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Progressive Metal
- Genre family
- Metal
- Starting recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Progressive Metal
Progressive Metal is a branch of the Metal family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Progressive Metal is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Buckethead, Ivanhoe and DIR EN GREY.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreMetal
Current genreProgressive Metal
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
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01Wetwired2004 · Progressive Metal · progressive metalOpen in new tab 02Enemy2005 · Progressive Metal · progressive metalOpen in new tab 03Bless My Soul2005 · Progressive Metal · progressive metalOpen in new tab 04Scared2005 · Progressive Metal · progressive metalOpen in new tab 05Das Boot2007 · Progressive Metal · progressive metalOpen in new tab 06The Fairy and the Devil2006 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 07Love Is Thy Sin2018 · Progressive Metal · progressive metalOpen in new tab 08King James2006 · Progressive MetalOpen in new tab 09Sail...2018 · Progressive Metal · progressive metalOpen in new tab 10The Devil In Me2026 · Progressive Metal · progressive metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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LOCAL GRAPH
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