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    Top 100 Progressive metal albums

    1 Opeth
    Blackwater Park (2001)
    9.25
    3236
    2 Opeth
    Still Life (1999)
    9.1
    2164
    3 Dream Theater
    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
    9.04
    1768
    4 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9.03
    1450
    5 Dream Theater
    Images And Words (1992)
    9.01
    1960
    6 Opeth
    Ghost Reveries (2005)
    8.99
    2309
    7 Porcupine Tree
    Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
    8.92
    892
    8 Ayreon
    The Human Equation (2004)
    8.92
    947
    9 Nevermore
    Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
    8.9
    1038
    10 Nevermore
    This Godless Endeavor (2005)
    8.88
    1144
    11 Pain Of Salvation
    Remedy Lane (2002)
    8.88
    605
    12 Orphaned Land
    Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven (2004)
    8.87
    762
    13 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.87
    1210
    14 Green Carnation
    Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001)
    8.87
    534
    15 Pain Of Salvation
    The Perfect Element, Part I (2000)
    8.83
    526
    16 Riverside
    Out Of Myself (2003)
    8.83
    521
    17 Porcupine Tree
    Deadwing (2005)
    8.82
    775
    18 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
    8.8
    855
    19 Riverside
    Second Life Syndrome (2005)
    8.79
    600
    20 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.78
    1664
    21 Amorphis
    Under The Red Cloud (2015)
    8.77
    1054
    22 Opeth
    My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
    8.75
    1588
    23 Amorphis
    Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
    8.75
    1069
    24 Leprous
    Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)
    8.73
    387
    25 Jason Becker
    Perpetual Burn (1988)
    8.72
    109
    26 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.72
    903
    27 Opeth
    Deliverance (2002)
    8.71
    1912
    28 Neal Morse
    Sola Scriptura (2007)
    8.7
    56
    29 Tony MacAlpine
    Maximum Security (1987)
    8.69
    39
    30 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.68
    873
    31 Ayreon
    Into The Electric Castle (1998)
    8.68
    536
    32 Fates Warning
    Parallels (1991)
    8.67
    288
    33 Gwynbleidd
    Nostalgia (2009)
    8.67
    46
    34 John Petrucci
    Suspended Animation (2005)
    8.66
    127
    35 Shadow Gallery
    Tyranny (1998)
    8.66
    176
    36 Amorphis
    Queen Of Time (2018)
    8.66
    897
    37 Ayreon
    01011001 (2008)
    8.66
    802
    38 Leprous
    Bilateral (2011)
    8.66
    488
    39 Control Denied
    The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)
    8.65
    504
    40 Dan Swanö
    Moontower (1999)
    8.65
    248
    41 Neal Morse
    ? (2005)
    8.64
    47
    42 Symphony X
    Paradise Lost (2007)
    8.64
    1066
    43 Wilderun
    Veil Of Imagination (2019)
    8.64
    475
    44 Disillusion
    Back To Times Of Splendor (2004)
    8.64
    336
    45 Symphony X
    V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
    8.64
    734
    46 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997)
    8.63
    466
    47 Riverside
    Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
    8.62
    532
    48 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid The Omniscient (2007)
    8.62
    549
    49 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.62
    286
    50 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.62
    403
    51 In Mourning
    Shrouded Divine (2008)
    8.62
    469
    52 Dream Theater
    Awake (1994)
    8.62
    1382
    53 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.62
    623
    54 Neal Morse
    The Great Adventure (2019)
    8.62
    26
    55 Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
    Sol Niger Within (1997)
    8.62
    61
    56 Nightingale
    Nightfall Overture (2005)
    8.61
    77
    57 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.61
    41
    58 Sieges Even
    The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (2005)
    8.61
    133
    59 Opeth
    Watershed (2008)
    8.6
    2115
    60 Circus Maximus
    Isolate (2007)
    8.59
    273
    61 Redemption
    Snowfall On Judgment Day (2009)
    8.59
    232
    62 Dreamscape
    5th Season (2007)
    8.59
    27
    63 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.59
    127
    64 Persefone
    Spiritual Migration (2013)
    8.58
    475
    65 Indukti
    S.U.S.A.R. (2004)
    8.58
    57
    66 Threshold
    Subsurface (2004)
    8.58
    176
    67 Voivod
    Nothingface (1989)
    8.57
    253
    68 Seventh Wonder
    The Great Escape (2010)
    8.57
    200
    69 Dream Theater
    Train Of Thought (2003)
    8.57
    1322
    70 Blotted Science
    The Machinations Of Dementia (2007)
    8.57
    172
    71 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.56
    1087
    72 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
    8.55
    201
    73 Devin Townsend
    Accelerated Evolution (2003)
    8.55
    336
    74 Gordian Knot
    Emergent (2003)
    8.55
    22
    75 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.55
    392
    76 Witherscape
    The Northern Sanctuary (2016)
    8.55
    312
    77 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.55
    209
    78 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.55
    408
    79 OSI
    Office Of Strategic Influence (2003)
    8.55
    104
    80 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.54
    235
    81 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.54
    54
    82 Kiko Loureiro
    Sounds Of Innocence (2012)
    8.54
    37
    83 Redemption
    The Fullness Of Time (2005)
    8.54
    118
    84 Circus Maximus
    The 1st Chapter (2005)
    8.54
    240
    85 Marty Friedman
    Dragon's Kiss (1988)
    8.54
    101
    86 Paul Gilbert
    Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar (2008)
    8.53
    32
    87 Voivod
    Dimension Hatröss (1988)
    8.53
    261
    88 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)
    8.53
    181
    89 Amorphis
    Skyforger (2009)
    8.53
    1088
    90 Nevermore
    Dreaming Neon Black (1999)
    8.53
    592
    91 Psychotic Waltz
    A Social Grace (1990)
    8.53
    133
    92 Threshold
    Hypothetical (2001)
    8.53
    163
    93 Devin Townsend
    Terria (2001)
    8.52
    419
    94 Evergrey
    The Inner Circle (2004)
    8.52
    389
    95 Riverside
    Wasteland (2018)
    8.52
    367
    96 John 5
    God Told Me To (2012)
    8.52
    23
    97 Bakos Attila
    Aranyhajnal (2015)
    8.52
    23
    98 Psychotic Waltz
    Bleeding (1996)
    8.52
    119
    99 Meshuggah
    ObZen (2008)
    8.51
    707
    100 Beyond The Bridge
    The Old Man And The Spirit (2012)
    8.51
    91