Znana je track lista prihajajočega koncertnega Blind Guradian albuma Live, ki izide 26. maja. CD 1: War Of Wrath, Into The Storm, Welcome To Dying, Nightfall, The Script For My Requiem, Harvest Of Sorrow, The Soulforged, Valhalla, Majesty, Mordred's Song, Born In A Mourning Hall. CD 2: Under The Ice, Bright Eyes, Punishment Divine, The Bard's Song (In The Forest), Imaginations From The Other Side, Lost In The Twilight Hall, A Past And Future Secret, Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill), Journey Through The Dark, Lord Of The Rings, Mirror Mirror. /A.J./

Blind Guardian bodo 26. maja izdali dvojni koncertni album, ki so ga posneli lani. Na njem bo 20 pesmi, vrstni red pa še ni znan: Into The Storm, Welcome To Dying, Nightfall, The Script For My Requiem, Harvest Of Sorrow, Valhalla, Majesty, The Soulforged, Under The Ice, Born In A Mourning Hall, Lord Of The Rings, Punishment Divine, Time Stands Still, Bright Eyes, The Bard's Song - In The Forest, Imaginations From The Other Side, Lost In The Twilight Hall, Journey Through The Dark, A Past & Future Secret, Mirror Mirror. 28. aprila pa bodo izdali single, na katerem bo nova studijska verzija Bard’s Song in še nekaj njenih koncertnih verzij. /M.P./

Blind Guardian so objavili naslove pesmi, ki jih bodo igrali na Blind Guardian Open Air festivalu (13. in 14. junij). Oba večera bodo nastopali kot headlinerji z različno set listo. Izjema je le prvih pet pesmi, ki jih bodo igrali oba dneva: Mirror Mirror, And Then There Was Silence, The Bard's Song (In The Forest), Valhalla, Imaginations From The Other Side, Battlefield, Punishment Divine, Nightfall, Into The Storm, And The Story Ends, I'm Alive, Bright Eyes, A Past & Future Secret, Somewhere Far Beyond, Theatre Of Pain, The Bard's Song (The Hobbit), Welcome To Dying, Harvest Of Sorrow, Majesty, The Soulforged, Under The Ice, Time Stands Still, The Curse Of Feanor, Holy War, Mourning Hall, The Script For My Requiem, Lord Of The Rings, Time What Is Time, Journey Through The Dark, Last Candle, Lost In The Twilight Hall, Banish From Sanctuary, Run For The Night. /M.P./

Glenn Hughes je dokončal naslednji solo album Songs In The Key Of Rock, ki izide 23. junija. Track lista albuma je naslednja: In My Blood, Lost In The Zone, Gasoline, Higher Places (Song For Bonzo), Get You Stoned, Written All Over Your Face, Standing On The Rock, Courageous, Secret Life, The Truth, Wherever You Go. /M.P./

Znana je track lista prihajajočega Led Zeppelin dvojnega DVDja z naslovom Led Zeppelin DVD in trojne CD kompilacije How The West Was Won. LED ZEPPELIN DVD: Royal Albert Hall, January 1970: We're Gonna Groove, I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed and Confused, White Summer, What Is and What Should Never Be, How Many More Times, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown, C'mon Everybody, Something Else, Bring It on Home; Madison Square Garden, July 1973: Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, The Ocean; Earl's Court, May 1975: Going to California, That's the Way, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, In My Time of Dying, Trampled Underfoot, Stairway to Heaven, Knebworth Festival, August 1979: Rock and Roll, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, In the Evening, Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love. HOW THE WEST WAS WON CD: L.A. Drone, Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Black Dog, Over the Hills And Far Away, Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, That's the Way, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed and Confused, What Is and What Should Never Be, Dancing Days, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (Medley), Rock and Roll, The Ocean, Bring It on Home. /M.P./

3. februarja izide koncertni album belgijskih black metalcev Ancient Rites z naslovom And The Hordes Stood As One. Datum izida DVDja še ni znan. Track lista je naslednja: The Return, Exile (Les litanies de Satan), Victory Or Valhalla (Last Man Standing), Total Misanthropia, Aris, And the Horns Called for War, North Sea, Infant Sacrifices to Baalberith, Blood of Christ, Longing for the Ancient Kingdom, Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Ode to Ancient Europa, (Het Verdronken Land van) Saeftinge, Overture to the Sun, On Golden Fields (De Leeuwen Dansen), Mother Europe, Evil Prevails, Fatherland, Dim Carcosa. Na DVDju bo še spot za Victory Or Valhalla in različni backstage posnetki zadnje turneje. /M.P./

28. januarja bodo Rush izdali novo “best of” kolekcijo The Spirit Of Radio: Greatest Hits (1974-1987), na katerem bo 16 digitalno remastiranih progresivnih klasik: Working Man, Fly By Night, 2112 Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx, Closer To The Heart, The Trees, The Spirit Of Radio, Freewill, Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Red Barchetta, New World Man, Subdivisions, Distant Early Warning, The Big Money, Time Stand Still, Force Ten. /M.P./

