Znana je track lista novega Yngwie Malmsteen albuma Unleash The Fury: Locked & Loaded, Revolution, Winds Of War (Invasion), Crown Of Thorns, The Bogeyman, Beauty And A Beast, Cracking The Whip, Fuguetta, Cherokee Warrior, Guardian Angel, Let The Good Times Roll, Revelation (Drinking With The Devil), Magic And Mayhem, Exile, The Hunt, Russian Roulette, Unleash The Fury, Paraphrase. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: FREEDOM CALL: Live Invasion, ICYCORE: Wetwired, CHUCK SCHULDINER: Zero Tolerance, LEASH LAW: Stealing Grace (EP), STORMHAMMER: Lord Of Darkness, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: Hangover Music Vol.6, DOWN BELOW: Silent Wings: Eternity, NECROMANCIA: Check Mate, HEROD: For Whom The Gods Would Destroy, FEAR MY THOUGHTS: The Great Collapse, SKYMNING: Machina Genova in BIG IRON: Falling Down.

10. maja izide Freedom Call koncertni album Live Invasion. Posneli so ga na zadnji turneji z Blind Guardian. /M.P./

19. aprila izide Freedom Call koncertni CD z naslovom Live Invasion. Track lista je naslednja: Eyes of the world, Freedom Call, Tears of Taragon, Heart of the Rainbow, The Quest, Land of Light, Metal Invasion, Rise up, We are one, Warriors, Hymn to the Brave. Na bonus CD-ju pa bodo še: Warriors of light, Dancing with tears in my eyes, Heart of the Brave, Kingdom Come (EP verzija), Tears of Taragon, Hiroshima (priredba), Dr. Stein (priredba). /M.P./

Pri Metal Blade bodo 5. aprila kot »ultimate deluxe edition« ponovno izdali Voivod prvenec War And Pain. Na trojnem CD-ju bo polno bonus materiala. Poleg remastiranih pesmi bodo na prvem od njih še naslednji posnetki: Anachronism – koncert iz junija 1983 (Condemned To The Gallows, Blower, VoiVod) in To The Death – Metal Massacre 5 sessions: Condemned To The Gallows, VoiVod, Iron Gang). Drugi CD bo Morgoth Invasion – live demo iz decembra 1984: Build Your Weapons, War And Pain, Condemned To The Gallows, Warriors Of Ice, Helldriver, Horror, Black City, Nuclear War, Blower, Live For Violence, Ripping Headaches, Iron Gang, Korgull The Exterminator, Suck Your Bone, Witching Hour (Venom), Chemical Warfare (Slayer). Tretji CD bo CD-ROM z biografijo, komentarji, besedili, videosponetki, fotografijami, itd. /M.P./

Destruction trenutno snemajo video spot za skladbo Desecrators (Of The New Age) s prihajajočega albuma Metal Discharge, ki izide 22. septembra. Limited edition verzija albuma bo vsebovala demo material, priredbe in neizdano verzijo njihove klasike Bestial Invasion. Track lista albuma pa je naslednja: The Ravenous Beast, Metal Discharge, Rippin' The Flesh Apart, Fear Of The Moment, Mortal Remains, Desecrators (Of The New Age), Historical Force Feed, Savage Symphony Of Terror, Made To Be Broken, Vendetta. /M.P./

Novi Destruction album Metal Discharge bo izšel 22. septembra. Limited edition verzija bo vsebovala bonus CD z demo posnetki, priredbami in še neizdano verzijo komada Bestial Invasion. /A.J./

Znana je track lista Destruction live albuma Alive Devastation, ki spomladi izide na Japonskem (drugod po svetu izide jeseni): Intro / Curse The Gods, Nailed To The Cross, Eternal Ban, Machinery Of Lies, Bullets From Hell, Tears Of Blood, Live Without Sense, Thrash Till Death, Mad Butcher, The Butcher Strikes Back, Intro / Total Desaster, Invincible Force, Bestial Invasion. /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./

Ponovno združene thrash legende Exodus, Vio-lence in Forbidden naj bi se v naslednjih mesecih odpravili na turnejo po ZDA in Japonski, ki se bo imenovala Bay Area Invasion. Obstaja tudi možnost za nekaj koncertov v Evropi, a kasneje. /M.P./

Hardline imajo dva nova člana. To sta kitarist Joey Tafolla (-ex Jag Panzer) in bobnar Bobby Rock (Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Nelson). Pripravljajo pa tudi nov album. /M.P./