #2021 The Devil's Hall of Fame (2001) #2681
162	Conquering Dystopia 2013, United States Progressive Metal	Conquering Dystopia (2014) #1938
163	Cormorant 2007, United States Progressive Folk Metal, Black Metal	Metazoa (2009) #1045 The Last Tree (2007) [EP] Dwellings (2011)
164	Jinjer 2009, Ukraine Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Wallflowers (2021) #2771 Inhale, Do Not Breathe (2012) [EP] Cloud Factory (2014) #8041
165	King Crimson United Kingdom Progressive Rock	In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) #175
166	Edu Falaschi Brazil Power Metal	Vera Cruz (2021) #1419 Eldorado (2023) #2134 Tenochtitlán (2023) [Single]
167	Wilderun 2008, United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal	Veil of Imagination (2019) #2133 Epigone (2022) #3346 Sleep at the Edge of the Earth (2015) #4161
168	Andy James United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Andy James (2011) #2792 Psychic Transfusion (2013) [EP] Arrival (2018)
169	Arch Echo 2016, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Arch Echo (2017) #3199 You Won't Believe What Happens Next! (2019) Story I (2020) [EP]
170	Avalon 1992, Germany Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Vision Eden (1998) Mystic Places (1997) Eurasia (2000) #5607
171	Soen 2005, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Memorial (2023) Imperial (2021) Lykaia (2017) #7232
172	Poverty's No Crime Germany Progressive Metal	Slave to the Mind (1999) Symbiosis (1995) The Autumn Years (1996)
173	Andromida 2016, United States Progressive Metalcore, Djent	Wrath of the Vanguard (2022) Hellscape (2021) Timeless (2020)
174	Crux 1989, Korea Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Elapse with the Relapse (2014) #3656 Who Defines What's Divine (2021)
175	Almah 2006, Brazil Melodic Power Metal	E.V.O (2016) #1278 Fragile Equality (2008) #2465 Motion (2011) #5958
176	In the Woods... 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Pure (2016) #2218 Live At the Caledonien Hall (2003) [Live] #2441 Heart of the Ages (1995) #2644
177	Superior 1992, Germany Progressive Metal	Younique (1998) #5218 Behind (1996) #5944 Ultima Ratio (2002) #6328
178	Frameshift 2003, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Unweaving the Rainbow (2004) #3009 An Absence of Empathy (2005) #7894
179	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #59 No More Color (1989) #351 Mental Vortex (1991) #596
180	Alchemist Australia Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Austral Alien (2003) Tripsis (2007) #3854 Organasm (2000)
181	Borknagar 1995, Norway Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Viking Metal	Fall (2024) Empiricism (2001) #4925 Borknagar (1996) #6181
182	Amberian Dawn 2006, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Darkness of Eternity (2017) #3978 Innuendo (2015) #5428 River of Tuoni (2008) #6224
183	Spheric Universe Experience France Progressive Metal	Mental Torments (2005) #5630 Anima (2007) #5981 Unreal (2009)
184	Bruce Dickinson United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Accident of Birth (1997) #1271 The Chemical Wedding (1998) #1355 Tyranny of Souls (2005) #2940
185	VOLA 2004, Denmark Progressive Metal, Djent	Witness (2021) #3281 Inmazes (2015) Friend of a Phantom (2024)
186	Michael Angelo Batio United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Hands Without Shadows (2005) #5625 No Boundaries (1995) #6506 Hands Without Shadows 2 – Voices (2009)
187	Orphaned Land 1992, Israel Middle Eastern Folk Metal	Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (2018) #1542 The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR (2010) #3090 All Is One (2013) #3976
188	Vildhjarta 2005, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal	måsstaden under vatten (2021) #965 Måsstaden (2011) #5409 Omnislash (2009) [EP]
189	Ibaraki 2021, United States Metalcore	Rashomon (2022) #3001
190	Suspyre United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Great Divide (2007) #2537 When Time Fades… (2008) Suspyre (2012)
191	Wuthering Heights 1989, Denmark Progressive Power Metal, Folk Metal	The Shadow Cabinet (2006) #1850 Far From the Madding Crowd (2004) #2188 Salt (2010) #7896
192	The Contortionist 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Deathcore	Exoplanet (2010) #5611 Intrinsic (2012) #6998 Language (2014) #7212
193	Communic 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Waves of Visual Decay (2006) Conspiracy in Mind (2005) #5721 Payment of Existence (2008)
194	Empty Tremor Italy Progressive Metal	The Alien Inside (2004) #3892 Iridium (2010) Apocolokyntosys (1997)
195	Nightingale 1994, Sweden Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Alive Again: the Breathing Shadow Part IV (2003) Retribution (2014) The Breathing Shadow (1995)
196	Stéphan Forté 1996, France Progressive Metal, Neoclassical Metal	The Shadows Compendium (2011) #2913 Enigma Opera Black (2014) Moonsand (2012) [Single]
197	Strapping Young Lad 1994, Canada Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal	City (1997) #1406 Alien (2005) #2297 Strapping Young Lad (2003) #3663
198	Saviour Machine United States Progressive Metal	Live in Deutschland (1996) [Live] I (1996) II (1996)
199	Misanthrope 1988, France Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Misanthrope Immortel (2000) #2951 Les déclinistes (2023) Libertine Humiliations (1998)
200	John 5 United States Hard Rock, Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal	Invasion (2019) The Devil Knows My Name (2007) #7229 Season of the Witch (2017)

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