Best Progressive Metal Albums

3 artists on TakeRank are tagged progressive metal on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 26 of their albums. Shogun by Trivium leads right now, ahead of Ascendancy by Trivium and The Sin and the Sentence by Trivium. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.

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Top Progressive Metal albums

  1. 1
    Shogun

    Shogun

    Trivium (2008)

    1439

    86 votes

  2. 2
    Ascendancy

    Ascendancy

    Trivium (2005)

    1253

    85 votes

  3. 3
    The Sin and the Sentence

    The Sin and the Sentence

    Trivium (2017)

    1162

    85 votes

  4. 4
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    Coheed and Cambria (2005)

    1148

    20 votes

  5. 5
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    Coheed and Cambria (2007)

    1121

    20 votes

  6. 6
    Take Me Back to Eden

    Take Me Back to Eden

    Sleep Token (2023)

    1059

    6 votes

  7. 7
    Even in Arcadia

    Even in Arcadia

    Sleep Token (2025)

    1053

    6 votes

  8. 8
    In the Court of the Dragon

    In the Court of the Dragon

    Trivium (2021)

    1041

    84 votes

  9. 9
    The Afterman: Descension

    The Afterman: Descension

    Coheed and Cambria (2013)

    1033

    20 votes

  10. 10
    Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe

    Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe

    Coheed and Cambria (2025)

    1030

    18 votes

  11. 11
    The Afterman: Ascension

    The Afterman: Ascension

    Coheed and Cambria (2012)

    1024

    20 votes

  12. 12
    In Waves

    In Waves

    Trivium (2011)

    1014

    85 votes

  13. 13
    Year of the Black Rainbow

    Year of the Black Rainbow

    Coheed and Cambria (2010)

    1013

    14 votes

  14. 14
    What the Dead Men Say

    What the Dead Men Say

    Trivium (2020)

    1008

    83 votes

  15. 15
    In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

    In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

    Coheed and Cambria (2003)

    987

    16 votes

  16. 16
    Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind

    Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind

    Coheed and Cambria (2022)

    979

    16 votes

  17. 17
    Crown in the Grave

    Crown in the Grave

    Trivium (2026)

    973

    14 votes

  18. 18
    The Color Before the Sun

    The Color Before the Sun

    Coheed and Cambria (2015)

    949

    14 votes

  19. 19
    This Place Will Become Your Tomb

    This Place Will Become Your Tomb

    Sleep Token (2021)

    947

    6 votes

  20. 20
    Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures

    Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures

    Coheed and Cambria (2018)

    947

    16 votes

Top Progressive Metal songs

  1. 1
    The Afterman: Descension

    Gravity’s Union

    Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension

    1078

    0 votes

  2. 2
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    Welcome Home

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    1066

    6 votes

  3. 3
    The Afterman: Descension

    2’s My Favorite 1

    Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension

    1048

    0 votes

  4. 4
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    Feathers

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    1046

    6 votes

  5. 5
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    Always & Never

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    1032

    6 votes

  6. 6
    The Afterman: Descension

    The Hard Sell

    Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension

    1017

    0 votes

  7. 7
    The Afterman: Descension

    Number City

    Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension

    1016

    0 votes

  8. 8
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    Apollo I: The Writing Writer

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    1016

    6 votes

  9. 9
    The Afterman: Descension

    Pretelethal

    Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension

    1016

    0 votes

  10. 10
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    The Running Free

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    1016

    6 votes

  11. 11
    The Afterman: Descension

    Dark Side of Me

    Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension

    1015

    0 votes

  12. 12
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    Mother Superior

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    1015

    6 votes

  13. 13
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    The Suffering

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    998

    6 votes

  14. 14
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    Gravemakers & Gunslingers

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    985

    6 votes

  15. 15
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    The Hound (of Blood and Rank)

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    983

    6 votes

  16. 16
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    The End Complete II: Radio Bye Bye

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    982

    6 votes

  17. 17
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    No World for Tomorrow

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow

    982

    6 votes

  18. 18
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    Once Upon Your Dead Body

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    969

    6 votes

  19. 19
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    Ten Speed (of God’s Blood & Burial)

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    968

    6 votes

  20. 20
    Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court

    Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

    968

    6 votes

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