Best Progressive Rock/Metal Album Openers of the 21st Century

1 The Glass Prison - Dream Theater

2 Oblivion - Mastodon

3 The Grudge - Tool

4 Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

5 Iconoclast - Symphony X

6 Depth Charge - The Devin Townsend Band

7 Combustion - Meshuggah

8 Vicarious - Tool

9 The Root of All Evil - Dream Theater

10 Septuagint - Obscura

The Contenders

11 On a Tuesday - Pain of Salvation

12 Ghost of Perdition - Opeth

13 A Nightmare to Remember - Dream Theater

14 Tapestry of the Starless Abstract - Ne Obliviscaris

15 As I Am - Dream Theater

16 On the Backs of Angel - Dream Theater