2002 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in 2002.
Newly formed bands[]
- 3,14...
- Adrift
- All Ends
- All Shall Perish
- Alltheniko
- Angtoria
- Arkona
- Asesino
- Astral Doors
- Audrey Horne
- Augury
- Avian
- Bilocate
- Bleed the Sky
- Bloodsimple
- Brand New Sin
- Brides of Destruction
- Code
- Crazy Lixx
- Delain
- Despised Icon
- DevilDriver
- Drudkh
- Eluveitie
- Epica
- Exmortus
- Flyleaf
- Gama Bomb
- Heidevolk
- In Solitude
- Iron Mask
- Kivimetsän Druidi
- Krux
- Lethian Dreams
- Midnattsol
- Minsk
- Misery Signals
- Nemesea
- Obscura
- OSI
- Psyopus
- Red
- The Saddest Landscape
- Sonic Syndicate
- Star One
- Sturmgeist
- Suicide Silence
- Symphony in Peril
- Teräsbetoni
- The Absence
- Theocracy
- Torture Killer
- Vektor
- Velvet Revolver
- Winds of Plague
- Violator
- Woods of Ypres
- Zonaria
Reformed bands[]
Albums[]
- 3 Inches of Blood - Battlecry Under a Winter Sun
- 36 Crazyfists - Bitterness the Star
- The Acacia Strain - ...And Life Is Very Long
- Agalloch - The Mantle
- All That Remains - Behind Silence and Solitude
- Amon Amarth - Versus the World
- Atreyu - Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
- Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part II
- Bathory - Nordland I
- Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)
- Beseech - Souls Highway
- Between the Buried and Me – Between the Buried and Me
- Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal
- Black Sabbath - Past Lives (live)
- Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
- Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
- Bolt Thrower – Honour – Valour – Pride
- Bon Jovi - Bounce
- Breaking Benjamin - Saturate
- Cathedral - The VIIth Coming
- Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed
- Chevelle - Wonder What's Next
- Cog - Just Visiting Part One (EP)
- Cog - Just Visiting Part Two (EP)
- Crazy Town - Darkhorse
- Danzig – Danzig 777: I Luciferi
- Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
- Decapitated – Nihility
- Demon Hunter – Demon Hunter
- Despised Icon - Consumed by Your Poison
- Def Leppard - X
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is a Dead Scene (EP)
- Dio - Killing the Dragon
- Disturbed - Believe
- Down - Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow
- Dream Evil - Dragonslayer
- Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
- Electric Wizard – Let Us Prey
- Fear Factory - Concrete (originally recorded in 1991, but not released until 2002)
- Finch – What It Is to Burn
- Firewind – Between Heaven and Hell
- Freak Kitchen - Move
- HammerFall - Crimson Thunder
- Hardline - II
- Hatebreed - Perseverance
- Hate Eternal - King of All Kings
- Heaven Shall Burn – Whatever It May Take
- High on Fire – Surrounded by Thieves
- Immolation - Unholy Cult
- Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
- In Flames - Reroute to Remain
- Iron Savior - Condition Red
- Isis - Oceanic
- Kataklysm - Shadows & Dust
- Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing
- King Diamond - Abigail II: The Revenge
- Korn - Untouchables
- Krux - Krux
- Kylesa - Kylesa
- Lacuna Coil - Comalies
- Lordi - Get Heavy
- Luca Turilli - Prophet of the Last Eclipse
- Manowar - Warriors of the World
- Mastodon - Remission
- Megadeth - Rude Awakening (live)
- Megadeth - Still Alive... and Well? (compilation)
- Mercenary - Everblack
- Meshuggah - Nothing
- Motörhead - Hammered
- Nightwish - Century Child
- Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been (live)
- Norma Jean - Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
- Opeth - Deliverance
- Orange Goblin – Coup de Grace
- Origin – Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas
- Otep - Sevas Tra
- Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
- Pain - Nothing Remains the Same
- Papa Roach - Lovehatetragedy
- Pitchshifter - PSI
- Poison the Well - Tear from the Red
- Power Quest - Wings of Forever
- Primal Fear - Black Sun
- Pro-Pain – Shreds of Dignity
- Protest the Hero - A Calculated Use of Sound
- QueenAdreena - Drink Me
- Raunchy - Velvet Noise
- The Red Chord – Fused Together in Revolving Doors
- Rhapsody - Power of the Dragonflame
- Rotting Christ - Genesis
- Rush - Vapor Trails
- Sacrificium – Cold Black Piece of Flesh
- Satyricon - Volcano
- Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder
- Sentenced - The Cold White Light
- Seven Witches – Xiled to Infinity and One
- Shadows Fall - The Art of Balance
- Sinergy - Suicide by My Side
- Slechtvalk - The War That Plagues the Lands
- Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
- Sonata Arctica - Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo (live)
- Soulfly - 3
- Spectre Dragon - Under Hell's Command
- Star One - Space Metal
- Stone Sour - Stone Sour
- SugarComa - Becoming Something Else
- Symphony X - The Odyssey
- System of a Down - Steal This Album!
- Theory of a Deadman - Theory of a Deadman
- Threshold - Critical Mass
- Trapt - Trapt
- Týr - How Far to Asgaard
- Underoath – The Changing of Times
- Vader – Revelations
- Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight
- Vintersorg - Visions from the Spiral Generator
- Visions of Atlantis - Eternal Endless Infinity
- WarCry - WarCry
- WarCry - El Sello de los Tiempos
- Winds - Reflections of the I
- Whispering Gallery – Lost as One
Disbandments[]
- Alice in Chains
- Fear Factory
- Godflesh
- Lifer
- Megadeth
Events[]
- Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley is found dead from an overdose of heroin.
- HIV-stricken former Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby dies from a heroin overdose.
- Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine disbands the band after severely injuring his arm leaving him unable to play.
- Ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
- Drowning Pool singer Dave Williams dies on Wednesday August 14, 2002. He was found inside his tour bus, dead of cardiomyopathy.
- Dave Lombardo rejoins Slayer.
- Tarot bassist Marko Hietala leaves Sinergy and joins Nightwish as their new bassist.
- Guitarist Jeff Phillips joins Kittie as a session member, replacing Fallon Bowman. Bassist Talena Atfield quits and is replaced by Jennifer Arroyo.
- Mötley Crüe drummer Randy Castillo dies of cancer.
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