Progressive Metal 2010s Albums

Empath gathers the heaviness, pop instinct, ambience, extreme-metal intensity and humor of Devin Townsend’s work into one large emotional journey.

Distance over Time returns Dream Theater to a tighter, more concentrated form of progressive metal after the expansive scale of its previous project.

Opeth's thirteenth album, from September 2019, issued on the same day in two versions, one sung in Swedish and one in English.

The Verdict condenses Queensrÿche’s hard-metal drive and progressive-rock shading into a notably focused set of songs.

Sunn O)))'s eighth album, from April 2019, recorded and mixed by Steve Albini entirely on analogue tape.

Tool's fifth studio album, released on 30 August 2019 after a thirteen-year wait; it topped the Billboard 200, and "7empest" won a Grammy.

Queen of Time expands Amorphis’s blend of melodic death metal, progressive shape and Finnish shadow into its most cinematic scale to date.

Ømni gathers Angra’s fast metal, Brazilian rhythmic identity, classical harmony and progressive construction inside a science-fiction narrative.

Dir En Grey's tenth album, released on 26 September 2018, recorded at Studio Sunshine.

Cast in Stone gathers Royal Hunt’s symphonic keyboards, progressive movement and powerful choruses into a focused fourteenth album.

Voivod's fourteenth studio album, a concept record from September 2018 that reached number 26 in Germany and won a Juno award.

The third Bell Witch album, from October 2017: one eighty-three-minute song, in memory of their late drummer.

A five-track mini-album that compresses Fuki’s commanding vocals and the Gacharic Spin players’ virtuosity into a heavier, sharper modern loud-rock attack.

Architecture of a God weaves progressive development and classically colored guitar into Labyrinth’s power-metal drive.

The seventh studio album, built around themes of illness and time. Its opening track "Sultan's Curse" won Best Metal Performance at the 60th Grammy Awards, and the album was nominated for Best Rock Album.

The third album by Arkansas's Pallbearer, from March 2017, bringing progressive rock structure into doom.

In Sequence combines Amoral’s complex structures, heavy guitar work and melodic vocals in a record that resists simple genre labels.

Transcendence lets Devin Townsend move freely between massive guitar sound, layered choirs and quieter emotional expression.

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The Holographic Principle joins orchestral-style arrangements, choirs and heavy guitar riffs inside large-scale compositions.

Theories of Flight raises Fates Warning’s progressive-metal tension through complex rhythm, fluid guitar and introspective vocals.

Magma keeps Gojira’s massive riffs and unusual rhythmic identity while moving into quieter, more inward-looking territory.

The sixth solo album by Emperor's Ihsahn, from April 2016, built around the Arctic.

Myrath's fourth album, from February 2016, named with the English translation of the band's own name.

Opeth's twelfth album, from September 2016, and the first they released through Nuclear Blast and their own Moderbolaget imprint.

Under the Red Cloud gathers Amorphis’s heavy riffs, Nordic melody and folk-like color into dense melodic metal.

Captivity & Devourment frames Armageddon’s melodic-death urgency with sharp riffs and fluent guitar melody.

Baroness's fourth album, from December 2015 and the first they made after the 2012 bus crash.

Condition Hüman brings Queensrÿche’s progressive-metal tension forward through heavy riffs, alert rhythms and shadowed melodies.

Devil’s Dozen layers Royal Hunt’s grand keyboards, hard guitar riffs and dramatic vocals to explore a classical-metal world in depth.

Underworld connects Symphony X’s progressive-metal rhythm complexity and traditional heavy-metal weight to dramatic vocal melody.

Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows crosses Amoral’s heavy guitar weight with delicate, introspective melody.

Secret Garden joins Angra’s progressive construction, Brazilian rhythmic sense and classically shaped melody.

The third album by Milan's Destrage, released by Metal Blade Records in March 2014 and the record they are remembered for.

Z² unfolds Devin Townsend’s enormous sound density, pop melody, eccentric humor and deep emotion as two contrasting sides of one project.

Dir En Grey's ninth album, released on 10 December 2014: sixteen tracks running 68:01.

The Quantum Enigma joins Epica’s orchestral scale, heavy guitar riffs and dramatic vocals with meticulous control.