13. maja izide nov Rage album z naslovom Unity in naslednjo track listo: 1. All I Want, 2. Insanity, 3. Down, 4. Set This World On Fire, 5. Dies Irae, 6. World Of Pain, 7. Shadows, 8. Living My Dream, 9. Seven Deadly Sins, 10. You Want It, You'll Get It, 11. Unity, 12. Mystery Trip (Bonustrack Digi-Pack), 13. Down (Videoclip Digi-Pack), 14. Darkness Turns To Light (japonska verzija). /M.P./

Po devetnajstih letih delovanja so razpadli Megadeth!
Senzacionalno novico je sporočil njihov "boss" Dave Mustaine. Dave si je v januarski avtomobilski nesreči hudo poškodoval roko in od takrat še ni prijel za kitaro. Na terapije bo hodil še vsaj leto dni, upa pa, da bo še kdaj lahko prijel za kitaro. Glasbi se vseeno ne bo odrekel, več časa pa bo sedaj preživel s svojo družino.
Megadeth so z bogato kariero začeli leta 1983, potem ko so Davea nagnali iz Metallice. Leta 1985 so izdali svoj prvi album Killing Is My Bussines...And Business Is Good! Začetki devetdesetih z albumoma Rust In Peace in Countdown To Extinction so bila najbolj uspešna leta v njihovi karieri, ki so jih odigrali v najmočnejši zasedbi: Dave Mustaine, Dave Ellefson, Marty Friedman in Nick Menza. Lani so izdali svoj zadnji studijski album The World Needs A Hero, odšli na uspešno turnejo in posneli svoj prvi koncertni album Rude Awakening, s katerim se poslavljajo od velike armade zvestih fanov in vseh ljubiteljev heavy metala. /M.P./

Scythe so izdali nov album On My Way Home, ki se ga dobi preko interneta in sicer na strani http://people.freenet.de/scythe/onlinepackage.htm, kjer ga lahko downloadate, za kar boste potrebovali password, ki pa ga dobite na e-mailu sven@scythe-metal.de .

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: SARCASM: Igra Narave, IRON MAIDEN: Rock In Rio, U.D.O.: Man And Machine, DOWN: Down II, SOILWORK: Natural Born Chaos, GRAVE DIGGER: Tunes Of Wacken, ONWARD: Reawaken, PRETTY MAIDS: Planet Panic, ZAKK WYLDE'S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: 1919 Eternal, VOMITORY: Blood Rapture, STYGMA IV: The Human Twilight, BLUDGEON: Crucify The Priest, REBELLION: A Tragedy In Steel - Shakespeare's Macbeth, DEAD SOUL TRIBE: Dead Soul Tribe, KAIPA: Notes From The Past, DIABOLICAL: A Thousand Deaths, RAM-ZET: Escape, GILBY CLARKE: Swag in CADAVERIA: The Shadows Madame.

25. maja bo Ozzy s svojim Ozz Festom nastopil v slovitem Donington Parku, kjer je bil včasih največji svetovni metal festival Monsters Of Rock. Na dveh odrih bo nastopilo 26 bandov, do sedaj znani pa so Ozzy, Slayer, Tool, Cradle Of Filth, Black Label Society, System Of A Down. Teden zatem bosledil še Ozz Fest na Nizozemskem. /M.P./

18. marca bo pri Nuclear Blast izšla kompilacija Death Is Just The Beginning – Classics. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: 1. Amorphis - Black Winter Day, 2. Amorphis - Against Widows, 3. Benediction - The Grotesque, 4. Benediction - Ashen Epitaph, 5. Benediction - Down On Whores, 6. Dismember - Casket Garden, 7. Dismember - Dreaming In Red, 8. Dismember – Skinfather, 9. Gorefest – Freedom, 10. Gorefest – Erase, 11. Gorefest – Fear, 12. Hypocrisy - Pleasure Of Molestation, 13. Hypocrisy - Inferior Devoties, 14. Hypocrisy - Roswell 47, 15. Kataklysm - The Awakener, 16. Meshuggah - Terminal Illusions, 17. Meshuggah – Transfixion, 18. Mortification - Scrolls Of The Megilloth, 19. Mortification - Noah Was A Knower, 21. Pungent Stench - Viva la muerte, 22. Sinister – Leviathan, 23. Therion - A Black Rose, 24. Therion - The Beauty In Black. /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./

Philip Anselmo je dementiral govorice o tem, da bi zapustil Pantero. Njegove izjave v intervjujih si pač vsak lahko razlaga po svoje. Pravi, da ima rad tako Pantero kot Down, da ima srečo, da lahko igra v obeh bandih in da se bodo s Pantero še letos odpravili v studio. /M.P./

25. marca bodo svoj prvenec izdali Dead Soul Tribe – band Damona Gravesa, bivšega Psychotic Waltz pevca. Track lista albuma je: Powertrip, Comin' Down, Anybody There, The Haunted, The Drowning Machine, You, Under The Weight Of My Stone, Once, One Bullet, Empty, Cry For Tomorrow, Into... (bonus), Into The Spiral Cathedral (bonus). /M.P./

Bivši Guns N' Roses kitarist Gilby Clarke bo 28. marca izdal solo album z naslovom Swag, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: Alien, Under The Gun, Crocodile Tears, Broken Down Car, Margarita, I'm Nobody, Judgement Day, Beware Of The Dog, Heart Of Chrome, Warm Country Sun, Diamond Dogs. /M.P./

Walk A Crooked Mile, Down The Line, Brave New World, Voices From The War, Mine All Mine, Shut Your Mouth, Kill The World, Dr. Love, No Remorse, Red Raw, Serial Killer so naslovi komadov novega Motörhead albuma Hammered, ki izide 4. aprila. /M.P./

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./

Down so s producentom Warrenom Rikerjem so končali s snemanjem novega, še neimenovanega albuma. Do sedaj je znan le datum izida na Japonskem – 13.marec. Če banda še ne poznate: sestavljajo ga Phil Anselmo (Pantera), Peeper Keenan (Corrosion Of Conformity), Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod) in Kirk Windstein (Crowbar), ki so skupaj odraščali v New Orleansu. Po izidu je možna tudi turneja. /M.P./

Remastirana in remiksana verzija Megadeth prvenca Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good! bo z novo naslovnico izšla 5. februarja, na njej pa bodo naslednji komadi: Last Rites/Loved To Death, Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good!, Skull Beneath The Skin, Rattlehead, Chosen Ones, Looking Down The Cross, Mechanix, Last Rites/Loved To Death (demo), Skull Beneath The Skin (demo), Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good! (demo) in Mechanix (demo). /M.P./

Track lista novega Rage albuma, ki bo izšel maja je: All I Want, Insanity, Down, Set This World On Fire, Seven Deadly Sins, You Want It You'll Get It, Living My Dream, World Of Pain. Dies Irae in Unity. /M.P./