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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
    1448
    5 Dream Theater
    Images And Words (1992)
    9.01
    1957
    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 Green Carnation
    Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001)
    8.87
    533
    13 Orphaned Land
    Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven (2004)
    8.87
    761
    14 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.87
    1208
    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 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.78
    1663
    20 Riverside
    Second Life Syndrome (2005)
    8.78
    600
    21 Amorphis
    Under The Red Cloud (2015)
    8.77
    1053
    22 Amorphis
    Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
    8.75
    1070
    23 Opeth
    My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
    8.75
    1587
    24 Leprous
    Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)
    8.73
    386
    25 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.73
    903
    26 Opeth
    Deliverance (2002)
    8.71
    1913
    27 Jason Becker
    Perpetual Burn (1988)
    8.71
    108
    28 Neal Morse
    Sola Scriptura (2007)
    8.7
    56
    29 Tony MacAlpine
    Maximum Security (1987)
    8.69
    39
    30 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.68
    873
    31 Fates Warning
    Parallels (1991)
    8.68
    288
    32 Ayreon
    Into The Electric Castle (1998)
    8.68
    536
    33 Amorphis
    Queen Of Time (2018)
    8.67
    896
    34 John Petrucci
    Suspended Animation (2005)
    8.67
    126
    35 Gwynbleidd
    Nostalgia (2009)
    8.67
    46
    36 Shadow Gallery
    Tyranny (1998)
    8.66
    176
    37 Ayreon
    01011001 (2008)
    8.66
    801
    38 Leprous
    Bilateral (2011)
    8.66
    489
    39 Control Denied
    The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)
    8.65
    504
    40 Dan Swanö
    Moontower (1999)
    8.65
    248
    41 Symphony X
    V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
    8.64
    734
    42 Symphony X
    Paradise Lost (2007)
    8.64
    1066
    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 In Mourning
    Shrouded Divine (2008)
    8.63
    470
    48 Nightingale
    Nightfall Overture (2005)
    8.62
    76
    49 The Ocean
    Pelagial (2013)
    8.62
    404
    50 Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
    Sol Niger Within (1997)
    8.62
    61
    51 Dream Theater
    Awake (1994)
    8.62
    1380
    52 Riverside
    Anno Domini High Definition (2009)
    8.62
    533
    53 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.62
    622
    54 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.62
    286
    55 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid The Omniscient (2007)
    8.62
    549
    56 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.61
    41
    57 Sieges Even
    The Art Of Navigating By The Stars (2005)
    8.61
    133
    58 Neal Morse
    The Great Adventure (2019)
    8.6
    25
    59 Opeth
    Watershed (2008)
    8.6
    2116
    60 Circus Maximus
    Isolate (2007)
    8.59
    273
    61 Redemption
    Snowfall On Judgment Day (2009)
    8.59
    232
    62 Dreamscape
    5th Season (2007)
    8.59
    27
    63 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.59
    127
    64 Persefone
    Spiritual Migration (2013)
    8.58
    474
    65 Threshold
    Subsurface (2004)
    8.58
    176
    66 Indukti
    S.U.S.A.R. (2004)
    8.58
    57
    67 Voivod
    Nothingface (1989)
    8.58
    252
    68 Dream Theater
    Train Of Thought (2003)
    8.58
    1319
    69 Blotted Science
    The Machinations Of Dementia (2007)
    8.57
    172
    70 Seventh Wonder
    The Great Escape (2010)
    8.57
    200
    71 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.56
    1085
    72 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.55
    408
    73 Circus Maximus
    The 1st Chapter (2005)
    8.55
    239
    74 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.55
    209
    75 Devin Townsend
    Accelerated Evolution (2003)
    8.55
    336
    76 OSI
    Office Of Strategic Influence (2003)
    8.55
    104
    77 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.55
    234
    78 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
    8.55
    201
    79 Gordian Knot
    Emergent (2003)
    8.55
    22
    80 Witherscape
    The Northern Sanctuary (2016)
    8.55
    312
    81 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.55
    392
    82 Redemption
    The Fullness Of Time (2005)
    8.54
    118
    83 Kiko Loureiro
    Sounds Of Innocence (2012)
    8.54
    37
    84 Marty Friedman
    Dragon's Kiss (1988)
    8.54
    101
    85 Amorphis
    Skyforger (2009)
    8.54
    1087
    86 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.54
    54
    87 Psychotic Waltz
    A Social Grace (1990)
    8.53
    133
    88 Paul Gilbert
    Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar (2008)
    8.53
    32
    89 Voivod
    Dimension Hatröss (1988)
    8.53
    261
    90 Liquid Tension Experiment
    Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)
    8.53
    181
    91 Nevermore
    Dreaming Neon Black (1999)
    8.53
    592
    92 Threshold
    Hypothetical (2001)
    8.53
    163
    93 John 5
    God Told Me To (2012)
    8.52
    23
    94 Riverside
    Wasteland (2018)
    8.52
    368
    95 Devin Townsend
    Terria (2001)
    8.52
    420
    96 Psychotic Waltz
    Bleeding (1996)
    8.52
    119
    97 Evergrey
    The Inner Circle (2004)
    8.52
    389
    98 Meshuggah
    ObZen (2008)
    8.52
    705
    99 Bakos Attila
    Aranyhajnal (2015)
    8.52
    23
    100 Karnivool
    Sound Awake (2009)
    8.51
    142