Superskupina Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult, ki jo sestavljajo Hank von Helvete (ex-Turbonegro), Tim Skold (ex-Marilyn Manson, KMFDM, Shotgun Messiah), Anders Odden (ex-Celtic Frost, Satyricon, Apoptygma Berzerk), Audun Stengel (ex-Apoptygma Berzerk) in David Husvik (ex-Extol), bo 6. junija pri založbi Season Of Mist izdala prvenec z naslovom I Declare: Treason. Tukaj pa si lahko brezplačno naložite skladbo (Don't) Waste It, ki bo prvi singel z albuma, katerega tracklista je sledeča:
You Are God - Intro
Sign My Name
I Declare: Treason
Bleed Idiot Bleed
(Don't) Waste It
Blame Is The Game
OK (We're Just About To Die)
Misconception
Glory (Throw The Axe)
Revenge
Victorious
/B.B./

Order Of Ennead so posneli videospot za komad The Concept Of Our Extinction s prihajajočega albuma An Examination Of Being. /A.J./

Order Of Ennead so tukaj objvili video za komad The Concept Of Our Extinction s prihajajočega albuma An Examination Of Being. /P.G./

Elvenking so objavili naslovnico in tracklisto albuma Two Tragedy Poets (...And A Caravan Of Weird Figures), ki izide 14. novembra: The Caravan Of Weird Figures, Another Awful Hobs Tale, From Blood To Stone, Ask A Silly Question, She Lives At Dawn, The Winter Wake, Heaven Is A Place On Earth, My Own Spider's Web, Not My Final Song, The Blackest Of My Hearts, The Wanderer, Miss Conception in My Little Moon, japonska verzija pa bo vsebovala še skladbo Skywards 2008. /P.G./

Venomous Concept (Shane Embury (kitara), Danny Herrera (bobni), Kevin Sharp (vokal) in Danny Lilker (bas)) so objavili naslovnico in tracklisto drugega albuma z naslovom Poisoned Apple: Drop Dead, Toxic Kiss, Life, Water Cooler, P.R.I., Artist Friendly, A Case Of The Mondays, Every Mother’s Son, Workers Unite, Half Full?, Check Out, White Devil, Hero, Three, Screwball, Chaos! in Think?. Album izide 25. aprila. /P.G./

Venomous Concept so podpisali s Century Media. Band tvorijo Shane Embury (kitara) and Danny Herrera (bobni), Kevin Sharp (vokal) in Danny Lilker (bas). Skupina bo v aprilu izdala drugi album Poisoned Apple. /P.N./

Ob izidu četrte plošče Electrify nekaj več pozornosti v današnji oddaji Metal detektor namenjamo "nemški Metallici", zasedbi Paradox. V nadaljevanju sledijo predstavitve novih albumov bandov Legion Of The Damned, Subliminal Fear, Agent Steel, Concept Of God, Belenos in Lyfthrasyr. Ter seveda koncertne napovedi. Metal detektor je na sporedu ob 22:00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3 Mhz ali http://www.radiostudent.si. /M.P.C./

Concept Of God bodo 9. novembra pri Massacre Records izdali prvenec Visions. Gre za projekt Solitude Aeturnus članov Robert Lowe (vokal), Steve Moseley (kitara), James Martin (bass) in njihovega bivšega člana, bobnarja Johna Covingtona. /M.P./

Italijanski death metalci Hour Of Penance so končali s pisanjem materiala za nov album The Vile Conception, ki izide jeseni pri Unique Leader Records. S snemanjem začnejo 10. julija v 16th Cellar Studio v Rimu. /M.P./

A Dozen Furies so objavili video za komad The Cycle, ki ga lahko slišite tudi na njihovem novem prvencu A Concept from Fire. /S.P./

V tokratnem Metal detektorju (RŠ, 89.3 Mhz, ob 23.30) boste lahko preverili kako Maiden zveni nov album Brucea Dickinsona, kako Holy Moses še vedno vztrajajo pri svojem, zakaj Sentenced še vedno razturajo na pop-gothic sceni, kaj imajo za pokazati francoski novinci Useless Concept, kako so si Nile zamislili eno najboljših letošnjih death metal plošč, zakaj Leaves' Eyes konkurirajo Nightwish, kako tipični so power metalci Secret Sphere, v čem je stvar novega italijanskega epic-doom banda Gjallarhorn in zakaj so novi Meshuggah nadvse nevarni za poslušanje. /P.G./

Issue VI je naslov novega Dew-Scented albuma, ki izide 20. junija pri Nuclear Blast. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Processing Life, Rituals of Time, Turn to Ash, Ruins of Hope, Out of The Self, The Prison of Reason, Bled Dry, In Defeat, Never to Return, Vortex, Conceptual End, Evil Dead (priredba Zeke). Za konec poletja, oziroma začetek jeseni Dew-Scented napovedujejo evropsko turnejo. /M.P./

Noise Records ob 20. obletnici založbe pripravljajo obsežno kompilacijo 20 Years In Noise: 1983-2003. Na njej bo 2 krat po 20 skladb njihove bogate zgodovine: CD1: Gamma Ray: Short As Hell, Kamelot: Forever, Dragonforce: Heart Of A Dragon, Helloween: Heavy Metal Is The Law, Running Wild: Under Jolly Roger, Iron Savior: Iron Savior, Seven Witches: Mental Messiah, Conception: Water Confines, Rage: Her Diary's Black Pages, Skyclad: A Minutes Piece, Watchtower: Hidden Instincts, Sinner: Danger Zone, Grave Digger: Heavy Metal Breakdown, Tankard: Zombie Attack, Pissing Razors: Regret, Kreator: Pleasure To Kill, Voivod: Ravenous Medicine, Hellhammer: Massacra, Celtic Frost: The Usurper, Coroner: Reborn Through Hate. CD2: Mezarkabul: Take My Time, Lefay: Save Our Souls, Tyran Pace: Hot To Rock, Scanner: Warp 7, Mind Odyssey: Fire In The Sky, Helicon: Black & White, Exciter: Cold Blooded Murder, Vendetta: Metal Law, Stigmata: Greed Machine, Dave Sharman: Pandora's Box, Mindset: If The Devil Wore Adidas, Fleischmann: Fleischwolf, Tura Satana: Kiss Or Kill, Mordred: Everyday's A Holiday, D.A.M.: Terror Squad, Deathrow: N.L.Y.H., Secrecy: Like Burning One's Boat, Messiah: Lycantropus Erectus, Mania: The Expulsion, Lemming Project: Rejection. /M.P./