Novi Marduk album World Funeral v Evropi izide 24. februarja pri Blooddawn Productions, vseboval pa bo naslednjo track listo: With Satan And Victorious Weapons, Bleached Bones, Cloven Hoof, Hearse, To The Death's Head True, World Funeral, Castrum Doloris, Night Of The Long Knives, Bloodletting, Blessed Unholy, Blackcrowned. /M.P/

Black Label Society snemajo nov studijski album, ki zaenkrat nosi naslov The Blessed Hellride, izšel pa naj bi spomladi. Zakk Wylde pa naj bi se z Ozzyjem dogovarjal glede možne Ozzyjeve solo plošče v letu 2003, a zaenkrat ni še nič potrjenega. /M.P./

Za sredino februarja 2003 je napovedan nov Marduk album z naslovom World Funeral, na katerem bodo naslednje pesmi: With Satan And Victorious Weapons, Bleached Bones, Cloven Hoof, Hearse, To The Death's Head True, World Funeral, Castrum Doloris, Night Of The Long Knives, Bloodletting, Blessed Unholy, Blackcrowned. Band se novembra vrača v Abyss studio k producentu Petru Tägtgrenu na miks albuma. Pred albumom pričakujte še izid singla, na katerem bo tudi priredba Possessed klasike Phantasm. /M.P./

Morbid Angel bodo v kratkem ponovno izdali klasiki Altars Of Madness in Blessed Are The Sick. Oba albuma bosta remastirana, na njiju bosta videospota Immortal Rites na prvem in Blessed Are The Sick na drugem, Trey Azagthoth pa bo napisal tudi posvetilo. /M.P./

Ameriški death metalci Nile so končali s snemanjem novega albuma In Their Darkened Shrines, ki izide 2. septembra. Posneli so ga v Soundlab Studios, producirala sta ga Karl Sanders in Bob Moore, na njem pa bodo naslednji komadi: 1. The Blessed Dead, 2. Execration Text, 3. Sarcophagus, 4. Kheftiu Asar Butchiu, 5. Unas Slayer Of The Gods, 6. Churning The Maelstrom, 7. I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead, 8. Wind Of Horus, 9. In Their Darkened Shrines, I. Hall of Saurian Entombment, II. Invocation to Seditious Heresy, III. Destruction Of The Temple Of The Enemies Of Ra, IV. Ruins. /M.P./

The 69 Eyes so končali s snemanjem novega albuma Paris Kills, zadnjega dela trilogije, ki je je začela z Wasting The Dawn albumom in nadaljevala z zelo uspešnim Blessed Be. /M.P./

Track lista novega Vomitory albuma Blood Rapture, ki izide 25. marca, je naslednja: Chaos Fury, Hollow Retribution, Blessed And Forsaken, Madness Prevails, Redeemed In Flames, Nailed Quarted Consumed, Eternity Appears, Rotting Hill in Blood Rapture. /M.P./

Švedski death metalci Skinfected so pri založbi KingSize Records izdali MCD Blessed By Ignorance, na katerem je 6 pesmi. /M.P./

4. marca bodo v Soundlab Studios v Južni Karolini s snemanjem novega albuma, ki nosi delovni naslov In Their Darkened Shrines, začeli Nile. Na albumu bo za skoraj uro glasbe, znanih pa je že nekaj naslovov pesmi: The Blessed Dead, Execration Text, Kheftiu Asar Butchiu, In Their Darkened Shrines, Sarcophagus, Churning The Maelstrom, I Whisper In the Ear Of The UnBlessed Dead in Unas Slayer Of The Gods. Na police trgovin naj bi prišel julija. /M.P./

Nile pripravljajo material za naslednika Black Seeds Of Vengeance, ki ga bodo začeli snemati v začetku prihodnjega leta. Znanih je nekaj naslovov: The Blessed Dead, Execration Text, Kheftiu Asar Butchiu, Sarcophagus, In Their Nighted Shrines in Invocation To Sedetious Heresy. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: OVERKILL: Bloodletting, THE HAUNTED: Made Me Do It, MOLLY HATCHET: Kingdom Of XII, SONATA ARCTICA: Successor (EP), PRETTY MAIDS: Carpe Diem, SIX FEET UNDER: Graveyard Classics, SKYCLAD: Folkimon, TAD MOROSE: Undead, THE 69 EYES: Blessed Be, CARNAL FORGE: Firedemon, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Americas Volume Dealer, DIVINE EMPIRE: Dammed To Inherit, EYEHATEGOD: Confederacy Of Ruined Lives, GRIFFIN: Wasteland Serenades ter singel IRON MAIDEN: Out Of The Silent Planet