Alex (ex- Metalsteel) je novi pevec skupine Dukes Throne, v kateri so še Rok (ex- Weeping Willow) – kitara, Alen (ex- Magus Noctum) – bass , Miha (Forgotten Eden) – bobni in Marko (Requiem) – kitara.Band bo pričel s pisanjem materiala in vajami v drugi polovici februarja. /M.P./

To soboto bo v kranjskem Down Townu v okviru tematskih večerov na sporedu metal večer, kjer se bodo vrteli metal bandi na S in projekcije. Naslednjo soboto pa bodo v Sežani nastopili Forgotten Eden. /M.P./

Undercode zaradi poškodbe bobnarja ne bodo nastopili jutri v Novi Gorici. Njihova zamenjava so Forgotten Eden. /P.G./

Na petkovem koncertu Forgotten Eden in Ground Zero v Novi Gorici bo potekala tudi predstavitev novega albuma projekta Aschmicrosa, Black metal. /M.P./

Rhapsody so objavili naslovnico prihajajočega albuma Symphony Of Enchanted Lands Part 2 - The Dark Secret, ki izide 27. septembra. Track lista albuma je: The Dark Secret, - Ira Divina - Unholy Warcry, Never Forgotten Heroes, Elgard's Green Valleys, The Magic Of The Wizards Dream, Erian's Mystical Rhymes, - The White Dragon's Order - The Last Angels' Call, Dragonland's Rivers, Sacred Power Of Raging Winds, Guardiani Del Destino, Shadows Of Death, Nightfall On The Grey Mountains. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Rhapsody albuma, Symphony Of Enchanted Lands Part 2 - The Dark Secret: The Dark Secret, Unholy Warcry, Never Forgotten Heroes, Elgand's Green Valleys, The Magic Of The Wizard's Dream, Erian's Mystical Rhymes, The Last Angel's Call, Dragonland's River, Sacred Power Of Raging Winds, Guardiani, Shadows Of Death in Nightfall On The Grey Mountains. Album izide septembra. /S.P./

Nizozemski melodični death metalci Callenish Circle bodo 20. septembra pri Karmageddon Media izdali dvojni CD z vsemi remastiranimi posnetki iz obdobja pred Metal Blade. Album bo nosil naslov Forbidden Empathy, naslovnico zanj pa je naredil Niklas Sundin. Track lista je naslednja:
CD1:
Graceful... Yet Forbidding (1999):
No Reason, Forgotten, Inner Battle (intro), Beyond, Broken, Oppressed Natives, Silent Tears, Passionate Dance (intro), Caught by Deceit, Shadows of the Past
Escape EP (1998):
Silent Tears, Escape, Broken, Mirror of Serenity
CD2:
Drift of Empathy (1996):
Inner Sense, Mental Affection, Slough of Despond, Solitude, Last Words, The Dreamers Path, Disguised Ignorance, Where the Moon meets the Sea, Scars
Lovelorn demo (1995):
Slough of Despond, Disguised Ignorance, Lovelorn, Shadows, The Dreamers Path. /M.P./

Nemški black metalci Dark Fortress so za tri albume podpisali z Neon Knights/Black Attakk Records. Prvega, Stab Wounds bodo začeli snemati februarja/marca, izid pa je napovedan za konec pomladi. Pri snemanju bosta gostovala Herr Morbid (Forgotten Tomb) in Jens Ryden (Naglfar). /M.P./

Italijanski black metalci Forgotten Tomb bodo marca izdali svoj prvenec Songs To Leave, na katerem bo 5 pesmi v skupni dolžini 48 minut. /M.P./

Januarja izide 10^th Dimension, nov albuma Blazea in njegove skupine, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: Forgotten Future, Kill And Destroy, End Dream, The Tenth Dimension, Nothing Will Stop Me, Leap Of Faith, The Truth Revealed, Meant To Be, Land Of The Blind, Stealing Time, Speed Of Light in Stranger Of The Light. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: IMPALED NAZARENE: Decade Of Decadence, ICE AGES: The Killing Emptiness, JUDAS ISCARIOT: Dethroned, Conquered And Forgotten, GROINCHURN: Whoami, DESTROYER 666: Phoenix Rising in AMULET: The Burning Sphere.