The following is a list of progressive metal artists, bands and groups. This list contains some bands that at least at some point during their career played progressive metal. Rooted in the early 1980s, the genre fused mellow progressive rock with a heavy metal aesthetic.[1] Characteristics may include complex song structures, unusual time signatures, lengthy songs and often using concept albums.[2]
Later on, many extreme metal bands began to experiment and developed an array of progressive metal fusions with other genres, including death metal, black metal, thrash metal and avant-garde metal.[citation needed]
This left only a handful of noteworthy progressive thrash bands like Switzerland's Coroner, Canada's Voivod, and America's own St. Louis-based Anacrusis that seemed capable of moving the genre forward, [...].
Manic Impressions is a significant step forward from Anacrusis' first two albums, tightening and focusing the songwriting and honing their instrumental work to a razor-sharp edge. That alone would be enough to make them stand out in the progressive metal subgenre [...].
The Peoria, Illinois, progressive metal quartet has named their new album The End of All Things To Come
Mudvayne, the Grammy-nominated progressive rock and metal band, is helping keep rock on a roll in Rochester.[permanent dead link]
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