Skupina Dead Awaken, kjer igrajo tudi bivši člani Abhoth, je podpisala za založbo Abyss Records, pri kateri bodo izdali prvenec z naslovom Where Hope Turns Dripping Red. Tracklista je sledeča:
Carnivore
Kingdom of Damnation (Where Hope Turns Dripping Red)
Deutsches Afrika Corpse
Rocket Symphony
Mudhell
Manic Destructive
Envy The Dead
Venom Of The Population
State Of Corrosion
/B.B./

Bobnar Shannon Larkin je potrdil, da je novi album ponovno združenih Ugly Kid Joe končan. To bo njihov prvi studijski izdelek po Motel California iz leta 1995. Zasedbo, ki je ista kot na drugem albumu Menace To Sobriety, poleg Larkina sestavljajo še Whitfield Crane (vokal), Klaus Eichstadt (kitara), Dave Fortman (kitara) in Cordell Crockett (bas). /B.B./

George Lynch (ex-Dokken, Lynch Mob) je pri Rocket Science, Inc. izdal novi studijski izdelek z naslovom Kill All Control. Na albumu gostujejo tudi nekateri priznani vokalisti, kot so Will Marten (Earshot), Marq Torien (Bulletboys) in Keith St. John (Montrose). /B.B./

Italijani Slowtorch bodo izdali svoj prvenec Adding Fuel to Fire s track listo: Another One Down, Dirt Track, Roadkill, Sixwheeler, Rocket To Nebula Six, Juggernaut in Hangman 11. /S.P./

5. junija izide Poison album priredb Poison'd. Posneli so ga v postavi Bret Michaels, C.C. DeVille, Rikki Rockett in Bobby Dall, na njem pa bodo naslednje pridedbe: Little Willy (Sweet), Suffragette City (David Bowie), I Never Cry (Alice Cooper), I Need To Know (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band), What I Like About You (The Romantics), Dead Flowers (The Rolling Stones), Just What I Needed (The Cars), Rock And Roll All Nite (Kiss), Squeeze Box (The Who), Your Mama Don't Dance (Loggins And Messina), You Don't Mess Around With Jim (Jim Croce), We're An American Band (Grand Funk Railroad). /M.P./

Ponovno združeni britanski thrasherji Onslaught bodo prvi teden julija začeli s snemanjem novega albuma Killing Peace, ki naj bi izšel septembra. Trenutno zasedbo sestavljajo: Sy Keeler (vokal), Nige Rockett (kitara), Steve Grice (bobni), James Hinder (bass), Alan Jordan (kitara). /A.J./

Edguy so se z Rocket Ride albumom uvrstili na 8. mesto nemške in švedske lestvice najbolje prodajanih albumov, na finskem pa so zasedli 25. mesto. /M.P./

Novi izidi:
EDGUY: Rocket Ride
COVENANT: Ritual Noise (single).

Finski stonerji Mannhai so objavili track listo svojega četrtega albuma The Rocketeer: Shellshock, Fuzzmaster, Spaceball, Dambuster, Better Hate Yesterday, Back in the Red, Mojo Runner, Overdaze, Rock in a Cradle, ter Hall of the Dead. /S.P./

24. januarja bodo pri Megaforce Records izdali kompilacijo KISS kitarista Ace Frehleya, Greatest Hits Live, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Rip It Out, Breakout, Cold Gin, Shock Me , Rocket Ride, Deuce, Strangers In A Strange Land, Separate, NY Groove, Rock Soldiers, One Plus One, Give It To Me Anyway. /M.P./

Edguy bodo 20. januarja izdali album Rocket Ride, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: Sacrifice, Rocket Ride, Wasted Time, Matrix, Return To The Tribe, The Asylum, Save Me, Catch Of The Century, Out Of Vogue, Superheroes, Trinidad in Fucking With Fire. /S.P./

Oktobra izide nov Def Leppard best of album Best of Def Leppard. Na njem bo 17 skladb: Pour Some Sugar On Me, Photograph, Love Bites, Let's Get Rocked, Two Steps Behind, Animal, Heaven Is, Rocket, When Love & Hate Collide, Action, Long, Long Way To Go, Make Love Like A Man, Armageddon It, Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad, Rock Of Ages, Hysteria, Bringin' On The Heartbreak. Limited edition verziji bo priložen še bonus CD z: Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop), Waterloo Sunset, Promises, Slang, Foolin', Now, Rock Brigade, Women, Let It Go, Too Late For Love, High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night), Work It Out, Billy's Got A Gun, Another Hit And Run, Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion), Wasted, Die Hard The Hunter. Istočasno pa bo izšel še DVD, na katerem bo 30 njihovih videospotov. /M.P./

Poison bobnar Rikki Rockett bo kmalu izdal solo album z naslovom Glitter 4 Your Soul. Na njem bodo priredbe znanih pesmi iz sedemdesetih (Alice Cooper, The Rolling Stones, T. Rex, David Bowie, The New York Dolls,…). /M.P./

Na koncertu v Londonu v začčetku tega tedna je Axl Rose izjavil, da bo na novem Guns N’ Roses albumu Chinese Democracy 18 pesmi, zraven pa bo izšel še bonus CD z desetimi pesmimi. Album bo izšel prihodnje leto. Dejal pa je še, da že pripravljajo tudi Chinese Democracy naslednika. V Londonu so Guns N’ Roses igrali naslednje pesmi: Intro, Welcome To The Jungle, It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, Live & Let Die, Think About You, You Could Be Mine, Robin Finck solo, Sweet Child O' Mine, Knocking On Heavens Door, Out Ta Get Me, Chinese Democracy, Madagascar, Rhiad & The Bedouins, Buckethead - Nunchucks & Star Wars solo, Axl Piano Solo, November Rain, The Blues, Buckethead solo 2, Rocket Queen, Patience, My Michelle, Nighttrain in v dodatku: Robin Finck solo 2, Paradise City. /M.P./

Legendarna kompilacija Metal for muthas bo izšla na CD-ju. Izdala jo bo založba Sanctuary records, ki je izdala že original leta 1980.
Kompilacija bo na dveh ploščkih:
CD 1:
Iron Maiden - Sanctaury
Sledgehammer - Sledgehammer
E.F. Band - Fighting For Rock And Roll
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Blues In A
Praying Mantis - Captured City
Ethel The Frog - Fight Back
Angelwitch - Baphomet
Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
Samson - Tomorrow Or Yesterday
Nutz - Bootliggers

CD 2:
Trespass - One Of These Days
Eeazy Money - Telephone Man
Xero - Cutting Loose
White Spirit - High Upon High
Dark Star - Lady Of Mars
Horsepower - You Give Me Candy
Red Alert - Open Heart
Chevy - Chevy
The Raid - Hard Lines
Tresspass - Storm Child