Surrender The Fall so objavili videospot za skladbo Love Hate Masquerade. /B.B./

Danci Evil Masquerade bodo maja izdali peti album z naslovom Pentagram. /P.G./

Švicarji Rizon bodo 24. februarja pri Karthago Records izdali tretji album z naslovom Masquerade, ki prinaša naslednje skladbe:
High Flyer
Sigh From Eternity
Masquerade
Tears Of The Sun
Remotion
Same Same
Rise On
El Dios
Out Of Nowhere
Cold Winters Night
Time After Time
Lost In Silence
Bells
/B.B./

Axel Rudi Pell bo 23. marca izdal album z naslovom Circle Of The Oath, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe:
The Guillotine Suite (Intro)
Ghost In The Black
Run With The Wind
Before I Die
Circle Of The Oath
Fortunes Of War
Bridges To Nowhere
Lived Our Lives Before
Hold On To Your Dreams
World Of Confusion (The Masquerade Ball Pt. II)
/P.G./

The MFC Dragon Slayer All Star Project, ki ga vodi pevec in kitarist Henrik Flyman (Evil Masquerade), so objavili skladbo Let's Unite In Rock v podporo dobrodelni organizaciji Metal For Cancer. The MFC Dragon Slayer All Star Project poleg Flymana na kitari sestavljajo še bobnar Peter Wildoer (James LaBrie, Darkane, Arch Enemy), basist Thor Jeppesen (Evil Masquerade) in klaviaturist Artur Meinild (Evil Masquerade). V omenjeni skladbi gostujejo še naslednji vokalisti:
Mats Leven (Therion, Yngwie Malmsteen)Snowy Shaw (Therion, Mercyful Fate, Dream Evil)
Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica, Northern Kings)
Apollo Papathanasio (Evil Masquerade, Firewind, Spiritual Beggars)
Tony Mills (TNT, Shy)
Silvio Massaro (Vanishing Point)
Richard Ofsoski (Ofsoski, Sedition)
Henrik Flyman (Evil Masquerade)
Lance King (Avian, Pyramaze) in
Dagfinn Joensen (Fate), ter solo kitarista:
Glen Drover (Megadeth, Testament, Eidolon) in
Stu Marshall (Empires Of Eden).
/B.B./

Sangre Eterna so objavili komad z naslovom The Masquerade z albuma Asphyxia, ki bo izšel novembra. /P.G./

Jeffrey Nothing, frontman skupine Mushroomhead, je objavil skladbo Death Masquerade s prihajajočega solo albuma z naslovom The New Psychodalia, ki izide 11. oktobra pri založbi Suburban Noize. /B.B./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: CHILDREN OF BODOM – Skeletons In The Closet, DESPISED ICON – Days Of Mourning, ENSIFERUM – From Afar, MELIAH RAGE – Masquerade. SONATA ARCTICA – The Days Of Grays, TOXIC HEART - Ride Your Life. /A.J./

Meliah Rage so na svoji MySpace strani objavili tri skladbe z novega albuma Masquerade. /P.G./

Meliah Rage so prestavili datum izida novega albuma. Masquerade tako izide 25. avgusta. /P.G./

Meliah Rage bodo julija izdali nov album z naslovom Masquerade. /P.G./

Jeseni bo izšel tribute to Running Wild z naslovom ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild. Na dvojnem albumu, ki bo naprodaj za ceno enojnega, boste lahko slišali: 5TH SONIC BRIGADE - Angel Of Mercy, CHINCHILLA - Conquistadores, CRYSTAL VIPER - Libertalia, CUSTARD - Under Jolly Roger, DEADLOCK - When Time Runs Out, ESENIA - Resurrection, EVERTALE - Blazon Stone, FATE - Soul Vampires, HALOR - Little Big Horn, HEAVENLY - Masquerade, HELLISH WAR - Return Of The Gods, JOSÉ JUAN GALLEGO - Draw The Line, MAGICA - Victory, MOTORJESUS - The Rivalry, ORDEN OGAN - The Battle Of Waterloo, OVERTURES - Pirate Song, POWERWOLF - Riding The Storm, RAVAGE - Fight The Fire Of Hate, SATANOCHIO - Siberian Winter, SEVEN SEAS - Detonator, SKILTRON - Ballad Of William Kidd, SOLEMNITY - Dr. Horror, SUIDAKRA - Marooned, THUNDERBLAST - Timeriders, THUNDERSTORM feat. Preacher - Welcome To Hell, WARHEAD - Faceless, WILD KNIGHT feat. Frank Knight & Majk Moti - Tsar, WINTERS DAWN - Into The Fire, WITCHTRAP - Victim Of States Power in WITHERING SOUL - Firebreather. /P.G./

Meliah Rage so tu objavili video za skladbo Hour Glass s prihajajočega albuma Masquerade. /P.G./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: ADAGIO – Archangels In Black, AUTUMN – Altitude, GOD FORBID – Earthsblood, PSYOPUS – Odd Senses, SHADOW'S MIGNON – Midnight Sky Masquerade, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM - Malevolent Grain (EP). /A.J./

Danes v oddaji Metal detektor predstavljamo nova albuma brutalnih ekstremnežev Blastomycosis in Cerebral Incubation. Nove EP-je so izdali death metalci Fallujah, Mass In Comatose in kultni Autopsy. Sledi thrash s smislom za humor Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, stonerji Bible Of The Devil, Evil Masquerade, progresivci Last Warning, pa Vision Divine, katerih novi vokalist je Fabio Lione. Islandci Sólstafir prepričajo s svojim progresivnim doomom, estonski black metalci Bestia pa so objavili drugi album Ronkade Parved. Metal detektor je na sporedu vsak ponedeljek ob 22. uri na Radiu Študent, 89.3 MHz ali www.radiostudent.si. /M.P.C./