Seven Witches kitarist Jack Frost bo oktobra izdal solo album Raise Your Fist To Metal z naslednjo track listo: Stay, The Chase, Brotherhood of Lies, What's Left, The Man I Am, Nippin at your Ear, What I Say, Fight Fire with Fire, Slow Burn, Lack of Communication. /M.P./

Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, ex- Nirvana) je prestavil izid svojega metal projekta Probot na november. /M.P./

Halford bodo 8. Junija v Anaheimu (Kalifornija) snemali svoj koncert za prihajajoči DVD. Poleg komadov z lastnih plošč Resurrection in Crucible bodo odigrali tudi Judas Priest in Fight komade. /M.P./

Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, ex- Nirvana) naj bi v začetku jeseni končno izdal že dolgo napovedani album svojega metal projekta Probot. Pripravljal ga je zadnja tri leta, v devetih skladbah pa bo moč slišati 9 različnih znanih vokalistov: Lemmy (Motörhead), King Diamond (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate), Cronos (Venom), Tom G. Fischer (Celtic Frost), Snake (Voivod), Eric Wagner (Trouble), Max Cavalera (Soulfly, ex- Sepultura), Mike Dean (C.O.C.), Wino (Place Of Skulls), Lee Dorrian (Cathedral). /M.P./

Novoletno vzdušje je zajelo tudi ekipo Paranoida, zato ta za nekaj dni zapira »štacuno«. Medtem ko vi v rubriki »Nagradne igre« lahko še naprej glasujete za »Naj 2002«, smo to izbrali tudi mi.
Želimo vam čimbolj metalsko leto 2003. /Uredništvo/

Ajda:

Albumi:
DREAM THEATER – Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
RAGE – Unity
SENTENCED – The Cold White Light
SEVEN WITCHES – Xiled To Infinity And One
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
SOUTHERN STORM – 1999
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA – Beethoven's Last Night

Koncerti:
NEVERMORE – Bang Your Head
SAVATAGE – povsod
SENTENCED – Salzburg
THE 69 EYES – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM, NEGLIGENCE – Ljubljana

Matjaž:

Albumi:
AVANTASIA – Metal Opera Part 2
BLIND GUARDIAN – A Night At The Opera
ENGINE – Superholic
IRON MAIDEN – Eddie's Archive
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
PROSPECT – Moments
SYMPHORCE – PhorcefulAhead
TAD MOROSE – Matters Of The Dark
TERROR 2000 – Faster Disaster

Koncerti:
BRUCE DICKINSON, SAVATAGE – Wacken
SAXON, CANDLEMASS – Bang Your Head
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana

Matija:

Albumi:
HYPOCRISY – Catch 22
GIRLSCHOOL – Not That Innocent
AMON AMARTH – Versus The World
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
DORO – Fight
THE CROWN – Crowned In Terror
KATAKLYSM – Shadows And Dust
TIAMAT – Judas Christ
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer

Koncerti:
ALICE COOPER – Munchen
JUDAS PRIEST – Graz
DIO – Graz
KREATOR – Wacken
SAXON – Bang Your Head
UNLEASHED – Wacken

Peter:

Albumi:
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer
GRAVE DIGGER – Tunes Of Wacken
KING DIAMOND – Abigail II – The Revenge
REBELLION – Shakespeare's Macbeth
SARCASM – Igra Narave
SCANNER – Scantropolis
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
STORMWITCH – Dance With The Witches
WARLORD – Rising Out Of The Ashes
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World

Koncerti:
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj

Znana je track lista drugega Dream Evil albuma Evilized, ki izide 27. Januarja: Break The Chains, By My Side, Fight You 'Till The End, Evilized, Invisible, Bad Dreams, Forevermore, Children Of The Night, Live A Lie, Fear The Night, Made Of Metal, The End. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Marty Friedman solo albuma Misuc For Speeding, ki bo izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta: Gimme A Dose, Fuel Injection Stingray, Ripped, It's The Unreal Thing, Cheer Girl Rampage, Lust For Life, Lovesorrow, Nastymachine, Catfight, Corazon De Santiago, 0-7-2, Salt in The Wound, Novacaine Kiss. /M.P./

