As I Lay Dying in Darkest Hour se septembra odpravljajo na evropsko turnejo. /M.P./

An Ocean Between Us je naslov novega albuma As I Lay Dying, ki so ga v glavnem posneli v studiu vokalista Tima Lambesisa, Lambesis Studio. Pri produkciji je band sodeloval z Adamom Dutkiewiczem, miks pa bo opravil Colin Richardson. Band pa je sedaj uradno v svoje vrste vzel novega basista, Josha Gilberta. /M.P./

Nov potrjen band za Wacken Open Air so Type O Negative. Sodelovanje na festivalu pa so odpovedali Bullet For My Valentine in As I Lay Dying. /M.P./

Possessed se vračajo za ekskluzivni nastop na letošnjem Wacken Open Air festivalu. Poleg njih so na novo potrjeni še As I Lay Dying. /M.P./

Novi izidi: COMMUNIC: Waves Of Visual Decay, SONATA ARCTICA: For The Sake Of Revenge (live), EDENBRIDGE: The Grand Design, SETHERIAL: Death Triumphant, MISERY INDEX: Discordia, AS I LAY DYING: A Long March: The First Recordings, CATARACT: Kingdom,
NODE: As God Kills, PAATOS: Silence Of Another Kind, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER: Friede Sei Mit Dir, THE ACCUSED: Oh, Martha + Bonus.

16. maja bodo pri Metal Blade izdali prva dva As I Lay Dying izdelka, split CD z American Tragedy iz leta 2002 in prvenec Beneath the Encasing of Ashes iz leta 2001, ki sta pred tem izšla pri Pluto Records. /M.P./

30. januarja bo založba Metal Blade izdala dvojni disk z naslovom Into The Pit. Na ploščku bo 10 video posnetkov in 13 komadov. Tracklista je sledeča:
DVD:
AS I LAY DYING - Confined
UNEARTH - Endless
CATARACT - Nothing´s Left
THE RED CHORD - Antman
BORN FROM PAIN - Rise Or Die
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - A Vulgar Picture
NEAERA - Hibernating Reason
WINTER SOLSTICE - Following Caligula
INTO THE MOAT - Empty Shell
SINCE THE FLOOD - Valor And Vengance
CD:
AS I LAY DYING - Meaning In Tragedy
UNEARTH - The Great Dividers
CATARACT - As We Speak
THE RED CHORD - Fixation On Plastics
BORN FROM PAIN - The New Hate
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - Statutory Ape
NEAERA - The World Devourers
WINTER SOLSTICE - Calibrate The Virus
INTO THE MOAT - Dead Before I Stry
SINCE THE FLOOD - In My Eyes
MACHINEMADE GOD - Losses To Lessons
LOSA - The Beginning
THE RED DEATH - Aftertaste Of The Emaciated
/P.G./

Današnji Metal detektor (RŠ, 23:30) združuje staro in novo: kaj je novega bomo preverili z Nevermore, Flotsam And Jetsam, Reverend Bizarre, Machine Man, As I Lay Dying in Dew-Scented.
V stari šoli bo tokrat zastopan izključno death metal in sicer z zgodnjimi izdelki Deicide, Vader, Entombed, Benediction in Gorefest. /P.G./

V zadnjih treh tednih so izšli naslednji albumi: DEMONS & WIZARDS: Touched By The Crimson King, NAGLFAR: Pariah, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: Demons, EVEREVE: Tried & Failed, HATE ETERNAL: I Monarch, AS I LAY DYING: Shadows Are Security, AGENTS OF MAN: Count Your Blessings, DARKANE: Layers Of Lies, BLACK MAJESTY: Silent Company, WIZARD: Magic Circle, CASUS BELLI: In The Name Of The Rose, TOTENMOND: TonbergUrtod.

Tukaj si lahko pogledate As I Lay Dying videospot za skladbo Confined. /M.P./

As I Lay Dying, Heaven Shall Burn, Evergreen Terrace, Agents Of Man, End Of Days in Neaera bodo septembra in oktobra nastopali po Evropi v okviru turneje Hell On Earth 2005 (glej Koncerti). /M.P./

As I Lay Dying so končali s snemanjem novega albuma Shadows Are Security. Album sta producirala vokalist Tim Lambesis in Steve Russell, miksal pa ga je Andy Sneap. Track lista albuma je: Meaning in Tragedy, Confined, Losing Sight, The Darkest Nights, Empty Hearts, Reflection, Repeating Yesterday, Through Struggle, The Truth of My Perception, Control is Dead, Morning Waits, Illusions. Limited edition verzija pa bo vsebovala še DVD, posnet 28. novembra v Nemčiji, na njem pa bodo: Falling Upon Deaf Ears, 94 Hours, A Thousand Steps, Elegy, Reflection, Distance Is Darkness, Collision. Datum izida je 20. junij. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: TYPE O NEGATIVE: Liffe Is Killing Me, JOHN ARCH: A Twist Of Fate, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: Arachnophobiac, MYSTIC PROPHECY: Rgeressus, AS I LAY DYING: Frail Words Collapse in THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: Unhallowed. /M.P./

Novoletno vzdušje je zajelo tudi ekipo Paranoida, zato ta za nekaj dni zapira »štacuno«. Medtem ko vi v rubriki »Nagradne igre« lahko še naprej glasujete za »Naj 2002«, smo to izbrali tudi mi.
Želimo vam čimbolj metalsko leto 2003. /Uredništvo/

Ajda:

Albumi:
DREAM THEATER – Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
RAGE – Unity
SENTENCED – The Cold White Light
SEVEN WITCHES – Xiled To Infinity And One
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
SOUTHERN STORM – 1999
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA – Beethoven's Last Night

Koncerti:
NEVERMORE – Bang Your Head
SAVATAGE – povsod
SENTENCED – Salzburg
THE 69 EYES – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM, NEGLIGENCE – Ljubljana

Matjaž:

Albumi:
AVANTASIA – Metal Opera Part 2
BLIND GUARDIAN – A Night At The Opera
ENGINE – Superholic
IRON MAIDEN – Eddie's Archive
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
PROSPECT – Moments
SYMPHORCE – PhorcefulAhead
TAD MOROSE – Matters Of The Dark
TERROR 2000 – Faster Disaster

Koncerti:
BRUCE DICKINSON, SAVATAGE – Wacken
SAXON, CANDLEMASS – Bang Your Head
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana

Matija:

Albumi:
HYPOCRISY – Catch 22
GIRLSCHOOL – Not That Innocent
AMON AMARTH – Versus The World
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
DORO – Fight
THE CROWN – Crowned In Terror
KATAKLYSM – Shadows And Dust
TIAMAT – Judas Christ
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer

Koncerti:
ALICE COOPER – Munchen
JUDAS PRIEST – Graz
DIO – Graz
KREATOR – Wacken
SAXON – Bang Your Head
UNLEASHED – Wacken

Peter:

Albumi:
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer
GRAVE DIGGER – Tunes Of Wacken
KING DIAMOND – Abigail II – The Revenge
REBELLION – Shakespeare's Macbeth
SARCASM – Igra Narave
SCANNER – Scantropolis
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
STORMWITCH – Dance With The Witches
WARLORD – Rising Out Of The Ashes
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World

Koncerti:
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj