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Top 100 Progressive metal albums


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    Top 100 Progressive metal albums

    1 Opeth
    9.26
    3316
    2 Opeth
    Still Life (1999)
    9.11
    2227
    3 Dream Theater
    9.05
    1818
    4 Opeth
    9.01
    2382
    5 Dream Theater
    9.01
    2018
    6 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9
    1491
    7 Porcupine Tree
    8.91
    904
    8 Ayreon
    8.91
    955
    9 Nevermore
    8.89
    1067
    10 Orphaned Land
    8.87
    766
    11 Nevermore
    8.87
    1166
    12 Green Carnation
    8.86
    535
    13 Pain Of Salvation
    Remedy Lane (2002)
    8.86
    610
    14 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.84
    1251
    15 Pain Of Salvation
    8.83
    533
    16 Porcupine Tree
    Deadwing (2005)
    8.82
    786
    17 Symphony X
    8.81
    868
    18 Riverside
    8.8
    532
    19 Amorphis
    8.77
    1074
    20 Riverside
    8.77
    608
    21 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.76
    1708
    22 Amorphis
    8.75
    1097
    23 Opeth
    8.74
    1642
    24 Jason Becker
    8.73
    111
    25 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.72
    918
    26 Neal Morse
    8.72
    57
    27 Opeth
    Deliverance (2002)
    8.71
    1966
    28 Leprous
    8.71
    398
    29 Neal Morse
    8.7
    27
    30 Nightingale
    8.7
    87
    31 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.69
    885
    32 Iotunn
    Kinship (2024)
    8.68
    420
    33 Dan Swanö
    Moontower (1999)
    8.68
    258
    34 Amorphis
    8.68
    929
    35 Neal Morse
    ? (2005)
    8.67
    48
    36 Gwynbleidd
    Nostalgia (2009)
    8.67
    49
    37 John Petrucci
    8.66
    128
    38 Ayreon
    8.66
    545
    39 Symphony X
    8.65
    745
    40 Symphony X
    8.65
    1073
    41 Control Denied
    8.65
    518
    42 Shadow Gallery
    Tyranny (1998)
    8.65
    182
    43 Devin Townsend
    8.64
    481
    44 Wilderun
    8.64
    485
    45 Leprous
    Bilateral (2011)
    8.64
    502
    46 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.63
    417
    47 Ayreon
    01011001 (2008)
    8.63
    812
    48 Fates Warning
    Parallels (1991)
    8.63
    297
    49 Devin Townsend
    8.63
    559
    50 Redemption
    8.63
    233
    51 Paul Gilbert
    8.63
    43
    52 Disillusion
    8.63
    347
    53 Riverside
    8.62
    539
    54 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.62
    285
    55 Dream Theater
    Awake (1994)
    8.62
    1421
    56 In Mourning
    8.62
    477
    57 Dreamscape
    5th Season (2007)
    8.62
    29
    58 Sieges Even
    8.62
    133
    59 Circus Maximus
    Isolate (2007)
    8.61
    275
    60 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.6
    637
    61 Paul Gilbert
    8.59
    34
    62 Opeth
    Watershed (2008)
    8.59
    2172
    63 Blotted Science
    8.58
    175
    64 Tony MacAlpine
    8.58
    43
    65 Voivod
    Nothingface (1989)
    8.58
    259
    66 Gordian Knot
    Emergent (2003)
    8.58
    26
    67 Persefone
    8.58
    486
    68 Dream Theater
    8.58
    1363
    69 Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
    8.57
    65
    70 Devin Townsend
    8.57
    345
    71 Conception
    8.57
    127
    72 John 5
    8.56
    25
    73 Redemption
    8.56
    120
    74 Threshold
    Hypothetical (2001)
    8.55
    163
    75 Circus Maximus
    8.55
    243
    76 Evergrey
    8.55
    400
    77 Evergrey
    8.55
    411
    78 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.55
    1116
    79 Psychotic Waltz
    Bleeding (1996)
    8.54
    122
    80 Arena
    The Visitor (1998)
    8.54
    50
    81 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.54
    56
    82 Amorphis
    Skyforger (2009)
    8.54
    1109
    83 Threshold
    Subsurface (2004)
    8.53
    182
    84 Psychotic Waltz
    8.53
    146
    85 Voivod
    8.53
    270
    86 Witherscape
    8.53
    320
    87 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.53
    241
    88 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.52
    210
    89 Animals As Leaders
    8.52
    323
    90 Devin Townsend
    Terria (2001)
    8.52
    427
    91 Liquid Tension Experiment
    8.52
    184
    92 Riverside
    Wasteland (2018)
    8.52
    377
    93 Nevermore
    8.52
    608
    94 Seventh Wonder
    8.52
    203
    95 Karnivool
    Sound Awake (2009)
    8.51
    146
    96 Liquid Tension Experiment
    8.51
    209
    97 Pagan's Mind
    8.51
    199
    98 Meshuggah
    ObZen (2008)
    8.51
    726
    99 Redemption
    8.5
    119
    100 Evergrey
    8.5
    395