swap_horiz Opeth - Damnation Alternatives

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Opeth - Blackwater Park

Opeth’s *Blackwater Park* (2001) is a significant progressive metal album known for its expansive soundscapes and dynami...

Atmospheric 00S Prog Metal Death Doom

9.4 Excellent

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Mastodon - Crack the Skye

Mastodon’s “Crack the Skye” is a complex progressive metal concept album released in 2009. It explores themes of astral...

Concept Album Psychedelic 00S Prog Metal

9.1 Excellent

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Meshuggah - obZen

Meshuggah’s obZen (2008) is a progressive metal album renowned for its intensely intricate rhythmic structures. The albu...

Heavy Djent 00S Polyrhythmic

9.0 Excellent

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Between the Buried and Me - Colors

Between the Buried and Me’s “Colors” (2007) is a complex progressive metal album notable for its ambitious six-part comp...

Technical Eclectic 00S Prog Metal

9.0 Excellent

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Mastodon - Leviathan

Mastodon’s Leviathan is a complex progressive metal album exploring themes of obsession and destruction through a narrat...

Concept Album 00S Prog Metal Sludge

9.0 Excellent

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Opeth - Still Life

Opeth’s *Still Life* (1999) represents a significant shift in their sound. This concept album explores themes of isolati...

Concept Album 90S Prog Metal Death Doom

8.9 Great

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Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

Symphony X’s “The New Mythology Suite” represents a significant achievement in progressive metal. This 2000 concept albu...

Neoclassical Concept Album Symphonic 00S

8.9 Great

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Symphony X - The Odyssey

Symphony X’s “The Odyssey” is a complex progressive metal album released in 2002. It features a significant twenty-four...

Epic Neoclassical Concept Album 00S

8.9 Great

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Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane

Pain of Salvation’s Remedy Lane (2002) is a significant progressive-metal album exploring themes of loss and regret thro...

Emotional Concept Album 00S Prog Metal

8.9 Great

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Opeth - Ghost Reveries

Opeth's 2005 eighth studio album Ghost Reveries was their debut on Roadrunner Records and the first to feature keyboardi...

Melodic 00S Prog Metal Death Doom

8.8 Great

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Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

In Absentia (2002) is Porcupine Tree's major-label debut, introducing heavier metal elements and dark lyrical themes tha...

Heavy Melodic 00S Prog Metal

8.8 Great

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Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element Part I

Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation's 2000 concept album, the first part of a planned two-installment work...

Emotional Concept Album 00S Prog Metal

8.8 Great

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Karnivool - Sound Awake

Sound Awake (2009) is the second studio album by Australian band Karnivool, widely regarded as a landmark of Australian...

Atmospheric Melodic 00S Prog Metal

8.7 Great

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Spock's Beard - V

V is Spock's Beard's fifth studio album from 2000, a California neo-progressive rock record continuing their style heavi...

Complex Melodic Prog Rock 00S

8.6 Great

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Opeth - Watershed

Opeth's 2008 ninth studio album Watershed was the last to feature Mikael Åkerfeldt's death metal growls before he perman...

Atmospheric 00S Prog Metal Death Doom

8.4 Great

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Opeth - Deliverance

Opeth's 2002 sixth studio album Deliverance was released concurrently with its companion Damnation and represents the he...

Heavy Death Metal 00S Prog Metal

8.2 Great

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Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun

Porcupine Tree's Lightbulb Sun (2000) is a UK progressive rock album by Steven Wilson's band, marking a shift toward mor...

Melodic Alternative Prog Rock 00S

7.9 Good

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Opeth - Pale Communion

Opeth's 2014 eleventh studio album Pale Communion continued their progressive rock direction and features orchestral str...

Retro Melodic Prog Rock 10S

7.7 Good

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Opeth - Sorceress

Opeth's 2016 twelfth studio album Sorceress was their first release on Nuclear Blast Records, blending progressive rock,...

Heavy Melodic Prog Rock 10S

7.2 Good

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Opeth - Heritage

Opeth's 2011 tenth studio album Heritage marked a deliberate break from metal, eschewing distorted guitars and harsh voc...

Retro Melodic Prog Rock 10S

7.1 Good