Top 50 Progressive Metal Songs | RYM Charts

Reminder that this ranking is not my opinion; it's from RateYourMusic and was chosen by the users of the site. The only subjective part is the personal favourites.

Chart retrieved from December 31st, 2024

The Progressive Metal genre is not included in either primary or secondary genres due to its placement being redundant, but keep in mind that all of these songs were marked as prog metal and other related genres by RYM users. This isn't the case if there are no other primary genres.

According to RYM, Progressive Metal is a subgenre of Metal that "fuses amplified, guitar-driven sound with technical proficiency, virtuosity, complex compositions, innovative arrangements, eclecticism, and additional instrumentation". Better known artists of the genre include Tool, Opeth, Death, Mastodon, Dream Theater, among others. https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/progr...

Here is a list of the artists that made it in the list from most to least appearences:

Tool: 8
Death: 7
Opeth: 6
Gojira: 5
Devin Townsend: 3
Iron Maiden: 3
Agalloch: 2
Metallica: 2
Neo Obliviscaris: 2
Deathspell Omega: 1
Dream Theater: 1
King Crimsion: 1
maudlin of the Well: 1
Inanna: 1
Porcupine Tree: 1
Savatage: 1
Strapping Young Lad: 1
Vektor: 1