|  | Amon Düül II |  | Live in Tokyo (1996) [Live] |  |  | Krautrock, Progressive Rock | - | 0 | 
|  | Richard Wright |  | Broken China (1996) |  |  | Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Ambient | - | 0 | 
|  | Angra |  | Freedom Call (1996) [EP] |  |  | Power Metal, Progressive Metal | 70 | 1 | 
|  | Spock's Beard |  | Beware of Darkness (1996) |  |  | Progressive Rock | - | 0 | 
|  | Angra |  | Holy Live (1997) [Live] |  |  | Power Metal, Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Artension |  | Phoenix Rising (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | 90 | 1 | 
|  | Avalon |  | Mystic Places (1997) |  |  | Power Metal, Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Conception |  | Flow (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal, Power Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | DGM |  | Change Direction (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Dreamscape |  | Trance - Like State (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Eldritch |  | Headquake (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Eternity X |  | The Edge (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Headline |  | Escape (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal, Power Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Ivanhoe |  | Polarized (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Jordan Rudess |  | Secrets Of The Muse (1997) |  |  | Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Manigance |  | Signe De Vie (1997) [EP] |  |  | Power Metal, Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Mekong Delta |  | Pictures At An Exhibition (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Pain Of Salvation |  | Entropia (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | 85 | 1 | 
|  | Sieges Even |  | Uneven (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Vanishing Point |  | In Thought (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Voivod |  | Phobos (1997) |  |  | Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Digital Ruin |  | Listen (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Cirrha Niva |  | The Mirror World Dimension (1997) |  |  | Progressive Metal, Gothic Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Mansun |  | Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997) |  |  | Britpop, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock | - | 0 | 
|  | Everon |  | Venus (1997) |  |  | Progressive Rock | - | 0 | 
|  | The Flower Kings |  | Stardust We Are (1997) |  |  | Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog | - | 0 | 
|  | King Crimson |  | The Night Watch (1997) [Live] |  |  | Progressive Rock | - | 0 | 
|  | IQ |  | Subterranea (1997) |  |  | Neo-Prog, Progressive Rock | - | 0 | 
|  | Queensrÿche |  | spOOL (1997) [Single] |  |  | Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal | - | 0 | 
|  | Queensrÿche |  | Sign of the Times (1997) [Single] |  |  | Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal | - | 0 |