Sonata Arctica so objavili track listo DVD-ja/CD-ja For the Sake of Revenge, ki izide 31. marca 2006: Intro, Misplaced, Blinded No More, Fullmoon / White Pearls Black Oceans, Victoria's Secret, Broken, 8th Commandment, Shamandalie, Kingdom for a Heart, Replica, My Land, Black Sheep, Sing in Silence/the End of this Chapter, San Sebastian, Gravenimage, Don't Say a word, The Cage, Vodkaa... (hava nagila). /S.P./

Francoski power metalci Nightmare so posneli videospot za A Taste Of Armageddon s prihajajočega albuma The Dominion Gate, ki izide jeseni pri Regain Records. V začetku prihodnjega leta se odpravljajo na evropsko turnejo z After Forever. /A.J./

Lords Of Depravity – Part I je naslov novega Sodom DVD-ja, ki izide 19. septembra pri SPV. Na njem bo zgodovina banda od 1982 do 1995 in koncerti s festivalov (With Full Force, Wacken, Bang Your Head, Rock Hard). Drugi del bo izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta, z zgodovino od 1996 do 2005. Dolžina obeh DVD-jev bo več kot pet ur. Januarja pa izide nov studijski album. /A.J./

V zadnjih treh tednih so izšli naslednji albumi: ALICE COOPER: Dirty Diamonds, OBITUARY: Frozen In Time, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE: Unleash The Fury, BATTLELORE: Third Age Of The Sun, VESANIA: God The Lux, CORNERSTONE: In Concert, NIGHTWISH: The Siren (single), SUBWAY TO SALLY: Sieben (single), MOTÖRHEAD: Stage Fright (DVD), MANOWAR: Hell On Earth IV (DVD), IN FLAMES: In Live We Trust (DVD), SOILENT GREEN: Confrontation, ALARUM: Eventuality, ARSIS: A Celebration Of Guilt, NEURAXIS: Truth Imagery Passage, REDEMPTION: The Fullness Of Time.

Unleashed bodo posneli svoj nastop na With Full Force festivalu za live DVD, ki naj bi izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta. /M.P./

18. julija bo pri Massacre Records izšel nov Redemption album The Fullness Of Time. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Threads, Parker's Eyes, Scarred, Sapphire, Fullness of Time: Rage, Despair, Release, Transcendence. /M.P./

Sodom so se sedaj odločili, da bodo zaradi veliko zbranega materiala izdali dva DVDja in ne le enega. Prvi izide septembra, na njem pa bo njihova zgodovina od 1982 do 1995 ter posnetki z nastopov v Sofiji, With Full Force, Wacken, Bang Your Head in Rock Hard festivalih. Drugi, ki izide v začetku prihodnjega leta, bo pokrival obdobje od 1996 do 2005. Nov studijski album pa napovedujejo za januar 2006, bobni in kitare so že posnete, Tom Angelripper pa bo svoje posnel do konca julija. /M.P./

Redemption, band, v katerem poje Ray Alder (Fates Warning), bodo junija izdali nov album The Fullness Of Time. /M.P./

9. maja bo pri Osmose Productions izšel prvi Impaled Nazarene live album Death Comes In 26 Carefully Selected Pieces z naslednjimi skladbami: Intro, The Horny And The Horned, Armageddon Death Squad, Goat Perversion, 1999: Karmageddon Warriors, Motorpenis, Kohta Ei Naura Enää Jeesuskaan, The Endless War, Sadhu Satana, Ghettoblaster, Coraxo, Soul Rape, Sadistic 666/Under A Golden Shower, Zero Tolerance, The Maggot Crusher, Let's Fucking Die, Tribulation Hell, We're Satan's Generation, Cogito Ergo Sum, Goat Seeds Of Doom, Condemned To Hell, Intro S.F.P., Sadogoat, Vitutuksen Multihuipennus, The Lost Art Of Goat Sacrificing, Total War – Winter War. /M.P./

