Bart Eeltink (a.k.a. Grev Drake) je zapustil Nizozemce Goddess Of Desire. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Bathory tribute albuma A Tribute from the Hordes to Bathory, ki naj bi izšla junija: Sauron – The Rite of Darkness, Twilight Zone - Gods Of Thunder, Deathchurch - Chariots Of Fire, Amputation – Sacrifice, Leprosity - Satan My Master, Fearbringer - Call From The Grave, Primordial - Total Destruction, Ulcisia Castra – Holocaust, Diamatregon - Pax Vobiscum, Putrescent - Baptized In Fire, Ice Kratornas – Possessed, Serpenterium - The Lake, Lord - The Return..., Unholy War – Hades, Katharkh - One Eyed Old Man, Decayed - You Don't Move Me, Bathorlord – Bleeding, Willow Wisp - The Golden Walls Of..., Skoll - Home Of Once Brave, Nocturnal – Enter The Eternal Fire, Bathorlord - Man Of Iron 2, My Darkest Hate - Born For Burning, The True Endless - Woman Of Dark Desires, Vorkuta – Sadist, Mephisto - Raise The Dead. /M.P./

Pri Remedy Records bodo 21. februarja izdali Saxon tribute CD Eagleution - A Tribute to Saxon. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: CD 1: STORMWARRIOR - Power and the Glory, TORMENT - Denim & Leather, PARAGON - 20.000 Feet, V8 WANKERS - Wheels of Steel, TWISTED TOWER DIRE Warrior, BREAKER - To Hell and Back Again, DARK AGE - Heavy Metal Thunder, PERZONAL WAR - Solid Ball of Rock, PREDATOR - Burning Wheels of Fire, SEVENTH SON - Dallas 1 PM, DIVISION - Princess of the Night, NECRONOMICON - Machine Gun, AIRBORN - Unleash the Beast, GODDESS OF DESIRE - Dragon´S Lair, POWERGOD - Big Teaser, SOLITUDE - Rainbow Theme - Frozen Rainbow, REVIVER - Fire in the Sky, TWYSTER - Broken Heroes.
Bonus CD: HEAVY METAL MANIACS - Strong Arm of the Law, NOISE FOREST - And the Bands Played On, XIRON - 747 (Strangers in the Night), RUNAMOK - A Little Bit of What You Fancy, MIGHTY D Crusader, UNDERCODE - Great White Buffalo, KNIGHTMARE - Circle of Light, SPECTRE DRAGON - Dogs of War, WHEELS OF STEEL - Get Down and Dirty, ANGELCRYPT - Altar of the Gods, XIRON - All Guns Blazing, UNDERCODE - Broken Heroes, TRAGIDIAN - Motorcycle Man.
/A.J./

Poljski death/grinderji Pyorrhoea so za tri albume podpisali z Empire Records. Track lista prvega izmed njih Desire For Torment je naslednja: Slave, Excrements On Your Face, Masskill Symptom, Bondage Punishment Torture, Suicidal Masturbation, Anal Arousal, Addicted To Killing, S.W.Y.T.E.Y.O.S., Consume You, Desire For Torment, Chainsaw Dance, 0108, Hung On A Hook, Dead Orgy Scene. /M.P./

Znana je tracklista Imperia albuma The Ancient Dance of Qetesh, ki naj bi izšel junija: Awakening, The Ancient Dance of Qetesh, Entering the Perspective, Escape, Scared For Love, Mysted By Desire, Requiem, Mordor, In Your Mind, Angelchild, Secret Garden, Chill Out. /P.G./

Goddes Of Desire imajo pripravljenih šest pesmi za prihajajoči album. Poleg tega pa sa za Saxon tribute album posneli njihovo priredbo Dragon's Liar. /M.P./

Track lista novega Nasty Savage albuma Psycho Psycho, ki izide 22. marca pri Metal Blade, je naslednja : Psycho Psycho, Hell Unleashed, Anguish, Human Factor, Terminus Maximus, Dementia 13, Step Up To The Plate, Return Of The Savage, Triumphal Entry, Betrayal System, Savage Desire, Merciless Truths. /M.P./

Znanih je že 21 bandov za Summer Breeze Open Air 2004: Brainstorm, Criminal, Dead Soul Tribe, Fleshcrawl, Goddess Of Desire, Gorerotted, Hatesphere, Lake Of Tears, Menhir, Mnemic, Paragon, Primordial, Psychopunch, Saltatio Mortis, Schandmaul, Sodom, Tankard, The Duskfall, U.D.O., Vomitory, Xandria. /M.P./

Prvi potrjeni bandi za Summer Breeze Open Air 2004 so Tankard, Fleshcrawl, Lake Of Tears, Mnemic, Goddess Of Desire, Psychopunch in Schandmaul. /M.P./

Znana je track lista tretjega albuma poljskih death metalcev Decapitated z naslovom The Negatron, ki izide februarja prihodnje leto: The Fury, Three-Dimensional Defect, Sensual Sickness, Calling, The Negation, Long-Desired Dementia, The Empty Throne, Lying And Weak, Lunatic Of God (Deicide priredba bonus). /M.P./

Dark Funeral so povedali več glede live albuma, ki so ga snemali na južnoameriški turneji. Posneti material je tako dobre kvalitete, da razmišljajo celo o izdaji dveh live albumov. Prvega bodo začeli miksati v kratkem, na njem pa bodo naslednje skladbe: The Arrival Of Satan's Empire, An Apprentice Of Satan, The Dawn No More Rises, Thy Legions Come, Hail Murder, Goddess Of Sodomy, The Secrets Of The Black Arts, Vobiscum Satanas, Shadows Over Transylvania, Open The Gates, Ineffable Kings Of Darkness, Thus I Have Spoken, My Dark Desires, Armageddon Finally Comes. Izdati ga nameravajo čimprej ko bo to mogoče, pri kateri založbi pa še ni znano. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: ENSLAVED: Bellow The Lights, DYING FETUS: Stop At Nothing, SECRET SPHERE: The Scent Of Human Desire, THYRANE: Hypnotic, DGM: Hidden Place, NASUM: Helvete, AT VANCE: The Evil In You, TALISMAN: Cats And Dogs, CRYPTOPSY: None So Live, SAMMY HAGGAR: Sammy And The Wabo’s Live Hallelujah in OMNIUM GATHERUM: Spirits And August Light.

Konec meseca bo izšla Ozzyjeva kompilacija z naslovom The Essential Ozzy Osbourne. Na dvojnem CDju bodo naslednje skladbe: CD1: Crazy Train, Mr. Crowley, I Don't Know (Live), Suicide Solution, Goodbye To Romance, Over The Mountain, Flying High Again, Diary Of A Madman, Paranoid (Live), Bark At The Moon, You're No Different, Rock 'n' Roll Rebel, Crazy Babies, Miracle Man, Fire In The Sky, Breakin' All The Rules; CD2: Mama, I'm Coming Home, Desire, No More Tears, Time After Time, Road To Nowhere, I Don't Want To Change The World (Live), Perry Mason, I Just Want You, Thunder Underground, See You On The Other Side, Gets Me Through, Dreamer, No Easy Way Out. /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./