23. februarja izide nov Cornerstone album Two Tales and One Tomorrow z naslednjo track listo: Misery, One Mans Hell, Mother Of Mercy, Two Tales of One, Tomorrow, Prey, Blinded, Starlight and Mystery, The Dance, Wicked, We Are The Dead. /M.P./

24. oktobra bo pri Restless Records izšel album posvečen The Beatles, Butchering The Beatles, pri katerem bo sodelovalo cel kup znanih metal glasbenikov. Track lista in sodelujoči:
Hey Bulldog - Alice Cooper, Steve Vai, Duff McKagen, Mikkey Dee.
Back In The USSR - Lemmy Kilmister, John5, Eric Singer.
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton, Craig Goldy, Rudy Sarzo, Simon Wright, Scott Warren.
Tomorrow Never Knows - Billy Idol, Steve Stevens, Blasko, Brian Tichy.
Magical Mystery Tour - Jeff Scott Soto, Yngwie Malmsteen, Bob Kulick, Jeff Pilson, Frankie Banali.
Revolution - Billy Gibbons, Vivian Campbell, Mike Porcaro, Gregg Bisonnette, Joseph Fazzio.
Day Tripper - Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza, Virgil Donati.
I Feel Fine - John Bush, Stephen Carpenter, Mike Inez, John Tempesta.
Taxman - Doug Pinnick, Steve Lukather, Tony Levin, Steve Ferrone.
I Saw Her Standing There - John Corabi, Phil Campbell, C.C. Deville, Chris Chaney, Kenny Aronoff.
Hey Jude - Tim "Ripper" Owens, George Lynch, Bob Kulick, Tim Bogert, Chris Slade.
Drive My Car - Kip Winger, Bruce Kulick, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunbar.
/M.P./

3. oktobra izide Dio DVD z naslovom We Rock, na katerem bodo posnetki dveh koncertov iz njihove Holy Diver turneje 1983-1984. Iz Philadelphie bodo na njem naslednje skladbe: Don't Talk To Strangers, Mystery, Egypt / Drum Solo / Heaven & Hell / Guitar solo / Heaven & Hell, Last In Line, Rainbow In the Dark, Mob Rules, We Rock; iz Utrechta pa Stand Up & Shout, Straight Through The Heart, Shame On The Night, Children Of The Sea, Holy Diver, Rainbow In The Dark in Don't Talk To Strangers. /M.P./

Ob desetletnici obstoja banda bodo pri Century Media 21. februarja izdali Lost In Time: The Early Years of Nocturnal Rites, dvojni CD Nocturnal Rites, kjer bo šlo za re-release njihovih prvih dveh albumov In A Time Of Blood And Fire ter Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Na njem bo tudi nekaj redkih bonus komadov. /M.P./

26. januarja bodo nemški metalci Axxis pri AFM Records izdali svoj nov album z naslovom Time Machine. Track lista je naslednja: Mystery Of Time, Angel Of Death, Time Machine, Wind In The Night (Shalom), Lost In The Darkness, The Demons Are Calling..., Wings Of Freedom, Dance In The Starlight, Battle Of Power, Alive, Gimme Your Blood, Don't Drag Me Down. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Vintersorg albuma The Focusing Bar, ki izide kmalu prihodnje leto: Prologue Dialogue, The Essence, The Thesises Seasons, Matrix Odyssey, Star Puzzled, A Sphere In A Sphere (To Infinity), Blindsight Complexity, Artifacts Of Chaos, Dark Matter Mystery/Blackbody Spectrum, Curtains, A Microscopical Macrocosm. /M.P./

Karkadan pevec Robby Beyer ima svojo lastno založbo Supreme Chaos Records. Prvi izidi pri njej bodo: KARKADAN - The Lost Secrets - 10" picture disc, ltd. 333, SANGUIS - Chaosgate Guardians – CD, OCKROACH - Temple Of Mystery – CD, FALLEN YGGDRASIL - In No Sense Innocence – MCD, V.A. .Vates Noctis Compilation No. 1 – CD. /M.P./

13. maja izide nov Rage album z naslovom Unity in naslednjo track listo: 1. All I Want, 2. Insanity, 3. Down, 4. Set This World On Fire, 5. Dies Irae, 6. World Of Pain, 7. Shadows, 8. Living My Dream, 9. Seven Deadly Sins, 10. You Want It, You'll Get It, 11. Unity, 12. Mystery Trip (Bonustrack Digi-Pack), 13. Down (Videoclip Digi-Pack), 14. Darkness Turns To Light (japonska verzija). /M.P./

6.februarja bo izšel album, ki sta ga skupaj pripravila Glenn Hughes in Joe Lynn Turner. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: Devil's Road, You Can't Stop Rock & Roll, Missed Your Name, Mystery Of The Heart, Sister Midnight, Better Man,Heaven's Missing An Angel, Fade Away, Ride The Storm, Run Run Run, Against The Wall in On The Ledge. Kot gosta sta sodelovala tudi Paul Gilbert (Racer X, ex-Mr. Big) in John Sykes (ex-Thin Lizzy). /M.P./

UFO so izdali DVD z naslovom Too Hot To Handle – The Story Of UFO, na katerem so naslednji komadi: This Kids, Out In The Street, Shoot Shoot, Come On Everybody, Love To Love, Doctor Doctor, Lettin' Go, Mystery Train, Lights On, Too Hot To Handle, Rock Bottom, Let It Roll, The Coming Of Prince Kujuku, Borderline, Running Up The Hithway, Backdoor Man in This Kids. /M.P./