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    Top 100 Progressive metal albums

    1 Opeth
    Blackwater Park (2001)
    9.24
    3228
    2 Opeth
    Still Life (1999)
    9.1
    2156
    3 Dream Theater
    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
    9.04
    1769
    4 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9.03
    1448
    5 Dream Theater
    Images And Words (1992)
    9.01
    1959
    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
    893
    9 Nevermore
    Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
    8.91
    1038
    10 Pain Of Salvation
    Remedy Lane (2002)
    8.88
    600
    11 Nevermore
    This Godless Endeavor (2005)
    8.88
    1144
    12 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.87
    1208
    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
    760
    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
    853
    19 Riverside
    Second Life Syndrome (2005)
    8.78
    599
    20 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.78
    1658
    21 Amorphis
    Under The Red Cloud (2015)
    8.77
    1052
    22 Amorphis
    Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
    8.75
    1072
    23 Opeth
    My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
    8.74
    1586
    24 Leprous
    Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)
    8.73
    386
    25 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.72
    899
    26 Jason Becker
    Perpetual Burn (1988)
    8.71
    107
    27 Opeth
    Deliverance (2002)
    8.71
    1912
    28 Ayreon
    Into The Electric Castle (1998)
    8.69
    533
    29 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.69
    872
    30 Tony MacAlpine
    Maximum Security (1987)
    8.69
    39
    31 Fates Warning
    Parallels (1991)
    8.68
    287
    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 Amorphis
    Queen Of Time (2018)
    8.67
    897
    36 Gwynbleidd
    Nostalgia (2009)
    8.67
    46
    37 Ayreon
    01011001 (2008)
    8.66
    801
    38 Control Denied
    The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)
    8.65
    504
    39 Dan Swanö
    Moontower (1999)
    8.65
    248
    40 Shadow Gallery
    Tyranny (1998)
    8.65
    176
    41 Neal Morse
    ? (2005)
    8.64
    47
    42 Symphony X
    V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
    8.64
    734
    43 Wilderun
    Veil Of Imagination (2019)
    8.64
    477
    44 Symphony X
    Paradise Lost (2007)
    8.64
    1067
    45 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997)
    8.63
    468
    46 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid The Omniscient (2007)
    8.63
    551
    47 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.63
    405
    48 In Mourning
    Shrouded Divine (2008)
    8.63
    469
    49 Disillusion
    Back To Times Of Splendor (2004)
    8.63
    334
    50 Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
    Sol Niger Within (1997)
    8.62
    61
    51 Riverside
    Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
    8.62
    532
    52 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.62
    286
    53 Nightingale
    Nightfall Overture (2005)
    8.62
    76
    54 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.62
    620
    55 Dream Theater
    Awake (1994)
    8.62
    1384
    56 Neal Morse
    The Great Adventure (2019)
    8.62
    24
    57 Gordian Knot
    Emergent (2003)
    8.62
    21
    58 Shokran
    Supreme Truth (2014)
    8.61
    23
    59 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.61
    41
    60 Circus Maximus
    Isolate (2007)
    8.6
    273
    61 Voivod
    Nothingface (1989)
    8.6
    253
    62 Opeth
    Watershed (2008)
    8.6
    2116
    63 Sieges Even
    The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (2005)
    8.6
    133
    64 Bakos Attila
    Aranyhajnal (2015)
    8.59
    22
    65 Indukti
    S.U.S.A.R. (2004)
    8.59
    56
    66 Persefone
    Spiritual Migration (2013)
    8.59
    475
    67 Redemption
    Snowfall On Judgment Day (2009)
    8.59
    232
    68 Dreamscape
    5th Season (2007)
    8.59
    27
    69 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.59
    127
    70 Threshold
    Subsurface (2004)
    8.59
    175
    71 Dream Theater
    Train Of Thought (2003)
    8.58
    1320
    72 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.57
    391
    73 Seventh Wonder
    The Great Escape (2010)
    8.57
    200
    74 Blotted Science
    The Machinations Of Dementia (2007)
    8.57
    172
    75 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.57
    1085
    76 Witherscape
    The Northern Sanctuary (2016)
    8.56
    311
    77 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.56
    234
    78 Voivod
    Dimension Hatröss (1988)
    8.56
    261
    79 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.56
    409
    80 OSI
    Office Of Strategic Influence (2003)
    8.55
    104
    81 Marty Friedman
    Dragon's Kiss (1988)
    8.55
    99
    82 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
    8.55
    201
    83 Devin Townsend
    Accelerated Evolution (2003)
    8.55
    337
    84 Circus Maximus
    The 1st Chapter (2005)
    8.55
    238
    85 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.55
    205
    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 Nevermore
    Dreaming Neon Black (1999)
    8.53
    594
    91 Threshold
    Hypothetical (2001)
    8.53
    163
    92 Paul Gilbert
    Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar (2008)
    8.53
    32
    93 Riverside
    Wasteland (2018)
    8.53
    367
    94 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)
    8.53
    180
    95 Evergrey
    The Inner Circle (2004)
    8.53
    387
    96 Psychotic Waltz
    A Social Grace (1990)
    8.53
    133
    97 Psychotic Waltz
    Bleeding (1996)
    8.52
    117
    98 John 5
    God Told Me To (2012)
    8.52
    23
    99 Devin Townsend
    Terria (2001)
    8.52
    421
    100 The Ocean
    Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (2018)
    8.52
    297