Znana je končna track lista A Tribute To The Four Horseman, Metallica tribute albumu, ki bo 2. decembra izšel pri Nuclear Blast: PRIMAL FEAR - Seek & Destroy*, THERION - Fight Fire With Fire*, DESTRUCTION – Whiplash, ANTHRAX - Phantom Lord, SONATA ARCTICA - Fade To Black*, BURDEN OF GRIEF - Master Of Puppets, DARK TRANQUILLITY - My Friend Of Misery, CREMATORY – One*, IN FLAMES - Eye Of The Beholder, PRIMUS - The Thing That Should Not Be, APOCALYPTICA - Harvester Of Sorrow, DIE KRUPPS – Battery, SINNER - Wherever I May Roam*, RAGE – Motorbreath. Opomba: * pomeni še neizdano pesem. /M.P./

LACUNA COIL so ta teden edina metal novost na German Media Control (Top 100), z albumom Comalies so se uvrstili na 45. mesto. Ostale uvrstitve metal bandov: 36. OZZY OSBOURNE – Down To Earth, 79. DORO – Fight, 89. MANOWAR – Warriors Of The World, 98. NIGHTWISH – Century Child.

Na German Media Control (Top 100) ta teden metal albumi zasedajo naslednja mesta: 43. OZZY OSBOURNE - Down To Earth, 73. DORO – Fight, 79. AVANTASIA - The Metal Opera Pt. II, 80. MANOWAR - Warriors Of The World, 93. NIGHTWISH - Century Child, 95. IN FLAMES - Reroute To Remain. /M.P./

Na najnovejši nemški lestvici najbolje prodajanih albumov German Media Control (Top 100) so metal izvajalci dosegli naslednje uvrstitve: 53. AVANTASIA - The Metal Opera Pt. II, 55. DORO – Fight, 60. IN FLAMES - Reroute To Remain, 62. MANOWAR - Warriors Of The World, 71. NIGHTWISH - Century Child, 72. OZZY OSBOURNE - Down To Earth. /M,P./

Na najnovejši nemški lestvici albumov German Media Control (Top 100) so ta teden tri metal novosti. IN FLAMES so se z Reroute To Remain uvrstili na 23. mesto, UFO s Sharks na 75. mesto in THRESHOLD s Critical Mass na 78. mesto. Ostale uvstitve metal bandov so naslednje: 31. AVANTASIA - The Metal Opera Pt. II, 34. DORO – Fight, 58. DEF LEPPARD – X, 59. MANOWAR - Warriors Of The World, 64. NIGHTWISH - Century Child, 74. OZZY OSBOURNE - Down To Earth, 80. SPOCK´S BEARD – Snow. IN FLAMES so se še boljše odrezali na Švedskem in Finskem, kjer so zasedli 5. mesto. /M.P./

Na najnovejši nemški lestvici najbolje prodajanih albumov German Media Control Chart (Top 100) so tri metal novosti. Na 17. mesto se je uvrstil projekt Edguy pevca Tobija Sammeta AVANTASIA z The Metal Opera Pt.II, 24. mesto so zasegli progresivci SPOCK’S BEARD s Snow, 80. pa KISS z The Very Best Of. Ostale uvrstitve metal bandov so: 30. DORO Fight, 44. MANOWAR - Warriors Of The World, 47. NIGHTWISH - Century Child, 60. DEF LEPPARD X, 61. OZZY OSBOURNE - Down To Earth, 77. OZZY OSBOURNE - Live At Budokan. /M.P./

Doro se je z novim albumom Fight uvrstila na 18. mesto lestvice najbolje prodajanih albumov. Ostale uvrstitve metal bandov so: 33. Manowar – Warriors Of The World, 35. Def Leppard: X, 42. Nightwish: Century Child, 68. Ozzy Osbourne: Live At Budokan, 70. Ozzy Osbourne: Down To Earth. /M.P./

2. decembra izide Metallica tribute album z naslovom A Tribute To The Four Horsemen. Zaenkrat so zanj potrjeni naslednji izvajalci: IN FLAMES - Eye Of The Beholder, NEVERMORE – Ride The Lightning, PRIMAL FEAR – Seek & Destroy, SINNER – Wherever I May Roam, DESTRUCTION – Whiplash, APOCALYPTICA – Harvester Of Sorrow, CREMATORY – One, DARK TRANQUILLITY – My Friend Of Misery, SONATA ARCTICA – Fade To Black, THERION – Fight Fire With Fire, RAGE – Motorbreath. Obstaja možnost, da bodo na kompilaciji sodelovali še Anthrax, Cannibal Corpse in Motörhead, a zaenkrat še niso potrjeni. /M.P./