The Devin Townsend Band bodo avgusta in septembra snemali nov album, ki zaenkrat nosi naslov Sychestra. Po vsej verjetnosti bo limited edition verzija albuma vsebovala DVD. /M.P./

Bivši Berzerker kitarist Matt Wilcock je postal novi član britanskih death metalcev Akercocke. /M.P./

Vince Neil je izjavil, da bodo Mötley Crüe posneli nov studijski album. /M.P./

Aeternus so se razšli s kitaristom Stianom. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Bathory tribute albuma A Tribute from the Hordes to Bathory, ki naj bi izšla junija: Sauron – The Rite of Darkness, Twilight Zone - Gods Of Thunder, Deathchurch - Chariots Of Fire, Amputation – Sacrifice, Leprosity - Satan My Master, Fearbringer - Call From The Grave, Primordial - Total Destruction, Ulcisia Castra – Holocaust, Diamatregon - Pax Vobiscum, Putrescent - Baptized In Fire, Ice Kratornas – Possessed, Serpenterium - The Lake, Lord - The Return..., Unholy War – Hades, Katharkh - One Eyed Old Man, Decayed - You Don't Move Me, Bathorlord – Bleeding, Willow Wisp - The Golden Walls Of..., Skoll - Home Of Once Brave, Nocturnal – Enter The Eternal Fire, Bathorlord - Man Of Iron 2, My Darkest Hate - Born For Burning, The True Endless - Woman Of Dark Desires, Vorkuta – Sadist, Mephisto - Raise The Dead. /M.P./

Transparent je nov band, ki sta ga ustanovila Mnemic bobnar Brian Rasmusen in Signar Petersen (ex- Mercenary; kitara, bass). /M.P./

Eric Elkins (All You Fear) in ne Bobby Jarzombek, kot je bilo sprva napovedano, bo bobnal na solo projektu Tima Owensa (Iced Earth, ex- Judas Priest) Beyond Fear. Izid je napovedan za konec letošnjega oziroma začetek prihodnjega leta. /M.P./

My Dying Bride so objavili naslovnico prihajajočega box seta Anti-Diluvian Chronicles. /M.P./

Konec maja izide Vicious Rumors DVD Crushing the World, na katerem bodo posnetki njihove celotne kariere, vsi njihovi videospoti, posnetki s turneje in intervjuji. Track lista DVDja je naslednja: Down to the Temple, On the Edge, Digital Dictator, Poveglia, March or Die, Fight, Only Live Twice, Don't Wait for Me, Lady Took a Chance, Broken Wings, Abandoned, Against the Grain, Children, Don't Wait for Me, The Voice. /M.P./

Mötley Crüe bodo 27. aprila v Millwaukeeju snemali koncert za prihajajoči DVD. /M.P./

Flotsam And Jetsam so objavili naslovnico prihajajočega albuma Dream Of Death. /M.P./

Za konec avgusta je napovedan nov, še neimenovani Stratovarius album, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Maniac Dance, Fight, Just Carry On, Back To Madness, Gypsy In Me, Götterdämmerung (Zenith of Power), The Land of Ice and Snow, Leave The Tribe, United. /M.P./

Najnovejše obvestilo iz Celja: Koncerta Incantation jutri ne bo, danes poleg napovedanih bandov igrajo tudi Dickless Tracy /M.P./

Children Of Bodom so končali snemanje bobnov za nov album, ki izide septembra. S snemanjem naj bi končali do konca maja. /M.P./

Spiritual Beggars so podpisali u Inside Out, kjer bodo konec junija izdali nov album Demons. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Inner Strength (Intro), Throwing Your Life Away, Salt In Your Wounds, One Man Army, Through The Halls, Treading Water, Dying Every Day, Born To Die, Born To Die (Reprise), In My Blood, Elusive, Sleeping With One Eye Open, No One Heard. /M.P./

Thyrane se bodo 15. maja vrnili v Tico-Tico studio, kjer bodo nadaljevali s snemanjem novega albuma Travesty of Heavenly Essence, ki izide septembra. /M.P./

Rebellion bodo 30. maja pri Massacre Records izdali nov album Sagas Of Iceland. Gre za prvi del trilogije o vikingih. Drugi del naj bi izšel naslednje leto, tretji pa leta 2007. /M.P./

Kot kaže bodo Opeth podpisali z Roadrunner Records. /M.P./