Finski simfonični power metalci Excalion bodo maja v Watercastle studiu začeli s snemanjem novega albuma, ki izide kasneje letos pri Sound Riot Records. /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./

Venom bodo marca prihodnje leto pri Castle Records/Sanctuary Group izdali nov album z naslovom Metal Black. /M.P./

Finski melodični death metalci Enter My Silence so se razšli s pevcem Mikkom Kotomäkijem. Zamenjal ga bo Mika Lisitzin. Band 22. novembra v Studio Watercastle začenja s snemanjem svojega drugega albuma, ki naj bi izšel spomladi pri Mighty Music. /M.P./

Finski melodični metalci Enter My Silence bodo 22. novembra v Studio Watercastle začeli s snemanjem svojega drugega albuma. Izid se pričakuje spomladi pri Mighty Music. /M.P./

Avstralski doom metalci The Eternal (ex- Cryptal Darkness) so se razšli s kitaristom Chrisom Burtonom. Za prihajajoče koncerte ga bo zamenjal Matt Castles (Neplusultra), potem pa se bodo v bandu odločili, če Matt postane tudi njihov stalni član. /M.P./

Track lista tretjega albuma švicarskih melodičnih metalcev Emerald z naslovom Forces Of Doom je naslednja: Enter The Emerald Castle, Tears Of A Warrior, Until Freedom Returns, Blood Of Our Kings, Forever, Something In The Dark, Also Wild, On The Wings Of The Night, Forces Of Doom, Song Of Hope, Birth Of A Legend. /M.P./

Znana ja track lista Star One koncertnega albuma Live On Earth. Dvojnemu CDju bo priložen še DVD. CD:Intro/Lift-Off, Set Your Controls, High Moon, Dreamtime, Eyes of Time, Songs of the Ocean, Dawn of a Million Souls, The Dream Sequencer, Into the Black Hole, Actual Fantasy, Valley of the Queens CD2: Isis and Osiris, Amazing Flight in Space, Intergalactic Space Crusaders, Castle Hall, The Eye of Ra, Starchild, The Two Gates. DVD: Intro/Lift Off, Set Your Controls, High Moon, Dreamtime, Eyes of Time, Songs of the Ocean, Dawn of a Million Souls, The Dream Sequencer, Keyboard solo, Into the Black Hole, Actual Fantasy, Valley of the Queens, Isis and Osiris, Amazing Flight in Space, Bass solo, Intergalactic Space Crusaders, Castle Hall, The Eye of Ra, Starchild, The Two Gates. Izid je napovedan za 28. april. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: IRON MAIDEN: Edward The Great, OPETH: Deliverance, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: On Fire, MANILLA ROAD: Spiral Castle, ASHES YOU LEAVE: Fire, CARPATHIAN FOREST: We Are Going To Hell For This in DARK AT DAWN: First Beams Of Light.

Trije Diamond Head albumi, The White Album, Death And Progress ter Live Evil, bodo kmalu ponovno izdani preko Castle Music/Sanctuary Records. /M.P./