Best Progressive Metal Bands

332 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
251	David T. Chastain United States Heavy Metal, Neoclassical Metal, Progressive Metal	Within the Heat (1989) #6684 Instrumental Variations (1987) #7153 Live! Wild and Truly Diminished!! (1992) [Live]
252	Age of Nemesis Hungary Progressive Metal	Psychogeist (2006) Terra Incognita (2007) #6359 Nemesis (1998)
253	Deathrow 1984, Germany Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal	Raging Steel (1987) #6354 Deception Ignored (1988) #6378 Life Beyond (1992)
254	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2878 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3693 Isolation Songs (2009) #5045
255	Teramaze 1993, Australia Progressive Metal	Her Halo (2015) #3220 Esoteric Symbolism (2014) Eli - A Wonderful Fall from Grace (2024)
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) #4585 Children of Menace (2012) [Single] The Puppeteer (2012) [Single]
258	Kirk Hammett United States Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Portals (2022) [EP] #8753
259	The Dillinger Escape Plan 1997, United States Mathcore, Metalcore, Alternative Rock	Irony Is a Dead Scene (2002) [EP] #5480 Miss Machine (2004) #5851 Dissociation (2016) #5924
260	Slice the Cake 2009, Sweden Technical Death Metal, Deathcore	Odyssey to the West (2016) #2237 Other Slices (2012) #3974 The Man with No Face (2012) #5880
261	Hannes Grossmann Germany Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	The Radial Covenant (2014) #4801 The Crypts of Sleep (2016) #5106 Wisdom of Echoes (2024) [EP] #7001
262	Syu Japan Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Vorvados (2019) #1891 Crying Stars -Stand Proud!- (2010) #5215 You Play Hard (2016) #6755
263	Asmodeus 1987, Czech Republic Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Prosincová noc blíže neurčeného roku (1992) Příjezd krále... (1995) Past na Davida Kleinera (2014)
264	Mnemic 1998, Denmark Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal, Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal	Mechanical Spin Phenomena (2003) The Audio Injected Soul (2004) Mnemesis (2012)
265	Imperia 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Metal	Tears of Silence (2015) #3517 Secret Passion (2011) Flames of Eternity (2019)
266	King's X 1980, United States Hard Rock, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Alternative Metal	Manic Moonlight (2001) Black Like Sunday (2003) Ogre Tones (2005)
267	Venturia 2000, France Melodic Progressive Metal	A New Kingdom (2006) #6953 Hybrid (2008) Dawn of a New Era (2012)
268	Negură Bunget 1995, Romania Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	OM (2006) #949 'n Crugu Bradului (2002) #4356 Vîrstele Pămîntului (2010) #4542
269	Defeated Sanity 1993, Germany Technical Brutal Death Metal	Chapters of Repugnance (2010) #1213 Psalms of the Moribund (2007) #2310 Passages Into Deformity (2013) #3002
270	Zero Hour 1993, United States Progressive Metal	The Towers of Avarice (2001) Metamorphosis (1999) Dark Deceiver (2008)
271	Without Warning 1988, United States Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	Making Time (1993) #8459 Believe (1995) Step Beyond (1998)
272	Sólstafir 1995, Iceland Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Black Metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Berdreyminn (2017) #1332 Svartir Sandar (2011) #1694 Ótta (2014) #2020
273	Monuments 2007, United Kingdom Metalcore, Djent, Progressive Metal	Phronesis (2018) #1193 Animus (2020) [Single] In Stasis (2022)
274	Silent Force 1999, Germany Power Metal, Heavy Metal	Worlds Apart (2004) #2006 Rising From Ashes (2013) #2957 Infatuator (2001) #3328
275	Xandria 1997, Germany Symphonic Metal	Sacrificium (2014) #1124 Neverworld's End (2012) #1391 Fire & Ashes (2015) [EP] #4810
