Finci Soulgrind so se razšli z basistom JP-jom in že iščejo njegovo zamenjavo. Znani pa so tudi naslovi komadov njihovega novega albuma Pakana: Under The Cloud Of Gloom, Northbound Reverend, Pakana, Against The Grain, The Path Of Screams, Frost Shines Blue, Through The Gates Of Desperation, The Second Over Tuoni's Realm, As Bronze May Be Much Beautified, Wheel, The Soul Of The Battle, ter Lost Gardens Beyond The Sunset. /S.P./

28. julija bodo pri Napalm Records izdali kolekcijo videospotov The Realm of Napalm Records, na katerem bo za skoraj dve in pol uri materiala. /M.P./

Venom so objavili track listo novega albuma Metal Black, ki izide 27. marca pri Sanctuary Records/Castle Music: Antechrist, Burn In Hell, House of Pain, Death & Dying, Rege Satanas, Darkest Realm, A Good Day to Die, Assassin, Lucifer Rising, Blessed Dead, Hours of Darkness, Sleep When I'm Dead, Maleficarvm, Metal Black. /M.P./

Venom so končali s miksom novega albuma Metal Black, ki izide v marcu prihodnje leto. Znana je tudi track lista: Antechrist, Burn In Hell, House Of Pain, Death & Dying, Rege Satanas, Darkest Realm, A Good Day To Die, Assassin, Lucifer Rising, Blessed Dead, Hours Of Darkness, Sleep When I'm Dead, Maleficarvm in Metal Black. /S.P./

Pri grški založbo Townsend Avalanche Music bodo jeseni izdali Epimythion - Tribute to Immortal album. Na njem bodo naslednje Immortal priredbe: Tragedy Begins - The Sun No Longer Rises, Beyond Dawn - Storming Through Red Clouds And Holocaust Winds, Endwarfment - Unsilent Storms In The North Abyss, Keep Of Kalessin – Throned By Blackstorms, Sunn O))) – Cursed Realms Of The Winterdemons, Ocd+Braincontroller - Pure Holocaust, Zweizz - Blacker Than Darkness, Vreid - As The Eternity Opens, Funeral Procession – Mountains Of Might, Seth - Battles In The North, Enthroned - Eternal Years On The Path To The Cemetary Gates, Haunted Gates – One By One, Wrathage – Through The Halls Of Eternity, The Ashes – Withstand The Fall Of Time. /M.P./

Judas Priest so razprodani koncert 18. maja v Tokyju (Budokan) posneli za DVD. Na koncertu so igrali: Hellion/Electric Eye, Metal Gods, Riding On The Wind, The Ripper, A Touch Of Evil, Judas Rising, Revolution, Hot Rockin', Breaking The Law, I'm A Rocker, Diamonds And Rust, Worth Fighting For, Deal With The Devil, Beyond The Realms Of Death, Turbo Lover, Hellrider, Victim Of Changes, Exciter, Painkiller, Hell Bent For Leather, Living After Midnight, You've Got Another Thing Comin'. /M.P./

Finski thrasherji Hateframe, kjer igrajo bivši To/Die/For člani, bodo danes delali mastering svojega prvenca, ki bo izšel konec pomladi oziroma v začetku poletja pri Rising Realm Records. /M.P./

Finci Evemaster trenutno pišejo material za svoj tretji album, ki izide prihodnje leto pri še neznani založbi. 22. februarja pa pri Rising Realm Records izide na novo posneta verzija prvenca Lacrimae Mundi, ki so mu v naslovu dodali MMIV. Bobne na novi verziji albuma je odigral Jaska Raatikainen (Children Of Bodom). /M.P./

8. februarja bodo finski melodični death metalci Searing Meadow pri Rising Realm Records izdali prvenec Corroding From Inside. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega In Battle albuma Welcome To The Battlefield, ki izide 20. septembra pri Cold/Metal Blade Records: Shunned By Life, Madness In The Realm Of War, Eldjättar, Scorched World, Soul Metamorphosis, Despoter, Serpents, The Blood Divine, Stonefaced Mountains, King God, Mass Produced Hybrid Humans. /M.P./

We Have Seen The Enemy... And The Enemy Is Us je naslov prvenca švedskih death/thrasherjev Enemy Is Us, kjer poje in igra bass Lawrence Mackrory (ex- Darkane). Izid je napovedan za jesen pri Rising Realm Records. Enemy Is Us naj bi igrali melodičen death/thrash v stilu At The Gates in In Flames. /M.P./

They Are As Us je naslov četrtega albuma italijanskih death metalcev Rising Moon, ki izide jeseni pri Rising Realm Records. Snemali so v Outer Sound Studios. /M.P./

Ameriški death metalci Resuscitator so podpisali z nizozemsko založbo Displeased Records. Prva izdaja pri novi založbi bo re-release albuma Cursed Visions From His Infernal Realm, kasneje letos pa bo izšel nov album A Warrior's Death. /M.P./

Finski melodični death metalci Searing Meadow so podpisali z Rising Realm Records. Trenutno se nahajajo v fazi predprodukcije za prvenec Corroding From Inside, ki naj bi izšel pozno poleti. /M.P./

Italijanski death metalci Rising Moon so za dva albuma podpisali z Rising Realm Records. Poleti bodo v Outer Sound Studios začeli s snemanjem prvega od obeh, sicer že četrtega svojega, ki naj bi izšel jeseni. /M.P./