Novi potrjeni bandi za Masters Of Rock so Tyr, Sepultura, Sabaton in Thunder. /M.P./

Grave Digger so nov potrjeni band za Metal Camp. /M.P./

12. marca izide DVD Bang Your Head!!! 2006, na katerem bo 34 skladb iz lanskega festivala. Track lista je naslednja:
DVD 1: HELLFUELED - Born To Rock, HELLFUELED - Midnight Lady, HELLFUELED - Rock 'n' Roll, COMMUNIC - Fooled By The Serpent, LEATHERWOLF - Season Of The Witch, LEATHERWOLF - The Calling, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - Escape From Within, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - Secret Square, VENGEANCE - No Mercy, RAVEN - Live At The Inferno, RAVEN - Rock Until You Drop, JON OLIVA'S PAIN - Time To Die, DEATH ANGEL - Devil Incarnate, HELLOWEEN - Future World, FOREIGNER – Urgent, FOREIGNER - Hot Blooded, IN FLAMES - Come Clarity, IN FLAMES - My Sweet Shadow.
DVD 2: POWERWOLF - Lucifer In Starlight, ANVIL - Winged Assassins, ANVIL - Forged In Fire, ANVIL - Metal On Metal, VICTORY - Chicks On Display, COUNT RAVEN - Leaving The Warzone, COUNT RAVEN - High On Infinity, UNLEASHED – Winterland, UNLEASHED - Into Glory Ride, ARMORED SAINT - Tribal Dance, ARMORED SAINT – Seducer, Y&T - Midnight In Tokyo, RIK EMMETT - Lay It On The Line, RIK EMMETT - Head Case / 3 Clouds, RIK EMMETT - Magic Power, STRATOVARIUS – Phoenix.
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Italijani Cadaveria so podpisali s Season of Mist, kjer bodo izdali svoj tretji album In Your Blood. /M.P./

Sonic Syndicate bodo 18. maja pri Nuclear Blast izdali svoj drugi album Only Inhuman, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Aftermath, Blue Eyed Fiend, Psychic Suicide, Double Agent, Enclave, Denied, Callous, Only Inhuman, All About Us, Unkown Entity, Flashback. /M.P./

Bivši Akercocke basist Peter Theobalds je nov basist pri Angležih Blood Island Raiders. Ti spomladi pri Invada Records izdajajo svoj istoimenski prvenec, na katerem gostuje Bill Steer (Firewind, ex- Carcass). /M.P./

Sonata Arctica so objavili track listo novega albuma Unia, ki izide 25. maja pri Nuclear Blast Records: In Black And White, Paid In Full, For The Sake Of Revenge, It Won't Fade, Under Your Tree, Caleb, The Vice, My Dream's But A Drop Of Fuel For A Nightmare, The Harvest, The Worlds Forgotten, The Words Forbidden, Fly With The Black Swan, Good Enough Is Good Enough. Pred tem 27. aprila izide single Paid In Full, na katerem bo tudi Gary Moore priredba Out in the Fields. /M.P./

Hammerfall so se razšli z basistom Magnusom Rosenom. Uradna izjava v zvezi z njegovim odhodom bo objavljena kmalu. /M.P./

Aborted in Sadist sta nova potrjena banda za Metalcamp. /M.P./

22. marca bodo v Channel Zero nastopili Just Swallow in Barehanded, dan kasneje pa v Kopru Lycanthrope, Leader Of Pack in Chaosphere. /M.P./

Francoski black metalci Nydvind so v CCR Studiu začeli z miksanjem svojega drugega albuma Sworn to the Elders, ki izide konec leta. /M.P./

Francozi Nightmare so pred kratkim začeli s predprodukcijo za svoj šesti album. S snemanjem začnejo 7. maja v Studio Fredman s Fredrikom Nordströmom. Album izide jeseni pri Regain Records, izidu pa sledi evropska turneja. /M.P./

27. aprila pri Napalm Records izide prvenec avstrijskih melodičnih progresivnih metalcev Serenity, Words Untold & Dreams Unlived. /M.P./

Bivši Megadeth kitarist Marty Friedman bo na prihajajoči evropski turneji snemal live album. /M.P./

Vokalist Rick Mythiasin se je vrnil k Steel Prophet. /M.P./

Firewind bodo posneli videospot za skladbo Breaking the Silence, kjer bo sodelovala vokalistka Tara Teresa. /M.P./

Dew-Scented trenutno snemajo videospot za skladbo That's Why I Despise You. /M.P./

Freedom Call so objavili naslovnico prihajajočega albuma Dimensions, ki izide 23. aprila pri SPV. /M.P./

Velvet Revolver so končali z miksanjem novega albuma Libertad. /M.P./

1. julija v Zagreb prihajajo Type O Negative. /M.P./