276	Bad Salad Brazil Progressive Metal	Puzzled (2013) [EP] Crowded Sky (2010) [Single] Uncivilized (2012) #8175
277	Black Crown Initiate 2013, United States Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape (2020) #1781 Selves We Cannot Forgive (2016) The Wreckage of Stars (2014)
278	SikTh 1999, United Kingdom Math Metal	The Trees Are Dead and Dried Out Wait for Something Wild (2003) The Future In Whose Eyes? (2017) #5220 Death of a Dead Day (2006)
279	The Human Abstract 2004, United States Progressive Metal, Melodic Metalcore	Digital Veil (2011) #7663 Moonlight Sonata (2012) [EP] Nocturne (2006)
280	Heir Apparent 1983, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal	The View From Below (2018) #3239 Graceful Inheritance (1986) #4067 One Small Voice (1989) #5059
281	Yuhkinen Japan Progressive Metal, Power Metal	Far Beyond the Seven Seas (2011) #8839
282	Vandroya 2001, Brazil Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	One (2012) #3970 Beyond The Human Mind (2017) #5219 Within Shadows (2005) [Demo]
283	Humanity's Last Breath 2009, Sweden Progressive Deathcore	Välde (2021) #2079 Detestor (2016) [EP] #4274 Ashen (2023) #6014
284	Wide Eyes 2009, United States Djent, Progressive Metal	Oneironot (2021) Paradoxica (2017) #6588 Terraforming (2015)
285	Khonsu 2012, Norway Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Progressive Metal	Anomalia (2012) #4077 The Xun Protectorate (2016) #4590 Traveller (2014) [EP]
286	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) #6732 Dream On (2008)
287	Stream of Passion 2005, Netherlands Progressive Metal, Symphonic Gothic Metal	Beautiful Warrior (2023) [EP] A War of Our Own (2014) Darker Days (2011)
288	Týr 1998, Faroe Islands Progressive Metal, Folk Metal	Eric the Red (2003) #4162 Land (2008) Hel (2019)
289	Jordan Rudess United States Progressive Rock, Modern Classical	An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (2000) [Live] #1230 Rhythm of Time (2004) #6632 Feeding the Wheel (2001)
290	Phlebotomized 1990, Netherlands Death Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal	Deformation of Humanity (2019) Clouds of Confusion (2023) Immense Intense Suspense (1994) #7108
291	Modern Day Babylon 2011, Czech Republic Djent, Progressive Metal	Travelers (2013) #3581 COMA (2018) Undefeated (2019) [EP]
292	Kardashev 2012, United States Deathcore, Progressive Metal	The ALmanac (2017) [EP] Liminal Rite (2022) Peripety (2015) #4815
293	Aeternam 2007, Canada Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal	Al Qassam (2020) Disciples of the Unseen (2010) Moongod (2012)
294	Agent Fresco 2008, Iceland Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Art Rock	Destrier (2015) #1772 A Long Time Listening (2010) Lightbulb Universe (2008) [EP]
295	Thought Industry 1989, United States Progressive Metal, Alternative Rock	Black Umbrella (1997) Outer Space Is Just a Martini Away (1996) Songs for Insects (1992) #9508
296	The Faceless 2004, United States Technical Deathcore, Technical Death Metal	Planetary Duality (2008) #5567 Autotheism (2012) #6004 Akeldama (2006)
297	Hail Spirit Noir 2010, Greece Black Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Avant-garde Metal	Pneuma (2012) #591 Fossil Gardens (2024) Mayhem in Blue (2016) #3991
298	Epica 2003, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal	Design Your Universe (2009) #235 Omega (2021) #331 The Quantum Enigma (2014) #460
299	Buckethead United States Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Funk Metal, Avant-garde Metal, Experimental Rock, Instrumental	Population Override (2004) Colma (1998) #5096 Giant Robot (1994)
300	James LaBrie Canada Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	Static Impulse (2010) #4336 Impermanent Resonance (2013) #4543 Elements of Persuasion (2005) #5169

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