2002 in heavy metal music
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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in 2002.
Newly formed bands
Reformed bands
Albums
- 3 Inches of Blood - Battlecry Under a Winter Sun
- The Acacia Strain - ...And Life Is Very Long
- Agalloch - The Mantle
- Atreyu - Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
- Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)
- Beseech - Souls Highway
- Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal
- Black Sabbath - Past Lives (live)
- Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
- Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
- Bon Jovi - Bounce
- Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed
- Chevelle - Wonder What's Next
- Cog - Just Visiting Part One (EP)
- Cog - Just Visiting Part Two (EP)
- Crazy Town - Darkhorse
- Def Leppard - X
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is a Dead Scene (EP)
- Dio - Killing the Dragon
- Down - Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow
- Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
- Fear Factory - Concrete (originally recorded in 1991, but not released until 2002)
- Freak Kitchen - Move
- HammerFall - Crimson Thunder
- Hardline - II
- Hatebreed - Perseverance
- 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
- Korn - Untouchables
- Lacuna Coil - Comalies
- Lordi - Get Heavy
- 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
- Otep - Sevas Tra
- Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
- Papa Roach - Lovehatetragedy
- Pitchshifter - PSI
- Power Quest - Wings of Forever
- Protest the Hero - A Calculated Use of Sound
- QueenAdreena - Drink Me
- Raunchy - Velvet Noise
- Rhapsody of Fire - Power of the Dragonflame
- Rush - Vapor Trails
- Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder
- Sentenced - The Cold White Light
- Shadows Fall - The Art of Balance
- Slechtvalk - The War That Plagues the Lands
- Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
- Sonata Arctica - Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo (live)
- Soulfly - 3
- Stone Sour - Stone Sour
- Symphony X - The Odyssey
- System of a Down - Steal This Album!
- Threshold - Critical Mass
- Týr - How Far to Asgaard
- 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
Disbandments
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 Marco 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.
| Preceded by 2001 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 2002 |
Succeeded by 2003 |
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