Nick D`Virgilio in Neal Morse (Spock`s Beard) sta na nedavni turneji po Nemčiji in Nizozemskem posnela dvojni live album. Na tem bo slišati tudi člane skupine Dream Theater, in sicer na treh skladbah: Papa Was A Rolling Stone (The Temptations), Baba O`Riley (The Who), Mike Portnoy pa je zapel pesem Strawberry Fields (The Beatles). /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: OVERKILL: Bloodletting, THE HAUNTED: Made Me Do It, MOLLY HATCHET: Kingdom Of XII, SONATA ARCTICA: Successor (EP), PRETTY MAIDS: Carpe Diem, SIX FEET UNDER: Graveyard Classics, SKYCLAD: Folkimon, TAD MOROSE: Undead, THE 69 EYES: Blessed Be, CARNAL FORGE: Firedemon, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Americas Volume Dealer, DIVINE EMPIRE: Dammed To Inherit, EYEHATEGOD: Confederacy Of Ruined Lives, GRIFFIN: Wasteland Serenades ter singel IRON MAIDEN: Out Of The Silent Planet

Death metal veteran in bivši pevec Massacre Kam Lee se trenutno ukvarja s tremi projekti. Prvi se imenuje Kauldron - gothic, horror, death, doom bend, katerega glasba temelji na Possessed, Sodom, Bathory. Vključuje tudi bivše člane Equinox. Drugi Cadaverizer je pravi old school death/gore v stilu Autopsy in Desecrator. V njem pa igrajo tudi bivši člani Exhumed. Tretji Soul Skinner pa je one men project in je mešanica horrorja in erotike. /M.P./

Izid singla Out Of The Silent Planet je predstavljen na konec meseca. /P.G./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: APOCALYPTICA: Cult, ENCHANT: Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10, GARDENIAN: Sindustries, KRABATHOR: Unfortunately, ENSLAVED: Mardraum-Beyond The Within, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: Musique ter single IRON MAIDEN: Out Of The Silent Planet.

Out Of The Silent Planet bo nov singel od Iron Maiden. Na njem bosta live verziji Aces High in Wasted Years ter video naslovne skladbe. Izdali bodo tudi limited edition v digipacku, na keterem bo poleg prej omenjenega tudi poster. /M.P./

Na naslednji plošči od Planet X, kjer igra tudi bivši klaviaturist od Dream Theater Derek Sherinian, bo sodeloval tudi Zakk Wylde. /M.P./

Šok za vse ljubitelje Angre! Andre Matos, basist Luis Mariutti ter bobnar Ricardo Confessori so zapustili te brazilske melodične metalce - Angro. Vzrok še ni znan. Ostala člana, kitarista Kiko in Rafael iščeta nove člane in skupaj naj bi še naprej nastopali pod imenom Angra. /M.P./

Junija končno izide album The best of Black sabbath sicer že pokojne skupine . Seznam komadov je sledeč: CD1 - 'Black Sabbath', 'The Wizard', 'NIB', 'Evil Woman', 'Wicked World', 'War Pigs', 'Paranoid', 'Planet Caravan', 'Iron Man', 'Electric Funeral', 'Faries Wear Boots', 'Sweet Leaf', 'Embryo', 'Children Of The Grave', 'Lord Of This World' in 'Into The Void'.
CD2 - 'Tomorrow's Dream', 'Supernaut', 'Snowblind', 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath', 'Killing Yourself To Live', 'Hole In The Sky', 'Don't Start (Too Late)', 'Symptom Of The Universe', 'Am I Going Insane' (Radio), 'Dirty Woman', 'Never Say Die', 'Hard Road', 'Heaven And Hell', 'Die Young', 'Turn Up The Night', 'The Dark', 'Zero The Hero'. /P.G./

4/17 -- Borknagar - Quintessence
4/17 -- Asphyx - On The Wings Of Inferno
4/18 -- Incantation - The Infernal Storm
4/18 -- Black Label Society - Stronger Than Death
4/18 -- Cephalic Carnage - Exploiting Dysfunction
4/18 -- Kreator - Voices Of Transgression
4/18 -- Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
4/18 -- Nok - Vent
4/18 -- Running Wild - Victory
4/18 -- Various Artists - Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. II
4/25 -- Atomic Opera - Gospel Cola
4/25 -- The Quiet Room - Reconceive
4/25 -- Domine - Dragon Lord
4/25 -- Spock's Beard - Don't Try This At Home (Live)
4/25 -- Mental Home - Upon The Shores Of Inner Seas
4/25 -- Century Media Compilation - Identity 6
4/25 -- U.D.O. - No Limit
4/25 -- U.D.O. - Solid
4/25 -- Destruction - All Hell Breaks Loose
4/25 -- The Step Kings - Let's Get It On!
4/25 -- Shelter - When 20 Summers Pass
4/25 -- Sacred Steel - Bloodlust
4/25 -- Mrs. Hippie - Lotus
4/25 -- Boysetsfire - After the Eulogy
5/01 -- Night in Gales - Nailwork
5/02 -- Shaft - Quint
5/02 -- Power Symphony - Lightbringer
5/02 -- Shovelbarn
5/03 -- Storyteller - Storyteller
5/03 -- Mirsteltein - Rape In Rapture
5/08 -- Iron Maiden - The Wickerman
5/08 -- Brainstorm - Ambiguity
5/08 -- Hammerheart Records Compilation - Sign of the Hammer
5/08 -- Helstar - Twas The Night Of A Helish Christmas
5/09 -- Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5/09 -- Sinner - The End of Sanctuary
5/09 -- Accept - Objection Overruled
5/09 -- Accept - Death Row
5/09 -- Vader - Litany
5/09 -- Mortification - 10 Years Live Not Dead
5/09 -- Kenziner - The Prophecies
5/15 -- Motorhead - We Are Motorhead
5/16 -- Lowbrow - Victims at Play
/P.G./