Star City Meltdown so ta teden objavili videospot za prvi single Here With You s težko pričakovanega novega albuma Razorblades And Hand Grenades, ki bo 5. septembra izšel pri založbi Standby Records. Skupino sestavljajo vokalist Brad Dills, kitarist/vokalist Lukas Patterson, basist Cody Cupp, bobnar Dean Andrews Jr. in kitarist Chris Stewart. /B.B./

Nizozemska zasedba The Gathering je včeraj pri Psychonaut Records izdala novi single z naslovom Meltdown. /B.B./

Haemic so na svojem Bandcamp profilu v celoti objavili aktualni izdelek Fields Of Sanguine, ki ga lahko tudi downloadate po načelu "plačaj kolikor želiš". Tracklista je sledeča:
Eyes Of Evil
Awaken The Colossus
Cold Within
Exhaust
Hellgate
A Machine Self Aware
Arch Nemesis
Stellar Meltdown
Graveyard
Break Away
Intro (Demo)
Eyes Of Evil (Instrumental Version)
Cold Within (Instrumental Version)
Exhaust (Instrumental Version)
Hellgate (Instrumental Version)
A Machine Self Aware (Instrumental Version)
/B.B./

Ameriški thrasherji Meltdown so se preimenovali v Mantic Ritual. /P.G./

Thrasherji Meltdown so na svoji MySpace strani objavili skladbo Panic s prihajajočega albuma Executioner, ki bo izšel 14. novembra. /P.G./

Ameriški thrasherji Meltdown so podpisali z založbo Nuclear Blast, ki bo avgusta izdala njihov album z naslovom Executioner. /P.G./

Čeprav je minilo šele par dni od konca festivala Keep It True X, so organizatorji že napovedali nekaj izmed osemnajst ali devetnajst bandov, ki bodo nastopil na dvanajsti ponovitvi festivala, ki se bo odvijala 24. in 25. aprila v kraju Lauda-Königshofen. Zaenkrat potrjeni so Abattoir (eksluziven nastop v zasedbi Steve Gaines, Mark Caro, Mel Sanchez, Juan Garcia, Rob Analeze), Tyrant (originalna zasedba), Exumer (z obema vokalistoma), Ruthless, Militia (originalna zasedba), Hell (trije originalni člani, Andy Sneap in Martin Walkyier), Atlantean Kodex, Aska, Meltdown, In Solitude in Deja Vu. Headlinerja obeh večerov bosta še potrjena. Keep It True XI, ki bo na sporedu novembra, bo zadnji, saj so se organizatorji odločili, da bodo od sedaj naprej festival prirejali le enkrat letno. /P.G./

Konec junija pri Sanctuary Visual Entertainment izide prvi DVD Brucea Dickinsona z naslovom Anthology, na katerem bo za šest ur materiala, videospotov, live posnetkov, neizdanega in starega materiala (iz obdobja Samson). Na prvem DVDju bo koncert Dive Dive Live, posnet v Los Angelesu leta 1990 z naslednjimi skladbami: Riding With The Angels, Born In '58, Lickin' The Gun, Gypsy Road, Dive Dive Dive, Drum Solo, Zulu Zulu, The Ballad Of Mutt, Son Of A Gun, Hell On Wheels, All The Young Dudes, Tattooed Millionaire, No Lies, Fog On The Tyne, Winds Of Change, Sin City, Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter, Black Night.
Na prvem DVDju bo tudi koncert, posnet na Skunkworks turneji leat 1996 v španskih mestih Pamplona in Gerona z naslednjimi skladbami: Space Race, Back From The Edge, Tattooed Millionaire, Inertia, Faith, Meltdown, I Will Not Accept The Truth, Laughing In The Hiding Bush, Tears Of The Dragon, God's Not Coming Back, Dreamstate, The Prisoner.
Drugi DVD je naslovljen Scream For Me Brazil, na njem pa so posnetki iz istoimenskega live albuma, posnetega leta 1999 v Sao Paolu (posneto je iz publike): King In Crimson, Gates Of Urizen, Killing Floor, Book Of Thel, Tears Of The Dragon, Laughing In The Hiding Bush, Accident Of Birth, The Tower, Darkside Of Aquarius, The Road To Hell.
Na tretjem DVDju bo štirinajst videospotov: Tattooed Millionaire, All The Young Dudes, Dive Dive Dive, Born In '58, Tears Of The Dragon, Shoot All The Clowns, Back From The Edge, Inertia, Accident Of Birth, Road To Hell, Man Of Sorrows, Killing Floor, The Tower, Abduction ter petnajtminutni live posnetek banda Samson iz leta 1980.
/M.P./

Znana je tracklista Judas Priest boxseta Metalogy:CD 1 - Never Satisfied, Deceiver, Tyrant, Victim Of Changes (Live), Diamonds & Rust (Live)**, Starbreaker (Live)**, Sinner, Let Us Prey, Dissident Aggressor, Exciter, Beyond The Realms Of Death, Better By You Better Than Me, Invader, Stained Class in The Green Manalish (With The Two Pronged Crown) (Live)*.
CD 2 - Killing Machine, Evening Star, Take On The World, Delivering The Goods, Evil Fantasies, Hell Bent For Leather, Breaking The Law (Live)**, Living After Midnight, Rapid Fire, Metal Gods, Grinder (Live)*, The Rage, Heading Out To The Highway, Hot Rockin’ (Live)**, Trouble Shooter, Solar Angels, Desert Plains, Hellion (Live)**/Electric Eye (Live)** in Screaming For Vengeance.
CD 3 - Riding On The Wind, Bloodstone, You've Got Another Thing Comin', Devil's Child, Freewheel Burning, Jawbreaker, The Sentinel, Love Bites (Live)*, Eat Me Alive, Some Heads Are Gonna Roll, Rock Hard Ride Free, Night Comes Down, Turbo Lover, Private Property, Parental Guidance, Out In The Cold in Heart Of A Lion (demo)*.
CD 4 - Ram It Down, Heavy Metal, Come & Get It, Blood Red Skies, Painkiller, Between The Hammer & The Anvil, Touch Of Evil, Metal Meltdown, Nightcrawler, All Guns Blazing, Jugulator, Bloodstains, Machine Man in Feed On Me.
(*prej neizdan komad, **prvič na CDju).
DVD: Koncert iz Memphisa (1983). /P.G./

Blaze so uradno potrdili odhod basista Roba Naylorja. Ta se je pred dobrimi tremi tedni po vrnitvi z nastopa na March Metal Meltdown festivalu v ZDA odločil zapustiti band. Namesto njega bo na prihajajoči britanski turneji in poletnih festivalih bass igral Wayne Banks (ex- Sabbat, Gidsend, The New Cranes), vseeno pa (še) ne bo uradno postal član banda. Kdo bo za stalno postal Blaze basist bo znano kasneje letos, ko bodo fantje začeli pripravljati material za tretji album, ki je napovedan za prvo polovico 2004. /M.P./