Spomladi bo izšel novi album Mayhem, na katerem bo material, ki jim je ostal od Grand Declaration Of War, in tudi nekaj posnetkov v živo. Španska filmska družba Visual Beast Films bo v filmu Estigmas uporabila bendov komad A Bloodsword And A Colder Sun. /M.P./

Glasbo za film Dracula 2000 bodo med drugim prispevali tudi Slayer s komadom Bloodline ter Pantera z Avoid The Light. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: OVERKILL: Bloodletting, THE HAUNTED: Made Me Do It, MOLLY HATCHET: Kingdom Of XII, SONATA ARCTICA: Successor (EP), PRETTY MAIDS: Carpe Diem, SIX FEET UNDER: Graveyard Classics, SKYCLAD: Folkimon, TAD MOROSE: Undead, THE 69 EYES: Blessed Be, CARNAL FORGE: Firedemon, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Americas Volume Dealer, DIVINE EMPIRE: Dammed To Inherit, EYEHATEGOD: Confederacy Of Ruined Lives, GRIFFIN: Wasteland Serenades ter singel IRON MAIDEN: Out Of The Silent Planet

Diabolicum se bodo decembra odpravili v Abyss Studio k Petru Tagtgrenu posneti nov album z naslovom The Dark Blood Rising. Album bo izšel konec marca, začetek aprila. /M.P./

Nizozemski death metalci God Dethroned so sredi snemanja četrtega albuma, ki bo nosil naslov Ravenous. Album bo logično nadaljevanje prejšnjega Bloody Blasphemy, to se pravi hiter, melodičen in ekstremen. Že prej, sredi oktobra, pa bodo izdali CD z demo posnetki, redkimi, doslej še neobjavljenimi posnetki in posnetki v živo. /M.P./

Danes izidejo naslednji albumi: CREMATORY: Believe, DORO: Calling The Wind, VIRUS 7: Sick In The Head, ORATORY: Illusion Dimensions, EINHERJER: Norvegian Native Art, NILE: Black Seeds Of Vengeance, NYCTOPHOBIC: Insects, HAEMORRHAGE: Loathesongs, HYPNOS: In Blood We Trust, GARDEN OF SHADOWS: Oracle Moon, SEPTIC CEMETARY: Shattered, SUPERSHINE: Supershine ter singla ATROCITY: Taste Of Sin in WIZZARD: Tormentor.

Kmalu bo izšel album Hell bent for Metal 2: Tribute To JUDAS PRIEST. Izid je napovedan za konec junija. Na albumu bodo: CAGE - 'Freewheel Burning', BURNING INSIDE - 'The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown)', SPEED - 'Grinder', DEFECT - 'Rapid Fire', TYRANT - 'Tyrant', ACHERON - 'Devil's Child', SEVEN WITCHES - 'Diamonds And Rust', BLOOD COVEN - 'Screaming For Vengeance', KILLSWITCH - 'Exciter', DEBAUCHERY - 'Riding On The Wind', DISARRAY - 'Delivering The Goods' in ENGRAVE - 'Sinner' /P.G./

Junija končno izide album The best of Black sabbath sicer že pokojne skupine . Seznam komadov je sledeč: CD1 - 'Black Sabbath', 'The Wizard', 'NIB', 'Evil Woman', 'Wicked World', 'War Pigs', 'Paranoid', 'Planet Caravan', 'Iron Man', 'Electric Funeral', 'Faries Wear Boots', 'Sweet Leaf', 'Embryo', 'Children Of The Grave', 'Lord Of This World' in 'Into The Void'.
CD2 - 'Tomorrow's Dream', 'Supernaut', 'Snowblind', 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath', 'Killing Yourself To Live', 'Hole In The Sky', 'Don't Start (Too Late)', 'Symptom Of The Universe', 'Am I Going Insane' (Radio), 'Dirty Woman', 'Never Say Die', 'Hard Road', 'Heaven And Hell', 'Die Young', 'Turn Up The Night', 'The Dark', 'Zero The Hero'. /P.G./

