Problemi v Stratovarius so rešeni - Timu Tollkiju so namreč glasovi v glavi povedali, naj se ukvarja s kabalo. Na uradni strani se je znašla celotna njegova izjava, a je bila kmalu odstranjena. Tule si lahko preberete del originalne izjave:
"I really need to share this with all of you.
2 days ago I had a panic attack, I lied down and tried to relax.
Then a voice in my head told me repeatedly: Kabbalah, Kabbalah, Kabbalah. I believe it was the voice of Jesus Christ. I felt warm waves through my body and I felt secure and happy. The voice told me to take a bloody picture of myself in honour of HIS memory. Then the voice told me to go to my library and one of the books fell into the floor before me. I didn´t even remember I have that book.
It was about the teachings of Kabbalah. I believe I have now found the complete and only Universal truth. I understand that none of the things in my life matters really. It is all an illusion anyway.
I will use this webpage and also the future STRATOVARIUS recordings to celebrate the beauty of this ancient teaching. ". /P.G./

Newyorški death metalci Immolation bodo 27. januarja izdali svoj prvi DVD z naslovom Bringing Down The World. Na njem bo koncert v Amsterdamu pred 3.000 ljudmi, posnetki s treh drugih koncertov, ki bodo imeli kvaliteto bootlegov, posnetki s koncerta v Parizu, nekaj pesmi s Tilburga in nedavni koncert iz Los Angelesa. drugače pa bo sredi 2004 izšel re-release njihovega albuma Tepping On Angels...Before Dawn z neizdanimi bonus skladbami. /M.P./

Finci Twilight Opera so prestavili izid svojega tretjega albuma The End Of Halcyon Age na začetek prihodnjega leta, ker se še vedno pogajajo z založbami za internacionalni izid albuma. Track lista albuma je naslednja: ChaosWorm, Trapped in Husk of A White Crow, Bow Before My Dark, The End of Halcyon Age, Pseudogods, Leperthrone, Gothic Prelude of Capricious Equanimity, Cruciferous Lunacy, Paragon of Pregnant Night. /M.P./

Ameriški black/death metalci Acheron bodo oktobra pri Black Lotus Records izdali nov z naslovom Rebirth: Metamorphosing Into Godhood, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Chaos Invocation, Church of One, Xomaly, Bow Before Me, The Kindred, A Long Time Ago, Golgotha's Truth, Betrayed (A Broken Pact), The 9th Gate. /M.P./

Gamma Ray bodo 25. avgusta izdali dvojni album Skeletons In The Closet. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: CD 1: Welcome, Gardens Of The Sinner, Rich And Famous, All Of The Damned, No Return, Armageddon, Heavy Metal Universe, One With The World, Dan's Solo; CD 2: Razorblade Sigh, Heart Of The Unicorn, Last Before The Storm, Victim Of Fate, Rising Star/Shine On, The Silence, Heaven Or Hell, Guardians Of Mankind, New World Order. /P.G./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: ANTHRAX: We’ve Come For You All, MARDUK: World Funeral, GOTTHARD: Human Zoo, GOLDEN DAWN: Masquerade, MERAUDER: Bluetality, NECROPHAGIA: The Divine Art Of Torture, BEFORE THE DAWN: My Darkness in GUN BARREL: Battle Tested.

Gamma Ray so začeli z miksanjem koncertnega albuma, ki so ga snemali na pred kratkim končani evropski turneji. Na albumu bodo posnetki iz Barcelone in Strasbourga, pričakujemo pa lahko naslednje pesmi: Welcome, Gardens Of The Sinner, Rich And Famous, No Return, All Of The Damned, One With The World, Armageddon, Heavy Metal Universe, Razorblade Sigh, Heart Of The Unicorn, Last Before The Storm, Victim Of Fate, Rising Star / Shine On, The Silence, Heaven or Hell, Guardians of Mankind, I Want Out. /M.P./

Včeraj smo pisali o novem albumu skupine Tank, danes pa objavljamo naslovnico in tracklisto: Still At War, That Girl's Name Is Death (T.G.N.I.D.), Light The Fire (Watch 'em Burn), The World Awaits, And Then We Heard The Thunder, In The Last Hours Before Dawn, Conspiracy Of Hate, When The Hunter Becomes The Hunted, Return Of The Filth Hounds, The Blood's Still On Their Hands in The Fear Inside. /P.G./

24. septembra izide nov album Doro z naslovom Fight. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: Fight, Always Live To Win, Descent (feat. Pete Steele), Salvaje, Undying, Legends Never Die (napisal jo je Gene Simmons - KISS), Rock Before You Bleed, Sister Darkness, Wild Heart, Fight By Your Side, Chained, Hoffnung in Song For Me (digipack bonus). Posnet je bil v Soundmine Recording Studios v Pennsylvaniji, producirala sta ga Chris Lietz in Dan Malsh. Pri Doro trenutno igrajo kitarista Joe Taylor in Oliver Palotai, basist Nick Douglas in bobnar Johnny Dee. /M.P./

Deep Purple bodo februarja izdali box set 11 singlov, ki so jih izdali med leti 1968 in 1976. Ti so: Hush b/w One More Rainy Day, Kentucky Woman b/w Wring That Neck, Emmaretta b/w Wring That Neck, Hallalujah b/w April - Part One, Black Night b/w Speed King, Strange Kind Of Woman b/w I'm Alone, Fireball b/w Demon's Eye, Never Before b/w When A Blind Man Cries, Woman From Tokyo b/w Super Trouper, Might Just Take Your Life b/w Coronarias Redig in You Keep On Movin b/w Love Child. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: OZZY OSBOURNE: Down To Earth, ANCIENT: Proxima Centauri, U.D.O.: Live From Russia, JOE LYNN TURNER: Slam, SUNSET SPHERE: Storm Before Silence, CYBERIA: Mindcontrol, PROJECTO: Crown Of Ages, V.A.: Tribute To Accept II, V.A.: Blood, Sweat And Tears – Tribute To Type O Negative in V.A.: Originators Of The Northern Darkness – Tribute To Mayhem

Track lista novega Impaled Nazarene albuma Absence Of War Does Not Mean Peace, ki na Finskem izide danes, drugod pa 5. novembra, je naslednja: 1. Stratagem, 2. Absence Of War Does Not Mean Peace, 3. The Lost Art Of Goat Sacrificing, 4. Prequel To Bleeding, 5. Hard Boiled And Still Hellbound, 6. Into The Eye Of Storm, 7. Before The Fallout, 8. Humble Fuck Of Death, 9. Via Dolorosa, 10. Nyrkillä, Tapettava Huora, 11. Never Forgive, 12. Satan Wants You Dead in 13. The Madness Behind. /M.P./

Death metalci pozor! 17. septembra bosta ponovno izšla albuma Grave - Into The Grave in Unleashed - Where No Life Dwells. Poleg že izdanih komadov bo na njiju še dosti bonus komadov in videospota, Soulless pri Grave in Before The Creation Of Time ter The One Insane pri Unleashed. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: W.A.S.P.: Unholy Terror, SUBWAY TO SALLY: Herzblut, KING DIAMOND: Nightmare In The Nineties, CEREMONY: The Days Before The Death, DARK AT DAWN: Crimson Frost, FLESHGRIND: The Seeds Of Abysmal Torment, MELECHESH: Djinn, ORPHANED LAND: The Beloved`s Cry, MORTALIA: Naked Warrior ter VARIOUS ARTISTS: A Tribute To ABBA.