Producent Michael Schuman je vložil tožbo v višini 1 milijona $ proti Mötley Crüe pevcu Vince Neilu zaradi napada na parkirišču pred nekim nočnim klubom, ki se je zgodil 28. aprila letos. /M.P./

Naslednji ponedeljek bo pri Century Media izšla kompilacija In The Eyes Of Death Vol. III, ki vključuje 18 pesmi black in death metala: Arch Enemy - Ravenous, Carnal Forge - Hand Of Doom, Dark Tranquillity - Final Resistance, Krisiun - Silent Scream, The Forsaken - Project: The New Breed 666, Twin Obscenity - The Legacy, Borknagar - The Genuine Pulse, Rotting Christ - The Call Of The Aethyrs, Unleashed - Hell's Unleashed, Grave - Morbid Way To Die, God Forbid - Mind Eraser, Shadows Fall - Stepping Outside The Circle, Holy Moses - We Are At War, Scar Culture - Wolverine Blues, Suidakra - Pendragon's Fall, Solefald – Hyperhuman, ...And Oceans - Angelina: Chthonian Earth: Her Face Forms Worms, Sigh - Corpsecry – Angelfall. V Nemčiji bo kompilacija naprodaj za 6,66 €. /M.P./

Znan je datum izida novega CD-ja švedskih death metalcev Grave. Back From The Grave izide 21. oktobra, limited edition verzija pa bo vsebovala še bonus CD z naslednjimi pesmimi: Into The Grave, Annihilated Gods, Infernal Massacre, Deformed, Reality Of Life, Morbid Way To Die, Sexual Mutilation, Extremely Rotten Flesh, Brutally Deceased, Septic Excrements, Reborn Miscarriage. Prve tri so z dema Sick Disgust Eternal (1988), naslednje štiri so z dema Sexual Mutilation (1989), zadnje štiri pa z dema Anatomia Corporis Humani (1989). /M.P./

Skid Row počasi končujejo s snemanjem novega album z delovnim naslovom Thick Is The Skin, ki naj bi izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta. To bo prvi novi izdelek po Subhuman Race iz leta 1995. /M.P./

Myrkskog bodo 17. septembra izdali novi album Superior Murder, na katerem bodo naslednje pesmi: Domain of the Superior, Detain the Skin, Trapped in Torment, Indisposable Deaths, Over the Gore, Blood Ejaculation, Utter Human Muder, Bleeding Wrists. Band 8. oktobra v Parizu začenja evropsko turnejo skupaj z Nile, Sinister, No Return in Ektomorf. /M.P./

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. marca bodo svoj naslednji album The Human Twilight Zone izdali Avstrijci Stygma IV. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: CANNIBAL CORPSE: Gore Obsessed, SEVEN WITCHES: Xiled To Infinity And One, HYPOCRISY: Catch 22, METALIUM: Hero Nation – Chapter Three, ANGEL DUST: Of Human Bondage, MAGNUM: Breath Of Life, RUNNING WILD: The Brotherhood, RACER X: Live At The Whiskey – Snowball Of Doom, SEBASTIAN BACH: The Last Hard Men, CRACK UP: Buttoxin' Bloom, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: Assembly in MESMERIZE: Off The Beaten Path.

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: TIAMAT: Judas Christ, THE STORYTELLER: Crossroad, AT VANCE: Only Human, AD INFERNA: Le Empire Des Sen, RAVAGER: Storms Of Sin, GARDENS OF GEHENNA: The Mechanism Masochism ter DECEMBER: The Lament Configuration

They Will Return je naslov novega albuma Fincev Kalmah. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: Hollowheart, Swamphell, Principle Hero, Human Fates, They Will Return, Kill the Idealist, The Blind Leader, My Nation ter presenečenje – še neimenovana priredba. /M.P./

25. februarja bodo svoj nov (64-minutni) album z naslovom Only Human izdali melodični power metalci At Vance. Album je produciral Olaf Lenk. Spomladi bo sledila turneja, kjer bodo nastopili kot predsupina Rhapsody.

Spomladi bo izšla prva epizoda rock opere, trilogije z naslovom Genius. V prvi trilogiji A Human Into Dreams bodo nastopali: Mark Boals (ex- Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring Of Fire), Lana Lane, Daniel Gildenlow (Pain Of Salvation), Chris Boltendahl (Grave Digger), John Wetton (Asia, Uriah Heep), Steve Walsh (Kansas), Oliver Hartman (At Vance), Midnight (ex- Crimson Glory) in Philip Bynoe (Steve Vai, Ring Of Fire). Glasbo in besedila je v celoti napisal italijanski glasbenik Daniele Liverani (Empty Tremor), ki bo odigral vse kitare, basse in klaviature, za bobni pa bo Dario Ciccioni. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Angel Dust albuma Of Human Bondage: The Human Bondage, Inhuman, Unreal Soul, Disbeliever, Last Forever, Unite, Go This Evil, The Cultman, Freedom Awaits in Killer. Zadnji komad je priredba od pevca Seala. /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.

Newyorški death metalci Skinless so se razšli z bobnarjem Bobom Beaulacom, katerega je že zamenjal George Torres (Mortician, Dehumanized). /M.P./