Hopefully the next 25 years are just as great. While this list is certain to generate some disagreements and discussion, it was meant more as a chance to recognize the great bands that have been carrying the torch of Prog over the last 25 years. The unifying force in all those bands…Mike Portnoy, who appears an astonishing 13 times on this list between his work with those bands, Neal Morse and Dream Theater.
It was also an era with more Supergroups such as Transatlantic, Flying Colors and Liquid Tension Experiment. So we decided to make a list of the Top 50 Prog albums of the Modern Prog era, the last 25 years 1990-2015.ĭuring that span, bands like Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Spock’s Beard, Opeth and others took the groundwork laid by those pioneering bands of the 70’s and infused heavier guitars, modern instrumentation, and even longer songs. These “modern Prog” bands are often left off best of lists and not recognized. The style developed by the end of the 80s in the Thrash Metal scene when a number of bands stretched the boundaries of their sound by including elements from Progressive Rock. There has also been incredible music made since those bands stopped making music by a host of newer bands. This category lists technical Progressive Metal bands that have roots in Extreme Metal or that are strongly influenced by it.
All lists of Top Prog albums are dominated by bands from the 70’s like Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd and King Crimson and rightfully so as those are the originals and and some of the best albums ever made.
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