Progressive Metal · Albums
Top progressive metal albums
The top-rated progressive metal album on Riffiter is obZen by Meshuggah, rated 4.5/5 by 8 listeners.
208 progressive metal albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 73 of 208 progressive metal albums, averaging 3.8/5, spanning 1984 to 2025.
02 Blackwater Park
Opeth · 2001
★ 4.1 · 7
03 Queen of Time
Amorphis · 2018
★ 4.3 · 4
04 Automata I
Between the Buried and Me · 2018
★ 4.3 · 4
05 Fortitude
Gojira · 2021
★ 4.3 · 3
06 Crack the Skye
Mastodon · 2009
★ 4.3 · 3
07 Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Amorphis · 1994
★ 5.0 · 1
08 Fear Inoculum
Tool · 2019
★ 4.1 · 6
09 Leviathan
Mastodon · 2004
★ 4.1 · 4
10 Nothing
Meshuggah · 2002
★ 4.1 · 4
11 Magma
Gojira · 2016
★ 4.2 · 3
12 Immutable
Meshuggah · 2022
★ 4.2 · 3
13 Rise Radiant
Caligula's Horse · 2020
★ 4.3 · 2
14 Angel Rat
Voivod · 1991
★ 4.3 · 2
15 Ænima
Tool · 1996
★ 4.5 · 1
16 Dream Theater
Dream Theater · 2013
★ 4.5 · 1
17 The Astonishing
Dream Theater · 2016
★ 4.5 · 1
18 Sonder
TesseracT · 2018
★ 4.5 · 1
19 Animals as Leaders
Animals as Leaders · 2009
★ 4.5 · 1
20 Coma Ecliptic
Between the Buried and Me · 2015
★ 4.5 · 1
21 Colors
Between the Buried and Me · 2007
★ 4.5 · 1
22 The Violent Sleep of Reason
Meshuggah · 2016
★ 4.5 · 1
23 The Anatomy Of
Between the Buried and Me · 2006
★ 4.5 · 1
24 Dimension Hatröss
Voivod · 1988
★ 4.5 · 1
25 Hushed and Grim
Mastodon · 2021
★ 4.0 · 3
26 Still Life
Opeth · 1999
★ 4.0 · 2
27 Elegy
Amorphis · 1996
★ 4.0 · 2
28 Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre
Periphery · 2023
★ 4.0 · 2
29 In Cauda Venenum
Opeth · 2019
★ 4.0 · 2
30 Lateralus
Tool · 2001
★ 3.9 · 4
31 Under the Red Cloud
Amorphis · 2015
★ 3.9 · 4
32 War Of Being
TesseracT · 2023
★ 4.0 · 1
33 Images and Words Demos 1989-1991
Dream Theater · 2005
★ 4.0 · 1
34 The Number of the Beast
Dream Theater · 2005
★ 4.0 · 1
35 Contradictions Collapse
Meshuggah · 1991
★ 4.0 · 1
36 Salival
Tool · 2000
★ 4.0 · 1
37 The Way of All Flesh
Gojira · 2008
★ 3.8 · 3
38 The Madness of Many
Animals as Leaders · 2016
★ 3.8 · 3
39 Parrhesia
Animals as Leaders · 2022
★ 3.8 · 2
40 Halo
Amorphis · 2022
★ 3.8 · 2
41 Periphery II: This Time It's Personal
Periphery · 2012
★ 3.8 · 2
42 Koloss
Meshuggah · 2012
★ 3.7 · 3
43 Ghost Reveries
Opeth · 2005
★ 3.5 · 1
44 Terra Incognita
Gojira · 2001
★ 3.5 · 1
45 Falling Into Infinity
Dream Theater · 1997
★ 3.5 · 1
46 Live at Budokan
Dream Theater · 2004
★ 3.5 · 1
47 Heritage
Opeth · 2011
★ 3.5 · 1
48 Target Earth
Voivod · 2013
★ 3.5 · 1
49 Edge of Thorns
Savatage · 1993
★ 3.5 · 1
50 Colors II
Between the Buried and Me · 2021
★ 3.5 · 1
51 Dead Winter Dead
Savatage · 1995
★ 3.5 · 1
52 Circle
Amorphis · 2013
★ 3.5 · 1
53 Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003
Opeth · 2003
★ 3.5 · 1
54 When Dream and Day Unite
Dream Theater · 1989
★ 3.5 · 1
55 10,000 Days
Tool · 2006
★ 3.5 · 2
56 From Mars to Sirius
Gojira · 2005
★ 3.5 · 2
57 Bloom
Caligula's Horse · 2015
★ 3.5 · 2
58 Eclipse
Amorphis · 2005
★ 3.5 · 2
59 Sorceress
Opeth · 2016
★ 3.5 · 3
60 Terras Fames
Rishloo · 2004
★ 3.0 · 1
61 Octavarium
Dream Theater · 2005
★ 2.5 · 1
62 Awake
Dream Theater · 1994
★ 2.5 · 1
63 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater · 2002
★ 2.5 · 1
64 Live Scenes From New York
Dream Theater · 2001
★ 2.5 · 1
65 Damnation
Opeth · 2003
★ 3.0 · 2
66 Parasomnia
Dream Theater · 2025
★ 3.2 · 3
67 Undertow
Tool · 1993
★ 3.0 · 3
68 Systematic Chaos
Dream Theater · 2007
★ 2.0 · 1
69 Train of Thought
Dream Theater · 2003
★ 1.5 · 1
70 Remission
Mastodon · 2002
★ 1.5 · 1
71 Greatest Hit (…and 21 Other Pretty Cool Songs)
Dream Theater · 2008
★ 1.0 · 1
72 War and Pain
Voivod · 1984
★ 1.0 · 1
73 Images and Words
Dream Theater · 1992
74 A Dramatic Turn of Events
Dream Theater · 2011
75 Distance Over Time
Dream Theater · 2019
76 Emperor of Sand
Mastodon · 2017
77 Once More 'Round the Sun
Mastodon · 2014
78 Opiate
Tool · 1992
79 A Change of Seasons
Dream Theater · 1995
80 Life Is but a Dream…
Avenged Sevenfold · 2023
81 Pale Communion
Opeth · 2014
82 Blood Mountain
Mastodon · 2006
83 A View From the Top of the World
Dream Theater · 2021
84 Watershed
Opeth · 2008
85 The Link
Gojira · 2003
86 Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Dream Theater · 2009
87 The Hunter
Mastodon · 2011
88 The Mountain
Haken · 2013
89 Deliverance
Opeth · 2002
90 Chaos in Motion 2007-2008
Dream Theater · 2008
91 Once in a LIVEtime
Dream Theater · 1998
92 Asymmetry
Karnivool · 2013
93 Weightless
Animals as Leaders · 2011
94 The Last Will and Testament
Opeth · 2024
95 Live at the Marquee
Dream Theater · 1993
96 The Link Alive
Gojira · 2005
97 Coal
Leprous · 2013
98 Bilateral
Leprous · 2011
99 Medium Rarities
Mastodon · 2020
100 Wither
Dream Theater · 2009
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