Objavljena je track lista prihajajočega Iced Earth DVDja Alive in Athens: Intro, Burning Times, Vengeance is Mine, Dark Saga, Last Laugh, Cast in Stone, Last December, (Pure Evil, Desert Rain, Dante's Inferno, The Hunter, Melancholy (Holy Martyr), Angels Holocaust, Stormrider, The Path I Choose, Watching Over Me, Diary, Blessed Are You, When the Night Falls, My Own Savior, Travel in Stygian Violate, Stand Alone, Brainwashed, Disciples of the Lie, I Died For You, Prophecy, Birth of the Wicked, The Coming Curse, Epilog. Izid je napovedan za 30. oktober. /M.P./

Danski power metalci Manticora so objavili track listo novega albuma The Black Circus Part 1 – Letters: Enter The Carnival, The Black Circus, Intuneric I, Enchanted Mind, Intuneric II, Forever Carousel, Freakshow, Gypsies' Dance Part 1, Intuneric III, Wisdom, Intuneric IV, Disciples Of The Entities. /M.P./

Craig Pillard (Incantation, Womb, Disciples Of Mockery, Methadrone) je nov basist pri ameriških doom metalcih Evoken. /M.P./

Testament so tukaj objavili tri komade s svojega novega live albuma Live in London, ki ima naslednjo set listo: The Preacher, The New Order, The Haunting, Electri Crown, Sins of Omission, Souls of Black, Into the Pit, Trial by Fire, Practice What You Preach, Let Go of My World, The Legacy, Over the Wall, Raging Waters in Disciples of the Watch. /S.P./

Dark Disciple bodo spremljali Monstrosity na njihovi majski evropski turneji. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: U.D.O.: Thunderball, IN FLAMES: Soundtrack To Your Escape, MAYHEM: Chimera, AFTER FOREVER: Invisible Circles, KARKADAN: Utomost Schizophrenia, NORTHER: Death Unlimited, HUBI MEISEL: EmOcean, SOULFLY: Prophecy, HORIZON: Worlds Apart, RAGNAROK: Blackdoor Miracle, DARK DISCIPLE: Unholy Hate Gore, IMMORTAL RITES: Art Of Devolution, FACEBREAKER: Bloodred Hell, MASTER: The Spirit Of The West.

Beware je naslov novega Steel Prophet albuma, ki izide poleti pri Massacre Records. Posneli ga bodo marca. Drugače pa se je band razšel z bobnarjem Karlom Rosqvistom, ki se je pridružil The Disciples. Zamenjal ga je Kevin Cafferty, ki je že bil član Steel Prophet na Messiah albumu. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Slayer boxa Soundtrack To The Apocalypse, ki izide 25. novembra. CD1: Angel Of Death, Criminally Insane (Remix), Postmortem, Raining Blood, Aggressive Perfector, South Of Heaven, Silent Scream, Live Undead, Mandatory Suicide, Spill The Blood, War Ensemble, Dead Skin Mask, Hallowed Point, Born Of Fire, Seasons In The Abyss, Hell Awaits, The Antichrist, Chemical Warfare.
CD2: Sex. Murder. Art., Dittohead, Divine Intervention, Serenity In Murder, 213, Can't Stand You, D.D.A.M.M., Gemini, Bitter Peace, Death's Hand, Stain Of Mind, Disciple, God Send Death, New Faith, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Disorder (Feat. Ice-T), Memories Of Tomorrow, Human Disease, Unguarded Instinct, Wicked, Addict, Scarstruck.
CD3: Ice Titan (Live in California 3/83), The Antichrist (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Fight Till Death (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Necrophiliac (Live In California, 9/85), Piece By Piece (Studio Rough Mix/Outtake), Raining Blood (Live In Canada 11/86), Angel Of Death (Live In Canada 11/86), Raining Blood (Jeff Hanneman Home Recordings), South Of Heaven (Jeff Hannemann Home Recordings), Seasons In The Abyss (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mandatory Suicide (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mind Control (Live in Brazil, 1994), No Remorse (I Wanna Die) (Feat. Atari Teenage Riot), Dittohead (Live In California, 5/98), Sex. Murder. Art. (Live In California, 5/98), Bloodline (Live In Sweden, 2002), Payback (Live In Sweden, 2002).
DVD: Die By The Sword (Live In California, 3/83), Aggressive Perfector (Live In California, 1983), Praise Of Death (Live In California, 1984), Haunting The Chapel (Live In Sweden 5/95), Necrophobic (Live In New York, 1986), Reborn (Live In New York, 1986), Jesus Saves (Live In New York, 1986), War Ensemble (Live In Michigan, 1991), South Of Heaven (Live In Michigan, 1991), Dead Skin Mask (Live In Michigan, 1991), Gemini (Live In California, 8/96), Heaviest Band Award - Kerrang! Magazine Award 1996 (Slayer Home Footage), EPK For "Diabolus In Musica", Stain Of Mind (Live In Japan, 7/98), Bloodline (Live On ESPN, 7/02), Disciple (Live In France, 7/03), God Send Death (Live In France, 7/03).
CD 5 (samo deluxe verzija): Live At The Grove In Anaheim, 2002. /M.P./

