Arkaik started an ongoing conceptual saga with Metamorphignition involving Cyrix, a monk on a magical planet ruled by a mage dictatorship that severs the populace from its innate gifts via Anti-Magic.

Days of Rising Doom by the supergroup Aina, bonus points as it was their only album.Romeo et Juliette: De La Haine a l'Amour.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ( David Bowie).

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812.

Lost in the New Real ( Arjen Anthony Lucassen).

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway ( Genesis).

Jesus Christ Superstar ( Andrew Lloyd Webber).

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds ( Jeff Wayne).

Imaginos II: Bombs Over Germany (Albert Bouchard).

Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) ( Marilyn Manson).

Fallout Equestria The End Of The World (Forest Rain).

'Epica' and 'The Black Halo' by Kamelot.

Dark Sarah (the band's entire output is one continuing Symphonic Metal opera).

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (My Chemical Romance).

Chess ( Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus/ Tim Rice).

Blows Against the Empire (Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship).

The Black Parade ( My Chemical Romance).

Beethoven's Last Night ( Trans-Siberian Orchestra).

Every album tells a different part of the same overarching story, although since the hiatus, the story has changed.) Not to be confused with the Black Mages' version of the opera from Final Fantasy VI in their third album, Darkness and Starlight, wherein they set the operatic (Japanese) lyrics from the original game to a blistering heavy metal interpretation of the original music - though this only constitutes a single 15-minute track from the album.

Genetic rock opera