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My favourite prog rock/metal albums. In no order.

Created by: Hex_Omega | 15.08.2013


1. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
1973
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1975
3. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
1969
4. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
1973
5. Yes - Close To The Edge
1972
6. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
1972
7. Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
1973
8. Camel - Mirage
1974
9. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
2002
10. Opeth - Blackwater Park
2001
11. Tool - Ænima
1996
12. Riverside - Out Of Myself
2003
13. Dream Theater - Images And Words
1992
14. Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
2002
15. Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
2002
16. Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
1998
17. Devin Townsend - Terria
2001
18. Death - Symbolic
1995
19. Rush - Hemispheres
1978
20. Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
2001
21. The Flower Kings - Unfold The Future
2002
22. Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
1995
23. Opeth - Still Life
1999
24. Rush - Moving Pictures
1981
25. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
1997
26. Ayreon - The Human Equation
2004
27. Cynic - Focus
1993
28. Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams
2005
29. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
2001
30. Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders
2009
31. Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend
1973
32. T2 - It'll All Work Out In Boomland
1970
33. King Crimson - Red
1974
34. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
1996
35. Enslaved - RIITIIR
2012
36. Ihsahn - After
2010
37. Lucifer's Friend - Banquet
1974
38. Änglagård - Hybris
1992
39. Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)
2013
40. Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
1999
41. Electric Light Orchestra - ELO II
1972
42. Alchemist - Spiritech
1997
43. Planet X - MoonBabies
2002
44. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
1985
45. Soulfractured - The Great Divide
1999
46. Eternity X - The Edge
1997
47. Koyaanisqatsy - From The Yearning To Burst The Perpetual Circle
2000
48. Hourglass - Oblivious To The Obvious
2009
49. Anekdoten - Vemod
1993
50. Beardfish - Destined Solitaire
2009


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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29.09.2013 - 08:52
mz
Hail Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
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Giving my ears a rest from music.
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29.09.2013 - 12:39
JohnDoe
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Nice to see Camel in the list.
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29.09.2013 - 13:15
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Finally someone noticed this list
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14.11.2013 - 16:47
Monolithic
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Great list but I do miss The Alan Parsons Project or Eloy.
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16.11.2013 - 00:47
Erik M.
No Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor? I'm very surprised it isn't in many progressive metal lists here, as it's easily in my top 10 of progressive metal albums, maybe even top 5. Note that I'm not a fan of the genre though.
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16.11.2013 - 19:17
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Written by Erik M. on 16.11.2013 at 00:47

No Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor? I'm very surprised it isn't in many progressive metal lists here, as it's easily in my top 10 of progressive metal albums, maybe even top 5. Note that I'm not a fan of the genre though.

Nothing special about this band. I prefer Mirrorthrone.
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16.11.2013 - 19:20
Erik M.
Written by Hex_Omega on 16.11.2013 at 19:17

Nothing special about this band. I prefer Mirrorthrone.

What did you say?!
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16.11.2013 - 19:22
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Written by Erik M. on 16.11.2013 at 19:20

Written by Hex_Omega on 16.11.2013 at 19:17

Nothing special about this band. I prefer Mirrorthrone.

What did you say?!

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19.11.2013 - 23:14
Azarath
Free as a.. Fish
I own 15 of these albums. That's enough for me to say I approve of this list. Nice to see Mirage.
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19.06.2014 - 20:13
Kraterr
Account deleted
Well I can say I need to give Remedy Lane a second go.. It's been 2 years
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10.09.2014 - 10:02
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Expanded to Top30.
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11.09.2014 - 11:15
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Too much Steven Wilson here, so I replaced him with Ayreon album.
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20.09.2014 - 14:22
Hex_Omega
Gem Seeker
Expanded to Top50.
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26.01.2019 - 22:53
John doe
A lot of great albums in this list, thumbed it up for the oldies goldies alone
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I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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30.11.2021 - 15:26
Robdog
Koyaanisqatsy, what a hidden tresure that was, too bad you can't even download it from anywhere!
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30.11.2021 - 16:23
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Well I can't argue with that top 5, great list
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Andy's 2024 album ranking
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