Borknagar/Vintersorg frontman Andreas Hedlund (a.k.a. Vintersorg) bo v začetku prihodnjega leta pri Lion Music izdal prvenec svojega progresivnega rock projekta Waterfield, z naslovom The Astral Factor. /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./

Poleg že prej napovedanih Astral Doors bodo kot predskupina na februarski evropski Grave Digger turneji nastopali še nemški power metalci Stormhammer. /M.P./

Grave Digger danes začenjajo s snemanjem novega albuma, ki je napovedan za 17. januar pri Nuclear Blast. Februarja pa se ob 25 letnici banda odpravljajo na The Last Supper Tour 2005. Spremljali jih bodo Astral Doors in še en band. /M.P./

Prejšnji teden so izšli naslednji albumi: INSISION: Revealed And Worshipped, SACRED STEEL: Iron Blessings, DOKKEN: Hell To Pay in MINDWINTER: Astral Mirrors.

Kasneje letos izide Bathory tribute album Twilight of the Goats. Na njem naj bi bile naslednje Bathory priredbe: BATHORLORD – For All Those Who Died/Bleeding, MY DARKEST HATE – Born For Burning, DOOMTHRONE – 13 Candles, LORD – The Return Of The Darkness And Evil, SKOLL – Home Of Once Brave, UNHOLY WAR – Hades, DEATHCHURCH – Chariots Of Fire, TWILIGHT ZONE – Gods Of Thunder, Of Wind And Of Rain, DECAYED – You Don't Move Me (I Don't Give A Fuck), PUTRESCENT – Baptised In Fire And Ice, NOCTURNAL – Enter The Eternal Fire, ULCISISA CASTRA – Holocaust, SAMMATH – Father To Son, VORKUTA – Sadist, KRATORNAS – Possessed, SAURON – The Rite Of Darkness, AMPUTATION – Sacrifice, FEARBRINGER – Call From The Grave. /M.P./

20. oktobra bo izšel prvenec banda Astral Doors z naslovom Of The Sun And The Father, ki ga je produciral Peter Tägtgren. Glasbeno naj bi bil album bil v stilu Rainbow, DIO in Black Sabbath. /M.P./

Iron Maiden pevec Bruce Dickinson je pri charterski družbi Astraeus pričel s svojo kariero pravega pilota. Bruce je vozil le manjša letala, sedaj pa na charterskih letih med Veliko Britanijo in počitniškimi destinacijami Evrope, Severne Afrike in Bližnjega Vzhoda pilotira Boeing 737. Na do sedanjih letih so bili že prisotni Iron Maiden fani. Ko so ti slišali ime pilota, so začeli spraševati staverdese, če je to “pravi” Bruce, nato pa so si vsi želeli na vsak način pogovarjati z njim. /M.P./

Tracklista novega Lock Up albuma Hate Breeds Suffering, ki izide 21. januarja: Feeding The Opiate, Castrate The Wreckage, Violent Reprisa ,Detestation, Retrogression, Slaughterous Way, Dead Sea Scoll... ,Hate Breeds Suffering, Catharsis, The Jesus Virus, Broken World, Horns Of Venus, High Tide In A Sea Of Food, Cascade Leviathan, Fake Somebody, The Sixth Extinction. /M.P./

23. februarja so Nightwish začeli s snemanjem mini CD-ja v Caverrock studiu na Finskem. Na CD-ju bosta dva nova komada, Over The Hills And Far Away, ki jo v originalu poje Gary Moore, ponovno pa bodo posneli Astral Romance, ki je izšel na prvencu Angel Fall First. Kot gost bo sodeloval Tony Kakko, pevec pri Sonata Arctica. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: DIMMU BORGIR: Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, OPETH: Blackwater Park, TRANSATLANTIC: Live In America, CHALICE: Chronicles Of Dysphoria, RYDELL: Per Ardura Ad Astra ter THORNS: Thorns.

3/21 -- Vermin - Millennium Ride3/21 -- Cradle Of Filth From The Cradle To Enslave EP3/26 -- Spiritual Beggars - Astra3/27 -- Sinner - The End of Sanctuary3/27 -- Moonfog compilation - A New Perspective3/27 -- Sheavy - Celestial Hi-Fi4/01 -- Darkseed - Diving Into Darkness4/04 -- Various Artists - Inhale - The Stoner Rock Compilation4/04 -- Grave Digger - Excalibur4/04 -- CJSS - Kings Of The World4/04 -- TNT - Big Bang Anthology4/10 -- Peccatum - Oh My Regrets4/10 -- Immortal - Damned In Black4/11 -- Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins4/11 -- Thornspawn - Blood Of The Holy, Taint Thy Steel4/11 -- Summon - Baptized By Fire4/11 -- Viking Crown - Innocence From Hell4/11 -- Usurper - Visions From The Gods4/11 -- Fleshcrawl - As Blood Rains From The Sky...4/14 -- Ordained - The Second Coming /M.G./

Vodstvo festivala toži nekega posameznika, ker je (po njegovih besedah na željo webmastra strani WOA) registriral domeno wacken-open-air.com. /P.G./