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    Top 100 Progressive metal albums

    1 Opeth
    Blackwater Park (2001)
    9.24
    3226
    2 Opeth
    Still Life (1999)
    9.11
    2155
    3 Dream Theater
    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
    9.04
    1767
    4 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9.03
    1446
    5 Dream Theater
    Images And Words (1992)
    9.01
    1957
    6 Opeth
    Ghost Reveries (2005)
    8.99
    2305
    7 Ayreon
    The Human Equation (2004)
    8.93
    947
    8 Porcupine Tree
    Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
    8.92
    893
    9 Nevermore
    Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
    8.9
    1039
    10 Pain Of Salvation
    Remedy Lane (2002)
    8.88
    601
    11 Nevermore
    This Godless Endeavor (2005)
    8.88
    1144
    12 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.87
    1208
    13 Green Carnation
    Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001)
    8.87
    533
    14 Orphaned Land
    Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven (2004)
    8.87
    760
    15 Pain Of Salvation
    The Perfect Element, Part I (2000)
    8.83
    525
    16 Porcupine Tree
    Deadwing (2005)
    8.82
    777
    17 Riverside
    Out Of Myself (2003)
    8.82
    520
    18 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
    8.8
    853
    19 Riverside
    Second Life Syndrome (2005)
    8.78
    599
    20 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.78
    1658
    21 Amorphis
    Under The Red Cloud (2015)
    8.77
    1051
    22 Amorphis
    Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
    8.75
    1073
    23 Opeth
    My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
    8.74
    1586
    24 Leprous
    Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)
    8.73
    386
    25 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.73
    900
    26 Opeth
    Deliverance (2002)
    8.71
    1911
    27 Jason Becker
    Perpetual Burn (1988)
    8.71
    107
    28 Ayreon
    Into The Electric Castle (1998)
    8.69
    533
    29 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.69
    872
    30 Tony MacAlpine
    Maximum Security (1987)
    8.69
    39
    31 Neal Morse
    Sola Scriptura (2007)
    8.68
    56
    32 Leprous
    Bilateral (2011)
    8.68
    487
    33 Fates Warning
    Parallels (1991)
    8.68
    287
    34 John Petrucci
    Suspended Animation (2005)
    8.67
    126
    35 Gwynbleidd
    Nostalgia (2009)
    8.67
    46
    36 Amorphis
    Queen Of Time (2018)
    8.67
    897
    37 Ayreon
    01011001 (2008)
    8.66
    801
    38 Shadow Gallery
    Tyranny (1998)
    8.66
    176
    39 Dan Swanö
    Moontower (1999)
    8.65
    248
    40 Control Denied
    The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)
    8.65
    504
    41 Wilderun
    Veil Of Imagination (2019)
    8.64
    477
    42 Symphony X
    Paradise Lost (2007)
    8.64
    1067
    43 Neal Morse
    ? (2005)
    8.64
    47
    44 Symphony X
    V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
    8.64
    734
    45 In Mourning
    Shrouded Divine (2008)
    8.63
    469
    46 Disillusion
    Back To Times Of Splendor (2004)
    8.63
    334
    47 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.63
    405
    48 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997)
    8.63
    468
    49 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid The Omniscient (2007)
    8.63
    551
    50 Nightingale
    Nightfall Overture (2005)
    8.62
    76
    51 Neal Morse
    The Great Adventure (2019)
    8.62
    24
    52 Gordian Knot
    Emergent (2003)
    8.62
    21
    53 Dream Theater
    Awake (1994)
    8.62
    1383
    54 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.62
    286
    55 Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
    Sol Niger Within (1997)
    8.62
    61
    56 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.62
    620
    57 Riverside
    Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
    8.62
    532
    58 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.61
    41
    59 Shokran
    Supreme Truth (2014)
    8.61
    23
    60 Opeth
    Watershed (2008)
    8.6
    2114
    61 Circus Maximus
    Isolate (2007)
    8.6
    273
    62 Sieges Even
    The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (2005)
    8.6
    133
    63 Threshold
    Subsurface (2004)
    8.59
    175
    64 Redemption
    Snowfall On Judgment Day (2009)
    8.59
    232
    65 Bakos Attila
    Aranyhajnal (2015)
    8.59
    22
    66 Persefone
    Spiritual Migration (2013)
    8.59
    475
    67 Voivod
    Nothingface (1989)
    8.59
    253
    68 Dreamscape
    5th Season (2007)
    8.59
    27
    69 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.59
    127
    70 Indukti
    S.U.S.A.R. (2004)
    8.59
    56
    71 Dream Theater
    Train Of Thought (2003)
    8.58
    1320
    72 Seventh Wonder
    The Great Escape (2010)
    8.57
    200
    73 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.57
    1085
    74 Blotted Science
    The Machinations Of Dementia (2007)
    8.57
    172
    75 Witherscape
    The Northern Sanctuary (2016)
    8.56
    311
    76 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.56
    392
    77 Voivod
    Dimension Hatröss (1988)
    8.56
    261
    78 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.56
    409
    79 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.56
    234
    80 Circus Maximus
    The 1st Chapter (2005)
    8.55
    238
    81 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.55
    205
    82 OSI
    Office Of Strategic Influence (2003)
    8.55
    104
    83 Marty Friedman
    Dragon's Kiss (1988)
    8.55
    100
    84 Devin Townsend
    Accelerated Evolution (2003)
    8.55
    337
    85 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
    8.55
    201
    86 Redemption
    The Fullness Of Time (2005)
    8.54
    118
    87 Amorphis
    Skyforger (2009)
    8.54
    1087
    88 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.54
    54
    89 Kiko Loureiro
    Sounds Of Innocence (2012)
    8.54
    37
    90 Evergrey
    The Inner Circle (2004)
    8.53
    387
    91 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)
    8.53
    180
    92 Psychotic Waltz
    A Social Grace (1990)
    8.53
    133
    93 Nevermore
    Dreaming Neon Black (1999)
    8.53
    594
    94 Riverside
    Wasteland (2018)
    8.53
    367
    95 Threshold
    Hypothetical (2001)
    8.53
    163
    96 Paul Gilbert
    Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar (2008)
    8.53
    32
    97 The Ocean
    Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (2018)
    8.52
    297
    98 Psychotic Waltz
    Bleeding (1996)
    8.52
    117
    99 John 5
    God Told Me To (2012)
    8.52
    23
    100 Devin Townsend
    Terria (2001)
    8.52
    421