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Progressive Metal genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Progressive Metal
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Progressive Metal
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1999Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a MemoryDream Theater
1992Images and WordsDream Theater
2001Blackwater ParkOpeth
2005Ghost ReveriesOpeth
200610,000 DaysTool
1988Operation: MindcrimeQueensrÿche
2009Crack the SkyeMastodon
2008
Traced in AirCynic
1988…And Justice for AllMetallica
2006Blood MountainMastodon
New in Progressive Metal
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026In the Shadow of Your ShadowCult of Luna
2026Trame NoireHypno5e
2026Blast Squad ObosTales of a Liquid Dawn
2026MonumentalIgnea
Progressive Metal by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Progressive Metal by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
By country
By decade
Best albums by decade
Artists of Progressive Metal
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
After Forever- Alex Wolf
- Amorphis
Angel Dust
Angra
Arjen Anthony Lucassen- Ayreon
Baroness
Borknagar
Coheed and Cambria
Crimson Glory- Currents
Devin Townsend- DGM
- Dog Fashion Disco
- Dream Theater
- Evergrey
- Fates Warning
- Gojira
- Haken
- Harem Scarem
Jinjer
Jorn
Kamelot
Katatonia- Labÿrinth
- Leprous
- Liquid Tension Experiment
- Mastodon
Meshuggah- Myrath
Nevermore- Noah
- Northlane
- Opeth
Pagan’s Mind
Pain of Salvation
Periphery- Queensrÿche
- Redemption
- Riverside
Royal Hunt
Russell Allen
Savatage- Seventh Wonder
- Shaman
- Sleep Token
- Soen
- Sons of Apollo
Spiritbox
Steve Vai
Sylosis- Symphony X
- The Algorithm
The Gathering- Threshold
- Tool
- Vanden Plas
- Vanishing Point
Voivod
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Progressive Metal is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Progressive Metal originated
Parent genre
Progressive Metal is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Progressive Metal