Znana je naslovnica Jorn albuma Lonley Are The Brave, ki izide junija pri založbi Frontiers Records. /P.G./

Tukaj lahko slišite skladbo Lonely Are the Brave s prihajajočega Jorn albuma. /P.G./

Britanci Power Quest bodo 25. aprila pri založbi Napalm Records izdali nov album z naslovom Master Of Illusion. Na njem sta gostovala klaviaturist Richard West (Threshold) in kitarist Jorn Viggo Lofstad (Pagan's Mind). /P.G./

Pain Of Salvation so nov in hkrati zadnji potrjen band za festival Legacy Fest, ki se bo odvijal 30. in 31. maja v Beogradu. Celoten line-up je sledeč:
30.5.: Destruction, Dark Funeral, Threshold, Rage, Obituary, Vader, Pain Of Salvation, Tibia, The Stone
31.5.: Testament, Belphegor, Finntroll, Unleashed, Amorphis, Jorn Lande, Primordial, Amon Din, Simargal
/P.G./

Jorn Lande je začel z miksom novega albuma, ki naj bi izšel marca. /M.P./

30. in 31. maja bo v Beogradu dvodnevni metal fest, Legacy Festival. Do sedaj potrjeni bandi so Obituary, Dark Funeral, Destruction, Threshold za 30. maj in Jorn Lande, Amorphis, Melechesh, Rage, Unleashed za 31. maj. /M.P./

Helstar, Napalm Death in Jorn so nove potrjene skupine za Rock Hard Festival 2008. Trojica se je pridružila naslednjim že potrjenim bandom: Immortal, Celtic Frost, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Enslaved, Volbeat in Moonsorrow. /P.G./

16. novembra izideta dva Avantasia EPja Lost in Space Part 1 in Lost in Space Part 2. Na obeh bo po šest skladb, ista pa bo le naslovna. Track listi sta:
Lost in Space Part 1:
Lost In Space, Lay All Your Love On Me, Another Angel Down (feat. Jorn Lande), The Story Ain't Over (feat. Bob Catley & Amanda Somerville), Return To Avantasia, Ride The Sky (feat. Eric Singer on vocals), Lost In Space (video clip), Lost In Space (making of the video clip).
Lost in Space Part 2:
Lost In Space, Promised Land (feat. Jorn Lande and Michael Kiske), Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Scary Eyes, In My Defense, Lost In Space (alive at Gate studio, feat. Amanda Somerville), The Road To Avantasia (studio report with interview), Slideshow.
Album The Scarecrow pa izide januarja prihodnje leto pri Nuclear Blast z naslednjimi skladbami: Twisted Mind, The Scarecrow, Shelter From The Rain, Carry Me Over, What Kind Of Love, Another Angel Down, The Toy Master, Devil In The Belfry, Cry Just A Little, I Don't Believe In Your Love, Lost In Space.
/M.P./

Znanih je nekaj novih vokalistov, ki bodo sodelovali na novem Ayreon albumu. Do sedaj znani so Jorn Lande (ex- Masterplan), Tom S. Englund (Evergrey), Ty Tabor ( King's X), Magali Luyten (Virus Iv), Simone Simons (Epica) in Liselotte Hegt (Dial). /M.P./

Seasons Of Man je nov projekt, v katerem sodelujejo vokalist Tijs Vanneste (Oceans Of Sadness), kitarista Oliver Palotai (Kamelot, Doro, Blaze) in Luca Princiotta (Doro, Jorn), bobnar Daniel Schild in basist Jürgen Steinmetz (Silent Force). Prvenec bodo izdali prihodnje leto. /A.J./

Kitarist Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions) in Alice Cooper bosta gostovala na tretjem albumu projekta Avantasia, z naslovom Lost in Space Part 1 and Part 2, izšel pa naj bi sredi oktobra. Poleg njiju bodo sodelovali še Sascha Paeth, Henjo Richter, Eric Singer (KISS, Alice Cooper), Miro, Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), Jorn Lande (ex- Masterplan), Bob Catley in Amanda Somerville. Avantasia bo naslednje leto nastopila tudi na Wacken Open Air, ki bo od 31.7. do 2.8.2008. /A.J./

21. septembra pri Frontiers Records izide live Jorn album Live in America, ki je bil posnet septembra lani na ProgPower USA VII festivalu. Na njem bodo tudi tri studijske skladbe, na novo posneta Out to Every Nation, Black Sabbath medley Lonely Is The Word/Letters From Earth ter prej neizdana Sacrificial Feelings. Track lista je naslednja:
CD1: We Brought The Angels Down, Blacksong, Duke Of Love, Are You Ready, Cold Sweat, Drum Solo, Out To Every Nation, Guitar Solo, Straight Through The Heart.
CD2: Godless And Wicked, Soulburn, Devilbird, Perfect Strangers, Gonna Find The Sun, WHITESNAKE Medley: Come On / Sweet Talker / Crying In The Rain / Here I Go Again / Give Me All Your Love, Out To Every Nation (2007 verzija), Lonely Is The Word/Letters From Earth, Sacrificial Feelings (bonus). /M.P./

Maja bo pri Frontiers Records izšel nov album Jorna Landeja (ex- Masterplan) in Russella Allena (Symphony X), The Revenge, z naslednjo track listo: The Revenge, Obsessed, Victory, Master Of Sorrow, Will You Follow, Just A Dream, Her Spell, Gone Too Far, Wake Up Call, Under The Waves, Who Can You Trust, When Time Doesn't Heal. Izseke lahko poslušate tukaj. /A.J./

V današnji oddaji Metal detektor (Radio Študent ob 22:00, 89.3 MHz ali http://www.radiostudent.si) je na vrsti izlet v osemdeseta, v Connecticut, k metalcem Liege Lord, ki so v svojem kratkem obodbju delovanja izdali tri odlične plošče in sodelovali pri ustvarjanju sloga ameriškega speed metala. Čas bo tudi za predstavitev novih plošč zasedb Silent Force, Battlelore, Red Harvest, Novembers Doom, Aborted, Beneath The Massacre, Machine Men, Dark Moor in Jorn. /M.P.C./

Basist Mathias Granås (Xsavior) in klaviaturist Kaspar Dahlqvist (Dionysus, Stormwind) sta dopolnila zasedbo banda Ride The Sky, ki ga je skupaj z bivšim Tears Of Anger/Beyond Twilight kitaristom Bjornom Janssonom ustanovil Uli Kusch (ex- Helloween, Masterplan). Prvenec izide avgusta pri Nuclear Blast Records. /M.P./