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Loudwire compiled a list this week of the 25 best Progressive Metal albums of all time. The site writes: “progressive means anything that pushes the genre forward, that goes beyond the cliché conventions of composition for art. We’ve chosen 25 albums that exemplify this forward-thinking mentality.”
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25. Periphery, 'II' (2012)
24. Enslaved, 'Below the Lights' (2003)
23. Voivod, 'Nothingface' (1989)
22. Protest the Hero, 'Fortress' (2008)
21. Animals As Leaders, Self-Titled (2009)
20. Evergrey, 'In Search of Truth' (2001)
19. Ayreon, 'Into the Electric Castle' (1998)
18.
Pain of Salvation, 'Remedy Lane
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Symphony 14. Dream Theater, 'Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory' (1999)
13. Maudlin of the Well, 'Leaving Your Body Map' (2001)
12. Edge of Sanity, 'Crimson' (1996)
11. Iron Maiden, 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son' (1988)
10. Cynic, 'Focus' (1993)
9. Devin Townsend, 'Terria' (2001)
8. Meshuggah, 'Chaosphere' (1998)
7. Mastodon, 'Crack the Skye' (2009)
6. Tool, 'Lateralus' (2001)
5. Between the Buried and Me, 'Colors' (2007)
4. Fates Warning, 'Awaken the Guardian' (1986)
3. Queensryche, 'Operation Mindcrime' (1988)
2. Dream Theater, 'Images and Words' (1992)
1. Opeth, 'Blackwater Park' (2001)