Napalm Death so končali s pripravo materiala za nov, še neimenovan album, ki bo izšel septembra/oktobra. Kmalu pa bodo izdali live DVD Punishment In Capitals, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: Lucid Fairytale, Take the Poison, Next on the List, Constitutional Hell, Suffer the Children, Cleanse Impure, Politicians, Breed to Breathe, Unchallenged Hate, Vermin, The World Keeps Turning, Can't Play Wont Pay, Narcoleptic, Volume of Neglect, Hung, From Enslavement to Obliteration, Scum, Life?, The Kill, Deceiver, You Suffer, Cure for a Common Complaint, Mass Appeal Madness, Greed Killing, Instinct of Survival, Nazi Punks Fuck Off, Back from the Dead, Siege of Power. /M.P./

Založba World War III Records bo v kratkem izdala nov Metallica tribute, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: PROTOTYPE - Battery, POWERGOD - Motorbreath, DIVISION - Creeping Death, INFAMY - Disposable Heroes, LOWGEAR - The Thing That Should Not Be, IMAGIKA - Four Horsemen, TECHNOCRACY - Ride The Lightning, REACTOR - Seek & Destroy, PRO-FE-CIA - Fade To Black, EXILED - Metal Militia, DEATHOMEN - No Remorse, MISSION66 - Wherever I May Roam, ENRAGED - Master Of Puppets. /M.P./

Poglejmo si uvrstitve metal albumov na nemški lestvici najbolj prodajanih albumov tega tedna (številke v oklepaju pomenijo uvrstitev prejšnji teden): 23.(-) RUNNING WILD - The Brotherhood, 47.(28.) TIAMAT: Judas Christ, 67.(-) MAGNUM: Breath Of Life, 71.(-) CANNIBAL CORPSE: Gore Obsessed, 78.(-) HYPOCRISY: Catch 22. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: CANNIBAL CORPSE: Gore Obsessed, SEVEN WITCHES: Xiled To Infinity And One, HYPOCRISY: Catch 22, METALIUM: Hero Nation – Chapter Three, ANGEL DUST: Of Human Bondage, MAGNUM: Breath Of Life, RUNNING WILD: The Brotherhood, RACER X: Live At The Whiskey – Snowball Of Doom, SEBASTIAN BACH: The Last Hard Men, CRACK UP: Buttoxin' Bloom, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: Assembly in MESMERIZE: Off The Beaten Path.

Poljski black metalci Lux Occulta so končali s snemanjem četrtega albuma, sicer prvega za Maquiavel Music Entertainment, z naslovom The MOther And The Enemy. Track lista je že znana: Breathe In, Mother Pandora, Architecture, Most Arrogant Life Form, Yet Another Armageddon, Gambit, Midnigth Crisis, Pied Piper, Missa Solemnis in Breathe Out. /M.P./

Oktobra končno izide Symphony X koncertni album Live In Europe. To bo 2CD, tu pa je njegova track lista: CD1 - Intro, Evolution (The Grand Design), Fallen, Transcendence, Communion & The Oracle, The Bird-Serpent War/Cataclysm, On The Breath Of Poseidon, Egypt, The Death Of Balance/Candlelight Fantasia in The Eyes Of Medusa. CD2 - Smoke And Mirrors, Church Of The Machine, Through The Looking Glass, Of Sins And Shadows, Sea Of Lies in The Divine Wings Of Tragedy. /M.P./

Magnum bodo svojo 25.obletnico proslavili z novim albumom Breath Of Life, ki bo izšel spomladi naslednje leto. Sledila bo obsežna evropska turneja. V band sta se vrnila Bob Catley in Tony Clarkin. /M.P./

Na trojnem koncertnem Dream Theater albumu bodo naslednji komadi: Regression, Overture, 1928, Strange Deja Vu, Through My Words, Fatal Tragedy, Beyond This Life, John and Theresa solo, Though Her Eyes, Home, The Dance Of Eternity One, Last Time, The Spirit Carries On, Finally Free, Metropolis Pt. 1, The Mirror Just Let Me Breathe, Acid Rain, Caught in a New Millennium, Another Day, Jordan's solo, Erotomania, Voices, The Silent Man, Learning To Live in A Change Of Seasons. /M.P./