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./

Norveški back metalci Gorgoroth so v Polar Studios končali z materingom novega albuma Twilight of the Idols (In Conspiracy with Satan). Izid je napovedan za maj, basist King Of Hell pa obljublja osem mračnih in atmorferičnih pesmi, ki bodo zadovoljile tako nove kot stare fane. Track lista: Procreating Satan, Proclaiming Mercy (Damaging Instinct of Man), Exit Through Carved Stones, Teethgrinding, Forces of Satan Storms, Blod Og Minne, Of Ice and Movement, Domine in tua Laetavitur Rex. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Black Label Society albuma The Blessed Hellride, ki izide 22. aprila: Stoned & Drunk, Doomsday Jesus, Stillborn (feat. Ozzy Osbourne), Suffering Overdue, The Blessed Hellride, Funeral Bell, Final Solution, Destruction Overdrive, Blackend Waters, We Live No More, Dead Meadow. /M.P./

Znana je track lista audio dela DVD-plus izida Running Wild retrospektive z naslovom 20 Years In History, ki izide pozno spomladi pri Sanctuary Records: Prowling Werewolf (neizdana, novo posneta), Genghis Khan, Prisoner Of Our Time, Branded & Exiled (novo posneta), Mordor, Under Jolly Roger, Apocalyptic Horsemen (neizdana, novo posneta), Raise Your Fist, Port Royal, Conquistadors, Riding The Storm, Bad To The Bone, Blazon Stone, Little Big Horn. /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./

Znana je track lista Candlemass koncertnega albuma Doomed For Live – Reunion 2002, ki izide 20. januarja: CD 1:Mirror Mirror, Bewitched, Dark Are The Veils Of Death, Demons Gate, Under The Oak, At The Gallows End, Samarithan, Dark Reflections, Mourners Lament , Black Stone Wielder, CD: 2: Well Of Souls, A Sorcerers Pledge, Bearer Of Pain, Ancient Dreams, Somewhere In Nowhere, Solitude, Crystal Ball. /M.P./

Danzig so zamenjali bobnarja Joey Castilla (Queens Of The Stone Age) z bivšim Halfcoked bobnarjem Charlee X-em. Band se trenutno pripravlja za evropsko turnejo, zatem pa bodo začeli pripravljati material za novo ploščo. Naslednjo leto naj bi izdali tudi novi DVD. /M.P./

Symphony X so v zadnji fazi pripravljanja novega albuma The Odyssey, ki naj bi izšel oktobra. Band se bo kot glavna predskupina Stratovarius prihodnjo pomlad odpravil na evropsko turnejo. Koncerte bodo odpirali Finci Thunderstone. /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./

Pri Nuclear Blast pripravljajo Tribute To Judas Priest album, ki izide 9. septembra. Na njem bodo naslednje priredbe: ANNIHILATOR: Hell Bent For Leather, PRIMAL FEAR: Metal Gods, WITCHERY: Riding On The Wind, ICED EARTH: Screaming For Vengeance, SIEBENBÜRGEN: Jawbreaker, HAMERFALL: Breaking The Law, BENEDICTION: Electric Eye, DEATH: Painkiller, SILENT FORCE: All Guns Blazing, STEEL PROPHET: Dreamer Deciever, ARMORED SAINT: Never Satisfied, THERION: Green Manalishi, THUNDERSTONE: Diamonds And Rust in koncertna verzija Delivering The Goods, ki jo izvajajo SKID ROW s HALFORDOM na vokalu. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: HALFORD: Crucible, NIGHTWISH: Century Child, GEOFF TATE: Geoff Tate, HOLY MOSES: Disorder Of The Order, DOOMSWORD: Resound The Horn, THUNDERSTONE: Thunderstone, MAJESTY: Swords & Sorcery in SUIDAKRA: Empire To Avalon.

25. marca bodo svoj prvenec izdali Dead Soul Tribe – band Damona Gravesa, bivšega Psychotic Waltz pevca. Track lista albuma je: Powertrip, Comin' Down, Anybody There, The Haunted, The Drowning Machine, You, Under The Weight Of My Stone, Once, One Bullet, Empty, Cry For Tomorrow, Into... (bonus), Into The Spiral Cathedral (bonus). /M.P./

Februarja naj bi Great White izdali poslovilni album Final Cuts, na katerm bodo priredbe naslednjih komadov: Love Removal Machine - THE CULT, Again And Again - STATUS QUO, Ready For Love - MOTT THE HOOPLE, BAD COMPANY, Bitches And Other Women - ROLLING STONES, Tangled Up In Blue - BOB DYLAN, Sin City - AC/DC, No Matter What - BADFINGER, Fire And Water - FREE, Down At The Doctor - DR. FEELGOOD, That Ain't Know Way To Treat A Lady - HELEN REDDY, Lady Love - ROBIN TROWER in Burning House Of Love - X. /M.P./

Dark Moor so pravkar končali s snemanjem tretjega albuma The Gates Of Oblivion, ki bo izšel marca. Naslovnico zanj je naredil Andreas Marshall, pri nekaterih pesmih so sodelovali z Valcavasia zborom in Danom Keyingom (Cydonia). Na albumu so naslednji komadi: In The Heart Of Stone, A New World, The Gates Of Oblivion, Nevermore, Starmaker (Elbereth), Mist In The Twilight, By The Strange Path Of Destiny, The Night Of The Ages, Your Symphony, The Citadel Of The Light, A Truth For Me in Dies Irae (Amadeus). /M.P./

Michael Schenker skupaj s kolegom iz UFO, Pete Wayom pripravlja projekt The Plot. Michael pravi, da bo glasba nekakšna mešanica med MSG, UFO, Sex Pistols in The Rolling Stones. Drugače pa naj bi Michael februarja začel pisati material za nov album heavy metal legend UFO. /M.P./