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21 years ago, progressive metal saw its first three major releases. http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=12930 - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son in April, http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3564 - Operation: Mindcrime in May, and http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19920 - ...And Justice for All on August 25 (that's today).
I chose another 21 discs to build a list for people trying to get into metal. I think it's the most melodic compilation of metal on PA. I have filtered out the boring albums such as the Human Equation. I hope readers will read my list and say, "finally, a proghead who knows what good metal sounds like."
These are not neccessarily progressive metal. What they are, is metal albums with prominent prog elements.
Agalloch - The Mantle
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera (Disc Two)
Cynic - Focus (2004 Reissue. Bonus tracks with the beautiful female vocalist/keyboardist Aruna Abrams)
Devin Townsend - Terria
Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor
Dream Theater - Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour (Disc One)
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Kamelot - The Black Halo
Maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map
Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - Still Life
Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I
Rainbow - Rising
Riverside - Out of Myself
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Tool - Ænima
Tool - Lateralus
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