28. januarja bodo četrti album Slaughter Prophecy izdali nemški metalci Sacred Steel. Naslovi kot so Invocation Of The Nameless, Sacred Bloody Steel, The Rites Of Sacrifice, Raise The Metal Fist, Pagan Heart in bonus na digipacku Crush The Holy, Save The Damned nam povedo vse: “pure fucking havy metal”. /M.P./

Novi album Ronnie James Dia naj bi bil mešanica legendarnega Holy Diver in Dehuminazer (Black Sabbath). /M.P./

Februarja bo Dio izdal svoj naslednji album, ki naj bi bil hitrejši od Magice in naj bi vseboval elemente legendarnega albuma Holy Diver. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: BRAINSTORM: Metus Mortis, ANGRA: Rebirth, MY DYING BRIDE: The Dreadful Hours, PINK CREAM 69: Endangered, MSG: Be Aware Of Scorpions, CARPATHIAN FOREST: Morbid Fascination Of Death, POWERGOD: Bleed For The Gods, STORMWIND: Reflections, ANOREXIA NERVOSA: New Obscurant's Order, GORELORD: Force Fed On Human Flesh, REVOLVER: The Unholy Mother Of Fuck, V.A.: The Boys Are Back – Tribute To Thin Lizzy ter singel KATATONIA: Tonight's Music.

11. februarja bo izšel nov The Crown album Cowned In Terror, na katerem bodo naslednje pesmi: Crowned In Terror, Under The Whip, Drugged Unholy, World Below, Out For Blood, The Speed Of Darkness, I Am Hell, Satanist, Death Is The Hunter, Death Metal Holocaust. /M.P.

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: JOE SATRIANI: Live In San Francisco, WAYNE: Wayne, WYVERN: The Defiance Of Tale, CYDONIAN: Estranged, EVIL INCARNATE: Blackest Hymns Of God`s Disgrace, IRON CROSS: Iron Cross, AVANISH: Gods Of Destiny, ABORTED: Enineering The Dead ter NEPHASTH: Immortal Unholy Triumph.

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: ARMORED SAINT: Nod To The Old School, DOUBLE DEALER: Devide At The Top, MY DYING BRIDE: Meisterwerk 2, POVERTY`S NO CRIME: One In A Million, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: Curse Of The Hidden Mirror, KONG: 88795, THUG MURDER: The 13th Round, CRADLE OF FILTH: Bitter Suites To Succubi (EP) ter single HOLY MOSES: Master Of Desaster.

Na Live In Russia, koncertnem albumu banda U.D.O., ki izide 24. septembra bodo naslednji komadi: Holy, Raiders Of Beyond, Midnight Mover, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Winter Dreams, In The Darkness, Turn Me On, Heaven Is Hell, Run If You Can, Recall The Sin, Midnight Highway, TV War, Animal House, Protectors Of Terror, Break The Rules, Living On A Frontline, Shout It Out, Cut Me Out, They Want War, I'm A Rebel, Like A Loaded Gun, No Limits, Heart Of Gold in Monster Man. Po izidu bodo začeli pripravljati material za naslednjo studijsko ploščo, ki naj bi izšla marca naslednje leto, tako kot DVD Live In Russia. /M.P./

Thrasherji Holy Moses so se vrnili. A ne le za nekatere nastope na festivalih, Sabina in Andy Classen sta namreč podpisala pogodbo z Century Media, kjer bo 18. junija izšel mini-CD, Master Of Disaster. Na njem bo 5 novih komadov. Na njihovi spletni strani, www.bullet-tv.de, pa lahko glasujete, katere njihove komade bi radi slišali na festivalih. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: W.A.S.P.: Unholy Terror, SUBWAY TO SALLY: Herzblut, KING DIAMOND: Nightmare In The Nineties, CEREMONY: The Days Before The Death, DARK AT DAWN: Crimson Frost, FLESHGRIND: The Seeds Of Abysmal Torment, MELECHESH: Djinn, ORPHANED LAND: The Beloved`s Cry, MORTALIA: Naked Warrior ter VARIOUS ARTISTS: A Tribute To ABBA.

Zaenkrat so potrjeni naslednji bandi, headlinerjev pa še niso objavili: ANNIHILATOR (CAN) – DIMMU BORGIR (N) - HAMMERFALL (S) – IN FLAMES (S) - SUBWAY TO SALLY (D) – RAGE (D) - NEVERMORE (USA) – PAUL DIANNO & KILLERS (GB) - PRIMAL FEAR (D) – SODOM (D) - THERION (S) - NIGHTWISH (FIN) - GRAVE DIGGER (D) - ARTCH /Reunion (N) - BEHEMOTH (PL) – BLACKSHINE (S) – BRAINSTORM (D) - CAGE (USA) – CARNAL FORGE (S) – CHINCHILLA (D) - CRYPTOPSY (CAN) - CULPRIT /Reunion (USA) – DARK TRANQUILLITY (S) – DECEASED (USA) – DESASTER (D) – ENSLAVED (N) – EXCITER (CAN) – EXHUMED (USA) – EXUMER /Reunion (D) - HOLY MOSES /Reunion (D) - KRISIUN (BRAS) – LACUNA COIL (I) – MÄGO DE OZ (E) – METALIUM (D) – MORTICIAN (USA) – NAGLFAR (S) - NAPALM DEATH (GB) – NASUM (S) – NIGHTFALL (GR) - NOSTRADAMEUS (S) – OPETH (S) – SINS OF THY BELOVED (N) - SOILWORK (S) – SONATA ARCTICA (FIN) - TAD MOROSE (S) - TANKARD (D) – THE DESTRÖYER 666 (AUS) - THE HAUNTED (S) – TOURNIQUET (USA) - VINTERSORG (N) – VOIVOD (CAN) – WARHAMMER (D)

Italijanski thrasherji Merendine Atomiche, včasih znani tudi kot ˝uradni˝ Metallica tribute band, bodo kmalu izdali nov album The Holy Metal. /M.P./

9. aprila izide novi album legendarnih ameriških heavy metalcev W.A.S.P. z naslovom Unholy Terror. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: IRON SAVIOR: Dark Assault, ICED EARTH: The Mellancholy (EP), The Keepers Of Jericho: A Tribute To Helloween ter DARK MONK: The Hall Of The Olden Dreams.

Jutri, 4. decembra začnejo Iced Earth s snemanjem albuma Horror Show, ki naj bi izšel aprila. Obstaja možnost, da bo komad Hollow Man odpel kitarist Jon Schaffer. 8.1. pa izide EP Melancholy. /M.P./