Queensryche so pričeli s snemanjem drugega videospota za pesem The Hands s prihajajočega albuma Operation: Mindcrime II. V videospotu bo sodelovala tudi Pamela Moore (Sister Mary). /A.J./

Queensryche so objavili track listo novega albuma Operation: Mindcrime II: I'm American, One Foot In Hell, Hostage, The Hands, Speed Of Light, Signs Say Go (Will I Surrender?), Re-Arrange You, The Chase, A Murderer, Circles, If I Could Change It All, An Intentional Confrontation, A Junkie's Blues (Everything Will Be Alright), Fear City Slide, All The Promises. /M.P./

Norveški power metalci Gaia Epicus so na svoji spletni strani objavili videospot za skladbo Hands Of Fate. /M.P./

Novembra 2004 bo pri Steelborn Records izšel Within Infinity - Tribute to Stratovarius album. Track lista naj bi bila naslednja: Highlord – Against The Wind, Dark Horizon – Hunting High And Low, Desdemona – Black Diamond, Kaledon – Father Time, Southern Cross – Will The Sun Rise, Heraldry – Kiss Of Judas, Toccata Magna – Paradise, Metal Kings – Legions, Skylark - Out Of The Shadows/Hands Of Time, Eddy Antonini – Forever, Amazon - The Abyss Of Your Eyes, Heaven's Guardian – Uncertainty, Glory Opera – Forever Free. /M.P./

Danci Mevadio so podpisali z založbo Drug[s] Records, kjer bodo izdali svoj prvenec Hands Down. Album bo izšel septembra za danski trg, par tednov kasneje pa še za cel svet. /P.G./

Metallica so razkrili naslovnico novega albuma St. Anger. Track lista je bila znana že pred tem: Frantic, St. Anger, Some Kind of Monster, Dirty Window, Invisible Kid, My World, Shoot Me Again, Sweet Amber, Unnamed Feeling, Purify, All Within My Hands. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Metallica albuma St. Anger, ki izide 10. junija: Frantic, St. Anger, Some Kind Of Monster, Dirty Window, Invisible Kid, My World, Shoot Me Again, Sweet Amber, Unnamed Feeling, Purify, All Within My Hands. /M.P./

24. februarja bodo Fates Warning izdali DVD z naslovom The View From Here. Na njem bo moč najti sledeče: proces snemanja Disconnected (2000) in Parallels (1990) albumov, intervjuja z originalnima članoma Joe DiBiasejom in Frankom Arestijem, foto galerijo, diskografijo, video spote: Silent Cries (1988), Anarchy Divine (1988), Through Different Eyes (1989), Nothing Left To Say (live 1998), Point of View (1991), Eye To Eye (1992), Monument (1994), Pleasant Shade of Gray Parts X-XII (1997), At Fates Hands (live 1998), Prelude To Ruin (live 1998), The Eleventh Hour/Point Of View (live at Dynamo 1998). Kot bonus pa bodo na drugem DVDju dodali Live At The Dynamo, ki je že izšel na VHS formatu. /M.P./

Američani Abattoir so v končni fazi miksanja novega albuma Evil Incarnate. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: Baptism, Evil Incarnate, Off, Twisted Hands Of Darkness, Broken Mental Decimation, The Marching, Kill Destroy Erase, Sheep, Vicious Return, Everybody Dies, Process Elimination, Feast Upon The Flesh, The Rage That Is Reborn in Survive In The Fire. /M.P./

Italijanski black metalci Handful Of Fate so podpisali s Code666 Records, februarja pa začnejo s snemanjem novega albuma Vicecrown. /M.P./

Novembra bodo $ign Of 4, band UFO vokalista Phila Mogga, izdali prvenec Dancing With St. Peter z naslednjo track listo: Overload, Driven, Dancing With St Peter, Song Keep's A Comin', Clap Hands, Beautiful Friend, Bad On Bad, Afterglow, Down, Los Meadows, Seems To Me. /M.P./

Killing Helsinki je naslov koncertnega albuma od The Project Hate, ki izide pozimi. Na njem bo 6 pesmi, posnetih 12. Julija v Heksinkih: I Smell Like Jesus...Dead, Forsaken By The Naked Light Of Day, Can't Wait, The Divine Burning Of Angels, Christianity Delete, With Desperate Hands So Numb in trije demo posnetki iz leta 1999: With Desperate Hands So Numb, Selfconstructive Once Again, Oceans Of Seemingly Endless Bleeding. /M.P./

5. novembra bodo Iron Maiden izdali box set Eddie’s Archive, v katerem bodo trije dvojni CD-ji in še nekaj zanimivosti. Za ogrevanje naj bodo track liste CD-jev dovolj: CD 1 - BBC Archive, Disc 1: Friday Rock Show Session 1979: Iron Maiden, Running Free, Transylvania, Sanctuary; Reading Festival 1982: Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, 22 Acacia Avenue, Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden; Disc 2: Reading Festival 1980: Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, Killers, Running Free, Transylvania, Iron Maiden; Monsters Of Rock Festival Donington 1988: Moonchild, Wrathchild, Infinite Dreams, The Trooper, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, The Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden. CD2 - Beast Over Hammersmith: Disc 1: Murders In The Rue Morgue, Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, Another Life, Killers, 22 Acacia Avenue, Total Eclipse; Disc 2: Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden, Sanctuary, Drifter, Running Free, Prowler. CD3 - Best Of The B'sides: Disc 1: Burning Ambition, Drifter (live), Invasion, Remember Tomorrow (live), I've Got The Fire, Cross-Eyed Mary, Rainbow's Gold, King Of Twilight, Reach Out, That Girl, Juanita, The Sheriff Of Huddersfield, Black Bart Blues, Prowler '88, Charlotte The Harlot '88; Disc 2: All In Your Mind, Kill Me Ce Soir, I'm a Mover, Communication Breakdown, Nodding Donkey Blues, Space Station No.5, I Can't See My Feelings, Roll Over Vic Vella, Justice of The Peace, Judgement Day, My Generation, Doctor Doctor, Blood On The Worlds Hands (live), The Aftermath (live), Futureal (live), Wasted Years '99 (live). /M.P./

Včeraj smo pisali o novem albumu skupine Tank, danes pa objavljamo naslovnico in tracklisto: Still At War, That Girl's Name Is Death (T.G.N.I.D.), Light The Fire (Watch 'em Burn), The World Awaits, And Then We Heard The Thunder, In The Last Hours Before Dawn, Conspiracy Of Hate, When The Hunter Becomes The Hunted, Return Of The Filth Hounds, The Blood's Still On Their Hands in The Fear Inside. /P.G./

Novi Uriah Heep Tribute album, A Return To Fantasy, bo izšel 27. avgusta pri Century Media. na njem bodo naslednji bandi in komadi: Angel Dust ("Easy Livin'"), Liege Lord ("Too Scared To Run") featuring Joe Comeau and Paul Nelson, Tad Morose ("Rainbow Demon"), Axel Rudi Pell ("July Morning"), Narnia ("Sunrise"), Freebase ("Suicidal Man"), Sacred Steel ("Return To Fantasy"), Blind Guardian ("The Wizard"), Gamma Ray("Look At Yourself"), Nightingale ("Stealin'"), Lana Lane ("Weep In Silence"), Onward ("Bird Of Prey"), Easy Livin' ("Circle Of Hands"). /A.J./