Genre

Progressive Metal

Progressive Metal on LoudQuietLoud: more than 200 artists, including Mastodon, Opeth and Meshuggah. It runs alongside avant-garde metal, djent and progressive metalcore.

A Perfect Circle

alternative rock · progressive rock · alternative

Album art: Mastodon, Marrow Deep

Mastodon

progressive metal · sludge · sludge metal

Opeth

progressive metal · progressive death metal · death metal

Cover of Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe by Coheed and Cambria

Coheed and Cambria

progressive rock · rock · alternative

Cover of The Sound of Perseverance by Death

Death

death metal · technical death metal · progressive death metal

Loathe

metalcore · alternative metal · progressive metalcore

Architects

metalcore · mathcore · hardcore

SiR

rnb · soul · neo-soul

Meshuggah

progressive metal · math metal · technical metal

Anathema

doom metal · progressive rock · progressive metal

Katatonia

doom metal · progressive metal · depressive rock

Polyphia

progressive metal · instrumental · djent

The Dillinger Escape Plan

mathcore · experimental · hardcore

Amorphis

progressive metal · melodic death metal · death metal

Isis

post-metal · sludge · post-rock

Steve Vai

guitar virtuoso · instrumental rock · instrumental

Therion

symphonic metal · gothic metal · death metal

Annihilator

thrash metal · speed metal · heavy metal

Agalloch

doom metal · folk metal · black metal

Between the Buried and Me

progressive metal · metalcore · mathcore

The Gathering

gothic metal · progressive metal · female fronted metal

Animals as Leaders

progressive metal · instrumental · math metal

Pain of Salvation

progressive metal · progressive rock · progressive

Symphony X

progressive metal · power metal · symphonic metal

Ayreon

progressive metal · progressive rock · symphonic metal

Protest the Hero

metalcore · mathcore · progressive metal

Neurosis

sludge · post-metal · doom metal

Periphery

progressive metal · djent · math metal

Devin Townsend

progressive metal · progressive rock · metal

King Diamond

heavy metal · progressive metal · horror metal

Pelican

post-metal · post-rock · instrumental

Mercyful Fate

heavy metal · black metal · metal

Savatage

heavy metal · progressive metal · power metal

Born of Osiris

deathcore · progressive deathcore · metalcore

Cult of Luna

post-metal · sludge · doom metal

Enslaved

black metal · viking metal · progressive black metal

CHON

math rock · instrumental · progressive metal

Veil of Maya

deathcore · progressive deathcore · metalcore

Rhapsody of Fire

power metal · symphonic metal · symphonic power metal

Evergrey

progressive metal · power metal · metal

After the Burial

metalcore · deathcore · progressive metalcore

Cynic

progressive metal · progressive death metal · technical death metal

Darkstar

dubstep · electronic · ambient

Counterparts

melodic hardcore · metalcore · hardcore

Kylesa

sludge · sludge metal · hardcore

ERRA

progressive metalcore · metalcore · melodic metalcore

Soen

progressive metal · progressive rock · metal

Virus

avant-garde metal · progressive metal · avant-garde

Voivod

thrash metal · progressive metal · progressive thrash metal

Moonsorrow

folk metal · viking metal · pagan metal

Borknagar

black metal · viking metal · progressive metal

3

progressive rock · alternative rock · rock

The Faceless

technical death metal · death metal · progressive death metal

Orion

djent · progressive metal · psytrance

Arcturus

avant-garde metal · black metal · progressive metal

The Number Twelve Looks Like You

mathcore · experimental · grindcore

Marty Friedman

guitar virtuoso · heavy metal · instrumental

Heaven Pierce Her

breakcore · post-rock · video game music

Deathspell Omega

black metal · progressive black metal · orthodox black metal

Atheist

death metal · technical death metal · progressive death metal

Gorguts

death metal · technical death metal · progressive death metal

Blood Incantation

death metal · progressive death metal · technical death metal

Green Carnation

progressive metal · progressive rock · doom metal

Rosetta

post-metal · sludge · post-rock

Pallbearer

doom metal · traditional doom metal · metal

Fates Warning

progressive metal · heavy metal · progressive rock

Lute

rap · hip-hop · hip hop

Amplifier

progressive rock · alternative rock · space rock

The Human Abstract

progressive metal · metalcore · progressive metalcore

Threshold

progressive metal · progressive rock · heavy metal

Pestilence

death metal · technical death metal · progressive death metal

Thank You Scientist

progressive rock · jazz fusion · jazz

Genghis Tron

cybergrind · grindcore · experimental

Peach

progressive metal · progressive rock · progressive

Shai Hulud

hardcore · metalcore · melodic hardcore

Dal Av

progressive deathcore · metalcore · thall

Ghost Brigade

progressive metal · melodic death metal · doom metal

Transatlantic

progressive rock · progressive metal · progressive

Ark

progressive metal · progressive rock · metal

Car Bomb

mathcore · grindcore · experimental

Structures

progressive metalcore · metalcore · progressive metal

Dead Letter Circus

alternative rock · progressive rock · australian

Callisto

post-metal · sludge · post-rock

Arabesque

disco · pop · 70s

Kayo Dot

avant-garde · experimental · post-rock

Cacophony

speed metal · neo-classical metal · guitar virtuoso

Jason Becker

guitar virtuoso · neo-classical metal · instrumental

Arcane Roots

alternative rock · progressive rock · post-hardcore

Andromida

djent · progressive metal · instrumental

Neal Morse

progressive rock · christian · progressive metal

Ripe

heavy metal · power metal · metal

Control Denied

progressive metal · power metal · heavy metal

Tony MacAlpine

guitar virtuoso · instrumental · progressive rock

Derek Sherinian

progressive metal · progressive rock · instrumental

Crimson Glory

heavy metal · progressive metal · power metal

Bossk

post-metal · post-rock · sludge

Press

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LatestPitchforkAug 31, 2026

Marrow Deep (opens in new tab)

On its first album since the death of guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds, the metal band reckons with grief while gesturing toward the wild, energetic sound of its past.

New NoiseJul 20, 2026
Album Review: Protest the Hero – Within (opens in new tab)
The anticipation for Protest The Hero’s new album simmered for six years.
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PitchforkJul 19, 2026
Damnation (opens in new tab)
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible.
Shop Opeth
PitchforkJul 16, 2026
A Stranger to You (opens in new tab)
The breakthrough metalcore band’s latest is hampered by its own omnivorous ambition and bafflingly muddy production.
Shop Loathe
New NoiseJun 12, 2026
Album Review: Genghis Tron – Signal Fire (opens in new tab)
Leave it to a band so thematically focused on the future to lean into the past to make their best record yet.
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Labels

Labels in this genre

Inside Out Music

Home to Pain of Salvation, Symphony X & Ayreon

Season of Mist

Home to The Gathering, Cynic & Virus

Roadrunner Records

Home to King Diamond, Savatage & Voivod

Sumerian Records

Home to Animals as Leaders, Periphery & CHON

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