Best Progressive Metal Albums of 1996

1 Crimson - Edge of Sanity

2 Morningrise - Opeth

3 Ænima - Tool

4 Actual Fantasy - Ayreon

5 Elegy - Amorphis

6 The Politics of Ecstasy - Nevermore

7 Through Silver and Blood - Neurosis

8 Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-Ion - Pan.Thy.Monium

9 Episode - Stratovarius

10 Holy Land - Angra

The Contenders

11 Bleeding - Psychotic Waltz

12 Dahlia - X Japan

13 Tribe - Sadist

14 The Graveyard - King Diamond

15 Freedom Call - Angra

16 Aspera Hiems Symfonia - Arcturus