2002 Metal.

Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos
Vader - Revelations
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
King Diamond - Abigail 2
Cannibal Corpse - Gore Obsessed
Burnt By The Sun - S/T
Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera
Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin
The Crown - Crowned In Terror
Arjen Lucassens Star One - Space Metal
Beseech - Souls Highway
Manowar - Warriors Of The World
Dio - Killing The Dragon
etc, etc, etc

Many records, but not that many of them are really good.
 
Originally posted by IcemanJ256


hopefully the new In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Opeth will prive that wrong. cant' wait.
Meshuggah's new one will hopefully also help to prove that wrong.

Now that I think of it, I've bought very few albums that came out this year...
 
For now,
best 2k2 metal albums :
Dream Theater - 6doit
Blind guardian - a night at the opera
Arch enemy - wages of sin