Znana je track lista For My Pain prvenca Fallen: My Wound is Deeper than Yours, Dancer in the Dark, Queen Misery, Sea of Emotions, Rapture of Lust, Broken Days, Dear Carniwhore, Bed of Dead Leaves, Autumn Harmony, Tomorrow is a Closed Gate (Dead for So Long). Band med drugim sestavljajo Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish) in trije bivši Eternal Tears Of Sorrow clani. /M.P./

NWOBHM predstavniki Praying Mantis bodo aprila izdali album The Journey Goes On. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Tonight, The Escape, The Journey Goes On, Silent War, Beat Within, Hold On For Love, If Tomorrow Never Comes, Lost World, The Voice. Poleg stalnih članov Chrisa Troya, Debbisa Strattona (ex- Iron Maiden) in Tina Troya so pri snemanju sodelovali še John Sloman (ex- Gary Moore, Lone Star), Doogie White (Malmsteen, ex- Rainbow) in Martin Johnson. /M.P./

For My Pain bodo 31. marca izdali prvenec z naslovom Fallen. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: My Wound is Deeper than Yours, Dancer in the Dark, Queen Misery, Sea of Emotions, Rapture of Lust, Broken Days, Dear Carniwhore, Bed of Dead Leaves, Autumn Harmony, Tomorrow is a Closed Gate (Dead for So Long). Novo finsko “super gothic metal” skupino sestavljajo Tuomas Holopainen (klaviature, Nightwish), Altti Veteläinen (bass, ex- Eternal Tears Of Sorrow), Lauri Tuohimaa (kitara, Embraze), Olli-Pekka Törrö (kitara, ex- Eternal Tears Of Sorrow), Juha Kylmänen (vokal, Reflection) in Petri Sankala (bobni, ex-Eternal Tears Of Sorrow). /M.P./

5. novembra bodo Iron Maiden izdali box set Eddie’s Archive, v katerem bodo trije dvojni CD-ji in še nekaj zanimivosti. Za ogrevanje naj bodo track liste CD-jev dovolj: CD 1 - BBC Archive, Disc 1: Friday Rock Show Session 1979: Iron Maiden, Running Free, Transylvania, Sanctuary; Reading Festival 1982: Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, 22 Acacia Avenue, Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden; Disc 2: Reading Festival 1980: Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, Killers, Running Free, Transylvania, Iron Maiden; Monsters Of Rock Festival Donington 1988: Moonchild, Wrathchild, Infinite Dreams, The Trooper, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, The Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden. CD2 - Beast Over Hammersmith: Disc 1: Murders In The Rue Morgue, Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, Another Life, Killers, 22 Acacia Avenue, Total Eclipse; Disc 2: Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden, Sanctuary, Drifter, Running Free, Prowler. CD3 - Best Of The B'sides: Disc 1: Burning Ambition, Drifter (live), Invasion, Remember Tomorrow (live), I've Got The Fire, Cross-Eyed Mary, Rainbow's Gold, King Of Twilight, Reach Out, That Girl, Juanita, The Sheriff Of Huddersfield, Black Bart Blues, Prowler '88, Charlotte The Harlot '88; Disc 2: All In Your Mind, Kill Me Ce Soir, I'm a Mover, Communication Breakdown, Nodding Donkey Blues, Space Station No.5, I Can't See My Feelings, Roll Over Vic Vella, Justice of The Peace, Judgement Day, My Generation, Doctor Doctor, Blood On The Worlds Hands (live), The Aftermath (live), Futureal (live), Wasted Years '99 (live). /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: AVANTASIA: Metal Opera Part 2, RIOT: Through The Storm, ANVIL: Still Going Strong, LAKE OF TEARS: The Neonai, ROTTING CHRIST: Genesis, L.A. GUNS: Waking The Dead, SPOCKS BEARD: Snow, GLENN HUGHES: Different Stages – The Best Of, TUNNELVISION: Tomorrow, DEEP INSIDE MYSELF: At A Late Hour, AD INFERNA: Lempire Des Sens, THE BERZERKER: Dissimulate, RAZLIČNI IZVAJALCI: In The Eyes Of Death Vol. 3 in single NIGHTWISH: Bless The Child.

Nevermore se trenutno nahajajo v fazi predprodukcije demo posnetkov za novi album Enemies Of Reality. Naslovno pesem so premierno predstavili na Bang Your Head festivalu prejšnji vikend, poleg nje pa je znanih še nekaj naslovov: The Story Of Our End, Who Decides, The Song Of The Solemn One, Psychotic Intellectual Narcotic, Tomorrow Turned Into Yesterday, Abomination. Album izide v začetku prihodnjega leta. /M.P./

Finski progresivci Tunnelvision bodo maja začeli s snemanjem novega albuma Tomorrow, ki bo izšel avgusta/septembra. Band ima tudi novega klaviaturista: Karija Tornacka je zamenjal Vili Ollila. /M.P./

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./

Gamma Ray bodo od 4. marca dalje ponovno izdali svojih prvih šest albumov, od Heading For Tomorrow do Powerplant. Albumi bodo izšli posamezno do aprila kot digipacki z novo naslovnico, bodo digitalno remastirani, na vsakem pa bodo trije bonus komadi. 18. marca bo izšel tudi Ultimate Box Set, ki bo vseboval vseh šest albumov plus poster. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: CALLENISH CIRCLE: Flesh-Power-Dominion, BRUJERIA: Mextremist! Greatest Hits, BATTLELORE: Where The Shadows Lie, THOTEN: Beyond The Tomorrow ter VARIOUS ARTISTS: Czech Assault.

Bivši White Lion pevec Mike Tramp bo izdal solo album Recovering The World, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: Falling Down, Living A Lie, Mr. Death, If It Ain't Gonna Rock, All Up To You, Endless Highway, Darkness, Follow Your Dreams, Do It All Over, Take It Easy, Don't Take My Rock N' Roll in Always Tomorrow. /M.P./

Thoten je novo brazilsko power speed metal upanje. Doma so že izdali prvenec Beyond The Tomorrow, v Evropi pa bo izšel januarja 2002 pri založbi Scarlet Records. Album je produciral Angra kitarist Kiko Loureiro, ki je prispeval tudi nekaj solaž. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: GAMMA RAY – No World Order, SLAYER – God Hates Us All, BENEDICTION – Organized Chaos, JAMES LABRIE - James LaBrie's MullMuzzler 2, CIRITH UNGOL - Servants Of Chaos, CRIMINAL – Cancer, MURDER CORPORATION – Tagged And Bagged, ULVER – Silence Teaches You How To Sing EP, GUARDIANS OF TIME – Edge Of Tomorrow ter V.A. – Metal Attack.

Junija končno izide album The best of Black sabbath sicer že pokojne skupine . Seznam komadov je sledeč: CD1 - 'Black Sabbath', 'The Wizard', 'NIB', 'Evil Woman', 'Wicked World', 'War Pigs', 'Paranoid', 'Planet Caravan', 'Iron Man', 'Electric Funeral', 'Faries Wear Boots', 'Sweet Leaf', 'Embryo', 'Children Of The Grave', 'Lord Of This World' in 'Into The Void'.
CD2 - 'Tomorrow's Dream', 'Supernaut', 'Snowblind', 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath', 'Killing Yourself To Live', 'Hole In The Sky', 'Don't Start (Too Late)', 'Symptom Of The Universe', 'Am I Going Insane' (Radio), 'Dirty Woman', 'Never Say Die', 'Hard Road', 'Heaven And Hell', 'Die Young', 'Turn Up The Night', 'The Dark', 'Zero The Hero'. /P.G./

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