Top 20 releases from 2002:

  1. Symphony X - 'The Odyssey'

  2. Primal Fear - 'Black Sun'

  3. Rage - 'Unity'

  4. Luca Turilli - 'Prophet Of The Last Eclipse'

  5. Angel Dust - 'Of Human Bondage'

  6. Rhapsody - 'Power Of The Dragonflame'

  7. Dream Evil - 'Dragonslayer'

  8. Arch Enemy - 'Wages Of Sin'

  9. Hammerfall - 'Crimson Thunder'

  10. Avantasia - 'The Metal Opera part 2'

  11. Nocturnal Rites - 'Shadowland'

  12. Firewind - 'Between Heaven And Hell'

  13. Symphorce - 'PhorcefulAhead'

  14. Pretty Maids - 'Planet Panic'

  15. Nightwish - 'Century Child'

  16. Elegy - 'Principles Of Pain'

  17. Seventh One - 'Sacrifice'

  18. Onward - 'Reawaken'

  19. Dark Moor - 'The Gates Of Oblivion'

  20. Blind Guardian - 'A Night At The Opera'

Runners up:

 

Manowar - 'Warriors Of The World'

Norther - 'Dreams Of Endless War'

Steel Prophet - 'Unseen'

Griffin - 'The Sideshow'

In Flames - 'Reroute To Remain'

U.D.O. - 'Man And Machine'

Power Quest - 'Wings Of Forever'

Requiem - 'The Arrival'

Place Of Skulls - 'Nailed'

Metalium - 'Hero-Nation: Chapter Three'

Seven Witches - 'Xiled To Infinity And One'

Biggest disappointment:

Running Wild - 'The Brootherhood'