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Information about 2002 In Metal

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year

Newly formed bands

Reformed Bands

Albums

Disbandments

Events

Preceded by:
2001		Heavy Metal Timeline
2002		Followed by:
2003
Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music[1] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[2] With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, heavy,
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Apocalypse is a progressive rock band from Brazil that plays symphonic rock with strong keyboard orientation. Many influences can be noticed among their discography, but Genesis, Yes, ELP, Pink Floyd, Rush and Marillion are the most present.
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Massacration is a brazilian humorous heavy metal band, the self-proclaimed "greatest and most classic heavy metal band, the inspiration behind most heavy bands since 1985, whose members' hairdos and posing influenced the whole heavy metal culture".
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Probot (portmanteau: probe + robot) is a musical project masterminded by Dave Grohl.

On the album, Grohl fulfilled his dream of teaming up with heavy metal vocalists from 1980s and 1990s metal bands who influenced his musical tastes while he was growing up.
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Theocracy is a Christian Progressive Power Metal band founded in 2002 by Matt Smith of Athens, Georgia. The group originally started out as a one man project and all the instruments and vocals done on the debut album Theocracy were performed by Smith.
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Prong is a crossover thrash/thrash metal band and later groove metal/industrial metal formed in 1986. Prong had two independent releases, Primitive Origins and Force Fed. The albums attracted the attention of Epic Records, which signed the trio in 1989.
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Trouble is an American doom metal band noted for their influence on the just-emerging subgenre. The band is also known for the spiritual nature of their lyrics; their first record label, Metal Blade Records, marketed the band as "White Metal" (in contrast to the rising black metal
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3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2000. They play a traditional NWOBHM- and power metal-influenced style combined with hardcore punk style screaming.
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Battlecry Under a Wintersun
(2002) Advance and Vanquish
(2004) |

Battlecry Under a Wintersun is the first full length album by Canadian power metal band 3 Inches of Blood. It was released in 2002 on Teenage Rampage Records.
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Agalloch is an American dark metal band formed in 1996 in Portland, Oregon.

History

Formation

Agalloch began as the creation of John Haughm and Shane Breyer, named after the fragrant resinous wood of the Agarwood (Aquilaria agallocha).
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The Mantle
(2002) Tomorrow Will Never Come
(2003)

The Mantle is the second album by American folk/doom metal band Agalloch. The album was released on August 13, 2002 by The End Records.
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Atreyu is a five member band from Orange County, California that formed in 1998. The band consists of vocalist Alex Varkatzas, guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, bassist Marc McKnight and drummer and vocalist Brandon Saller.
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Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
(2002) The Curse
(2004)

Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses is the first full-length album by American metalcore band Atreyu, released on June 4, 2002, under Victory Records.
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Behemoth (  (help) ) is a Polish "death metal" band. They first started as a black metal act in 1992 but slowly evolved into death metal.
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Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)
(2002) Conjuration
(2003)

Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) is an album released in 2002 by Polish Blackened Death Metal band Behemoth.
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Beseech was the name of a goth rock/gothic metal band from Borås, Sweden. The group has disbanded and have actually formed two other bands, Those We Don't Speak Of (also known as TWDSO) and The Mary Major.
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Souls Highway
(2001) Drama

Souls Highway is Beseech's third album, released in 2003 by Napalm Records. The CD features 11 tracks.
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Black Label Society is a heavy metal band formed by Zakk Wylde, with nine albums released to date.

Band's Formation

In the early 1990s, Wylde had formed his own solo band Pride & Glory, playing a mixture of bluesy southern rock with heavy metal.
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1919 Eternal
(2002) The Blessed Hellride
(2003)

1919 Eternal is a heavy metal album by the band Black Label Society. Written for Zakk's father, '1919 Eternal' is the third album from Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society, which follows on from
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Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham. The original band line up of Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums) is the same as the current line up (2007) although there have been many shifts of personnel
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Past Lives
(2002)
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Past Lives is a live album released in 2002 by Black Sabbath. The first disc was previously known as Live at Last
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Blind Guardian is a German power metal band which formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, Germany.[1] Before calling themselves Blind Guardian, the band released two demos under the name Lucifer's Heritage in 1985 and 1986.
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A Night at the Opera is a 2002 album by the German power metal band Blind Guardian. The record has received mostly superior reviews, especially from magazines and fansites devoted to the genre.
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Bon Jovi is a Rock 'n' Roll band originating from Sayreville, New Jersey.
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Def Leppard are an English hard rock band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. On the strength of their albums, Pyromania and Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top selling rock bands of the 1980s.
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X is the tenth album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 2002. Much like 1996's Slang, it featured another musical departure from their signature sound by moving into the pop genre. It was produced by the band with Pete Woodroffe.
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Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. The high technical level of their compositions usually makes people refer to their style as somewhat of a progressive metal or progressive rock band.
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Move may refer to
  • Moving or Mover or Remove
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  • "Move", a single by Thousand Foot Krutch from The Art of Breaking
  • m.o.v.e, a Japanese pop]band
  • The Move, a 1960s rock band

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Crimson Thunder is the fourth studio release by Swedish metal band HammerFall. It was the first album the band worked with producer Charlie Bauerfeind on. "Hearts on Fire" is set to appear in the upcoming video game .
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