Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Metalcore was evolving fast in the early 2000s, and 2002 stands as one of the genre’s most important years. In this video, I rank and discuss the best metalcore albums of 2002, covering everything from chaotic mathcore and hardcore-leaning releases to melodic breakthroughs that would shape the genre for years to come. #metalcore #killswitchengage #normajean @killswitchengage @POISONTHEWELLOFFICIAL
@NikNocturnal
00:00 Intro
00:16 Norma Jean – Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
00:51 Eighteen Visions – Vanity
01:22 Atreyu – Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
01:57 All That Remains – Behind Silence and Solitude
02:33 Evergreen Terrace – Burned Alive By Time
03:17 Nostromo – Ecce Lex
03:52 Between the Buried and Me – Between the Buried and Me
04:32 Bleeding Through – Portrait of the Goddess
05:09 Curl Up and Die – Unfortunately, We’re Not Robots
05:42 Endthisday – Sleeping Beneath the Ashes of Creation
06:11 Demon Hunter – Demon Hunter
06:43 Knut – Challenger
07:09 Hatebreed – Perseverance
07:37 Burnt by the Sun – Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution
08:08 Heaven Shall Burn – Whatever It May Take
08:38 Hopesfall – The Satellite Years
09:11 Nodes of Ranvier – Lost Senses, More Innocence
09:44 The Killing Tree – The Romance of Helen Trent
10:16 Remembering Never – She Looks So Good in Red
10:57 Reprisal – Mail Order Knife Set
11:24 Sentence – War
11:52 Living Sacrifice – Conceived in Fire
12:35 A Long Winter – I’m So Bad With Goodbyes…
13:03 Dead to Fall – Everything I Touch Falls to Pieces
13:40 Poison the Well – Tear from the Red
14:22 Shadows Fall – The Art of Balance
15:01 Shattered Realm – Broken Ties… Spoken Lies…
15:33 Underoath – The Changing of Times
16:04 Keeping the Series Going
17:00 The Red Chord – Fused Together in Revolving Doors
17:37 The Acacia Strain – …And Life Is Very Long
18:11 Love Lost but Not Forgotten – Upon the Right, I Saw a New Misery
18:39 Maroon – Antagonist
19:11 Zao – Parade of Chaos
19:59 Honorable Mentions
21:48 Killswitch Engage - Alive Of Just Breathing
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Metalcore was evolving fast in the early 2000s, and 2002 stands as one of the genre’s most important years. In this video, I rank and discuss the best metalcore albums of 2002, covering everything from chaotic mathcore and hardcore-leaning releases to melodic breakthroughs that would shape the genre for years to come. #metalcore #killswitchengage #normajean @killswitchengage @POISONTHEWELLOFFICIAL
@NikNocturnal
00:00 Intro
00:16 Norma Jean – Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
00:51 Eighteen Visions – Vanity
01:22 Atreyu – Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
01:57 All That Remains – Behind Silence and Solitude
02:33 Evergreen Terrace – Burned Alive By Time
03:17 Nostromo – Ecce Lex
03:52 Between the Buried and Me – Between the Buried and Me
04:32 Bleeding Through – Portrait of the Goddess
05:09 Curl Up and Die – Unfortunately, We’re Not Robots
05:42 Endthisday – Sleeping Beneath the Ashes of Creation
06:11 Demon Hunter – Demon Hunter
06:43 Knut – Challenger
07:09 Hatebreed – Perseverance
07:37 Burnt by the Sun – Soundtrack to the Personal Revolution
08:08 Heaven Shall Burn – Whatever It May Take
08:38 Hopesfall – The Satellite Years
09:11 Nodes of Ranvier – Lost Senses, More Innocence
09:44 The Killing Tree – The Romance of Helen Trent
10:16 Remembering Never – She Looks So Good in Red
10:57 Reprisal – Mail Order Knife Set
11:24 Sentence – War
11:52 Living Sacrifice – Conceived in Fire
12:35 A Long Winter – I’m So Bad With Goodbyes…
13:03 Dead to Fall – Everything I Touch Falls to Pieces
13:40 Poison the Well – Tear from the Red
14:22 Shadows Fall – The Art of Balance
15:01 Shattered Realm – Broken Ties… Spoken Lies…
15:33 Underoath – The Changing of Times
16:04 Keeping the Series Going
17:00 The Red Chord – Fused Together in Revolving Doors
17:37 The Acacia Strain – …And Life Is Very Long
18:11 Love Lost but Not Forgotten – Upon the Right, I Saw a New Misery
18:39 Maroon – Antagonist
19:11 Zao – Parade of Chaos
19:59 Honorable Mentions
21:48 Killswitch Engage - Alive Of Just Breathing
Buy Metal Trenches MERCH (Sick design by CurlyArt): metaltrenches.bigcartel.com
Grow YOUR OWN YouTube Channel with vidiq.com/METAL
Join us on DISCORD! discord.gg/7QTAesh5Pp
Become a Supporter!
patreon.com/metaltrenches
subscribestar.com/metal-trenches
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: eepurl.com/dogQCD
Connect:
metaltrenches.com
minds.com/metaltrenches
facebook.com/metaltrenches
metaltrenches.bandcamp.com
twitter.com/MetalTrenches
instagram.com/metal.trenches
I do not own the rights to any of the featured song clips on this video. All credit to the artists and labels with specific permission granted. These fall under fair use based on sufficient transformation for the purpose of review, promotion, and commentary.
