Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: DREAM THEATER: Six Turbulence Of Inner Turbulence, KING DIAMOND: Abigail II – The Revenge, PAIN OF SALVATION: Remedy Lane, TESTAMENT: First Strike Is Deadly, WOLF: Black Wings, SQUEALER: Under The Cross, VANDEN PLAS: Beyond Daylight, ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW: A Virgin And A Whore, TIMO TOLKKI: Hymn To Life, THE COMPANY OF SNAKES: Burst The Bubble, EPHEL DUATH: Rephormula, HOUWITSER: Rage Inside The Womb, BEWITCHED: Rise Of The Antichrist, WICKED SENSATION: Reflected, BLACKSHINE: Soulles & Pride ter single TIAMAT: Vote For Love.

Februarja naj bi Great White izdali poslovilni album Final Cuts, na katerm bodo priredbe naslednjih komadov: Love Removal Machine - THE CULT, Again And Again - STATUS QUO, Ready For Love - MOTT THE HOOPLE, BAD COMPANY, Bitches And Other Women - ROLLING STONES, Tangled Up In Blue - BOB DYLAN, Sin City - AC/DC, No Matter What - BADFINGER, Fire And Water - FREE, Down At The Doctor - DR. FEELGOOD, That Ain't Know Way To Treat A Lady - HELEN REDDY, Lady Love - ROBIN TROWER in Burning House Of Love - X. /M.P./

Company Of Snakes bodo v začetku naslednjega leta izdali nov album Burst The Bubble. /M.P./

Company Of Snakes bodo izdali album z naslovom Burst The Bubble, za jesen pa napovedujejo evropsko turnejo. /M.P./

29. januarja izide dvojni koncertni album Company Of Snakes z naslovom Here They Go Again.

Za Bang Your Head festival so potrjeni že prvi bendi. To so Stratovarius, Kreator, Six Feet Under, Company Of Snakes, Uriah Heep, Helstar, Armored Saint, Brainstorm in Eidolon. /M.P./

Za začetek prihodnjega leta napovedujejo Company Of Snakes izid dvojnega koncertnega albuma. /M.P./

Company Of Snakes (bend, katerega vodja je prvi kitarist Whitesnake Micky Moody) imajo novega pevca. Garyja Bardena je zamenjal 29-letni Šved Stefan Berggren. /M.P./

Na Iced Earth EP-ju Mellancholy, ki bo izšel januarja, bodo poleg naslovne skladbe še I Died For You, Watching Over Me, live verzija Colours, ki je izpadla iz Alive In Athens ter naslednje priredbe Shooting Star (Bad Company), Electric Funeral (Black Sabbath) in The Ripper (Judas Priest). /M.P./