Žal jesenska koncertna ponudba pri nas ne bo tako pestra, kot je kazalo. Po odpovedi turneje Dismember so tudi Borknagar odpovedali turnejo. Kmalu zatem so svoje odpovedi potrdili tudi drugi bandi, ki bi se morali kmalu ustaviti tudi v Ljubljani.
Izjava Borknagar: "Unfortunately the tour is cancelled! The Swedish bus company raised their prices 63% and we tried getting new busses from about all other bus companies in Europe but it seems like every band on the planet is on tour at the same time. Last week we managed to get two busses from an English company but guess what? They both broke down during the weekend. One of them is now standing somewhere in Portugal...
We're all pissed off about this. Sorry to all the fans and the bands we were supposed to play with, but there was nothing we could do. Aaaaarrrgh!!!!"

Izjava Finntroll: "Guess what, loyal fans of Finntroll... Yup, that's right, you guessed it. The whole damn European Tour has been cancelled. Not only Finntroll had to cancel it but every other band too had to back away. The reason for this major mess was the most stupidiest and unthinkable reason. Both of their tour busses broke down and they cannot get new ones in time. I hope Somnium will tell you more about this matter as soon as he can and explain the whole thing to you and as well as me. Only think I can really say is that they are becoming the most unluckiest band in the world. First Katla and now this. " /P.G./

19. novembra bodo Overkill izdali svoj prvi DVD z naslovom Wrecking Everything – Live (CD je že izšel), ki je bil posnet letos marca v New Jerseyu. Na njem boste lahko gledali in poslušali: Necroshine, Thunderhead, Evil Never Dies, Deny The Cross, Wrecking Crew / Powersurge, Gasoline Dream, I Hate, Coma, Shred, Hello From The Gutter, Bleed Me, Long Time Dyin', It Lives, Battle, Spiritual Void, The Years Of Decay, In Union We Stand, Overkill, Horrorscope, Rotten To The Core / Elimination, Fuck You. /M.P./

Alex Skolnick Trio, ki ga seveda vodi bivši Testament/Savatage kitarist Alex Skolnick se bo jeseni odpravil na daljšo ameriško turnejo. Alex bo konec leta najverjetneje nastopal s Trans Siberian Orchestra, zato bo turnejo novembra prekinil in jo nadaljeval januarja 2003. Na turneji bo predstavljal v ZDA marca izdani album Goodbye To Romance: Standards For A New Generation, ki predstavlja zanimivo kombinacijo metala in jazza. Na albumu so med drugim tudi naslednje priredbe: KISS – Detroit Rock City, Aerosmith – Dream On in The Scorpions – No One Like You. /M.P./

Naslednji teden bodo svoj drugi album z naslovom Chapters From A Vale Forlorn izdali odkritje lanskega leta, švedski heavy metalci Falconer. Track lista je naslednja: Decadence Of Dignity, Enter The Glade, Lament Of A Minstrel, For Life And Liberty, We Sold Our Homesteads, The Clarion Call, Portals Of Light, Stand In Veneration in Busted To The Floor. /M.P./

Žalostna novica za vse fane Exodus. Včeraj je malo pred poldnevom (po standardnem pacifiškem času) zaradi možganske kapi umrl frontman skupine Exodus Paul Baloff. /P.G./

Znana je track-lista Hymn To Life, solo albuma Stratovarius kitarista Tima Tolkkija: Intro, Key To The Universe, Now I Understand, Divine, Little Boy I Miss You, I Believe, Are You The One?, Father, Fresh Blue Waters, Dear God, It's X-Mas Morning, Hymn To Life. /M.P./

Kmalu bo izšel Rush DVD, na katerem bodo naslednji videospoti: Closer To The Heart, The Trees, Limelight, Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, Subdivisions, Distant Early Warning, Red Sector A, The Big Money, Mystic Rhythms, Time Stand Still, Lock And Key, The Enemy Within in Afterimage. Drugače pa progresivni veterani že snemajo novo ploščo. /M.P./

Na soundtracku za film Rock Star so naslednji komadi: EVERCLEAR - Rock Star, STEEL DRAGON - Livin' The Life, MOTLEY CRUE - Wild Side, STEEL DRAGON - We All Die Young, STEEL DRAGON - Blood Pollution, BON JOVI - Livin' On A Prayer, STEEL DRAGON - Stand Up, TED NUGENT - Stranglehold, STEEL DRAGON - Wasted Generation, KISS -Lick It Up, STEEL DRAGON - Long Live Rock & Roll, INXS - Devil Inside, VERVE PIPE – Colorful in TREVOR RABIN - Gotta Have It. Steel Dragon je fiktiven band, ki nastopa v filmu, v njem pa igrata tudi Zakk Wylde in Jeff Pilson (Dokken). Glavni vlogi v filmu igrata Mark Wahlberg in Jennifer Aniston. /M.P./