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    Top 100 Progressive metal albums

    1 Opeth
    Blackwater Park (2001)
    9.25
    3233
    2 Opeth
    Still Life (1999)
    9.1
    2159
    3 Dream Theater
    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
    9.04
    1765
    4 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9.03
    1444
    5 Dream Theater
    Images And Words (1992)
    9.01
    1956
    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)
    8.91
    892
    9 Nevermore
    Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
    8.9
    1037
    10 Pain Of Salvation
    Remedy Lane (2002)
    8.88
    603
    11 Nevermore
    This Godless Endeavor (2005)
    8.88
    1142
    12 Green Carnation
    Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001)
    8.87
    533
    13 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.87
    1205
    14 Orphaned Land
    Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven (2004)
    8.87
    760
    15 Riverside
    Out Of Myself (2003)
    8.83
    521
    16 Pain Of Salvation
    The Perfect Element, Part I (2000)
    8.83
    525
    17 Porcupine Tree
    Deadwing (2005)
    8.82
    775
    18 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
    8.8
    855
    19 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.78
    1662
    20 Riverside
    Second Life Syndrome (2005)
    8.78
    599
    21 Amorphis
    Under The Red Cloud (2015)
    8.77
    1051
    22 Amorphis
    Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
    8.75
    1069
    23 Opeth
    My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
    8.75
    1586
    24 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.73
    902
    25 Leprous
    Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)
    8.73
    385
    26 Jason Becker
    Perpetual Burn (1988)
    8.71
    107
    27 Opeth
    Deliverance (2002)
    8.71
    1912
    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)
    8.69
    534
    31 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.68
    872
    32 Fates Warning
    Parallels (1991)
    8.68
    288
    33 Leprous
    Bilateral (2011)
    8.67
    487
    34 John Petrucci
    Suspended Animation (2005)
    8.67
    126
    35 Gwynbleidd
    Nostalgia (2009)
    8.67
    46
    36 Ayreon
    01011001 (2008)
    8.66
    802
    37 Shadow Gallery
    Tyranny (1998)
    8.66
    176
    38 Amorphis
    Queen Of Time (2018)
    8.66
    894
    39 Dan Swanö
    Moontower (1999)
    8.65
    248
    40 Control Denied
    The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)
    8.65
    504
    41 Symphony X
    Paradise Lost (2007)
    8.64
    1066
    42 Symphony X
    V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
    8.64
    734
    43 Disillusion
    Back To Times Of Splendor (2004)
    8.64
    334
    44 Neal Morse
    ? (2005)
    8.64
    47
    45 Wilderun
    Veil Of Imagination (2019)
    8.64
    476
    46 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997)
    8.63
    467
    47 Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
    Sol Niger Within (1997)
    8.62
    61
    48 Riverside
    Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
    8.62
    532
    49 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.62
    621
    50 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.62
    286
    51 Gordian Knot
    Emergent (2003)
    8.62
    21
    52 In Mourning
    Shrouded Divine (2008)
    8.62
    469
    53 Dream Theater
    Awake (1994)
    8.62
    1381
    54 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid The Omniscient (2007)
    8.62
    549
    55 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.62
    404
    56 Nightingale
    Nightfall Overture (2005)
    8.62
    76
    57 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.61
    41
    58 Sieges Even
    The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (2005)
    8.61
    133
    59 Circus Maximus
    Isolate (2007)
    8.6
    273
    60 Neal Morse
    The Great Adventure (2019)
    8.6
    25
    61 Opeth
    Watershed (2008)
    8.6
    2114
    62 Redemption
    Snowfall On Judgment Day (2009)
    8.59
    232
    63 Voivod
    Nothingface (1989)
    8.59
    253
    64 Dreamscape
    5th Season (2007)
    8.59
    27
    65 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.59
    127
    66 Threshold
    Subsurface (2004)
    8.58
    176
    67 Indukti
    S.U.S.A.R. (2004)
    8.58
    57
    68 Persefone
    Spiritual Migration (2013)
    8.58
    474
    69 Shokran
    Supreme Truth (2014)
    8.58
    24
    70 Dream Theater
    Train Of Thought (2003)
    8.58
    1318
    71 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.57
    1084
    72 Seventh Wonder
    The Great Escape (2010)
    8.57
    200
    73 Blotted Science
    The Machinations Of Dementia (2007)
    8.57
    172
    74 Circus Maximus
    The 1st Chapter (2005)
    8.56
    239
    75 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.56
    407
    76 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.56
    391
    77 OSI
    Office Of Strategic Influence (2003)
    8.55
    104
    78 Marty Friedman
    Dragon's Kiss (1988)
    8.55
    100
    79 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.55
    234
    80 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
    8.55
    201
    81 Devin Townsend
    Accelerated Evolution (2003)
    8.55
    336
    82 Witherscape
    The Northern Sanctuary (2016)
    8.55
    311
    83 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.55
    209
    84 Kiko Loureiro
    Sounds Of Innocence (2012)
    8.54
    37
    85 Amorphis
    Skyforger (2009)
    8.54
    1086
    86 Voivod
    Dimension Hatröss (1988)
    8.54
    261
    87 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.54
    54
    88 Redemption
    The Fullness Of Time (2005)
    8.54
    118
    89 Psychotic Waltz
    A Social Grace (1990)
    8.53
    133
    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 Nevermore
    Dreaming Neon Black (1999)
    8.53
    592
    95 Threshold
    Hypothetical (2001)
    8.53
    163
    96 Psychotic Waltz
    Bleeding (1996)
    8.52
    118
    97 Devin Townsend
    Terria (2001)
    8.52
    420
    98 Meshuggah
    ObZen (2008)
    8.52
    703
    99 Bakos Attila
    Aranyhajnal (2015)
    8.52
    23
    100 John 5
    God Told Me To (2012)
    8.52
    23