Finske melodične death/thrash metalce Imperanon je zapustil basist Eki Nurmikari, njegova zamenjava pa je Aki Hopeasaari. /S.P./

Sacred Steel so objavili track listo svojega novega, šestega albuma Hammer of Destruction: Hammer Of Destruction, Where Demons Dare To Tread, Impaled By Metal, Maniacs Of Speed, Pounding Inferno, Children Of The Spirit, Hell Insanity, Unholy Majesty, Blood And Thunder, Plague Of Terror, Sword And Axes, The Torch Of Sin in Generally Hostile. /S.P./

Samael so v studiu, kjer snemajo nov album. /S.P./

Chris Caffery (Savatage) se bo pridužil bandu Spread Eagle na njihovi ameriški turneji. /S.P./

Tarot, band Nightwish basista Marca Hietale, snema nov album, njihov zadnji single You pa se je uvrstil na sam vrh Finske lestvice. /S.P./

Avstrijski death metalci Belphegor so objavili naslovnico in track listo novega albuma Pestapokalypse VI, ki izide 27. oktobra: Belphegor – Hell's Ambassador, Seyn Todt In Schwartz, Angel Of Retribution, Chants For The Devil 1533, Pest Teufel Apokalypse, The Ancient Enemy, Bluhtsturm Erotika, Sanctus Perversum, Das Pesthaus / Miasma Epilog. /S.P./

22. septembra bodo TNT izdali DVD Live In Madrid, na katerem bodo: Invisible Noise, As Far As The Eye Can See, Downhill Racer, A Fix, She Needs Me, Give Me A Sign, Guitar Solo, Caught Between The Tigers, Listen To Your Heart, Black Butterfly, Seven Seas, Forever Shine On, Fantasia Espanola, My Religion, 0,000 Lovers (In One) in Intuition. /S.P./

Whitesnake so podpisali pogodbo z SPV records, kjer bodo 6. novembra izdali nov dvojni live album Live… In The Shadow Of The Blues s track listo: CD 1 - Bad Boys, Slide It In, Slow An' Easy, Love Ain't No Stranger, Judgement Day, Is This Love, Blues For Mylene, Snake Dance, Crying In The Rain, Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City, Fool For Your Loving, Here I Go Again, Still Of The Night; CD 2 - Burn - Stormbringer – Burn, Give Me All Your Love Tonight, Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues, The Deeper The Love, Ready An' Willing, Don't Break My Heart Again, Take Me With You, Ready To Rock (nov studijski posnetek), If You Want Me - I'll Come Running (nov studio posnetek), All I Want Is You (nov studio posnetek) in Dog (nov studijski posnetek) ter na limited verziji Crying In The Rain. /S.P./

Trivium so objavili naslovnico in track listo novega albuma The Crusade: Ignition, Detonation, Entrance of the Conflagration, Anthem (We are the Fire), Unrepentant, And Sadness Will Sear, Becoming the Dragon, To The Rats, This World Can't Tear Us Apart, Tread the Floods, Contempt Breeds Contamination, The Rising, ter The Crusade. Komad Detonation lahko slišite tukaj. /S.P./

Tukaj lahko preberete bandov komentar vseh komadov novega albuma A Matter Of Life And Death, ki bo izšel 28. avgusta. /S.P./

Europe so končali s snemanjem za nov album, ki naj bi izšel to jesen. /S.P./

Švedski old-school death metal projekt Death Breath je izdal prvenec Stinking Up The Night s komadi: Death Breath, Chopping Spree, Heading for Decapitation, Dragged Through The Mud, Coffins of the Unembalmed Dead, A Morbid Mind, Reduced to Ashes, Christ All Fucking Mighty, Flabby Little Things From Beyond in Cthulhu Fhtagn!. Komad Coffins of the Unembalmed Dead lahko slišite tukaj. /S.P./

Organizatorji Gods Of Metal festivala so se odločili, da prihodnje leto na festival ne bodo povabili Manowar, ki so jih napovedali na letošnjem festivalu. /S.P./

Nostradameus je zapustil kitarist Michael Aberg. /S.P./

Angela je na svoji strani spet objavila nov prispevek. Tokrat je zaradi veliko vprašanj novinarjev razložila, da za svoj vokal ne uporablja nikakršnih efektov. /S.P./

Nizozemci Detonation pripravljajo material za nov album, snemanje pa naj bi se začelo decembra. /S.P./

The Gathering bodo skupaj z Green Lizard izdali single z Sziget festivala na Madžarskem. /S.P./

Po devet mesečni pavzi so se švedski doom metalci Word Below spet dobili in začenjajo pripravljat nov material. V bandu so Mike Danielsson, Ronnie Bergerstahl in Jonas Kjellgren. /S.P./

Grave bodo 24. avgusta na Poljskem posneli live DVD Enraptured. /S.P./

Norveški power metalci Gaia Epicus so končali z delom za svoj tretji album Victory. Na albumu boste lahko slišali komade: New Life, Iron Curtain, The Sign, Revenge is Sweet, In Memory, Awaken the Monster, Rise of the Empire, When Darkness Falls, Fortress of Solitude, Through the Fire in Victory. Nekaj posnetkov komadov z albuma lahko slišite tukaj. /S.P./