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Progressive Metal

Explore our Progressive Metal hub, as we push heavy music beyond the standard formula.  Blending power, precision and technical skill with bigger ideas, sharper musicianship and a much more adventurous sound.

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  • Gojira 'The Way Of All Flesh' CD Gojira 'The Way Of All Flesh' CD

    Gojira 'The Way Of All Flesh' CD

    $28.13

    'The Way of All Flesh' is the fourth studio album by French heavy metal band Gojira. The album was released on 13 October 2008 in Europe via Listenable Records and on 14 October in the US through Prosthetic Records CD version Tracklisting: 1...

  • Gost 'Prophecy' CD Digipack

    Gost 'Prophecy' CD Digipack

    $24.38

    Gost return with their sixth album, and their most exhilarating and dangerous-sounding work to date, 'Prophecy'. It’s a record that perfectly reflects the horror and grim anxieties of a world beset with religious and political overreach, and...

  • Herod 'Sombre Dessein' CD

    Herod 'Sombre Dessein' CD

    $35.64

    HEROD have arisen from the ever- prosperous Swiss music scene. Throughout their young 4 years of presence, they have already shared the stage with such acts as Gojira, Crowbar, The Ocean, Carcass, Obituary, Napalm Death and Voivod – Attesting their...

  • Herod 'Sombre Dessein' LP Black Vinyl

    Herod 'Sombre Dessein' LP Black Vinyl

    $46.90

    HEROD have arisen from the ever- prosperous Swiss music scene. Throughout their young 4 years of presence, they have already shared the stage with such acts as Gojira, Crowbar, The Ocean, Carcass, Obituary, Napalm Death and Voivod – Attesting their...

  • Herod 'The Iconoclast' CD

    Herod 'The Iconoclast' CD

    $31.89

    There are usually three types of bands: those which play music that’s largely derivative, those that, by some stroke of luck, produce something partially fresh if not original among the derivative mass, and then there are artists who have true...

  • Hippotraktor 'Meridian' CD

    Hippotraktor 'Meridian' CD

    $35.64

    The power of music to conjure up images in the mind is as fascinating as it is undeniable —arguably, it is the very aspect of music that keeps us intrigued. From the undulating ca- dences of Debussy’s “La Mer – 2. Jeux de...

  • Hippotraktor 'Stasis' CD

    Hippotraktor 'Stasis' CD

    $28.13

    Belgian progressive post-hardcore quintet Hippotraktor have announced their second full-length album, ‘Stasis’, set for release on June 7th via Berlin’s Pelagic Records. Originally a three-piece instrumental outfit consisting of...

  • IATT 'Magnum Opus' CD IATT 'Magnum Opus' CD Front

    IATT 'Magnum Opus' CD

    $18.75

    A turning point in IATT’s discography, 'Magnum Opus' showcases the band’s sharpened vision—melding blackened death metal with orchestral flourishes and progressive complexity. Fierce, refined, and thematically rich, 'Magnum Opus' marked...

  • Ibaraki 'Rashomon' CD Jewelcase

    Ibaraki 'Rashomon' CD Jewelcase

    $18.75

    Say the name Trivium and reverence follows. That’s because in the annals of modern metal there are few stories more illustrious or celebrated than the one that began with that group of impossibly young Floridian misfits dreaming of the lighted...

  • In Flames 'A Sense Of Purpose' CD In Flames 'A Sense Of Purpose' CD

    In Flames 'A Sense Of Purpose' CD

    $28.13

    In Flames are one of the biggest metal bands in the world - never shying away from pushing their artistic boundaries, crafting music that's as catchy as it is crushing. Formed in 1990, the band is considered one of the forefathers of melodic death metal...

  • In Flames 'Battles' CD In Flames 'Battles' CD

    In Flames 'Battles' CD

    $28.13

    'Battles' is the 12th hook-heavy studio album from Swedish melodeath pioneers In Flames, originally released in 2016. CD version with bonus tracks Tracklisting: 1. Drained 2. The End 3. Like Sand 4. The Truth 5. In My Room 6. Before I Fall 7...

  • In Flames 'Battles' CD Jewel Case In Flames 'Battles' CD Jewel Case

    In Flames 'Battles' CD Jewel Case

    $28.13

    In a music scene full of seemingly endless subgenres and transient trends, In Flames are an example of what it means to steadfastly stay true to your vision. Since forming in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1990, the legendary melodic metal act has had six albums...

  • In Flames 'Clayman' CD In Flames 'Clayman' CD

    In Flames 'Clayman' CD

    $28.13

    In Flames are one of the biggest metal bands in the world - never shying away from pushing their artistic boundaries, crafting music that's as catchy as it is crushing. Formed in 1990, the band is considered one of the forefathers of melodic death metal...

  • In Flames 'Colony' CD In Flames 'Colony' CD

    In Flames 'Colony' CD

    $56.28

    In Flames are one of the biggest metal bands in the world - never shying away from pushing their artistic boundaries, crafting music that's as catchy as it is crushing. Formed in 1990, the band is considered one of the forefathers of melodic death metal...

Progressive metal opens heavy music out into something more ambitious, blending technical skill, weight and precision with bigger arrangements, unusual structures and a more adventurous sense of movement. It is a broad church by design, covering everything from classic prog metal foundations and technical riffing to modern, atmospheric and forward-thinking bands that push well past the usual boundaries of metal.

That is what makes this page useful as a discovery hub as much as a merch category. Alongside established names such as Dream Theater, Opeth, Tool and Voivod, you will also find progressive death metal, technical crossover acts, modern djent-leaning bands and artists with a wider progressive reach, all tied together by strong songwriting, musicianship and the urge to do something a bit more expansive.

Explore progressive metal, technical heavy music and modern prog sounds

Progressive metal has never been one narrow sound. Some bands build from classic heavy metal roots and stretch them into something more intricate, while others bring in death metal, groove metal, alternative metal or atmospheric textures to create something heavier, stranger or more cinematic. What links them is that same drive to push beyond the standard verse-chorus formula without losing the power that makes metal hit in the first place.

That wider approach is why this section works well as a discovery area. Whether you are into virtuoso musicianship, odd time signatures, long-form writing, technical riffing or simply bands that bring a bit more depth and colour to heavy music, there is plenty here to dig through.

Discover more progressive metal bands

If you are looking to branch out further, browse the artists below. This list mixes classic prog metal touchstones with technical, modern and progressive-adjacent heavy bands that sit naturally within the wider progressive metal umbrella.

A: Amorphis, Atheist, Avenged Sevenfold

B: Baroness, Between The Buried And Me, Bipolar Architecture, Burst

C: Caligula’s Horse, Cave In, Confessor, Control Denied, Coroner

D: Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, DVNE

E: Enslaved

F: Fates Warning

G: Gojira

H: Herod, Hippotraktor

L: Leprous

M: Mastodon, Meshuggah

N: Nevermore

O: The Ocean, Opeth

P: Psychonaut, Psychotic Waltz

Q: Queensrÿche

S: Sleep Token, Soen, Symphony X

T: TesseracT, Threshold, Tool

V: Voivod

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