New Jersey progressive metal artist Jacob Rabin pursues an introspective solo vision that prioritizes compositional depth and technical craft, building layered instrumental landscapes since 2017.

Based in Half Moon Bay, California, James Fraser works at the boundary where progressive metal bleeds into prog rock, crafting technically refined compositions that carry the melodic warmth of the California coast alongside the structural complexity of the genre.

Point Richmond, California's Jason Becker is one of the most celebrated shred guitarists of his generation, whose neoclassical and progressive metal compositions — created while living with ALS — stand as a testament to technical brilliance and profound artistic determination.

Pleasanton, California's Jasun Tipton brings a meticulous progressive metal sensibility to his solo output, his compositional style shaped by years in technical outfits like Zero Hour — dense, mathematically precise, and richly melodic.

Jeff Loomis is a guitarist from Washington state best known as the lead guitarist of progressive metal band Nevermore, with whom he recorded from 1994 until the band's dissolution in 2011. His 2008 solo debut Zero Order Phase took the fourth spot in Guitar World's 2009 readers' poll for best shred album; he followed it with Plains of Oblivion (2012) before joining melodic death metal band Arch Enemy as lead guitarist in 2014.

Ambitious Progressive Metal / Shred out of Texas.

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania's John Hahn has charted an evolving course from hard rock through heavy metal and into progressive territory, his later work favoring complex arrangements and atmospheric dynamics over straightforward aggression.

Knoxville, Tennessee's Johnny Newman brings an orchestral ambition to progressive metal, weaving symphonic arrangements into technically complex compositions — a solo project rooted in the kind of grand, cinematic vision that the symphonic metal tradition does best.

A Connecticut-based solo progressive death metal project launched in 2017, Jordan Rodriguez weaves labyrinthine song structures and technical guitar work through a relentlessly heavy death metal framework. Equal parts cerebral and crushing.