Circle II Circle, Manticora in Power Quest bodo maja na evropski turneji. 12.5. naj bi se ustavili tudi v Ljubljani. /P.G./

Sacred Reich, Sodom in Warrior so novi potrjeni bandi za festival Bang Your Head 2009. /P.G./

Tankard so objavili naslovnico in tracklisto albuma Thirst, ki bo izšel 19.12.: Ocatane Warriors, Deposite Pirate, Stay Thirsty!, Hyperthermia, Echoes Of War, When Daddy Comes To Play, Zodiac Man, G.A.L.O.W., Myevilfart in Sexy Feet Under. /P.G./

Drugi izolski festival Haliaetum Open Air 2009 se bo odvijal 26. in 27. junija. Prvi potrjeni zasedbi sta Sanatorium (Slovaška) in slovenski black metalci Vinternatt. /P.G./

Pantheon I bodo januarja začeli snemanje novega albuma z naslovom Worlds I Create. /P.G./

Eudaimony so podpisali z založbo Lupus Lounge, ki bo izdala njihov prvenec z naslovom Futile. Band sestavljajo Matthias Jell (ex - Dark Fortress), Marcus E. Norman (Naglfar, Bewitched), Jörg Heemann (Secrets Of The Moon) in Michael Håkansson (ex - Evergrey, The Forsaken). /P.G./

Schandmaul so v Münchnu posneli več kot tri ure dolg koncert, ki ga bodo izdali na DVDju. /P.G./

My Dying Bride bodo v začetku prihodnjega leta izdali album z naslovom For Lies I Sire. /P.G./

Bivši člani skupine Rainbow so se združili in bodo ponovno nastopili pod imenom Over The Rainbow. Kitarist v skupini je Jürgen "J.R." Blackmore, sin Ritchiea. /P.G./

Malefice so podpisali z založbo Metal Blade Records. /P.G./

Orange Goblin bodo aprila na festivalu Roadburn Festival na Nizozemskem posneli live album, ki bo izšel v omejeni nakladi na vinylu. /P.G./

Decembra bo založba Earache izdala boxset petih CDjev z naslovom World Wide Metal:
CD1 - USA:
01 Deicide - Desecration
02 Hate Eternal - Nailed to Obscurity
03 Morbid Angel - Immortal Rites
04 Terrorizer - Dead Shall Rise
05 Clutch - Piledriver
06 Municipal Waste - Terror Shark
07 Bonded By Blood - Psychotic Pulse
08 Violator - After Nuclear Devastation
09 Sleep - The Druid
10 Coalesce - Harvest of Maturity
11 Brutal Truth - Anti-Homophobe
12 Order of Ennead - The Culling
13 Oceano - Samael The Destroyer (demo)
14 Adema - Barricades in Time
15 Garden of Shadows - Oracle Moon

CD2 - UK:
01 Napalm Death - Mentally Murdered
02 Carcass - Exhume to Consume
03 Akercocke - Enraptured by Evil
04 Evile - Bathe in Blood
05 SSS - Warhorse
06 Gama Bomb - Hammer Slammer
07 Hellbastard - I Beg in Blood
08 Iron Monkey - 666 Pack
09 Biomechanical - Fallen in Fear
10 Bolt Thrower - Shreds of Sanity
11 Cathedral - Vampire Sun
12 Extreme Noise Terror - Conned Through Life
13 Unseen Terror - Expulsion of Wrath
14 Ignominious Incarceration - The Saviour (demo)
15 The Boy Will Drown - We Take The Out of Psycho Therapist (demo)
16 Narcosis - Ode to A Worthless Fucking Piece of Shit
17 Narcosis - Mouthful of Ammunition
18 Narcosis - A Work Related Murder Spree
19 Godflesh - Tiny Tears
20 Dub War - Million Dollar Love

CD3 - Scandinavia
01 At the Gates - Nausea
02 The Haunted - D.O.A
03 Entombed - But Life Goes On
04 Cult of Luna - Dark Side of the Sun
05 Misery Loves Co – A Million Lies
06 Mortiis - The Loneliest Thing
07 Blood Red Throne - Taste of God
08 Anata - Better Grieved Than Fooled
09 Insision - The Foul Smell of Humans
10 Exmortem - The Pressure of Our Jaws
11 Cadaver Inc - Murderhead
12 Corporation 187 - Perfection in Pain
13 Filthy Christians - Dom Ljuger
14 Carnage - Dark Recollections
15 Deathwitch - Coffin Fornicator
16 Wolverine - Sarah
17 Gandalf - Morning Sun
18 Farmakon - Stretching Into Me
19 Dawn of Relic - Welkins Gat

CD4 - USA
01 Massacre - Biohazard
02 Nocturnus - Neolithic
03 Confessor - Uncontrolled
04 December - Host
05 …

Italijani Raintime pripravljajo nov album, ki ga bodo posneli marca in aprila prihodnje leto. /P.G./

Vreid so objavili naslovnico in tracklisto albuma Milorg, ki bo izšel januarja: Alarm, Disciplined, Speak Goddamnitt, Blücher, Blücher Pt. II, Heroes & Villains, Argumentum Ex Silentio in Milorg. /P.G./

Vokalist Greg in basist Johan sta nova člana skupine Hypnosis. /P.G./

Ponovno združeni Alcatrazz so napovedali, da bodo v zasedbi Graham Bonnet (vokal), Howie Simon (kitara, vokal), Glen Sobel (bobni) in Tim Luce (bas kitara, vokal) posneli nov album. /P.G./

Švedi Dreamland bodo 21. novembra začeli snemanje novega albuma. /P.G./

Tukaj si lahko ogledate nov video skupine Satyricon za skladbo Black Crow On A Tombstone. /P.G./

Devian so na svoji MySpace strani objavili novo skladbo z naslovom Assilant. Komad prihaja s prihajajočega albuma God To The Illfated, ki bo izšel 12. decembra. /P.G./