100 Greatest Progressive Metal Albums
Criteria: These Progressive Metal Albums were chosen for their musical and lyrical creativity, originality, influence, and popularity within the genre. (Note: Compilation, Greatest Hits, Best Of, and Live albums are not included.)
Greatest Progressive Metal Albums
1. Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes from a Memory
Dream Theater (1999)
2. Operation Mindcrime
Queensrÿche (1988)
3. Images & Words
Dream Theater (1992)
4. Blackwater Park
Opeth (2001)
5. Lateralus
Tool (2001)
6. The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Symphony X (1997)
7. Still Life
Opeth (1991)
8. Crack the Skye
Mastodon (2009)
9. Nothingface
Voivod (1989)
10. Remedy Lane
Pain Of Salvation (2002)
Dream Theater (1999)
2. Operation Mindcrime
Queensrÿche (1988)
3. Images & Words
Dream Theater (1992)
4. Blackwater Park
Opeth (2001)
5. Lateralus
Tool (2001)
6. The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
Symphony X (1997)
7. Still Life
Opeth (1991)
8. Crack the Skye
Mastodon (2009)
9. Nothingface
Voivod (1989)
10. Remedy Lane
Pain Of Salvation (2002)
11. Focus
Cynic (1993)
12. Crimson
Edge of Sanity (1996)
13. Terria
Devin Townsend (2001)
14. Into The Electric Castle
Ayreon (1998)
15. Ghost Reveries
Opeth (2005)
16. Awaken The Guardian
Fates Warning (1986)
17. V:The New Methology Suite
Symphony X (2000)
18. Chaosphere
Meshuggah (1998)
19. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Iron Maiden (1988)
20. Below the Lights
Enslaved (2003)
21. Colors
Between the Buried and Me (2007)
22. Bath
Maudlin of the Well (2001)
23. Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
Green Carnation (2001)
24. Mabool- The Story of the Three Sons of Seven
Orphaned Land (2004)
25. Second Life Syndrome
Riverside (2005)
26. Dimension Hatross
Voivod (1988)
27. Awake
Dream Theater (1994)
28. The Perfect Element, Part I
Pain Of Salvation (2000)
29. The Parallax II - Future Sequence
Between the Buried and Me (2012)
30. The Human Equation
Ayreon (2004)
31. Animals as Leaders
Animals as Leaders (2009)
32. The Odessey
Symphony X (2002)
33. The Black Halo
Kamelot (2005)
34. Ocean Machine: Biomech
Devin Townsend (1997)
35. Ænima
Tool (1996)
36. Leaving Your Body Map
Maudlin of the Well (2001)
37. A Social Grace
Psychotic Waltz (1989)
38. Isa
Enslaved (2004)
39. Leviathan
Mastodon (2004)
40. Fortress
Protest the Hero (2008)
41. The Mountain
Haken (2013)
42. Unquestionable Presence
Atheist (1991)
43. Out Of The Silent Planet
King's X (1988)
44. Traced in Air
Cynic (2008)
45. Sound Awake
Karnivool (2009)
46. In Search of Truth
Evergrey (2001)
47. The Sham Mirrors
Arcturus (2002)
48. Bilateral
Leprous (2011)
49. My Arms, Your Hearse
Opeth (1998)
50. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater (20020023)
51. Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
Periphery (2012)
52. Elements
Atheist (1991)
53. Train Of Thought
Dream Theater (2003)
54. Anno Domini High Definition
Riverside (2009)
55. Deliverance & Damnation
Opeth (2002-2003)
56. The Art of NavigaBng by the Stars
Sieges Even (2005)
57. Perfect Symmetry
Fates Warning (1989)
58. From Mars to Sirius
Gojira (2005)
59. 10,000 Days
Tool (2006)
60. Paradox
Royal Hunt (1997)
61. Morningrise
Opeth (1996)
62. Tall Poppy Syndrome
Leprous (2009)
63. Back To Times Of Splendor
Disillusion (2004)
64. Imaginary Sonicscape
Sigh (2001)
65. Portal Of I
Ne Obliviscaris (2012)
66. Language
The Contortionist (2014)
67. Pelagial
The Ocean (2013)
68. Paradise Lost
Symphony X (2007)
69. Mercy Falls
Seventh Wonder (2008)
70. After
Ihsahn (2010)
71. Visions
Haken (2011)
72. In a Flesh Aquarium
uneXpect (2006)
73. Dead Heart in a Dead World
Nevermore (2000)
74. Ziltoid The Omniscient
Devin Townsend (2007)
75. Omnio
In the Woods... (1997)
76. Parallels
Fates Warning (1991)
77. Vovin
Therion (1998)
78. Destroy Erase Improve
Meshuggah (1995)
79. The Fragile Art Of Existence
Control Denied (1999)
80. Altered State
TesseracT (2013)
81. Axioma Ethica Odini
Enslaved (2010)
82. Transcendence
Crimson Glory (1988)
83. Control And Resistance
Watchtower (1989)
84. Tyranny
Shadow Gallery (1998)
85. Critical Mass
Threshold (2002)
86. Recreation Day
Evergrey (2003)
87. Elegy
