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    Top 100 Progressive metal albums

    1 Opeth
    Blackwater Park (2001)
    9.25
    3233
    2 Opeth
    Still Life (1999)
    9.11
    2158
    3 Dream Theater
    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
    9.04
    1767
    4 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9.03
    1445
    5 Dream Theater
    Images And Words (1992)
    9.01
    1958
    6 Opeth
    Ghost Reveries (2005)
    8.99
    2307
    7 Ayreon
    The Human Equation (2004)
    8.93
    947
    8 Porcupine Tree
    Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
    8.92
    894
    9 Nevermore
    Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
    8.9
    1039
    10 Pain Of Salvation
    Remedy Lane (2002)
    8.88
    602
    11 Nevermore
    This Godless Endeavor (2005)
    8.88
    1144
    12 Green Carnation
    Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001)
    8.87
    533
    13 Orphaned Land
    Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven (2004)
    8.87
    760
    14 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.87
    1207
    15 Pain Of Salvation
    The Perfect Element, Part I (2000)
    8.83
    525
    16 Riverside
    Out Of Myself (2003)
    8.82
    520
    17 Porcupine Tree
    Deadwing (2005)
    8.82
    777
    18 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
    8.8
    854
    19 Riverside
    Second Life Syndrome (2005)
    8.78
    599
    20 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.78
    1662
    21 Amorphis
    Under The Red Cloud (2015)
    8.77
    1053
    22 Amorphis
    Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
    8.75
    1072
    23 Opeth
    My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
    8.75
    1588
    24 Leprous
    Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)
    8.73
    386
    25 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.73
    902
    26 Jason Becker
    Perpetual Burn (1988)
    8.71
    107
    27 Opeth
    Deliverance (2002)
    8.71
    1913
    28 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.69
    873
    29 Ayreon
    Into The Electric Castle (1998)
    8.69
    533
    30 Tony MacAlpine
    Maximum Security (1987)
    8.69
    39
    31 Fates Warning
    Parallels (1991)
    8.68
    288
    32 Leprous
    Bilateral (2011)
    8.68
    487
    33 Neal Morse
    Sola Scriptura (2007)
    8.68
    56
    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 Shadow Gallery
    Tyranny (1998)
    8.66
    176
    38 Ayreon
    01011001 (2008)
    8.66
    801
    39 Control Denied
    The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)
    8.65
    504
    40 Dan Swanö
    Moontower (1999)
    8.65
    248
    41 Wilderun
    Veil Of Imagination (2019)
    8.64
    477
    42 Symphony X
    V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
    8.64
    734
    43 Symphony X
    Paradise Lost (2007)
    8.64
    1067
    44 Neal Morse
    ? (2005)
    8.64
    47
    45 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997)
    8.63
    468
    46 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid The Omniscient (2007)
    8.63
    551
    47 In Mourning
    Shrouded Divine (2008)
    8.63
    470
    48 Disillusion
    Back To Times Of Splendor (2004)
    8.63
    334
    49 Riverside
    Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
    8.62
    532
    50 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.62
    620
    51 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.62
    286
    52 Gordian Knot
    Emergent (2003)
    8.62
    21
    53 Neal Morse
    The Great Adventure (2019)
    8.62
    24
    54 Nightingale
    Nightfall Overture (2005)
    8.62
    76
    55 Dream Theater
    Awake (1994)
    8.62
    1383
    56 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.62
    405
    57 Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
    Sol Niger Within (1997)
    8.62
    61
    58 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.61
    41
    59 Shokran
    Supreme Truth (2014)
    8.61
    23
    60 Opeth
    Watershed (2008)
    8.6
    2115
    61 Sieges Even
    The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (2005)
    8.6
    133
    62 Circus Maximus
    Isolate (2007)
    8.6
    273
    63 Voivod
    Nothingface (1989)
    8.59
    254
    64 Redemption
    Snowfall On Judgment Day (2009)
    8.59
    232
    65 Dreamscape
    5th Season (2007)
    8.59
    27
    66 Bakos Attila
    Aranyhajnal (2015)
    8.59
    22
    67 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.59
    127
    68 Persefone
    Spiritual Migration (2013)
    8.59
    475
    69 Indukti
    S.U.S.A.R. (2004)
    8.59
    56
    70 Threshold
    Subsurface (2004)
    8.58
    176
    71 Dream Theater
    Train Of Thought (2003)
    8.58
    1320
    72 Seventh Wonder
    The Great Escape (2010)
    8.57
    200
    73 Blotted Science
    The Machinations Of Dementia (2007)
    8.57
    172
    74 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.57
    1086
    75 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.56
    409
    76 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.56
    208
    77 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.56
    392
    78 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
    8.55
    201
    79 Voivod
    Dimension Hatröss (1988)
    8.55
    262
    80 Witherscape
    The Northern Sanctuary (2016)
    8.55
    311
    81 Devin Townsend
    Accelerated Evolution (2003)
    8.55
    337
    82 Circus Maximus
    The 1st Chapter (2005)
    8.55
    238
    83 OSI
    Office Of Strategic Influence (2003)
    8.55
    104
    84 Marty Friedman
    Dragon's Kiss (1988)
    8.55
    100
    85 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.55
    235
    86 Amorphis
    Skyforger (2009)
    8.54
    1087
    87 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.54
    54
    88 Redemption
    The Fullness Of Time (2005)
    8.54
    118
    89 Kiko Loureiro
    Sounds Of Innocence (2012)
    8.54
    37
    90 Paul Gilbert
    Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar (2008)
    8.53
    32
    91 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)
    8.53
    180
    92 Evergrey
    The Inner Circle (2004)
    8.53
    387
    93 Riverside
    Wasteland (2018)
    8.53
    367
    94 Psychotic Waltz
    A Social Grace (1990)
    8.53
    133
    95 Nevermore
    Dreaming Neon Black (1999)
    8.53
    594
    96 Threshold
    Hypothetical (2001)
    8.53
    163
    97 Meshuggah
    ObZen (2008)
    8.52
    704
    98 The Ocean
    Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (2018)
    8.52
    299
    99 Devin Townsend
    Terria (2001)
    8.52
    421
    100 John 5
    God Told Me To (2012)
    8.52
    23