Organizatorji 70000TONS OF METAL so napovedali, da bo festival drugo leto potekal na ladji The Freedom of the Seas, ki bo plula od Miamija (Florida) do Biminija (Bahami) ter nazaj, in sicer od 30. januarja do 3. februarja.

Legendarni Journey so objavili single Don't Give Up On Us, ki se nahaja na prihajajočem albumu Freedom. Ta bo izšel čez natanko mesec dni pri Frontiers Music.

Legendarni rockerji Journey so predstavili nov single s prihajajočega albuma Freedom. Gre za komad Let It Rain. Omenjeni plošček bo izšel 8. julija pri Frontiers Music.

Avstrijski simfonični metalci Edenbridge bodo 26. avgusta izdali svoj enajsti studijski album z naslovom Shangri-La. Seznam pesmi je takšen:

At First Light
The Call of Eden
Hall of Shame
Savage Land
Somewhere Else But Here
Freedom is a Roof Made of Stars
Arcadia (The Great Escape)
The Road to Shangri-La
The Bonding (Part 2) (The Bonding Overture; Alpha and Omega; The Eleventh Hour; Round and Round; The Timeless Now - Finale)

Heavy metal zasedba Parris Hyde je objavila videospot za pesem I loved you, I killed you s prihajajočega drugega albuma Unlock your Freedom.

Severni sosedje Visions of Atlantis bodo 13. maja pri založbi Napalm Records izdali osmi studijski album. Pirates prinaša naslednji ducat komadov:

Pirates Will Return
Melancholy Angel
Master the Hurricane
Clocks
Freedom
Legion of the Seas
Wind Elysium
Darkness Inside
In My World
Mercy
Heal the Scars
I Will Be Gone

Francoska metal/melodeath/thrash crossover trojica Haundead je objavila videospot za svojo pesem Survive. To najdete na njihovem lanskem prvencu z naslovom Freedom Won't Save our Souls.

Heavy metal zasedba Parris Hyde je podpisala za Music For The Masses Records, kjer bo 8. aprila izdala svoj drugi album Unlock your Freedom. Ta prinaša naslednje komade:

Incipit
Rock is dead (long live Metal)
I loved you , I killed you
Home is where the Heart is
Secret Lover, Cruel Murder
The head undead
The lion of Kabul
We belong to the sea
The way
Requiem (for the fallen stars)
Unlock your freedom

Bonus:
Hard to find
Santa wears no mask
Mors tua Vita mea

Parris Hyde trenutno tvorijo Parris Hyde (vokal in kitara), Roby Kant (bas) in Karl Teskio (bobni).

Legendarni rockerji Journey bodo konec leta pri Frontiers Music Srl izdali plošček Freedom. Ustanovni kitarist Neal Schon je razkril tudi naslove komadov:

Together We Run
Don't Give Up On Us
Still Believe In Love
You Got The Best Of Me
Live To Love Again
The Way We Used To Be
Come Away With Me
After Glow
Let It Rain
Holdin On
All Day All Night
Don't Go
United We Stand
Life Rolls On
Beautiful As You Are

Ameriški crossover thrash/folk metalci Pillaging Villagers bodo 11. marca izdali svoj istoimenski prvenec, pred tem pa v posluh ponujajo prvi single Wretched ot the Earth. Na albumu bodo poleg singla še naslednji komadi:

Wretched of the Earth
We Remember
The Count
The Bishop
The Emperor
The Crisis
Voices in the Sky
Burn the Monastery
Smash the Factory
Ready to Die
Crush the Enemy
Freedom is Ours

Britanski veterani Magnum bodo 14. januarja izdali 22. studijski album z naslovom The Monster Roars, ki prinaša naslednje komade:

The Monster Roars
Remember
All You Believe In
I Won’t Let You Down
The Present Not The Past
No Steppin' Stones
That Freedom Word
Your Blood Is Violence
Walk The Silent Hours
The Day After The Night Before
Come Holy Men
Can’t Buy Yourself Heaven

Tukaj si že lahko ogledate besedilni video za skladbo No Steppin' Stones. 

Portugalska symphonic metal zasedba Glasya bo 18. februarja pri Scarlet Records izdala svoj 2. studijski album, ki bo nosil naslov Attarghan. Zasedba, ki se opisuje kot soundtrack metal band, ponuja z novim albumom še eno epsko perzijsko zgodbo, ki naj bi nagovorila ljubitelje bandov, kot so Nightwish, Dream Theater, Epica, Myrath ali Hans Zimmer.

Album je produciral in zmiksal Fernando Matias pri The Pentagon Audio Manufacturers (Moonspell, Gwydion, Sinistro), za mastering je poskrbel Darius Van Helfteren pri Amsterdam Mastering (Epica, Xandria, Within Temptation, The Gathering), za artwork pa je bil odgovoren Pedro Daniel-Phobos pri Anomaly Design.

Tracklista albuma Attarghan je naslednja:
Attarghan
From Enemy To Hero
Way To Victory
Retaliation
First Taste Of Freedom
Journey To Akhbar
Queen's Temptation
Battle For Trust
The Sound Of 10.000 Feet Marching
Within The Sandstorm
We Weren't Meant To Be
At The Empire's Gate
Eye To Eye Sword To Sword
A New Era Has Come
The Legend Lives On

Avstralski thrash metalci Incrypt so podpisali za založbo Wormholedeath Records in za 25. februar napovedujejo album Thrashing Extinction. Na albumu bo 11 komadov:

Skulking
Thrashing Extinction
Ultimate Downunder Attack
Pushed Beyond Breaking
Open This Pit
Extermination
Point Evolution
Stars Of The Southern Land
Ghost Hour Chimes
Chaotic Freedom Remains
Declaration

Black Reaper so včeraj objavili naslovnico prihajajočega studijskega albuma Under The Dying Sun, ki bo njihov tretji po vrsti in prinaša naslednje komade:

Under The Dying Sun
Floating In Nothingness
Blinded By Greed
Reverse The Decay
Arrival Of Eternal Shadows
Eclipse
Age Of Intolerance
Inner Prison
Reflections From The Past
Illusion Of Freedom
Nature's Will
Blood Upon The Throne
Gathering Of Tormented Souls

Finski thrasherji Demonztrator, ki prihajajo iz zasedb, kot so ArchiTorture, BeDimmed, Ceaseless Torment, Disformed, Freedomination, Gandalf ali The Scourger, so se pridružili poljski založbi Ossuary Records, kjer bodo 1. novembra izdali svoj 2. album Sinister Forces Of Hatred, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi:

Murderlust
Proclamation
Acid Remains
The Collapse
Into The Mouth Of Madness
Intermission: Deus Volt
Crossing The Rubicon
Scavenger Of War
Nail Them All
Embryonic Evil