Amorphis (1996)
88. Isolate
Circus Maximus (2007)
89. Streets - A Rock Opera
Savatage (1991)
90. Disconnected
Fates Warning (2000)
91. Watershed
Opeth (2008)
92. Energetic Disassembly
Watchtower (1996)
93. obZen
Meshuggah (2008)
94. The Great Escape
Seventh Wonder (2010)
95. Bilo 3.0
David Maxim Micic (2013)
96. Empath
Devin Townsend (2019)
97. Liquid Tension Experiment II
Liquid Tension Experiment (1999)
98. Room V
Shadow Gallery (2005)
99. Promised Land
Queensrÿche (1994)
100. Fullness of Time
Redemption (2005)
Cynic (1993)
12. Crimson
Edge of Sanity (1996)
13. Terria
Devin Townsend (2001)
14. Into The Electric Castle
Ayreon (1998)
15. Ghost Reveries
Opeth (2005)
16. Awaken The Guardian
Fates Warning (1986)
17. V:The New Methology Suite
Symphony X (2000)
18. Chaosphere
Meshuggah (1998)
19. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Iron Maiden (1988)
20. Below the Lights
Enslaved (2003)
21. Colors
Between the Buried and Me (2007)
22. Bath
Maudlin of the Well (2001)
23. Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
Green Carnation (2001)
24. Mabool- The Story of the Three Sons of Seven
Orphaned Land (2004)
25. Second Life Syndrome
Riverside (2005)
26. Dimension Hatross
Voivod (1988)
27. Awake
Dream Theater (1994)
28. The Perfect Element, Part I
Pain Of Salvation (2000)
29. The Parallax II - Future Sequence
Between the Buried and Me (2012)
30. The Human Equation
Ayreon (2004)
31. Animals as Leaders
Animals as Leaders (2009)
32. The Odessey
Symphony X (2002)
33. The Black Halo
Kamelot (2005)
34. Ocean Machine: Biomech
Devin Townsend (1997)
35. Ænima
Tool (1996)
36. Leaving Your Body Map
Maudlin of the Well (2001)
37. A Social Grace
Psychotic Waltz (1989)
38. Isa
Enslaved (2004)
39. Leviathan
Mastodon (2004)
40. Fortress
Protest the Hero (2008)
41. The Mountain
Haken (2013)
42. Unquestionable Presence
Atheist (1991)
43. Out Of The Silent Planet
King's X (1988)
44. Traced in Air
Cynic (2008)
45. Sound Awake
Karnivool (2009)
46. In Search of Truth
Evergrey (2001)
47. The Sham Mirrors
Arcturus (2002)
48. Bilateral
Leprous (2011)
49. My Arms, Your Hearse
Opeth (1998)
50. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater (20020023)
51. Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
Periphery (2012)
52. Elements
Atheist (1991)
53. Train Of Thought
Dream Theater (2003)
54. Anno Domini High Definition
Riverside (2009)
55. Deliverance & Damnation
Opeth (2002-2003)
56. The Art of NavigaBng by the Stars
Sieges Even (2005)
57. Perfect Symmetry
Fates Warning (1989)
58. From Mars to Sirius
Gojira (2005)
59. 10,000 Days
Tool (2006)
60. Paradox
Royal Hunt (1997)
61. Morningrise
Opeth (1996)
62. Tall Poppy Syndrome
Leprous (2009)
63. Back To Times Of Splendor
Disillusion (2004)
64. Imaginary Sonicscape
Sigh (2001)
65. Portal Of I
Ne Obliviscaris (2012)
66. Language
The Contortionist (2014)
67. Pelagial
The Ocean (2013)
68. Paradise Lost
Symphony X (2007)
69. Mercy Falls
Seventh Wonder (2008)
70. After
Ihsahn (2010)
71. Visions
Haken (2011)
72. In a Flesh Aquarium
uneXpect (2006)
73. Dead Heart in a Dead World
Nevermore (2000)
74. Ziltoid The Omniscient
Devin Townsend (2007)
75. Omnio
In the Woods... (1997)
76. Parallels
Fates Warning (1991)
77. Vovin
Therion (1998)
78. Destroy Erase Improve
Meshuggah (1995)
79. The Fragile Art Of Existence
Control Denied (1999)
80. Altered State
TesseracT (2013)
81. Axioma Ethica Odini
Enslaved (2010)
82. Transcendence
Crimson Glory (1988)
83. Control And Resistance
Watchtower (1989)
84. Tyranny
Shadow Gallery (1998)
85. Critical Mass
Threshold (2002)
86. Recreation Day
Evergrey (2003)
87. Elegy
Amorphis (1996)
88. Isolate
Circus Maximus (2007)
89. Streets - A Rock Opera
Savatage (1991)
90. Disconnected
Fates Warning (2000)
91. Watershed
Opeth (2008)
92. Energetic Disassembly
Watchtower (1996)
93. obZen
Meshuggah (2008)
94. The Great Escape
Seventh Wonder (2010)
95. Bilo 3.0
David Maxim Micic (2013)
96. Empath
Devin Townsend (2019)
97. Liquid Tension Experiment II
Liquid Tension Experiment (1999)
98. Room V
Shadow Gallery (2005)
99. Promised Land
Queensrÿche (1994)
100. Fullness of Time
Redemption (2005)
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Edited By: Stefan
Last Updated: 2020-10-29