Znana je track lista že dolgo napovedanega Slayer DVDja War At The Warfield, ki izide konec meseca: Disciple, War Ensemble, Stain Of Mind, New Faith, Postmortem, Raining Blood, Hell Awaits, Here Comes The Pain, Die By The Sword, Dittohead, Bloodline, God Send Death, Dead Skin Mask, Seasons In The Abyss, Captor Of Sin, Mandatory Suicide, Chemical Warfare, South Of Heaven, Angel Of Death. Bonus material vključuje Bloodline video in 50 minutni dokumentarec Fans Rule. /M.P./

20. januarja bodo britanski melodični speed power metalci Dragonforce izdali prvenec Valley Of The Damned, na katerem bo 9 skladb: Invocation of the Apocalyptic Evil, Valley of the Damned, Black Fire, Black Winter Night, Starfire, Disciples of Babylon, Revelations, Evening Star, Heart of a Dragon. /M.P./

28. marca bo izšla nova plošča Zakka Wylda z naslovom Eternal 1919 in naslednjimi komadi: Bleed For Me, Lords Of Destruction, Demise Of Sanity, Life Birth Blood Doom, Bridge To Cross, Battering Ram, Speedball, Graveyard Disciples, Genocide Junkies, Lost Heaven, Refuse To Bow Down, Mass Murder Machine, Berserkers, America The Beautiful. /M.P./

Kot vse kaže naj bi Proscriptor (aka Russ R. Givens) postal novi bobnar pri Slayer. Absu bobnar je na avdiciji, kjer je odigral Postmortem, Raining Blood, Disciple in Hell Awaits, navdušil člane banda. Končna odločitev glede bobnarja seveda še ni znana /M.P./

Želite postati bobnar pri Slayer?!? Ti bodo februarja začeli z avdicijo za Bostaphovega namestnika. Sicer je že malo pozno, a vendar: kandidati morajo do 1. februarja poslati VHS, na kateri igrajo Slayer komade, biografijo, opisati glasbene izkušnje in sodelovali bodo lahko na avdicijah 7.2. v Dallasu in 13.2. v San Franciscu. Še naslovi komadov, ki jih morajo kandidati znati odigrati na avdiciji: Disciple, God Send Death, Stain of Mind, Angel Of Death, Postmortem/Raining Blood, South of Heaven, War Ensemble, Seasons in the Abyss, Hell Awaits, Haunting the Chapel, Chemical Warfare.
Manjka seveda še naslov: Slayer Drum Search Contest, c/o RSMA, Inc., 8981 Sunset Blvd., Suite 102West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA

Track lista novega Black Label Society albuma Deathcore War Machine je: Bleed For Me, Lords Of Destruction, Life/Birth/Blood/Doom, Demise Of Sanity, Lost Heaven, Battering Ram, Speedball, Graveyard Disciples, Genocide Junkies, Bridge To Cross, Refuse To Bow Down in Berserkers. /M.P./

Track lista novega Slayer albuma z naslovom, God Hates Us All je naslednja: Darkness Of Christ, Disciple, God Send Death, New Faith, Bloodline, Threshold, Exile, Seven Faces, Cast Down, Warzone, Here Comes The Pain in Payback. Posneli so še dva komada, Addict in Deviance, ki bosta po vsej verjetnosti izšla na singlih. /M.P./