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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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Tool - Aenima

Aenima is Tool’s 1996 album exploring themes of consumerism, spirituality, and societal critique. The record's complex r...

Tool Heavy 90S Alternative Metal

9.1 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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Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

Porcupine Tree’s *In Absentia* (2002) marked a significant shift for the British progressive-metal band. This album blen...

Heavy Melodic 00S Prog Metal

8.8 Great

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Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) is Porcupine Tree's concept album addressing teenage alienation and media overstimulation...

Heavy Atmospheric 00S Prog Metal

8.7 Great

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Karnivool - Sound Awake

Karnivool’s *Sound Awake* (2009) is a significant progressive metal album showcasing the band's distinctive atmospheric...

Atmospheric Melodic 00S Prog Metal

8.7 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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Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

Deadwing (2005) is a Porcupine Tree album conceived alongside a screenplay co-written by Steven Wilson and Opeth's Mikae...

Heavy Melodic 00S Prog Metal

8.4 Great

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Marillion - Marbles

Marbles is a 2004 double album by British progressive rock band Marillion, notable for pioneering direct-to-fan music fu...

Atmospheric Melodic 00S Marillion

8.4 Great

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Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement

Riverside's 2007 third studio album, exploring themes of consciousness and identity through the band's characteristic bl...

Atmospheric Melodic Riverside 00S

8.3 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 - The Incident

The Incident (2009) is a Porcupine Tree double album whose first disc comprises a single 55-minute suite, and it stands...

Heavy Concept Album 00S Prog Metal

7.8 Good

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Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition

A 2009 album by Riverside featuring a heavier, more aggressive direction while addressing themes of modern alienation an...

Heavy Melodic Riverside 00S

7.8 Good

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Tool - Fear Inoculum

Tool's 2019 fifth studio album Fear Inoculum was released after a 13-year gap; its five main tracks each exceed 10 minut...

Tool Atmospheric 10S Prog Metal

7.7 Good

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Riverside - Out of Myself

The 2003 debut album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside, establishing the Warsaw quartet's melodic and atmospheri...

Atmospheric Melodic Riverside 00S

7.7 Good

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Dream Theater - Train of Thought

Dream Theater's 2003 seventh studio album Train of Thought took a deliberately heavier, thrash-influenced direction and...

Heavy Virtuosic 00S Prog Metal

7.6 Good

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Soen - Tellurian

Tellurian (2014) is the second studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Soen, further developing the atmospheric a...

Heavy Atmospheric 10S Prog Metal

7.6 Good

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Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

Dream Theater's 2007 ninth studio album features the two-part epic "In the Presence of Enemies," split across the album'...

Heavy Concept Album 00S Prog Metal

7.4 Good

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Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Dream Theater's 2009 tenth studio album was the last to feature co-founding drummer Mike Portnoy, who announced his depa...

Heavy Melodic 00S Prog Metal

7.2 Good