r/progressivemetal

3.9K archived posts · Oct 2011 – Sep 2026

Everything progressive in the metal world

r/progressivemetal

A subreddit for the metal subgenre progressive metal. All lineages of metal turned progressive are welcome here. Metal songs with unconventional song structures, odd-time signatures, key, tempo and mood changes all belong here. However, unlike /r/progmetal, that means no -core, alternative, djent or rock bands. So post your BTBAM/Protest the Hero/Tool/Animals as Leaders/Porcupine Tree over there.

Created May 6, 2011

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#Progressive Metal

Everything progressive in the metal world.

All lineages of metal turned progressive are welcome here. Metal songs with unconventional song structures, odd-time signatures, key, tempo and mood changes all belong here.

However, unlike r/progmetal, that means no -core, alternative, djent or rock bands. So post your BTBAM/Protest the Hero/Tool/Animals as Leaders/Porcupine Tree over there.

So is r/Metal too little prog for you, and r/progmetal too little metal? Then this is the place to go to.

NOTE: Bands with either prog metal as a secondary genre or of a strongly related genre are welcome too. So we generally allow post and avantgarde metal as well and Iron Maiden's longer songs are welcome too for example.

Join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/uqE8yEC

#Please do not post

Songs without Band - Song in the title.

Bands not on http://www.metal-archives.com/. Only exceptions to this rule are bands that clearly fit of which their debut EP/LP came out at most a month ago (or if there are only singles so far).
EVERYTHING IN CAPSLOCK.
Songs submitted within the last three months, use search!
Dream Theater and Opeth. We all know these two bands.
Images & memes
Full albums
Illegal Torrents and Downloads, or comments asking for or directing people to such things.
Anything that breaks reddiquette, or otherwise violates the spirit of our community.
Self-promotion in more than one out of every ten posts you make to r/progressivemetal.

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