Francoski black metalci Edicious Circle so podpisali z Deadsun Records. /M.P./

Nizozemski death metalci Callenish Circle so podpisali z založbo Metal Blade. Njihov naslednji album Flesh-Power-Dominion bo izšel 11. februarja 2002. /M.P./

Finski black metalci Alghazanth so končali s snemanjem albuma Osiris – Typhon Unmasked, ki bo izšel oktobra ali novembra. Track lista je naslednja: The Circle of Six , Mercurian Soulscapes, In Invidiam, My Twin of Disorder, Regained Planetary Possession, Antithesis, The Parody's Zenith, Horns And Feathers, Iconoblast. /M.P./

14. oktobra bo v mestu Tilburg na Nizozemskem koncert v pomoč Chucku Shuldinerju »THE OFFICIAL CHUCK SCHULDINER TRIBUTE FESTIVAL«, na katerem bodo nastopili naslednji bandi: God Dethroned, Altar, Goddes Of Desire, Occult, Callenish Circle, Severe Torture, Thanatos, Mangled, Shadowbreed, Outburst in Flesh Made Sin. /M.P./

Novi Uriah Heep Tribute album, A Return To Fantasy, bo izšel 27. avgusta pri Century Media. na njem bodo naslednji bandi in komadi: Angel Dust ("Easy Livin'"), Liege Lord ("Too Scared To Run") featuring Joe Comeau and Paul Nelson, Tad Morose ("Rainbow Demon"), Axel Rudi Pell ("July Morning"), Narnia ("Sunrise"), Freebase ("Suicidal Man"), Sacred Steel ("Return To Fantasy"), Blind Guardian ("The Wizard"), Gamma Ray("Look At Yourself"), Nightingale ("Stealin'"), Lana Lane ("Weep In Silence"), Onward ("Bird Of Prey"), Easy Livin' ("Circle Of Hands"). /A.J./

Yngwie Malmsteen vokalist Mark Boals ima nov projekt, ki se imenuje Ring Of Fire. Prvi album nosi naslov The Oracle, na njem pa so naslednji komadi: Prelude For The Oracle, Circle Of Time, Shadow In The Dark, Vengeance For Blood, Samurai, City Of The Dead, Dreams Of Empire, The Oracle, Interlude, Land Of Illusion, Take Me Home in Face The Fire. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: EISHEILIG: Eisheilig, ANATA: Dreams Of Death And Desmay, GORGUTS: From Wisdom To Hell, CIRCLE OF PAIN: Paradox Of Destination ter MY INSANITY: Solar Child.

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: STRATOVARIUS: Intermission, JACOBS DREAM: Theatre Of War, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: Closure:Live, DARKTHRONE: Soulside Journey, DERANGED: Deranged, ANCIENT RITES: Dim Carcosa, AMERICAN STEEL: Jagged Thoughts, LOSS: Verdict Of Posterity, STORMLORD: The Curse Of Medusa, SAVIOUR MACHINE: Synopsis, ENTHORNED: Armoured Bastial Hell, IMMEMOREAL: Temple Of Retribution, THY INFERNAL: Warlords Of Hell, CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN: The Genocide Machine ter single JUDAS PRIEST: Demolition Man.

Bludgeon so prvi band, ki je podpisal z Manowar založbo Magic Circle Music. Njihov prvenec, ki ga je produciral Joey DeMaio bo izšel junija, disrtibuirala pa ga bo Century Media. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: AMORPHIS: Am Universum, HALFORD: Live Insurrection, THRESHOLD: Hypothetical, STYGMA IV: Phobia, IRON FIRE: On The Edge, KATATONIA: Last Fair Deal Gone Down, SUSPERIA: Predominance, SKYFIRE: Timeless Departure, SKINLESS: Foreshadowing Our Demise, LOST HORIZON: Awakening The World, MYSTIC CIRCLE: The Great Beat, TROLL: Universal, ULVER: Perdition City, ARK: Burn The Sun, ANASARCA: Moribund, ABIGOR: Satanized, EARTH CRISIS: Last Of The Same, EXTREME NOISE TERROR: Being And Nothing in GUTTERMOUTH: Covered With Ants.

Graceful…Yet Forbidding, drugi album nizozemskih Callenish Circle bo sedaj mogoče kupiti po celi Evropi (do sedaj le v Beneluksu). Konec aprila pa se bodo odpravili v studio posneti že naslednji album. /M.P./

Nemci Mystic Circle bodo 26. marca izdali novi album z naslovom The Great Beast. /M.P./

Manowar naj bi še pred izidom nove plošče izdali nov video Hell On Earth Part II, na katerem bodo posnetki med letoma 1997 in 2000, ko so igrali na največjih svetovnih festivalih. Trenutno pa so zelo zaposleni s svojo internetno stranjo, preko katere hočejo izdati vse njihove legendarne koncerte, katere so posneli. V planu pa imajo še nekatere solo projekte, katere nameravajo izdati preko njihove založbe Magic Circle. /M.P./