2002 in heavy metal music

Overview of the events of 2002 in heavy metal musicTemplate:SHORTDESC:Overview of the events of 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

* Down
* Prong
* Trouble
* Whitesnake

## 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*
* Coal Chamber - *Dark Days*
* 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
* Breach
* 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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## References

1. ↑ Archive-Joe-DAngelo. "Drowning Pool's Dave Williams Died From Heart Disease, Coroner Says". *MTV News*. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
2. ↑ Archive-Jon-Wiederhorn. "Ozzy Osbourne Drummer Randy Castillo Dies". *MTV News*. Retrieved 2022-06-18.