The Best Metal Albums of 2002

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Hatebreed Perseverance	Nov 5, 2002	84.4	10	1
102	Harem Scarem Weight of the World	Mar 25, 2002	86.5	6	1
103	Lacuna Coil Comalies	Sep 23, 2002	82.9	13	1
104	Impellitteri System X	2002	83	12	2
105	Dragonland Holy War	2002	83.6	10	3
106	Grand Illusion View From the Top	Jul 7, 2002	87.5	4	0
107	Decapitated Nihility	2002	85	7	0
108	Between the Buried and Me Between the Buried and Me	Apr 22, 2002	85.5	6	1
109	Lake Of Tears The Neonai	Sep 2, 2002	88.3	3	0
110	Tiamat Judas Christ	Feb 13, 2002	88.3	3	0
111	Axel Rudi Pell Shadow Zone	Apr 29, 2002	88.3	3	0
112	Tyrant Legend	2002	88.3	3	0
113	Scanner Scantropolis	Apr 5, 2002	88.3	3	0
114	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Attack!!	Sep 23, 2002	80.1	19	1
115	Craft Terror Propaganda	Nov 3, 2002	83.3	9	1
116	Sepultura Under a Pale Grey Sky [Live]	Sep 22, 2002	85	6	1
117	Power Quest Wings of Forever	2002	81.3	14	1
118	Bloodbath Resurrection Through Carnage	Nov 25, 2002	80.8	15	1
119	Woodtemple Feel the Anger of the Wind	2002	87.7	3	1
120	Kataklysm Shadows and Dust	Sep 23, 2002	86.3	4	0
121	Explorers Club Raising the Mammoth	Aug 20, 2002	86.3	4	1
122	Reverend Bizarre In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend	2002	86.3	4	0
123	The Dillinger Escape Plan / Mike Patton Irony Is a Dead Scene [EP]	Aug 27, 2002	86.3	4	0
124	Pain Nothing Remains the Same	Jul 15, 2002	86.3	4	0
125	Cryonic Temple Chapter I	May 2002	84.5	6	1
126	Sad Legend Searching for the Hope in Utter Darkness [EP]	2002	80.7	13	0
127	Internal Suffering Chaotic Matrix	Apr 26, 2002	87	3	1
128	Star One Space Metal	May 21, 2002	83.1	7	1
129	Black Hole Live of Live [Live]	2002	83.1	7	1
130	Temnozor Horizons...	2002	86.7	3	0
131	Carcariass Killing Process	Sep 2002	86.7	3	0
132	All That Remains Behind Silence and Solitude	Mar 26, 2002	86.7	3	0
133	Spiritual Beggars On Fire	Oct 8, 2002	86.7	3	0
134	Wolfnacht Heidentum	2002	86.7	3	1
135	Gospel of the Horns A Call to Arms	2002	86.7	3	0
136	Requiem The Arrival	Apr 8, 2002	86.7	3	0
137	Wizards The Kingdom	2002	84.4	5	2
138	Poison Hollyweird	May 21, 2002	85.3	4	0
139	Kalpa The Path of the Eternal Years	Jun 6, 2002	77	27	3
140	Dream Evil Dragonslayer	Jul 20, 2002	79.7	14	2
141	Darkane Expanding Senses	Sep 2002	86.3	3	0
142	Sirenia At Sixes and Sevens	May 21, 2002	83.3	6	2
143	Cradle Of Filth Eleven Burial Masses [Live]	2002	86.3	3	0
144	Nachtfalke Doomed to Die	2002	85	4	0
145	Otep Sevas Tra	Jun 18, 2002	85	4	0
146	Paradise Lost Symbol of Life	Oct 21, 2002	84	5	0
147	Penumbra The Last Bewitchment	Jun 22, 2002	82.8	6	0
148	Enthroning Silence Unnamed Quintessence of Grimness	2002	82.5	6	1
149	Novembers Doom To Welcome the Fade	Sep 10, 2002	81.7	7	2
150	Superior Ultima Ratio	2002	84	4	0

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