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    Top 100 Progressive metal albums

    1 Opeth
    Blackwater Park (2001)
    9.25
    3289
    2 Opeth
    Still Life (1999)
    9.1
    2202
    3 Dream Theater
    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
    9.05
    1794
    4 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9.02
    1477
    5 Dream Theater
    Images And Words (1992)
    9.01
    1989
    6 Opeth
    Ghost Reveries (2005)
    9.01
    2347
    7 Porcupine Tree
    Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
    8.91
    904
    8 Ayreon
    The Human Equation (2004)
    8.91
    958
    9 Nevermore
    Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
    8.89
    1052
    10 Nevermore
    This Godless Endeavor (2005)
    8.87
    1157
    11 Pain Of Salvation
    Remedy Lane (2002)
    8.86
    611
    12 Orphaned Land
    Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven (2004)
    8.86
    768
    13 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.86
    1239
    14 Green Carnation
    Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001)
    8.85
    540
    15 Porcupine Tree
    Deadwing (2005)
    8.82
    788
    16 Riverside
    Out Of Myself (2003)
    8.81
    531
    17 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
    8.8
    865
    18 Pain Of Salvation
    The Perfect Element, Part I (2000)
    8.8
    533
    19 Riverside
    Second Life Syndrome (2005)
    8.78
    611
    20 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.77
    1687
    21 Amorphis
    Under The Red Cloud (2015)
    8.77
    1072
    22 Amorphis
    Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
    8.75
    1086
    23 Jason Becker
    Perpetual Burn (1988)
    8.74
    110
    24 Opeth
    My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
    8.74
    1614
    25 Leprous
    Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)
    8.73
    395
    26 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.72
    919
    27 Neal Morse
    Sola Scriptura (2007)
    8.7
    56
    28 Opeth
    Deliverance (2002)
    8.7
    1945
    29 Iotunn
    Kinship (2024)
    8.68
    226
    30 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.68
    888
    31 Amorphis
    Queen Of Time (2018)
    8.68
    919
    32 Ayreon
    Into The Electric Castle (1998)
    8.67
    546
    33 Gwynbleidd
    Nostalgia (2009)
    8.66
    47
    34 Nightingale
    Nightfall Overture (2005)
    8.66
    83
    35 Shadow Gallery
    Tyranny (1998)
    8.65
    179
    36 Neal Morse
    The Great Adventure (2019)
    8.65
    26
    37 Control Denied
    The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)
    8.65
    519
    38 John Petrucci
    Suspended Animation (2005)
    8.64
    128
    39 Dan Swanö
    Moontower (1999)
    8.64
    256
    40 Symphony X
    V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
    8.64
    746
    41 Disillusion
    Back To Times Of Splendor (2004)
    8.64
    342
    42 Ayreon
    01011001 (2008)
    8.64
    812
    43 Symphony X
    Paradise Lost (2007)
    8.64
    1079
    44 Leprous
    Bilateral (2011)
    8.64
    498
    45 Neal Morse
    ? (2005)
    8.64
    47
    46 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid The Omniscient (2007)
    8.63
    559
    47 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997)
    8.63
    476
    48 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.63
    414
    49 Fates Warning
    Parallels (1991)
    8.63
    294
    50 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.63
    636
    51 Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
    Sol Niger Within (1997)
    8.63
    62
    52 Wilderun
    Veil Of Imagination (2019)
    8.63
    485
    53 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.62
    287
    54 Dream Theater
    Awake (1994)
    8.62
    1400
    55 Riverside
    Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
    8.62
    538
    56 In Mourning
    Shrouded Divine (2008)
    8.61
    476
    57 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.61
    41
    58 Opeth
    Watershed (2008)
    8.6
    2146
    59 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.6
    126
    60 Sieges Even
    The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (2005)
    8.6
    134
    61 Redemption
    Snowfall On Judgment Day (2009)
    8.59
    232
    62 Circus Maximus
    Isolate (2007)
    8.59
    277
    63 Persefone
    Spiritual Migration (2013)
    8.58
    486
    64 Dream Theater
    Train Of Thought (2003)
    8.58
    1345
    65 Dreamscape
    5th Season (2007)
    8.57
    28
    66 Blotted Science
    The Machinations Of Dementia (2007)
    8.57
    173
    67 Tony MacAlpine
    Maximum Security (1987)
    8.57
    42
    68 Voivod
    Nothingface (1989)
    8.56
    260
    69 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.56
    1106
    70 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.55
    411
    71 Threshold
    Subsurface (2004)
    8.55
    180
    72 Devin Townsend
    Accelerated Evolution (2003)
    8.55
    341
    73 Circus Maximus
    The 1st Chapter (2005)
    8.55
    244
    74 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.55
    208
    75 Witherscape
    The Northern Sanctuary (2016)
    8.55
    314
    76 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.55
    401
    77 Amorphis
    Skyforger (2009)
    8.54
    1102
    78 Redemption
    The Fullness Of Time (2005)
    8.54
    119
    79 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
    8.54
    207
    80 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.54
    242
    81 Bakos Attila
    Aranyhajnal (2015)
    8.54
    24
    82 Paul Gilbert
    Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar (2008)
    8.53
    32
    83 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.53
    55
    84 Psychotic Waltz
    A Social Grace (1990)
    8.53
    140
    85 Nevermore
    Dreaming Neon Black (1999)
    8.53
    605
    86 Threshold
    Hypothetical (2001)
    8.53
    163
    87 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)
    8.53
    183
    88 Riverside
    Wasteland (2018)
    8.52
    375
    89 Seventh Wonder
    The Great Escape (2010)
    8.52
    202
    90 Devin Townsend
    Terria (2001)
    8.52
    425
    91 Psychotic Waltz
    Bleeding (1996)
    8.52
    122
    92 OSI
    Office Of Strategic Influence (2003)
    8.52
    106
    93 Karnivool
    Sound Awake (2009)
    8.52
    144
    94 Gordian Knot
    Emergent (2003)
    8.52
    25
    95 Beyond The Bridge
    The Old Man And The Spirit (2012)
    8.52
    92
    96 The Ocean
    Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (2018)
    8.51
    306
    97 Voivod
    Dimension Hatröss (1988)
    8.51
    268
    98 John 5
    God Told Me To (2012)
    8.5
    24
    99 Redemption
    The Origins Of Ruin (2007)
    8.5
    118
    100 Animals As Leaders
    Animals As Leaders (2009)
    8.5
    319