Progressive Metal · Albums
Top progressive metal albums
The top-rated progressive metal album on Riffiter is Queen of Time by Amorphis, rated 4.5/5 by 3 listeners.
183 progressive metal albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 55 of 183 progressive metal albums, averaging 3.8/5, spanning 1989 to 2025.
02 Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Amorphis · 1994
★ 5.0 · 1
03 obZen
Meshuggah · 2008
★ 5.0 · 1
04 Fortitude
Gojira · 2021
★ 4.3 · 3
05 Crack the Skye
Mastodon · 2009
★ 4.3 · 3
06 Nothing
Meshuggah · 2002
★ 4.3 · 3
07 Automata I
Between the Buried and Me · 2018
★ 4.3 · 3
08 Fear Inoculum
Tool · 2019
★ 4.1 · 6
09 Leviathan
Mastodon · 2004
★ 4.1 · 4
10 Magma
Gojira · 2016
★ 4.2 · 3
11 Immutable
Meshuggah · 2022
★ 4.2 · 3
12 Under the Red Cloud
Amorphis · 2015
★ 4.2 · 3
13 Rise Radiant
Caligula's Horse · 2020
★ 4.3 · 2
14 Ænima
Tool · 1996
★ 4.5 · 1
15 Dream Theater
Dream Theater · 2013
★ 4.5 · 1
16 The Astonishing
Dream Theater · 2016
★ 4.5 · 1
17 Sonder
TesseracT · 2018
★ 4.5 · 1
18 Animals as Leaders
Animals as Leaders · 2009
★ 4.5 · 1
19 Coma Ecliptic
Between the Buried and Me · 2015
★ 4.5 · 1
20 Colors
Between the Buried and Me · 2007
★ 4.5 · 1
21 The Violent Sleep of Reason
Meshuggah · 2016
★ 4.5 · 1
22 Blackwater Park
Opeth · 2001
★ 4.0 · 4
23 Hushed and Grim
Mastodon · 2021
★ 4.0 · 3
24 Still Life
Opeth · 1999
★ 4.0 · 2
25 Elegy
Amorphis · 1996
★ 4.0 · 2
26 Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre
Periphery · 2023
★ 4.0 · 2
27 In Cauda Venenum
Opeth · 2019
★ 4.0 · 2
28 The Madness of Many
Animals as Leaders · 2016
★ 4.0 · 2
29 War Of Being
TesseracT · 2023
★ 4.0 · 1
30 Lateralus
Tool · 2001
★ 3.9 · 4
31 The Way of All Flesh
Gojira · 2008
★ 3.8 · 3
32 Parrhesia
Animals as Leaders · 2022
★ 3.8 · 2
33 Halo
Amorphis · 2022
★ 3.8 · 2
34 Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
Periphery · 2012
★ 3.8 · 2
35 Ghost Reveries
Opeth · 2005
★ 3.5 · 1
36 Terra Incognita
Gojira · 2001
★ 3.5 · 1
37 Falling Into Infinity
Dream Theater · 1997
★ 3.5 · 1
38 Live at Budokan
Dream Theater · 2004
★ 3.5 · 1
39 Heritage
Opeth · 2011
★ 3.5 · 1
40 Colors II
Between the Buried and Me · 2021
★ 3.5 · 1
41 10,000 Days
Tool · 2006
★ 3.5 · 2
42 From Mars to Sirius
Gojira · 2005
★ 3.5 · 2
43 Bloom
Caligula's Horse · 2015
★ 3.5 · 2
44 Sorceress
Opeth · 2016
★ 3.5 · 3
45 Octavarium
Dream Theater · 2005
★ 2.5 · 1
46 Awake
Dream Theater · 1994
★ 2.5 · 1
47 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater · 2002
★ 2.5 · 1
48 Live Scenes From New York
Dream Theater · 2001
★ 2.5 · 1
49 Damnation
Opeth · 2003
★ 3.0 · 2
50 Parasomnia
Dream Theater · 2025
★ 3.2 · 3
51 Systematic Chaos
Dream Theater · 2007
★ 2.0 · 1
52 Undertow
Tool · 1993
★ 3.0 · 3
53 Train of Thought
Dream Theater · 2003
★ 1.5 · 1
54 Remission
Mastodon · 2002
★ 1.5 · 1
55 Greatest Hit (…and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
Dream Theater · 2008
★ 1.0 · 1
56 Images and Words
Dream Theater · 1992
57 A Dramatic Turn of Events
Dream Theater · 2011
58 Distance Over Time
Dream Theater · 2019
59 Emperor of Sand
Mastodon · 2017
60 Once More 'Round the Sun
Mastodon · 2014
61 Opiate
Tool · 1992
62 A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater · 1995
63 Life Is but a Dream…
Avenged Sevenfold · 2023
64 Pale Communion
Opeth · 2014
65 Blood Mountain
Mastodon · 2006
66 A View From the Top of the World
Dream Theater · 2021
67 Watershed
Opeth · 2008
68 The Link
Gojira · 2003
69 Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Dream Theater · 2009
70 The Hunter
Mastodon · 2011
71 The Mountain
Haken · 2013
72 Deliverance
Opeth · 2002
73 Chaos in Motion 2007-2008
Dream Theater · 2008
74 Once in a LIVEtime
Dream Theater · 1998
75 Asymmetry
Karnivool · 2013
76 Weightless
Animals as Leaders · 2011
77 The Last Will and Testament
Opeth · 2024
78 Live at the Marquee
Dream Theater · 1993
79 The Link Alive
Gojira · 2005
80 Coal
Leprous · 2013
81 Bilateral
Leprous · 2011
82 Medium Rarities
Mastodon · 2020
83 Wither
Dream Theater · 2009
84 In Contact
Caligula's Horse · 2017
85 The Parallax II: Future Sequence
Between the Buried and Me · 2012
86 The Roundhouse Tapes
Opeth · 2007
87 Live at Brixton
Mastodon · 2013
88 Themata
Karnivool · 2005
89 Tuonela
Amorphis · 1999
90 Sound Awake
Karnivool · 2009
91 Affinity
Haken · 2016
92 Tall Poppy Syndrome
Leprous · 2009
93 Am Universum
Amorphis · 2001
94 My Arms, Your Hearse
Opeth · 1998
95 Morningrise
Opeth · 1996
96 Live at the Aragon
Mastodon · 2011
97 Charcoal Grace
Caligula's Horse · 2024
98 Borderland
Amorphis · 2025
99 Orchid
Opeth · 1995
100 Eidolon
Rishloo · 2007
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