The Best Metal Albums of 2002

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Dark Tranquillity Damage Done	Jul 22, 2002	92.7	134	9
2	Rhapsody Power of the Dragonflame	Mar 18, 2002	93.8	79	8
3	Opeth Deliverance	Nov 12, 2002	91.2	69	6
4	Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence	Jan 12, 2002	90.4	64	3
5	Arcturus The Sham Mirrors	Apr 22, 2002	94.5	24	3
6	Immortal Sons of Northern Darkness	Feb 5, 2002	94	24	1
7	Megadeth Rude Awakening [Live]	Mar 19, 2002	91.6	41	4
8	Avantasia The Metal Opera Pt. II	Aug 26, 2002	88.2	76	4
9	Nile In Their Darkened Shrines	Sep 16, 2002	91.9	28	2
10	Yngwie Malmsteen Concerto Suite Live With Japan Philharmonic [Live]	Jan 29, 2002	93.5	19	1
11	At Vance Only Human	Aug 25, 2002	89.7	44	3
12	Agalloch The Mantle	Aug 13, 2002	89.3	42	1
13	Iron Maiden Rock in Rio [Live]	Mar 25, 2002	91.8	22	2
14	Dark Moor The Gates of Oblivion	Mar 11, 2002	87.6	57	6
15	Pagan's Mind Celestial Entrance	Nov 18, 2002	93.6	14	2
16	Kalmah They Will Return	Apr 30, 2002	89	40	2
17	Blind Guardian A Night at the Opera	Mar 1, 2002	90	31	5
18	Audioslave Audioslave	Nov 18, 2002	94	12	0
19	Luca Turilli Prophet of the Last Eclipse	Nov 11, 2002	88.6	41	4
20	Destroyer 666 Cold Steel...for an Iron Age	2002	92.7	15	0
21	Killswitch Engage Alive or Just Breathing	May 21, 2002	89.9	26	0
22	Shaman Ritual	Aug 2, 2002	90.4	23	3
23	Symphony X The Odyssey	Nov 4, 2002	88.2	38	3
24	Porcupine Tree In Absentia	Sep 24, 2002	92.7	13	1
25	Desire Locus Horrendus - the Night Cries of a Sullen Soul	May 2002	93	11	1
26	Nehemah Light of a Dead Star	2002	91.1	17	4
27	Nightwish Century Child	Jun 24, 2002	86.9	44	4
28	Jeremy Edge on the History	2002	91.2	15	2
29	Isis Oceanic	Sep 17, 2002	92	12	0
30	Nocturnal Rites Shadowland	May 27, 2002	91.5	13	1
31	Black Mass To Fly with Demons	2002	93.6	7	0
32	Thy Majestie Hastings 1066	Sep 23, 2002	91	12	2
33	Threshold Critical Mass	Sep 2, 2002	91.8	9	0
34	Mourning Beloveth The Sullen Sulcus	Dec 15, 2002	91.8	9	1
35	Behemoth Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)	Oct 28, 2002	88.1	20	2
36	Desaster Divine Blasphemies	2002	93.3	6	1
37	Pain Of Salvation Remedy Lane	Jan 15, 2002	87.1	24	6
38	Cornerstone Human Stain	2002	96	3	1
39	Sentenced The Cold White Light	May 13, 2002	89.6	11	1
40	Disgorge Consume the Forsaken	May 7, 2002	89.8	10	1
41	Impiety Kaos Kommand 696	Nov 4, 2002	91.7	6	1
42	Norther Dreams of Endless War	Jan 28, 2002	85.7	23	4
43	Judas Iscariot To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding	2002	87.2	15	3
44	Warmen Beyond Abilities	Feb 5, 2002	88.4	11	0
45	Rage Unity	Oct 21, 2002	86.7	16	1
46	Inquisition Invoking the Majestic Throne of Satan	2002	88.3	11	1
47	Hammerfall Crimson Thunder	Oct 28, 2002	87.1	14	2
48	Charon Downhearted	Apr 2002	92.5	4	0
49	Time Requiem Time Requiem	Nov 18, 2002	87.4	13	2
50	Entwine Time of Despair	Apr 22, 2002	93.7	3	1

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