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This list contains some bands that at least at some point during their career played progressive metal. Rooted in the early 1980s, the genre fused mellow progressive rock with a heavy metal aesthetic. [1] Characteristics may include complex song structures, unusual time signatures, lengthy songs and often using concept albums. [2]
The following is a list of bands that perform progressive metalcore, a fusion of progressive metal and metalcore. List of bands. The Afterimage [1]
Watchtower is an American progressive metal band based in Austin, Texas, active from 1982 to 1993 and they have reunited occasionally since 1999. [1] The band has released two studio albums―Energetic Disassembly (1985) and Control and Resistance (1989)―as well as one compilation album, four digital singles, one EP and three demo cassettes, and has been featured on numerous compilation albums.
In 2020, Loudwire listed Blackwater Park as the number one progressive metal album of all time. It was Metal Storm's number 1 album of 2001 [34] and number 4 on the Top 200 albums of all time. [35] LA Weekly named it the 5th best metal album in history. [36] Rolling Stone ranked Blackwater Park as 55th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal ...
Transcendence was a landmark in the genre, often cited as one of the greatest progressive metal albums of all time, best metal albums of the decade, and an influence by many bands like Cage, Triosphere and Rhapsody of Fire. [9] [10] The album garnered them much praise and attention, both at home and abroad.
Damnation is the seventh studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. It was released on 22 April 2003, five months after Deliverance , which was recorded at the same time. Damnation is the last Opeth album to date to be produced by Steven Wilson although he did mix two future albums, Heritage and Pale Communion .
The Mountain was met with critical acclaim.. Conor Fynes of Prog Sphere called it "quite possibly the greatest statement in progressive metal yet released in 2013", and noted that "the influence of bands like Dream Theater and King Crimson are undoubtedly evident, but Haken have finally claimed ownership of a sound unto their own. [12]
In a retrospective list, Loudwire named it the best metal album of 2005. [41] In 2014, TeamRock put Ghost Reveries at #46 on their "Top 100 Greatest Prog Albums of All Time" list commenting that "this was a partial concept album, with Satanism as its theme. It’s now regarded as one of the defining albums of 21st-century progressive metal."