The Art Of Dying je naslov Death Angel comeback albuma, ki izide konec aprila pri Nuclear Blast, z naslednjo track listo: Thrown to the Wolves, 5 Steps of Freedom, Thicker than Blood, The Devil Incarnate, Famine, Prophecy, No, Spirit, IV, Land of Blood, Never Me, Word to the Wise. /A.J./

Britanski death metalci Bolt Thrower pripravljajo svoj osmi studijski album, ki naj bi izšel oktobra/novembra. Še neimenovanega naslednika Honour Valour Pride bodo snemali maja. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Krokus live albuma Fire & Gasoline. Album v Švici izide 23. januarja, drugod pa datum izida še ni znan. CD1: Heatstrokes, Mad World, Flying Through The Night, American Woman, I Want It All, Bad Boys Rag Dolls, Tokyo Nights, Stayed Awake All Night, Down The Drain, Fire, Rock'n'Roll Tonight. CD2: Throwing Her China, Screaming In The Night, Rock City, Easy Rocker, Backseat Rock'n'Roll, Rock The Block, Long Stock Goes Boom, Eat The Rich, Bedside Radio. Kot posebni bonus bo albumu priložen DVD Live At Montreux. /M.P./

Bivši Misery Index kitarist/vokalist Mike Harrison se vrača s solo projektom Kommissar. Na prvencu Equalizing Mediocrity naj bi nadaljeval, kjer so Misery Index končali z Overthrow albumom. /M.P./

God Among Insects je ime banda, ki so ga ustanovili Lord K (kitara, The Project Hate), Jörgen Sandström (vokal, Entombed, The Project Hate), Tomas Elofsson (bass, Sanctification) in Tobias Gustafsson (bobni, Vomitory). Glasbeno naj bi se gibali v stilu Grave, Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel in Deicide. /M.P./

Bivši Pestilence/Asphyx/Bolt Thrower pevec Martin Van Drunen bo pel na novem albumu nemških death metalcev Death By Dawn. Z njimi pa bo pel tudi na koncertih. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega albuma švedskih death metalcev Deathwitch z naslovom Violence Blasphemy Sodomy, ki izide v začetku prihodnjega leta pri Wicked World: Intro, Flamethrower Carnival, Total Morbid, Blood Sucking Fuck, Abhorrent Sadistic Tormentor, Lord of Ymodos, Witch of Death,Necrosodomizer, Bitch Finder, Violence Blasphemy, Coffin Fornicator, Worthless Scum, Fuck Off And Die, Death Maniac. Snemali so v Fuck Recording in Magick Sound Studio. /M.P./

Torture Killer je nov finski band, ki igra old-school death metal, primerljiv z bandi kot so Six Feet Under, Obituary in Bolt Thrower. Njihov prvenec For Maggots To Devour bo jeseni izšel pri Hammerheart Records. /A.J./

Noise Records ob 20. obletnici založbe pripravljajo obsežno kompilacijo 20 Years In Noise: 1983-2003. Na njej bo 2 krat po 20 skladb njihove bogate zgodovine: CD1: Gamma Ray: Short As Hell, Kamelot: Forever, Dragonforce: Heart Of A Dragon, Helloween: Heavy Metal Is The Law, Running Wild: Under Jolly Roger, Iron Savior: Iron Savior, Seven Witches: Mental Messiah, Conception: Water Confines, Rage: Her Diary's Black Pages, Skyclad: A Minutes Piece, Watchtower: Hidden Instincts, Sinner: Danger Zone, Grave Digger: Heavy Metal Breakdown, Tankard: Zombie Attack, Pissing Razors: Regret, Kreator: Pleasure To Kill, Voivod: Ravenous Medicine, Hellhammer: Massacra, Celtic Frost: The Usurper, Coroner: Reborn Through Hate. CD2: Mezarkabul: Take My Time, Lefay: Save Our Souls, Tyran Pace: Hot To Rock, Scanner: Warp 7, Mind Odyssey: Fire In The Sky, Helicon: Black & White, Exciter: Cold Blooded Murder, Vendetta: Metal Law, Stigmata: Greed Machine, Dave Sharman: Pandora's Box, Mindset: If The Devil Wore Adidas, Fleischmann: Fleischwolf, Tura Satana: Kiss Or Kill, Mordred: Everyday's A Holiday, D.A.M.: Terror Squad, Deathrow: N.L.Y.H., Secrecy: Like Burning One's Boat, Messiah: Lycantropus Erectus, Mania: The Expulsion, Lemming Project: Rejection. /M.P./

Znana je track lista drugega Rawhead Rexx albuma Diary In Black, ki izide 17. marca: Dark Ages, Return Of The Dragon, Diary In Black, Brothers In Arms, Barons Overthrow, The Machine , What If, Evil In Man, Dragon Heart, Metal War, Saint And Sinner, The Resistance, Six Feet From The Edge. /M.P./

Po dveh letih premora so se »zbudili« pri Fadeless Records. Njihov prvi izid bo 2. septembra Misery Index: Overthrow. Ponovno pa bodo izdali prva dva Vomitory albuma Raped In Their Own Blood in Redemption z redkimi bonus komadi. /M.P./

Bivši Pestilence/Asphyx/Bolt Thrower frontman Martin Van Drunen ima nov band Death By Dawn. Obiščete že lahko njihovo spletno stran: www.death-by-dawn.de. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: BOLT THROWER: Honour-Valour-Pride, PUNGENT STENCH: Masters Of Moral – Servants Of Sin, EDENBRIDGE: Arcana, SILENT FORCE: Infatuator, SINISTER: Creative Killings, ENSLAVED: Monumension, TIDFALL: Instinct Gate, STORMLORD: At The Gates Of Utopia, AETERNUS: Ascension Of Terror, MÖRK GRYNING: Maelstrom Chaos, KING KOBRA: Hollywood Trash, BLOOD RED THRONE: Monument Of Death in VARIOUS ARTISTS: Century Media – 10 Years Anniversary.

Bolt Thrower trenutno snemajo svoj novi album Honour – Valour – Pride, katerega izid je napovedan za 19. november. Producenti so člani banda sami, pomaga pa jim Andy Faulkner. Na turnejo se bodo odpravili naslednje leto. /M.P./