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    Top 100 Progressive metal albums

    1 Opeth
    Blackwater Park (2001)
    9.25
    3235
    2 Opeth
    Still Life (1999)
    9.11
    2162
    3 Dream Theater
    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
    9.04
    1766
    4 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9.03
    1449
    5 Dream Theater
    Images And Words (1992)
    9.01
    1958
    6 Opeth
    Ghost Reveries (2005)
    8.99
    2309
    7 Porcupine Tree
    Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
    8.92
    893
    8 Ayreon
    The Human Equation (2004)
    8.92
    946
    9 Nevermore
    Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
    8.9
    1038
    10 Pain Of Salvation
    Remedy Lane (2002)
    8.88
    603
    11 Nevermore
    This Godless Endeavor (2005)
    8.88
    1143
    12 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.87
    1209
    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
    761
    15 Riverside
    Out Of Myself (2003)
    8.83
    521
    16 Pain Of Salvation
    The Perfect Element, Part I (2000)
    8.83
    526
    17 Porcupine Tree
    Deadwing (2005)
    8.82
    776
    18 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
    8.8
    855
    19 Riverside
    Second Life Syndrome (2005)
    8.78
    600
    20 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.78
    1663
    21 Amorphis
    Under The Red Cloud (2015)
    8.77
    1053
    22 Opeth
    My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
    8.75
    1587
    23 Amorphis
    Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
    8.75
    1070
    24 Leprous
    Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)
    8.73
    386
    25 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.73
    903
    26 Jason Becker
    Perpetual Burn (1988)
    8.71
    108
    27 Opeth
    Deliverance (2002)
    8.71
    1913
    28 Neal Morse
    Sola Scriptura (2007)
    8.7
    56
    29 Tony MacAlpine
    Maximum Security (1987)
    8.69
    39
    30 Ayreon
    Into The Electric Castle (1998)
    8.68
    536
    31 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.68
    873
    32 Fates Warning
    Parallels (1991)
    8.68
    288
    33 John Petrucci
    Suspended Animation (2005)
    8.67
    126
    34 Gwynbleidd
    Nostalgia (2009)
    8.67
    46
    35 Amorphis
    Queen Of Time (2018)
    8.67
    896
    36 Shadow Gallery
    Tyranny (1998)
    8.66
    176
    37 Ayreon
    01011001 (2008)
    8.66
    801
    38 Leprous
    Bilateral (2011)
    8.66
    489
    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
    476
    42 Symphony X
    Paradise Lost (2007)
    8.64
    1066
    43 Disillusion
    Back To Times Of Splendor (2004)
    8.64
    334
    44 Symphony X
    V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
    8.64
    734
    45 Neal Morse
    ? (2005)
    8.64
    47
    46 In Mourning
    Shrouded Divine (2008)
    8.63
    470
    47 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997)
    8.63
    467
    48 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid The Omniscient (2007)
    8.62
    549
    49 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.62
    286
    50 Dream Theater
    Awake (1994)
    8.62
    1380
    51 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.62
    404
    52 Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
    Sol Niger Within (1997)
    8.62
    61
    53 Riverside
    Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
    8.62
    533
    54 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.62
    623
    55 Sieges Even
    The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (2005)
    8.61
    133
    56 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.61
    41
    57 Nightingale
    Nightfall Overture (2005)
    8.61
    77
    58 Opeth
    Watershed (2008)
    8.6
    2116
    59 Neal Morse
    The Great Adventure (2019)
    8.6
    25
    60 Dreamscape
    5th Season (2007)
    8.59
    27
    61 Redemption
    Snowfall On Judgment Day (2009)
    8.59
    232
    62 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.59
    127
    63 Circus Maximus
    Isolate (2007)
    8.59
    273
    64 Voivod
    Nothingface (1989)
    8.58
    252
    65 Persefone
    Spiritual Migration (2013)
    8.58
    474
    66 Threshold
    Subsurface (2004)
    8.58
    176
    67 Dream Theater
    Train Of Thought (2003)
    8.58
    1319
    68 Indukti
    S.U.S.A.R. (2004)
    8.58
    57
    69 Seventh Wonder
    The Great Escape (2010)
    8.57
    200
    70 Blotted Science
    The Machinations Of Dementia (2007)
    8.57
    172
    71 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.56
    1085
    72 Devin Townsend
    Accelerated Evolution (2003)
    8.55
    336
    73 Gordian Knot
    Emergent (2003)
    8.55
    22
    74 Witherscape
    The Northern Sanctuary (2016)
    8.55
    312
    75 Circus Maximus
    The 1st Chapter (2005)
    8.55
    239
    76 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.55
    209
    77 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.55
    392
    78 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.55
    408
    79 OSI
    Office Of Strategic Influence (2003)
    8.55
    104
    80 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.55
    234
    81 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
    8.55
    201
    82 Amorphis
    Skyforger (2009)
    8.54
    1087
    83 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.54
    54
    84 Redemption
    The Fullness Of Time (2005)
    8.54
    118
    85 Kiko Loureiro
    Sounds Of Innocence (2012)
    8.54
    37
    86 Marty Friedman
    Dragon's Kiss (1988)
    8.54
    101
    87 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)
    8.53
    181
    88 Nevermore
    Dreaming Neon Black (1999)
    8.53
    592
    89 Psychotic Waltz
    A Social Grace (1990)
    8.53
    133
    90 Threshold
    Hypothetical (2001)
    8.53
    163
    91 Voivod
    Dimension Hatröss (1988)
    8.53
    261
    92 Paul Gilbert
    Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar (2008)
    8.53
    32
    93 Evergrey
    The Inner Circle (2004)
    8.52
    389
    94 Bakos Attila
    Aranyhajnal (2015)
    8.52
    23
    95 John 5
    God Told Me To (2012)
    8.52
    23
    96 Riverside
    Wasteland (2018)
    8.52
    368
    97 Psychotic Waltz
    Bleeding (1996)
    8.52
    119
    98 Devin Townsend
    Terria (2001)
    8.52
    420
    99 Beyond The Bridge
    The Old Man And The Spirit (2012)
    8.51
    90
    100 The Ocean
    Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (2018)
    8.51
    298