Here are the 13 best debut albums by progressive black metal bands (ranked)!

When I was a teenage progressive metal fan, these were the questions I heard ad nauseam. As much as heavy music was considered outsider art during my awkward school years, loving the bands who played ...

‘Progressive’ is a pretty loaded term in rock and metal. The word should represent artists who push heavy music forward, expanding its conventions with new sounds and concepts. More commonly, though, ...

Here are the 11 best debut albums by progressive death metal bands (ranked)! It’s no shock to say that some of the best progressive death metal bands – such as Between the Buried and Me and Amorphis — ...

Soen is a Progressive Metal band from Sweden who released their new album, Reliance, via Silver Lining Music on January 16th, ...

Here’s the best song by 10 legendary prog metal bands! As with progressive rock, a great progressive metal song needs to include both top-notch instrumentation and top-notch songwriting. Therefore, it ...

Mike Portnoy, the legendary drummer best known as a founding member of Dream Theater, has shared his personal picks for the top albums of 2025, offering fans a rare look at what inspires one of ...

Rush’s milestone progressive rock album 2112 is the second highest-selling album in the band’s catalog and regularly appears on all-time album ranking lists. Given its place as a cultural touchstone ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Since it was established in the early 1970s, Heavy metal has ...