Recommend me some Progressive metal

[Triton]

Recommend me progressive metal bands, including progressive death, like Opeth and Edge Of Sanity. Also some bands like Symphony X would be great, thanks.

 

[Mort Divine]

I'm going to assume you know of Pain of Salvation and recommend you Sculptured - The Spear of the Lilly Is Aureoled.

 

[challenge_everything]

Well I guess it depends how you define progressive, but I assume you mean metal with a 'prog' influence?

Start with Orphaned Land. Get Mabool, it will blow your mind.
Maybe Green Carnation, Light of Day, Day of Darkness
I assume you know Cynic...and also try Stargazer, though this is more on the 'death' side of the spectrum.

And for progressive black metal try Arcturus, Borknagar and Solefald.

 

[Mort Divine]

Mabool fucking sucks.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

fate's warning
mastodon
pagan's mind
spastic ink
neuraxis (prog death metal)
augury (very brutal prog death)
lykathea aflame (very brutal prog death)
novembre (similar band to opeth)

 

[CF87]

Amorphis-Elegy.

 

[LivingCadaver]

not exactly prog but it's not really tech death either:

Electro Quarterstaff

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

zero hour and devin townsend are also good

 

[ohiogrinder]

Gorguts. yes I consider them progressive. death metal, yes, but still "progressive"

 

[challenge_everything]

Mabool fucking sucks.

Pain of Salvation fucking sucks.

 

[Matt]

Watchtower
Gojira (?)
Fairyland
Kamelot
Dream Theater obviously

eh there's tons more but I cant think right now

 

[IOfTheStorm]

10 buy or die/essential/if you don't have them you suck, progressive metal albums for me:

Queensryche - Rage For Order
What is probably the actual beginning of the genre, still sounds more progressive and metal than the vast majority of prog metal albums out there.

Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
THE FIRST album that could be called "progressive metal". It is thrash above everything else, but it marked the first time that the music of Rush was incorporated in metal so obviously. Cartoonish melodies and bizarre song structures, overall the definition of "ahead of its time". Of course all metal other bands that tried to be so much technical were always compared with this one. And lose the game.

Psychotic Waltz - Into The Everflow
Simply one of the most original, innovative and unique metal albums of all time. Trippy and psychedelic in some parts, still 100% metal. Lots of Pink Floyd influences in the most atmospheric moments.

Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
The absolute, not my favourite, F.W. album, the title says it all. Still unreachable by almost all other bands of the genre.

Sieges Even - A Sense Of Change
For some period of time i just called this "perfect music". And it is. This one is one of the most emotional pieces of prog ever written. Not as much "metal" as the other albums on this list, but it doesn't matter, if you catch it's feeling, you'll be in love with it forever.

Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Since you wanted something similar with Symphony X, these guys will totally make you fart your tears. Seemingly complex, but very direct on what it wants to transcend to the listener.

Vauxdvhil - To Dimension Logic
Another prog metal album that just doesn't sound like ANYTHING else, again the focus is given in the atmosphere that is dark and kinda space-y sometimes.

Heir Apparent - One Small Voice
Completely ahead of its time, using keyboards with traditional metal riffing like no other band has done before. Also Steve Benito (the singer) has one of the most incredible voices ever in metal, his high pitched vocals will make you piss your pants.

Eternity X - The Edge
One of the most perfect concept albums about a sane man slowly falling into madness + one of the most intense singing in the genre, especially when the singer does the voice of the character's lunacy, love it or hate it sometimes. Highly exceptional melodies.

Soul Cages - Moments
The best band influenced by mid period Fates Warning, 2 singers, one male, one female, usually singing with their voices combined creating a fantastic result. Tons of inspiration and emotion in this one too.

For obvious reasons Dream Theater's "Images And Words" was excluded.

 

[hibernal_dream]

GORDIAN KNOT

 

[Zephyrus]

Into Eternity

 

[Son of Evil]

Nobody has mentioned Ayreon, Angra and Evergrey. Top Notch.

Outworld, Communic, Spiral Architect, To-Mera are also great bands. And the big bands like PoS, Green Carnation, Fates Warning, Orphaned Land, etc. have already been mentioned.

EDIT: Oh yeah, if you want a (slightly inferior) SymX clone, Adagio is the perfect band.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Helstar has some very prog sounding parts though I would consider them to be more just power metal.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

spastic ink is a badass outlandish/techy type band. Lots of noodling/super techy parts but it is surprisingly clear, sensible, and enjoyable (relatively speaking of course)

 

[metalfan13]

I would have to recommend you some Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, because even though they're not really 'prog metal' like Symphony X, their stuff is really interesting and worth a listen.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ELyco68w5ks their new video is pretty cool.. .

 

[blacksodomy223]

Cynic, later Death (post Human), Atheist (more tech death but will do)

 

[Matt]

Into Eternity

Meh

I would have to recommend you some Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, because even though they're not really 'prog metal' like Symphony X, their stuff is really interesting and worth a listen.

SGM is pretty good

Planet X is another good one