16. maja pri Metal Blade izide tribute to Cannibal Corpse album z naslovom Butchered & Hammered - A Tribute to Cannibal Corpse. Spoštovanje do enega največjih death metal bandov vseh časov so na dveh CDjih izkazali: Sonata Arctica - A Skull Full Of Maggots, Tristania - Edible Autopsy, Iced Earth - Meat Hook Sodomy, Nightwish - Butchered At Birth, Hammerfall - Hammer Smashed Face, Poisonblack - Addicted To Vaginal Skin, Rhapsody - Fucked With A Knife, Lacuna Coil - She Was Asking For It, Tiamat - Devoured By Vermin, Doro - Orgasm Through Torture, Crystal Ball - Disposal Of The Body, Skid Row - Blood Drenched Execution, In Flames - Unleashing The Bloodthirsty, Symphony X - Hacksaw Decapitation, Six Feet Under - Pit Of Zombies, Epica - Drowning In Viscera, Crematory - Frantic Disembowelment in Falconer - The Wretched Spawn. /M.P./

Impaled Nazarene bodo ob petnajsti obletnici delovanja konec maja pri Osmose Productions izdali prvi koncertni album Death Comes In 26 Carefully Selected Pieces, ki so ga posneli lanskega decembra v Helsinkih. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Intro, The Horny And The Horned, Armageddon Death Squad, Goat Perversion, 1999: Karmageddon Warriors, Motorpenis, Kohta Ei Naura Enää Jeesuskaan, The Endless War, Sadhu Satana, Ghettoblaster, Coraxo, Soul Rape, Sadistic 666/Under A Golden Shower, Zero Tolerance, The Maggot Crusher, Let's Fucking Die, Tribulation Hell, We're Satan's Generation, Cogito Ergo Sum, Goat Seeds Of Doom, Condemned To Hell, Intro S.F.P., Sadogoat, Vitutuksen Multihuipennus, The Lost Art Of Goat Sacrificing, Total War – Winter War. /M.P./

Ameriški black metalci Kult Ov Azazel so končali s snemanjem novega albuma The World, The Flesh & The Devil, ki izide maja. Na njem bo devet skladb: The World is Full of Violence, As Temples Burn, An Eternity With Satan, Compelled to Die, The Glorification of Evil, Trampling the Cross, Blood, Death & Damnation, The Calling Forth, Bloodstained Path to Victory. /M.P./

Ektomorf so odpovedali sodelovanje na Earthshaker Festivalu. Organizatorji With Full Force festivala so jih postavili pred dejstvo, da morajo izbrati ali bodo nastopili na With Full Force ali na Earthshaker Festivalu, nikakor pa ne na obeh. Odločili so se za With Full Force. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: PRIMORDIAL: The Gathering Wilderness, SCAR SYMMETRY: Symmetric In Design, ROTTEN SOUND: Exit, SUCH A SURGE: Mission Erfüllt, RAZLIČNI IZVAJALCI: Monsters Of Death (DVD), DOMAIN: Last Days Of Utopia, ETERNAL REIGN: Forbidden Path, HIGH ON FIRE: Blessed Black Wings, RAISING FEAR: Mythos, prejšnji teden pa: TRISTANIA: Ashes, MIDNATTSOL: Where Twilight Dwells, FOZZY: All That Remains, WITHIN TEMPTATION: Memories (single) in HAMMERFALL: Blood Bound (single).

Napalm Death so določili track listo prihajajočega albuma The Code Is Red...Long Live The Code, ki izide 25. aprila: Silence is Deafening, Right You Are, Diplomatic Immunity, Code is Red...Long Live The Code, Climate Controllers, Instruments of Persuasion (feat. Jamey Jasta), The Great and the Good (feat. Jello Biafra), Sold Short, All Hail the Grey Dawn, Vegetative State, Pay for the Priviledge of Breathing, Pledge Yourself to You (feat. Jeff Walker), Striding Purposefully Backwards, Morale, Our Pain is their Power. /A.J./