Američani Blessed By A Burden bodo 13. septembra pri Standby Records izdali novi EP z naslovom Addiction. /B.B./

All Pigs Must Die so preko Pitchfork.com premierno objavili skladbo The Blessed Void z novega albuma God Is War, katerega tracklista je sledeča:
Death Dealer
Pulverization
Sacrosanct
God Is War
The Blessed Void
Third World Genocide
Extinction Is Ours
Sadistic Vindicator
/B.B./

Švedi In Solitude bodo konec maja izdali album z naslovom The World.The Flesh.The Devil, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi:
The World The Flesh The Devil
We Were Never Here
Serpents Are Rising
Poisoned, Blessed And Burned
Demons
To Her Darkness
Dance Of The Adversary
On Burning Paths
Kako album zveni v živo, lahko preverite na festivalu Metalcamp.
/P.G./

Centurions Ghost so tukaj objavili izseke z novega albuma Blessed & Cursed In Equal Measure, ki je izšel 25. januarja. /P.G./

The 69 Eyes bodo 31. oktobra izdali box set Goth'n'Roll, v katerem bodo 3 CDji in 1 DVD (Helsinki Vampires), ki bodo prikazovali obdobje banda od 1998 do 2003. Box set bodo sestavljali CDji Blessed Be (z bonus skladbama Heaven/Hell in Brandon Lee (radio mix)), Paris Kills (z bonus skladbama You're Lost Little Girl, Crashing High (remix)) in Goth'n'Roll Archives z naslednjo track listo Gothic Girl (demo 1998), Gothic Girl (demo 2000), Sleeping With Lions (demo), Wages Of Sin (demo), Graveland (demo), 30 (demo), Shoot You Down (demo), From Dusk Till Dawn (demo), Riders On The Storm (radio live), The Chair (club mix 2.0), You're Lost Little Girl (demo), Forever More (demo), Don't Turn Your Back On Fear (radio live), Grey (radio live), Betty Blue (radio live), Stigmata (Gothic mix), Stigmata (Demonic mix), Stigmata (Prophecy mix). Band trenutno pripravlja material za nov album, ki izide prihodnje leto, februarja in marca pa bodo The 69 Eyes na evropski turneji skupaj s Tiamat, Novembre in Gothminster. /M.P./

Soilent Green so objavili tracklisto in naslovnico albuma Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction, ki izide 18. aprila: Mental Acupuncture, Blessed In The Arms Of Servitude, In The Same Breath, Antioxidant, Lovesick, Rock Paper Scissors, Superstition Aimed At One's Skull, For Lack Of Perfect Words, When All Roads Lead To Rome, All This Good Intention Wasted In The Wake Of Apathy in A Pale Horse And The Story Of The End. /P.G./

Megadeth so objavili track listo novega albuma United Abominations: Sleepwalker, Washington Is Next!, Never Walk Alone, United Abominations, Gears Of War, Blessed Are The Dead, Play For Blood, A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free) (feat. Cristina Scabbia), Amerikhastan, You're Dead, Burnt Ice. Prvi single albuma je na novo posneta verzija skladbe A Tout Le Monde, ki jo Dave odpoje v duetu z Lacuna Coil vokalistko Cristino Scabbio. Album izide 15. maja pri Roadrunner Records. /M.P./

Kanadčani Blessed By A Broken Heart so podpisali s Century Media. Band sredi marca začenja s snemanjem novega albuma You Wanted the Best, You Got The Blessed: Greatest Hits. /M.P./

Grški black metalci Ravencult so podpisali z Dark Essence Records, kjer bodo 26. marca izdali album Temples of Torment z naslednjimi skladbami: The Sigil of Baphomet, In Times of Demise, Onslaught Command, Blessed In Heresy, Commence the Burning of Heavens, The Nightsky Codex, Utter Cold Void, The Needles of Truth. /M.P./

20. marca pri Roadrunner Records izide Daath prvenec The Hinderers z naslednjimi skladbami: Subterfuge, From The Blind, Cosmic Forge, Sightless, Under A Somber Sign, Ovum, Festival Mass Soulform, Above Lucium, Who Will Take The Blame?, War Born (Tri-adverserenade), Dead On The Dance Floor, Blessed Through Misery, The Hinderers. /M.P./

Objavljena je track lista prihajajočega Iced Earth DVDja Alive in Athens: Intro, Burning Times, Vengeance is Mine, Dark Saga, Last Laugh, Cast in Stone, Last December, (Pure Evil, Desert Rain, Dante's Inferno, The Hunter, Melancholy (Holy Martyr), Angels Holocaust, Stormrider, The Path I Choose, Watching Over Me, Diary, Blessed Are You, When the Night Falls, My Own Savior, Travel in Stygian Violate, Stand Alone, Brainwashed, Disciples of the Lie, I Died For You, Prophecy, Birth of the Wicked, The Coming Curse, Epilog. Izid je napovedan za 30. oktober. /M.P./

W.A.S.P. so za izid novega albuma Dominator podpisali s Steamhammer/SPV. Album izide 13. novembra. Na albumu bodo naslednje skladbe: Mercy, Burn (Deep Purple priredba), Take Me Up, Heaven's Blessed, Heaven's Hung In Black, Long Long Way To Go, eacher, Heaven's Hung In Black (reprise), Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival priredba). /M.P./

10. novembra izide nov album ameriških doom metalcev Solitude Aeturnus, Alone. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Scent of Death, Waiting for the Light, Blessed be the Dead, Sightless, Upon Within, Burning, Is There, Tomorrows Dead, Essence of Black. /M.P./

A Twist In The Myth je naslov novega Blind Guardian albuma, ki izide septembra, na njem pa bodo naslednje skladbe: This Will Never End, Otherland, Turn the Page, Fly, Carry the Blessed Home, Another Stranger Me, Straight through the Mirror, Lionheart, Skalds and Shadows, The Edge, The New Order. Za skladbo Another Stranger Me bodo posneli tudi videospot. /M.P./

Venom so objavili track listo novega albuma Metal Black, ki izide 27. marca pri Sanctuary Records/Castle Music: Antechrist, Burn In Hell, House of Pain, Death & Dying, Rege Satanas, Darkest Realm, A Good Day to Die, Assassin, Lucifer Rising, Blessed Dead, Hours of Darkness, Sleep When I'm Dead, Maleficarvm, Metal Black. /M.P./