50 albums that built progressive metal

I love a ton of the records on the list...but I would disagree that a lot (esp. the later releases) of the albums listed built the genre. Prog metal has been around for quite a while. But overall, a really solid list of fantastic records.

My companion Vitaly, who runs veteran prog website www.progressor.net, published a list of 50 albums that built progressive metal this week. I kind of guess that a few people in here will question some of his choices.  I'm putting it out here in case someone has the interest to see what one of the true veterans of the progressive rock universe thinks are vital progressive metal albums. This is, after all, a guy who read books about progressive rock even before I was born.

The list:

50 Albums That Built Progressive Metal (in chronological order)

1.    "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"    Black Sabbath (1973)
2.    "Kansas"    Kansas (1974)
2.    "Sabotage"    Black Sabbath (1975)
4.    "2112"    Rush (1976)
5.    "Technical Ecstasy"    Black Sabbath (1976)
6.    "Leftoverture"    Kansas (1976)
7.    "A Farewell to Kings"    Rush (1977)
8.    "Never Say Die"    Black Sabbath (1978)
9.    "Hemispheres"    Rush (1978)
10.    "Moving Pictures"    Rush (1981)
11.    "Melissa"    Mercyful Fate (1983)
12.    "Power Windows"    Rush (1985)
13.    "Awaken the Guradian"    Fates Warning (1986)
14.    "Epicus Doomivus Metallicus"    Candlemass (1986)
15.    "Mekong Delta"    Mekong Delta (1987)
16.    "Life Cycle"    Sieges Even (1988)
17.    "Dimension Hatross"    Voivod (1988)
18.    "No Exit"    Fates Warning (1988)
19.    "Operation Mindcrime"    Queensryche (1988)
20.    "Them"    King Diamond (1988)
21.    "Conspiracy"    King Diamond (1989)
22.    "Nothingface"    Voivod (1989)
23.    "Control & Resistance"    Watchtower (1989)
24.    "A Social Grace"    Psychotic Waltz (1990)
25.    "Dances of Death"    Mekong Delta (1990)
26.    "The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth"    Skyclad (1991)
27.    "Images & Words"    Dream Theater (1992)
28.    "Kaleidoscope"    Mekong Delta (1992)
29.    "The Outer Limits"    Voivod (1993)
30.    "Focus"    Cynic (1993)
31.    "Psychedelicatessen"    Threshold (1994)
32.    "Wildhoney"    Tiamat (1994)
33.    "Life, Death & Other Morbid Tales"    Memento Mori (1994)
34.    "Awake"    Dream Theater (1994)
35.    "Sophisticated"    Sieges Even (1995)
36.    "Burnt Offerings"    Iced Earth (1995)
37.    "The Seduction of Madness"    Garden Wall (1995)
38.    "Abstrakt Algebra"    Abstrakt Algebra (1995)
39.    "The Graveyard"    King Diamond (1996)
40.    "Irrational Anthems"    Skyclad (1996)
41.    "Extinct Instinct"    Threshold (1997)
42.    "The Wake of Magellan"    Savatage (1997)
43.    "Scenes from a Memory"    Dream Theater (1999)
44.    "Disconnected"    Fates Warning (2000)
45.    "Blackwater Park"    Opeth (2001)
46.    "Forget the Colours"    Garden Wall (2002)
47.    "Toward the Silence"    Garden Wall (2005)
48.    "Nostradamus"    Judas Priest (2008)
49.    "Death Magic Doom"    Candlemass (2009)
50.    "The Book of Souls"    Iron Maiden (2015)