4/17 -- Borknagar - Quintessence
4/17 -- Asphyx - On The Wings Of Inferno
4/18 -- Incantation - The Infernal Storm
4/18 -- Black Label Society - Stronger Than Death
4/18 -- Cephalic Carnage - Exploiting Dysfunction
4/18 -- Kreator - Voices Of Transgression
4/18 -- Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
4/18 -- Nok - Vent
4/18 -- Running Wild - Victory
4/18 -- Various Artists - Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. II
4/25 -- Atomic Opera - Gospel Cola
4/25 -- The Quiet Room - Reconceive
4/25 -- Domine - Dragon Lord
4/25 -- Spock's Beard - Don't Try This At Home (Live)
4/25 -- Mental Home - Upon The Shores Of Inner Seas
4/25 -- Century Media Compilation - Identity 6
4/25 -- U.D.O. - No Limit
4/25 -- U.D.O. - Solid
4/25 -- Destruction - All Hell Breaks Loose
4/25 -- The Step Kings - Let's Get It On!
4/25 -- Shelter - When 20 Summers Pass
4/25 -- Sacred Steel - Bloodlust
4/25 -- Mrs. Hippie - Lotus
4/25 -- Boysetsfire - After the Eulogy
5/01 -- Night in Gales - Nailwork
5/02 -- Shaft - Quint
5/02 -- Power Symphony - Lightbringer
5/02 -- Shovelbarn
5/03 -- Storyteller - Storyteller
5/03 -- Mirsteltein - Rape In Rapture
5/08 -- Iron Maiden - The Wickerman
5/08 -- Brainstorm - Ambiguity
5/08 -- Hammerheart Records Compilation - Sign of the Hammer
5/08 -- Helstar - Twas The Night Of A Helish Christmas
5/09 -- Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5/09 -- Sinner - The End of Sanctuary
5/09 -- Accept - Objection Overruled
5/09 -- Accept - Death Row
5/09 -- Vader - Litany
5/09 -- Mortification - 10 Years Live Not Dead
5/09 -- Kenziner - The Prophecies
5/15 -- Motorhead - We Are Motorhead
5/16 -- Lowbrow - Victims at Play
/P.G./

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./

2/28 -- Desecration - Inhuman2/28 -- Stratovarius - Infinite2/28 -- Napalm Death - The Radio 1 Sessions2/29 -- December - Praying, Hoping, Nothing2/29 -- Breach - Venom2/29 -- Deceased - Supernatural Addiction2/29 -- AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip2/29 -- Dismember - Hate Campaign3/03 -- Glassjaw - Heroin3/06 -- Entombed - Uprising3/07 -- Steel Prophet - Messiah3/07 -- Krisiun - Conquerors Of Armageddon3/07 -- Therion - Deggial3/07 -- Soulreaper - Written in Blood3/07 -- Misery Loves Co. - Your Vision Was Never Mine To Share3/07 -- Niacin - Deep3/07 -- Armored Saint - Revelation3/07 -- In Extremo - Verehrt Und Angespien3/07 -- Various Artists - Catch The Rainbow (tribute)3/07 -- Transport League - Satanic Panic3/10 -- Throes Of Dawn - Binding of the Spirit3/13 -- Einherjer - Norwegian Native Art3/14 -- Gorgoroth - Incipit Sathanas3/14 -- Joe Satriani - Engines Of Creation3/14 -- Triumphator - Wings of Antichrist3/14 -- Diabolique - Butterflies ep3/14 -- Impaled - The Dead Shall Dead Remain3/14 -- Nocturnus - Ethereal Tomb3/20 -- W.A.S.P. - The Best Of The Best - 1984-20003/20 -- Under The Sun3/20 -- Axxis - Back To The Kingdom3/20 -- Decapitated - Winds Of Creation3/21 -- Running Wild - Victory3/21 -- Altar - In The Name Of The Father3/21 -- Dio - Magica3/21 -- Crowbar - Equilibrium3/21 -- Old Man's Child - Revelation 6663/21 -- Pantera - Revinventing The Steel3/21 -- Clawfinger - Two Sides