Spiritual Sickness is a progressive power metal band from Long Island, New York, formed in 2012, combining the melodic sweep and clean vocal delivery of power metal with the technical complexity and shifting dynamics of progressive metal.

Sunrise Dreamer is a progressive metal project from New York, formed in 2021, pursuing the melodic and compositionally ambitious side of the genre with a focus on dynamic songwriting and technical musicianship.

Syrek is a progressive/neoclassical metal and shred project from White Plains, New York, active since 2005, showcasing virtuosic guitar technique and classical harmonic sensibility within a heavy metal framework.

Troy, New York's The Final Sleep have pursued progressive metal since forming in 2017 with an ear for complexity that goes beyond genre exercise. Upstate New York's isolation seems to feed their music, which favors the kind of patient, layered construction that rewards careful listening over easy hooks. Their name evokes finality and introspection, qualities that appear to shape the emotional arc of their material.

New York's Theater of the Absurd operate in the farthest reaches of progressive metal, tagged as "extreme progressive" by Metal Archives — a descriptor that suggests compositional complexity pushed well past standard prog conventions. Active since 2013, they favor dissonance, unusual structures, and a confrontational approach to songwriting.

Formed in New York in 2022, This Is the Last Time work in progressive and post-metal territory, building lengthy, texture-driven compositions that prioritize atmosphere and emotional weight over technical showcase.

Syracuse's Time Under Earth formed in 2025 with a progressive black metal orientation — bringing the compositional complexity and structural ambition of prog to black metal's tremolo-picked ferocity and atmospheric extremity. As a very new act, they represent the leading edge of upstate New York's experimental extreme metal.

Rochester, New York's To the Deep occupy the space where groove metal's rhythmic churn meets progressive metal's structural ambition, building riff-forward songs with enough compositional depth to reward repeated listens.

Bath, New York progressive metal project Tragic Heights formed in 2024, bringing an ambitious and compositionally complex approach to the genre from a small upstate New York community.