Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: SEPULTURA: Nation, ZONATA: Reality, ANATHEMA: Serenades, ATLANTIS: Unity, CHURCH OF MISERY: Master Of Brutality, TWILIGHT: Eye For An Eye, SINPHONIA: When The Ticles Break, DIABOLICAL: Synergy, ETERNIA: Papyrus, SEMEN DATURA: This Love Is Dead, MORGUL: Sketch Of Supposed Murderer ter LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE: Burning A Wish.

Pripravlja se Twisted Sister tribute album. Na njem bodo njihove pesmi igrali med drugimi tudi Motorhead (Shoot`em Down), Anthrax (Destroyer), Overkill (Under The Blade), Sebastian Bach (You Can`t Stop Rock N` Roll). Z Ac/Dc komadom Sin City pa bodo na njem tudi sami Twisted Sister. /M.P./

Za Bang Your Head festival so potrjeni že prvi bendi. To so Stratovarius, Kreator, Six Feet Under, Company Of Snakes, Uriah Heep, Helstar, Armored Saint, Brainstorm in Eidolon. /M.P./

Davidian, nemški underground thrash metal bend ima novega bobnarja. To je Alex Scherf, bivši član Requiem (pa ne slovenskih). Konec leta bodo na nemški turneji skupaj s Pronther. /M.P./

Six Feet Under so začeli s pripravo materiala za nov studijski album. /M.P./

10.12. bodo v londonskem klubu Underworld svoj nasploh prvi koncert v Veliki Britaniji odigrali Stratovarius. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: OVERKILL: Bloodletting, THE HAUNTED: Made Me Do It, MOLLY HATCHET: Kingdom Of XII, SONATA ARCTICA: Successor (EP), PRETTY MAIDS: Carpe Diem, SIX FEET UNDER: Graveyard Classics, SKYCLAD: Folkimon, TAD MOROSE: Undead, THE 69 EYES: Blessed Be, CARNAL FORGE: Firedemon, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Americas Volume Dealer, DIVINE EMPIRE: Dammed To Inherit, EYEHATEGOD: Confederacy Of Ruined Lives, GRIFFIN: Wasteland Serenades ter singel IRON MAIDEN: Out Of The Silent Planet

Avstralski bend Thunderstruck, kjer poje prvi pevec AC/DC Dave Evans, bo izdal koncertni CD, na katerem bo koncert, posvečen Bonu Scottu. Na CD-ju bo tudi prva pesem, ki jo je Dave posnel z AC/DC in nosi naslov Can I Sit Next To You Girl. /M.P./

Six Feet Under bodo 24.10. izdali album Graveyard Classics, na katerem bodo same priredbe; med drugim tudi od AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Savatage, Venom, Sex Pistols in Jimija Hendrixa. /M.P./

Bivši kitarist Six Feet Under Allen West je ustanovil nov bend Lowbrow. Igrajo old school death metal. Prvi album naj bi luč sveta zagledal oktobra. /M.P./

25.9. bo izšel novi single italijanskih metalcev Rhapsody z naslovom Holy Thunderforce. Single bo uvod v njihov tretji album Dawn Of Victory, ki izide 30.10. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: CATAMENIA: Eternal Winter`s Prophecy, Labyrinth: Sons of Thunder, PISSING RAZORS: Fields of Disbelief, SOLSTICE: Halycon, SYMPHORCE: Sinctuary, THYRFING: Urkraft, VIOLATION: Monnlight`s Child, WHITE SKULL: Public Glory, Secret Agony ter single HAMERFALL: Renegade

22.8. Labyrinth: Sons of Thunder
22.8. Lizzy Borden: Deal with the Devil
22.8. Steel Prophet: Genesis: Chapter one
28.8. Nocturnal Rites: Afterlife
28.8. Rotting Christ
28.8. Symphony X
Oktober: Atrocity: Gemini
11.9. Crematory: Believe
25.9. Gardenian: Sindustries
30.10. Helloween: The Dark Ride

2/28 -- Desecration - Inhuman2/28 -- Stratovarius - Infinite2/28 -- Napalm Death - The Radio 1 Sessions2/29 -- December - Praying, Hoping, Nothing2/29 -- Breach - Venom2/29 -- Deceased - Supernatural Addiction2/29 -- AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip2/29 -- Dismember - Hate Campaign3/03 -- Glassjaw - Heroin3/06 -- Entombed - Uprising3/07 -- Steel Prophet - Messiah3/07 -- Krisiun - Conquerors Of Armageddon3/07 -- Therion - Deggial3/07 -- Soulreaper - Written in Blood3/07 -- Misery Loves Co. - Your Vision Was Never Mine To Share3/07 -- Niacin - Deep3/07 -- Armored Saint - Revelation3/07 -- In Extremo - Verehrt Und Angespien3/07 -- Various Artists - Catch The Rainbow (tribute)3/07 -- Transport League - Satanic Panic3/10 -- Throes Of Dawn - Binding of the Spirit3/13 -- Einherjer - Norwegian Native Art3/14 -- Gorgoroth - Incipit Sathanas3/14 -- Joe Satriani - Engines Of Creation3/14 -- Triumphator - Wings of Antichrist3/14 -- Diabolique - Butterflies ep3/14 -- Impaled - The Dead Shall Dead Remain3/14 -- Nocturnus - Ethereal Tomb3/20 -- W.A.S.P. - The Best Of The Best - 1984-20003/20 -- Under The Sun3/20 -- Axxis - Back To The Kingdom3/20 -- Decapitated - Winds Of Creation3/21 -- Running Wild - Victory3/21 -- Altar - In The Name Of The Father3/21 -- Dio - Magica3/21 -- Crowbar - Equilibrium3/21 -- Old Man's Child - Revelation 6663/21 -- Pantera - Revinventing The Steel3/21 -- Clawfinger - Two Sides

25. januarja bo založba Metal Blade Records izdala DVD kompilacijo z naslovom Metalmeister. Posnetkov je za dobro uro in pol, na disku pa bo 19 spotov iz 19-letne zgodovine založbe, diskografija skupin, slike in intervjuji. Na DVDju boste našli: SIX FEET UNDER - 'Victim Of The Paranoid', ARMORED SAINT - 'Reign Of Fire', FATES WARNING - 'Point Of View', GALACTIC COWBOYS - 'Nothing To Say', CANNIBAL CORPSE - 'Sentenced to Burn', GWAR - 'Gor Gor', MERCYFUL FATE - 'The Uninvited Guest', GRIP INC. - 'Ostracized', KING'S X - 'Fade', Fates Warning - 'A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Part 1' (live), Armored Saint - 'March Of The Saint' (live), Lizzy Borden - 'Psychopath' (live), TROUBLE - 'Run To The Light', SACRED REICH - 'Low', FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - 'Monster', MERCYFUL FATE - 'Witches Dance', GWAR - 'Sick Of You', Lizzy Borden intervju iz leta 1990... /P.G./