Brainstorm bodo 30. septembra pri založbi AFM Records izdali album z naslovom On The Spur Of The Moment. Izsek komada Below The Line lahko slišite tukaj. /P.G./

Med 14. in 17. julijem se bo v Vizovicah na Češkem zopet odvijal tradicionalni festival Masters Of Rock. Na seznamu nastopajočih najdemo skupine kot so Twisted Sister, Helloween, U.D.O., Hammerfall, Overkill, Virgin Steele, Brainstorm, Moonspell, Watain in druge. Več o festivalu najdete na uradni spletni strani. /A.J./

Znan je dnevni razpored nastopov na festivalu Bang Your Head, ki se bo odvijal 15. in 16. julija v nemškem kraju Balingen:

petek, 15. julij:
glavni oder:
Accept
Immortal
Overkill
Quiet Riot
Death Angel
Crimson Glory
Legion Of The Damned
Stormwarrior
Crashdiet
Crystal Viper
Portrait

dvorana:
Amorphis
Asphyx
Cripper


sobota, 16. julija:
glavni oder:
Slayer
Helloween
Sonata Arctica
Pretty Maids
Psychotic Waltz
Hardcore Superstar
D-A-D
Tygers Of Pan Tang
Astral Doors
Metal Inquisitor
Ivanhoe

dvorana:
Lordi
Jeff Scott Soto
Desaster

Na ogrevalnem večeru, ki bo v četrtek, 14. julija, pa bodo nastopili Axel Rudi Pell, Brainstorm, Kissin' Dynamite in Eternal Reign. /P.G./

Quiet Riot so zadnji potrjeni band za festival Bang Your Head. Seznam nastopajočih je torej sledeč: Accept, Amorphis, Asphyx, Astral Doors, Crashdiet, Crimson Glory, Cripper, Crystal Viper, D-A-D, Death Angel, Desaster, Hardcore Superstar, Helloween, Immortal, Ivanhoe, Jeff Scott Soto, Legion Of The Damned, Lordi, Metal Inquisitor, Overkill, Portrait, Pretty Maids, Psychotic Waltz, Quiet Riot, Slayer, Sonata Arctica, Stormwarrior in Tygers Of Pan Tang. Na ogrevalnem večeru bodo nastopili Axel Rudi Pell, Brainstorm, Kissin' Dynamite in Eternal Reign. /P.G./

Brainstorm so konec februarja začeli snemanje novega albuma z naslovom On The Spur Of The Moment. /P.G./

Helloween so nov potrjen band za festival Bang Your Head, ki se bo odvijal 15. in 16. julija. Dan pred uradnim delom festivala bo na sporedu tudi warm up show z naslovom A Night Of Metal Made In Germany, na katerem bodo nastopili Axel Rudi Pell, Brainstorm, Kissin Dynamite in Eternal Reign. /P.G./

Arch Enemy, Brainstorm in Achren so novi potrjeni bandi za Metalcamp. /P.G./

Ralf Scheepers bo februarja pri založbi Frontiers Records izdal solo album, na katerem ne bo manjkalo znanih gostov: "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (Halford), Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray), Sander Gommans (After Forever), Magnus Karlsson (Primal Fear), Tim "Ripper" Owens (Yngwie Malmsteen, ex Judas Priest, ex Iced Earth), Snowy Shaw (Therion, ex Dream Evil), Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner) in Victor Smolsky (Rage). Za miks in mastering bo poskrbel Achim Köhler (Primal Fear, Brainstorm, Amon Amarth, Symphorce, Sinner, ...). /P.G./

Vokalist Andy B. Franck (Symphorce, Brainstorm) in kitarist Manni Schmidt (ex Rage, ex Grave Digger) pripravljata material za nov, zaenkrat še neimenovan band. /P.G./

V zadnjem mesecu so izšli naslednji albumi:

ANNIHILATOR – Live At Masters Of Rock (DVD/CD), ARKONA – Goi, Rode, Goi!, ARMAGEDDON – Embrace The Mistery & Three, ATREYU – Congregation Of The Damned,

BRAINSTORM – Just Highs No Lows (2-CD Best Of), DARK TRANQUILLITY – Where Death Is Most Alive (DVD), DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Addicted, HOLLENTHON – Tyrants And Wraiths, HYPOCRISY – A Taste Of Extreme Divinity, KANSAS – There’s Know Place Like Home (DVD/2CD), LITA FORD – Wicked Wonderland,

MILKING THE GOATMACHINE – Back From The Goats, NATIVE WINDOW – Native Window, NILE – Those Whom Gods Detest, OCEANSIZE – Home & Minor (EP),

PAIN OF SALVATION – Linoleum EP, PITBULL TERRORIST – C.I.A., SCHELMISH – Die Hässlichen Kinder, SENTENCED – The Coffin - The Complete Discography, SHADOW GALLERY – Digital Ghosts, SOIL – Picture Perfect, SONIC SYNDICATE – Love And Other Disasters – The Rebellion Pack,

THE 11th HOUR – Burden Of Grief, THE BUTTERFY EFFECT – Final Conversation Of Kings (Tour Edition), THE RED CHORD – Fed Through The Teeth Machine, THE TANGENT – Down And Out In Paris And London, THREE – Revisions, TRANSATLANTIC – The Whirlwind, WATCH ME BLEED – Souldrinker, WITHIN TEMPTATION - An Acoustic Night At The Theatre.

Brainstorm bodo še letos izdali best of z naslovom Just Highs No Lows - 12 Years Of Persistence. Poleg znanih bodo na dveh CDjih tudi različni redki posnetki. /A.J./

Novi izidi: BELPHEGOR - Walpurgis Rites – Hexenwahn, BRAINSTORM – Memorial Roots, ELIS – Catharsis, EPICA – Design Your Universe, KANSAS – There's Know Place Like Home (DVD), PARADOX – Riot Squad.

V današnji oddaji Metal detektor bomo poslušali nove albume zasedb Dreamland, Brainstorm, Paradox, Evile, Destruction, Asenblut, Pestilential Shadows, Gorgoroth, Hypocrisy, Fleshworks, Pandemia in The Final Harvest. Metal detektor je na sporedu vsak ponedeljek ob 22.00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3MHz ali www.radiostudent.si. /M.P.C./

Brainstorm bodo 6. novembra izdali dvojni best of album z naslovom Just Highs No Lows (12 Years Of Persistence). /P.G./

Bloodred Rain je nov videospot Nemcev Watch Me Bleed, kjer sodelujeta Markus Pohl (Mystic Prophecy) in Steffen Threurer (Symphorce). Prvenec Souldrinker izide 23. oktobra. Na albumu kot gostje sodelujejo Andy B. Franck (Brainstorm), Nemesis (Eigensinn) in Constantine (Mystic Prophecy, The Descending). /A.J./