Best Progressive Metal Bands

331 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
251	Age of Nemesis Hungary Progressive Metal	Psychogeist (2006) Terra Incognita (2007) #6295 Nemesis (1998)
252	Deathrow 1984, Germany Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Raging Steel (1987) #5546 Deception Ignored (1988) #6317 Life Beyond (1992)
253	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2853 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3675 Isolation Songs (2009) #5001
254	Teramaze 1993, Australia Progressive Metal	Her Halo (2015) #3206 Esoteric Symbolism (2014) Eli - A Wonderful Fall from Grace (2024)
255	Slice the Cake 2009, Sweden Technical Death Metal, Deathcore	Odyssey to the West (2016) #2226 Other Slices (2012) #5453 The Man with No Face (2012) #5823
256	Pomegranate Tiger 2010, Canada Experimental Progressive Metal	Entities (2013) All Input Is Error (2023) Boundless (2015)
257	Divine Disorder 2010, Kuwait Progressive Metal, Symphonic Death Metal	Garden of Dystopia (2014) #4539 Children of Menace (2012) [Single] The Puppeteer (2012) [Single]
258	Kirk Hammett United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Portals (2022) [EP] #8686
259	The Dillinger Escape Plan 1997, United States Mathcore, Metalcore, Alternative Rock	Irony Is a Dead Scene (2002) [EP] #5435 Miss Machine (2004) #5795 Dissociation (2016) #5872
260	Hannes Grossmann Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Radial Covenant (2014) #4751 The Crypts of Sleep (2016) #5065 Wisdom of Echoes (2024) [EP] #6934
261	Syu Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Vorvados (2019) #1888 Crying Stars -Stand Proud!- (2010) #5173 You Play Hard (2016) #6704
262	Asmodeus 1987, Czech Republic Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Prosincová noc blíže neurčeného roku (1992) Příjezd krále... (1995) Past na Davida Kleinera (2014)
263	Mnemic 1998, Denmark Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal	Mechanical Spin Phenomena (2003) The Audio Injected Soul (2004) Mnemesis (2012)
264	Imperia 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Metal	Tears of Silence (2015) #3505 Secret Passion (2011) Flames of Eternity (2019)
265	King's X 1980, United States Hard Rock, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Alternative Metal	Manic Moonlight (2001) Black Like Sunday (2003) Ogre Tones (2005)
266	Venturia 2000, France Melodic Progressive Metal	A New Kingdom (2006) #6884 Hybrid (2008) Dawn of a New Era (2012)
267	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #938 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4316 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4501
268	Defeated Sanity 1993, Germany Technical Brutal Death Metal	Chapters of Repugnance (2010) #1212 Psalms of the Moribund (2007) #2292 Passages Into Deformity (2013) #2977
269	Zero Hour 1993, United States Progressive Metal	The Towers of Avarice (2001) Metamorphosis (1999) Dark Deceiver (2008)
270	Without Warning 1988, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Making Time (1993) #8395 Believe (1995) Step Beyond (1998)
271	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1324 Svartir Sandar (2011) #1688 Ótta (2014) #1692
272	Monuments 2007, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent, Progressive Metal	Phronesis (2018) #1191 Animus (2020) [Single] In Stasis (2022)
273	Silent Force 1999, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Worlds Apart (2004) #2000 Rising From Ashes (2013) #2930 Infatuator (2001) #3318
274	Xandria 1997, Germany Symphonic Metal	Sacrificium (2014) #1093 Neverworld's End (2012) #1384 Fire & Ashes (2015) [EP] #5055
275	Bad Salad Brazil Progressive Metal	Puzzled (2013) [EP] Crowded Sky (2010) [Single] Uncivilized (2012) #8110
276	Black Crown Initiate 2013, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape (2020) #1777 Selves We Cannot Forgive (2016) The Wreckage of Stars (2014)
277	SikTh 1999, United Kingdom Math Metal	The Trees Are Dead and Dried Out Wait for Something Wild (2003) The Future In Whose Eyes? (2017) #5178 Death of a Dead Day (2006)
278	The Human Abstract 2004, United States Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Digital Veil (2011) #7586 Moonlight Sonata (2012) [EP] Nocturne (2006)
279	Heir Apparent 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	The View From Below (2018) #3225 Graceful Inheritance (1986) #4038 One Small Voice (1989) #5015
280	Yuhkinen Japan Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Far Beyond the Seven Seas (2011) #8768
281	Vandroya 2001, Brazil Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	One (2012) #3942 Beyond The Human Mind (2017) #5177 Within Shadows (2005) [Demo]
282	Humanity's Last Breath 2009, Sweden Progressive Deathcore	Välde (2021) #2070 Detestor (2016) [EP] #4240 Ashen (2023) #6034
283	Wide Eyes 2009, United States Djent, Progressive Metal	Oneironot (2021) Paradoxica (2017) #6535 Terraforming (2015)
284	Khonsu 2012, Norway Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal	Anomalia (2012) #4047 The Xun Protectorate (2016) #4544 Traveller (2014) [EP]
285	Melodius Deite 2007, Thailand Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	Episode III: The Archangels and the Olympians (2018) Episode II: Voyage Through the World of Fantasy (2014) #6682 Dream On (2008)
286	Stream of Passion 2005, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Symphonic Gothic Metal	Beautiful Warrior (2023) [EP] A War of Our Own (2014) Darker Days (2011)
287	Týr 1998, Faroe Islands Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	Eric the Red (2003) #4128 Land (2008) Hel (2019)
288	Jordan Rudess United States Progressive Rock, Modern Classical	An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (2000) [Live] #1227 Permission to Fly (2024) Rhythm of Time (2004) #6580
289	Phlebotomized 1990, Netherlands Death Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Deformation of Humanity (2019) Clouds of Confusion (2023) Immense Intense Suspense (1994) #7040
290	Modern Day Babylon 2011, Czech Republic Djent, Progressive Metal	Travelers (2013) #3563 COMA (2018) Undefeated (2019) [EP]
291	Kardashev 2012, United States Deathcore, Progressive Metal	The ALmanac (2017) [EP] Liminal Rite (2022) Peripety (2015) #4764
292	Aeternam 2007, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Al Qassam (2020) Disciples of the Unseen (2010) Moongod (2012)
293	Agent Fresco 2008, Iceland Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Art Rock	Destrier (2015) #1769 A Long Time Listening (2010) Lightbulb Universe (2008) [EP]
294	Thought Industry 1989, United States Progressive Metal, Alternative Rock	Black Umbrella (1997) Outer Space Is Just a Martini Away (1996) Songs for Insects (1992) #9436
295	The Faceless 2004, United States Technical Deathcore, Technical Death Metal	Planetary Duality (2008) #5516 Autotheism (2012) #5958 Akeldama (2006)
296	Hail Spirit Noir 2010, Greece Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Avant-garde Metal	Pneuma (2012) #548 Fossil Gardens (2024) Mayhem in Blue (2016) #3961
297	Epica 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	Design Your Universe (2009) #220 Omega (2021) #328 The Quantum Enigma (2014) #462
298	Buckethead United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Funk Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Experimental Rock, Instrumental	Population Override (2004) Colma (1998) #5054 Giant Robot (1994)
299	James LaBrie Canada Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Static Impulse (2010) #4297 Elements of Persuasion (2005) #5128 Impermanent Resonance (2013) #5307
300	Soilwork 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Metalcore	Övergivenheten (2022) #534 The Ride Majestic (2015) #797 The Living Infinite (2013) #850

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