Švedi Shot Injection so se razšli z basistom Filipom Svenssonom in ga zamenjali z Erikom Samuelssonom. /M.P./

Finci Profane Omen so objavili track listo prvenca Beaten into Submission, ki izide septembra pri Dethrone Music: Intro, Adrenaline, Painbox, FMH (Fuck Me Hollow), Enemies, Gunshot/Mindset, Rew, Pit Of My Thoughts, God in A Bottle, Damaged Justice. /M.P./

Black Label Society so objavili naslovnico prihajajočega albuma Shot to Hell, ki izide 12. septembra. /M.P./

Novi izidi: SINISTER: Afterburner,THE QUILL: In Triumph, SAGA: It's Your Life (single), IF HOPE DIES: Life In Ruin, NEAERA: Let The Tempest Come, BLOODSHOT: Ultimate Hatred, FREQUENCY: When Dream And Fate Collide, UNEARTHLY TRANCE: The Trident.

Belgijci Bloodshot so podpisali s Scarlet Records, kjer bodo 20. februarja izdali nov album Ultimate Hatred. /M.P./

V zadnjih treh tednih so izšli naslednji albumi: GRAVE DIGGER: 25 To Live, HELLOWEEN: Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy, OLD MAN'S CHILD: Vermin, PRIMAL FEAR: Seven Seals, CRYPTOPSY: Once Was Not, MANNTIS: Sleep In Your Grave, STREAM OF PASSION: Embrace The Storm, PALLAS: The Dreams Of Men, NEAL MORSE: ?, DAWNRIDER: Fate Is Calling, CHALICE: Shotgun Alley, AVIAN: From The Depths Of Time, EISREGEN: Hexenhaus, CENTVRION: Invulnerable, DUNGEON: Resurrection, GALLOGLASS: Heavenseeker, GUN BARREL: Bombard Your Soul, TNT: All The Way To The Sun, ULI JON ROTH: Sky Of Avalon/Prologue To The Symphonic Legends, SIX FEET UNDER: A Decade In The Grave (box), THE CROWN: 14 Years Of No Tomorrow (3 DVD set) in TANKARD: Fat, Ugly And Still (A)live (DVD).

Criminal so objavili track listo novega albuma Sicario, ki izide 5. septembra pri Metal Blade: Rise and Fall, Time Bomb, Walking Dead, The Root of All Evil, Shot in the Face, Sicario, The Land God Forgot, Preacher of Hate, Touch of Filth, From the Ashes, Por La Fuerza De La Razón, Self Destruction (re-recording; European bonus track). /M.P./

Trivium bodo kmalu posneli videospot za skladbo A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation. /M.P./

24. oktobra pri Massacre Records izide nov Chalice album Shotgun Alley, ki ga bodo posneli v House Of Audio studiu s producentom Dennisom Wardom. /M.P./

Christian Svendsen (Tsjuder, The Cumshots) je novi bobnar pri Norvežanih Grimfist. Ti že imajo posnet nov album, ki ga bodo začeli miksati 23. maja v Studio Fredman. /M.P./

Trivium bodo 27. aprila na Floridi posneli videospot za skladbo A Gunshot To The Head of Trepidation. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega albuma nizozemskih death metalcev Prostitute Disfigurement z naslovom Left In Grisly Fashion: Body to Ravage, Freaking on the Mutilated, Left in Grisly Fashion, The Corpse Garden, Bluedrum Torso, Victims of the Absurd, Shotgun Horror, Disemboweled, In Death’s Decay, Bloodlust Redemption. /M.P./

Znana je tracklista albuma Inventory of the Morgue švedskih death/thrasherjev Reculsion: Eaten From Within, Thrive On My Hate, Inventory of the Morgue, Five Clics (And You're Dead), Peel of Your Skin, Inner Demon, Let Me Die, Disemodied Soul, Snapshot, Battered in I'm Free. /P.G./

9. avgusta izide Six Feet Under DVD Live With Full Force. V bistvu gre za 2 DVD-ja in CD. Na prvem DVD-ju je posnet njihov lanskoletni nastop na With Full Force festivalu, drugi DVD je Maximum Video, ki se ga že da dobiti v VHS formatu, na CD-ju pa je pet koncertnih komadov (Silent Violence, Human Target, Feasting On The Blood Of The Insane, TNT, Victim Of The Paranoid) in en nov studijski - Dead And Buried (Living Life In The Grave). Track lista DVD-jev pa je naslednja:
DVD Live With Full Force: Silent Violence, Suffering, The Day The Dead Walked, Hacked To Pieces, Human Target, Feasting On The Blood Of The Insane, Torture Killer, No Warning Shot, TNT, Bringer Of Blood, Amerika The Brutal, Victim Of The Paranoid.
DVD Maximum Video: Hacked To Pieces (Backstage Version), Feasting On The Blood Of The Insane, Human Target, War Is Coming, Nonexistence, No Warning Shot, Revenge Of The Zombie, Bonesaw, Torture Killer, Beneath A Black Sky, Shortcut To Hell, Victim Of The Paranoid, Hacked To Pieces, 4:20, Insect, Lycanthropy, Mass Murder Rampage, Brainwashed, Victim Of The Paranoid (Video), Victim Of The Paranoid (Wacken '99), Still Alive, This Graveyard Earth. /M.P./

14. aprila izide nov, še neimenovan Lordi album. Za prvi single Blood Red Sandman je skupina prejšnji teden posnela videospot. CD je produciral Hilli Hiilesmaa, na njem pa bodo naslednje skladbe: Blood Red Sandman, Pet The Destroyer, ...My Heaven Is Your Hell, Wake The Snake, The Children Of The Night, Fire In The Hole, Haunted Town, Forsaken Fashion Dolls, Shotgun Divorce, Kalmageddon, Bring It On. /M.P./