Progressive Rock Albums

Released on February 7, 2025, Parasomnia is DREAM THEATER’s sixteenth studio album and the first full-length studio record to feature drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009

Dream Theater’s fifteenth studio album gathers complex rhythm, precision unison work and melodic vocals into long-form progressive-metal architecture.

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

The Astonishing by DREAM THEATER: track list, Spotify player, music videos and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

The self-titled Dream Theater joins complex rhythm, precise ensemble playing and dramatic melody inside a heavy sound world.

Clockwork Angels joins Rush’s precise rhythms, shape-shifting bass, inventive guitar and science-fiction storytelling in a full concept work.

A Dramatic Turn of Events is a turning-point album for Dream Theater, introducing Mike Mangini through intricate meters, precise ensemble work and large-scale melody.

Black Clouds & Silver Linings gathers Dream Theater’s intricate structures, virtuosic playing and dramatic vocal melodies on a grand scale.

Systematic Chaos brings complex meter, heavy guitar, and detailed keyboard work into a single large-scale flow.

Snakes & Arrows brings Rush’s intricate construction and accessible hooks together in a measured sonic frame.

Octavarium balances complex rhythm, fluent keyboard and virtuosic guitar with accessible vocal melody.

Train of Thought turns Dream Theater toward harder, darker progressive metal through low guitar, precise rhythm and technical keyboards.

Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence uses heavy riffs, complex meters, lyrical ballads and an extended suite to examine inner life from multiple angles.

Vapor Trails marks Rush’s return after a long silence, built almost entirely from the drive of guitar, bass and drums rather than from the synthesizer-heavy approach

Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory joins complex rhythm, fluent soloing and memorable vocal melody into a single narrative arc.

Falling into Infinity finds Dream Theater tightening its long-form construction and trying to place technique and melody inside more compact songs.

Test for Echo brings Rush’s three-piece feel to the front, building songs from hard guitar, defined bass and precise drumming.

Awake finds DREAM THEATER in a phase that steps away from the openness of its predecessor and turns inward through heavier guitars, dense keyboards and more tense constru

Counterparts finds RUSH in a phase that keeps Rush’s advanced musicianship while shifting emphasis toward drier guitar, thicker rhythm and more direct song delivery.

Images and Words joins complex rhythm, precise ensemble work and broad, singable melody at a very high level.

Roll the Bones steps slightly away from Rush’s synth-centered 1980s design and brings Alex Lifeson’s guitar and the trio’s interplay back into sharper view.

When Dream and Day Unite presents Dream Theater’s long forms, changing meters, and technical playing with the urgency of a young debut.

Presto finds Rush turning away from display for its own sake and toward lighter arrangements and clear melodic lines.

Hold Your Fire brings together the synthesizer color Rush refined in the 1980s and the dense precision of its three players.

Power Windows keeps Rush’s guitar-rock foundation while expanding its use of keyboards and electronic texture.

Grace Under Pressure increases Rush’s use of synthesizers while sharpening the precision of its three-player ensemble.

Signals brings more synthesizer color and electronic texture into Rush’s precise rock foundation.

Moving Pictures compresses Rush’s intricate musicianship into shorter, clearer songs.

Permanent Waves channels the technical confidence Rush built through its 1970s epics into shorter, more open songs.

Hemispheres is a 1978 RUSH album that ventures deeply into progressive rock without losing the memorable riffs and forward motion that keep its large-scale designs alive.

A Farewell to Kings keeps Rush’s hard-rock momentum while opening the music to a larger sense of story and space.

2112 joins Rush’s large-scale storytelling to the focused power of three musicians.

Caress of Steel takes Rush further away from blues-based hard rock and puts long structures and fantasy-driven storytelling at the front.

Fly by Night finds Rush gaining a new language through the arrival of Neil Peart.

Rush is the debut on which the group that would later build elaborate suites and conceptual worlds first appears as a direct, hard-rocking three-piece.