Bronx Casket Company so posneli videospot za skladbo Little Dead Girl. /M.P./

27. junija bodo avstralski power metalci Black Majesty izdali nov album Silent Company, ki sta ga producirala Piet Sielck (Iron Savior) in Endel Rivers. /M.P./

The Bronx Casket Company bodo septembra izdali nov album, za katerega snemajo tudi videospot. Album je miksal Mike Romeo (Symnphony X). /M.P./

Silent Company je naslov novega albuma avstralskih power metalcev Black Majesty, ki izide poleti pri Limb Music. /M.P./

M3, band bivših Whitesnake članov, v bistvi gre za bivše Company Of Snakes, bodo 12. junija v angleškem mestu Burnley snemali svoj koncert za prihajajoči DVD. /M.P./

Razorback bodo 26. aprila pri Massacre Records izdali prvenec Animal Anger. Band sestavljajo bivši Vanize člani in bivši Company Of Snakes pevec Stefan Berggren. /M.P./

Razorback so podpisali z Massacre Records. Band trenutno pripravlja istoimenski prvenec, ki naj bi izšel 29. marca. Razorback sestavljajo bivši člani Vanize, Shylock in Company Of Snakes /M.P./

Razorback je nov band, ki so ga ustanovili kitarist Rol Munkes (Majesty, ex- Vanize) pevec Stefan Berggren (ex- Company Of Snakes), basist Marcus Bielenberg (ex- Vanize), bobnar Pierre Fienhold (ex- Vanize) in kitarist Chris Heun (ex- Shylock). /M.P./

M3 je band, ki so ga ustanovili Tony Martin (ex- Black Sabbath), Bernie Marsden in Neil Murray (oba The Company Of Snakes, ex- Whitesnake). Za zgodnje poletje napovedujejo nekaj koncertov, na katerih bodo igrali Whitesnake klasike iz konca 70tih in začetka 80tih, ki jih pravi, ponovno združeni, Whitesnake ne igrajo v živo. Odprli so tudi spletno stran: www.classicwhitesnake.com . /M.P./

Bernie Marsden in Micky Moody (oba ex- Whitesnake) sta se odločila, da si s svojim bandom The Company Of Snakes vzameta odmor. Vzrokov za to je več, glavni pa naj bi bil v premajhni pomoči založbe. Odmor naj bi trajal nekje do sredine prihodnjega leta, potem pa je možno, da bodo snemali koncertni DVD. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: HAMMERFALL: Crimson Thunder, SATYRICON: Volcano, NAPALM DEATH: Order Of The Leach, SYMPHONY X: The Odyssey, LUCA TURILLI: Prophet Of The Last Eclipse, RAISE HELL: Wicked Is My Game, GRAVE: Back To The Grave, DERANGED: Plainfield Cemetary, MANTICORA: Hyperion, DIVINE SOULS: The Bitter Selfcaged Man, SEVENTH ONE: Sacrifice, BLACKMORES NIGHT: Past Times With Good Company in CORVUS CORAX: Seikilos.

20. novembra bo Ritchie Blackmore s svojim Blackmore’s Night na Japonskem izdal koncertni album Past Times With Good Company, kasneje pa bo sledil še izid v Evropi. To bo 2CD: CD 1: Shadow Of The Moon, Play Minstrel Play, Minstrel Hall, Past Times With Good Company, Fires At Midnight, Under A Violent Moon, Soldier Of Fortune, CD 2: 16th Century Greensleeves, Beyond The Sunset, Morning Star, Home Again, Renaissance Faire, I Still Remember, Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus, Writing On The Wall, Memmingen (japonski bonus). /M.P./

Žal jesenska koncertna ponudba pri nas ne bo tako pestra, kot je kazalo. Po odpovedi turneje Dismember so tudi Borknagar odpovedali turnejo. Kmalu zatem so svoje odpovedi potrdili tudi drugi bandi, ki bi se morali kmalu ustaviti tudi v Ljubljani.
Izjava Borknagar: "Unfortunately the tour is cancelled! The Swedish bus company raised their prices 63% and we tried getting new busses from about all other bus companies in Europe but it seems like every band on the planet is on tour at the same time. Last week we managed to get two busses from an English company but guess what? They both broke down during the weekend. One of them is now standing somewhere in Portugal...
We're all pissed off about this. Sorry to all the fans and the bands we were supposed to play with, but there was nothing we could do. Aaaaarrrgh!!!!"

Izjava Finntroll: "Guess what, loyal fans of Finntroll... Yup, that's right, you guessed it. The whole damn European Tour has been cancelled. Not only Finntroll had to cancel it but every other band too had to back away. The reason for this major mess was the most stupidiest and unthinkable reason. Both of their tour busses broke down and they cannot get new ones in time. I hope Somnium will tell you more about this matter as soon as he can and explain the whole thing to you and as well as me. Only think I can really say is that they are becoming the most unluckiest band in the world. First Katla and now this. " /P.G./

V ZDA so trenutno zelo zanimive tožbe proti metalcem: Ozzyja toži proizvajalec T-shirtov T-Shirt Hell, Inc., ki trdijo, da so jim Ozzy in njegovi ukradli napis na majici: Fuck My Family I’m Moving in with teh Osbournes in ga spremenili v *&@# My Family! I'm Moving in with … The Osbourne Family. Larsa Ulricha toži soustanovitelj pred kratkim razpadle založbe The Music Company, bivša žena Vince Neila, igralka Heidi Mark pa trdi, da jo je Vince v njunem zakonu tako hudo pretepal, da so ji “eksplodirali” prsni vložki. Če to ni Hollyood... /M.P./

Lars Ulrich je zaprl svojo založbo The Music Company, ki je je ustanovil leta 1998. Drugače pa pravi, da glede novega basista še ne razmišljajo, da pa v studiu zaenkrat bas igra njihov producent Bob Rock. /M.P./