Best Progressive Metal Bands

324 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
151	André Andersen Denmark Hard Rock, Progressive Metal	Changing Skin (1998) #5303 In the Late Hour (1999) [EP] Black on Black (2002) #7061
152	Mind's Eye 1992, Sweden Progressive Metal	A Work of Art (2002) ...Waiting for the Tide (2000) #6065 1994: the Afterglow (2008)
153	Intervals 2011, Canada Progressive Metal, Djent	In Time (2012) [EP] #1282 The Space Between (2011) [EP] The Way Forward (2017) #5622
154	OSI 2002, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Free (2006) #3706 Fire Make Thunder (2012) Office of Strategic Influence (2003) #5860
155	Textures 2001, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Djent, Metalcore	Reaching Home (2011) [Single] Drawing Circles (2006) #4430 Dualism (2011) #4616
156	Explorers Club 1997, United States Progressive Metal	Age of Impact (1998) #997 Raising the Mammoth (2002) #5171
157	Beyond Twilight 1996, Denmark Progressive Metal	Lurking Fantasia (1999) [Demo] Section X (2005) #1979 The Devil's Hall of Fame (2001) #2605
158	Conquering Dystopia 2013, United States Progressive Metal	Conquering Dystopia (2014) #1892
159	Cormorant 2007, United States Progressive Folk Metal, Black Metal	Metazoa (2009) #1009 The Last Tree (2007) [EP] Dwellings (2011)
160	Jinjer 2009, Ukraine Progressive Metal, Metalcore	Wallflowers (2021) #3122 Inhale, Do Not Breathe (2012) [EP] Cloud Factory (2014) #7721
161	Wilderun 2008, United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal, Folk Metal	Veil of Imagination (2019) #2089 Sleep at the Edge of the Earth (2015) #4027 Epigone (2022) #4129
162	Andy James United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Hard Rock	Andy James (2011) #2711 Psychic Transfusion (2013) [EP] Arrival (2018)
163	Arch Echo 2016, United States Progressive Metal, Djent	Arch Echo (2017) #3097 Story I (2020) [EP] Final Pitch (2023) #3795
164	Avalon 1992, Germany Power Metal, Progressive Metal	Vision Eden (1998) Mystic Places (1997) Eurasia (2000) #5383
165	Soen 2005, Sweden Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Memorial (2023) Imperial (2021) Lykaia (2017) #6947
166	Poverty's No Crime Germany Progressive Metal	Slave to the Mind (1999) Symbiosis (1995) The Autumn Years (1996)
167	Crux 1989, Korea Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Elapse with the Relapse (2014) #3517 Who Defines What's Divine (2021)
168	Edu Falaschi Brazil Power Metal	Vera Cruz (2021) #1404 Eldorado (2023) #2091 Tenochtitlán (2023) [Single]
169	Almah 2006, Brazil Melodic Power Metal	E.V.O (2016) #1230 Fragile Equality (2008) #2407 Motion (2011) #6532
170	Superior 1992, Germany Progressive Metal	Younique (1998) #5016 Behind (1996) #5714 Ultima Ratio (2002) #6082
171	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #58 No More Color (1989) #351 Mental Vortex (1991) #573
172	Frameshift 2003, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Unweaving the Rainbow (2004) #2908 An Absence of Empathy (2005) #7564
173	Alchemist Australia Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Austral Alien (2003) Tripsis (2007) #3710 Organasm (2000)
174	Borknagar 1995, Norway Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Viking Metal	Fall (2024) Empiricism (2001) #4740 Winter Thrice (2016) #6218
175	Amberian Dawn 2006, Finland Symphonic Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Darkness of Eternity (2017) #3835 Innuendo (2015) #5207 River of Tuoni (2008) #5989
176	Witherfall 2013, United States Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Curse of Autumn (2021) Nocturnes and Requiems (2017) #3915 A Prelude to Sorrow (2018) #4857
177	Michael Angelo Batio United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Hands Without Shadows (2005) #5402 No Boundaries (1995) #6250 Hands Without Shadows 2 – Voices (2009)
178	Orphaned Land 1992, Israel Middle Eastern Folk Metal	Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (2018) #1487 The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR (2010) #2989 All Is One (2013) #3833
179	Vildhjarta 2005, Sweden Djent, Progressive Metal	måsstaden under vatten (2021) #935 Måsstaden (2011) #5188 Omnislash (2009) [EP]
180	Ibaraki 2021, United States Metalcore	Rashomon (2022) #2902
181	Suspyre United States Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	A Great Divide (2007) #1962 When Time Fades… (2008) Suspyre (2012)
182	In the Woods... 1991, Norway Progressive Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	Pure (2016) #2160 Live At the Caledonien Hall (2003) [Live] #2390 Heart of the Ages (1995) #2921
183	Wuthering Heights 1989, Denmark Progressive Power Metal, Folk Metal	The Shadow Cabinet (2006) #1807 Far From the Madding Crowd (2004) #2136 Salt (2010) #7566
184	The Contortionist 2007, United States Progressive Metal, Deathcore	Exoplanet (2010) #5387 Intrinsic (2012) #6725 Language (2014) #6927
185	Spheric Universe Experience France Progressive Metal	Mental Torments (2005) #5406 Anima (2007) #5758 The New Eve (2012)
186	Communic 2003, Norway Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Waves of Visual Decay (2006) Conspiracy in Mind (2005) #5501 Payment of Existence (2008)
187	Nightingale 1994, Sweden Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	Alive Again: the Breathing Shadow Part IV (2003) Retribution (2014) The Breathing Shadow (1995)
188	Strapping Young Lad 1994, Canada Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal	City (1997) #1453 Alien (2005) #2242 Strapping Young Lad (2003) #4112
189	Saviour Machine United States Progressive Metal	Live in Deutschland (1996) [Live] I (1996) II (1996)
190	Misanthrope 1988, France Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Misanthrope Immortel (2000) #2854 Les déclinistes (2023) Libertine Humiliations (1998)
191	John 5 United States Hard Rock, Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative Metal	Invasion (2019) The Devil Knows My Name (2007) #6944 Season of the Witch (2017)
192	Athena 1991, Italy Progressive Metal, Power Metal	A New Religion? (1998) #3459 Twilight of Days (2001) Inside, the Moon (1995)
193	Andromida 2016, United States Progressive Metalcore, Djent	Wrath of the Vanguard (2022) Hellscape (2021) Timeless (2020)
194	VOLA 2004, Denmark Progressive Metal, Djent	Witness (2021) #3171 Inmazes (2015) Applause of a Distant Crowd (2018)
195	Thy Catafalque 1998, Hungary Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Vadak (2021) #1964 Meta (2016) #3904 Rengeteg (2011)
196	Nuclear Power Trio 2017, United States Progressive Metal	A Clear and Present Rager (2020) [EP] #2384 Wet Ass Plutonium (2023) #4593
197	Bruce Dickinson United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Accident of Birth (1997) #1346 The Chemical Wedding (1998) #1422 Tyranny of Souls (2005) #2842
198	Akphaezya 2002, France Avant-garde Metal, Gothic Metal, Progressive Metal	Anthology II: Links from the Dead Trinity (2008) #3729 Anthology IV : the Tragedy of Nerak (2012) #4000 Anthology II: Links from the Dead Trinity (2004) [Demo]
199	Xerath United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	II (2011) #2064 III (2014) #5330 I (2009) #5425
200	Lost in Thought 2007, United Kingdom Progressive Metal	Opus Arise (2011) #2537 Lost in Thought (2008) [EP] Renascence (2018)

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