There was so many heavy, extreme, and beautiful progressive metal albums created from every region of the world this past year, ranging from Hungary and Tunisia t0 Greece and China. To bring closure to 2024, our readers voted for their favorite progressive metal album.
While there was much back and forth between who would take the throne, our top three winners included some noteworthy bands from Lebanon and India to Brazil.
Enjoy the most-voted for progressive metal albums of 2024…
Progressive Metal Album of the Year – 2024 (Bronze Tier)
Siriun
Psychonaut
Self-released
Brazil
Already snagging accolades as our death metal album of the year, this Rio de Janeiro prog-death group balances their intensity with dynamic exploration. While true to lovers of 80’s Death, Psychonaut is also bound to delight Opeth fiends. The record is beautifully mastered by Mark White (Whitechapel, Fallujah) and rings out manic bliss.
FFO: Gojira, Lamb of God, Decapitated
Progressive Metal Album of the Year – 2024 (Silver Tier)
Eccentric Pendulum
Perspectiva Invertalis
Self-released
India
Evolving from an early Meshuggah tech-thrash to a progressive death metal Beyond Creation sound, Eccentric Pendulum are arguably the finest musicians within the region. Drummers Kévin Paradis (Benighted) and Hannes Grossmann (Alkaloid, Obscura) join Indian extreme metal pioneers of Moral Collapse and Inner Sanctum for a divine heaviness on their sophomoric full-length Perspectiva Invertalis (latin for inverted perspective). This record is overwhelming and intricate, in the best way.
FFO: Opeth, Death, The Faceless
Progressive Metal Album of the Year – 2024 (Gold Tier)
Turbulence
Binary Dream
Released via Frontiers
Lebanon
Craving djent, jazz-fusion, 13-minute songs, and a concept revolving around the dreaming state of a robot named 8b+1? I never expect such stellar prog rock / metal to emerge from Lebanon, but Turbulence presents everything a prog-head would desire. Shout-out to virtuosic keyboardist Mood Yassin, who’s innovative makes Dream Theater‘s Jordan Rudess sound simplistic.
FFO: VOLA, Riverside, Leprous