Pri Tabu Recordings bodo ob letošnji izvedbi Inferno Metal Festivala na Norveškem, izdali kompilacijo Infernal Gathering - The Second Chapter z naslednjimi skladbami: MAYHEM - You Must Fall, SUSPERIA - Situational Awareness, KHOLD - Morke Gravers Kammer, MY DYING BRIDE - The Prize Of Beauty, DECAPITATED - The Fury, MINDGRINDER – Deception, 1349 - Haunting The Chapel, ENSLAVED - The Dead Stare, DISIPLIN - The Death Song, DIMENSION F3H – Babylon, SINNERS BLEED – Deathbringer, PAWNSHOP - Space Cadillacs. /M.P./

V mesecu januarju so izšli naslednji albumi: ICED EARTH: The Glorious Burden, SYMPHORCE: Twice Second, SHINING FURY: Last Sunrise, HEAVENLY: Dust To Dust, THUNDERSTONE: The Burning, ANATA: Under A Stone With No Inscription, THE BLACK LEAGUE: The Man’s Ruin Revisited, SOILWORK: The Early Chapters, REQUIEM: Mask Of Damnation, AXXIS: Time Machine, PINK CREAM 69: Thunderdome, MAGNITUDE NINE: Decoding The Soul, FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING: Skyward, FARMER BOYS: The Other Side, THE GATHERING: Sleepy Buildings – A Semi Acoustic Evening, DIVINE EMPIRE: Nostradameus, WATCH THEM DIE: Watch Them Die, SABBTAIL: Nightchurch, ATTACKER: Soul Taker, PROTOTYPE: Trinity, THE END: Within Divida in FORCE OF EVIL: Force Of Evil.

Znana je tracklista novega albuma švedskih power metalcev Morifade. Na albumu Domi<>nation, ki izide četrtega februarja, bodo naslednji komadi: Parallels ASilent Revolution, The Second Coming, Words I Never Speak, Clarity (Fragments of a Dream), Panopticon, The Rising, Erase, Memory’s End, Cast a Spell*, As Time Decides*, Tomorrow, Knows*, Dance with the Devil*, Judas (Helloween-cover)* in videospot Lost Within a Shade ( *  bonus komad - le na digipak verziji). /P.G./

Znana je track lista novega Blaze albuma Blood and Belief, ki naj bi izšel marca: Alive, Ten Seconds, Blood and Belief, Life and Death, Tearing Yourself To Pieces, Hollow Head, Will To Win, Regret, The Path and The Way, Soundtrack Of My Life. /M.P./

Nemški power metalci Symphorce so končali z delom za nov album Twice Second, ki izide 12. januarja pri Metal Blade. Snemali so v House Of Audio studiu s producentom Achimom Köhlerjem. Track lista je naslednja: Fallen, Tears, Whatever Hate Provides, Cause Of Laughter, In The Cold, Take What's Mine, Face Of Pain, Searching, Two Seconds To Live, Cry On My Shoulder, Under The Curse (bonus na digi pack verziji). /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Dark Moor istoimenskega albuma, ki izide 24. novembra: A Life For Revenge, Eternally, The Bane Of Daninsky (The Werewolf), Philip, The Second, From Hell, Cyrano Of Bergerac, Overture, Wind Like Stroke, Return For Love, Amore Venio, The Ghost Sword, The Dark Moor. Mesec dni pred tem bo izšel single From Hell, na katerem bosta dve skladbi, ki ne bosta na albumu: The Sea, The Mysterious Maiden. /M.P./

Nemški power metalci Symphorce bodo septembra s producentom Achimom Köhlerjem začeli s snemanjem novega albuma Twice Second. Frontman Andy B. Franck (tudi Brainstorm) pravi, da bo na albumu vse, kar si želi fan old-schol in modernega metala. Izid je napovedan za januar 2004. /M.P./

Britanski power metalci Intense so končali s snemanjem prvenca Second Sight, ki ga je produciral Threshold kitarist Karl Groom. Založbo zaenkrat še iščejo. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Morifade albuma Domi<>nation, ki izide 1. septembra pri Hammerheart Records: Parallels, A Silent Revolution, The Second Coming, Words I Never Speak, Clarity (Fragments of a Dream), Panopticon, The Rising, Erase, Memorys End, Lost Within A Shade. /M.P./

Fireball Ministry, hard rockerji iz Los Angelesa, so podpisali z Nuclear Blast. Band igra mešanico rock n’ rolla v (Grand Funk Railroad) in heavy metala (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest). Album The Second Great Awakening, sicer njihov tretji, izide septembra. /M.P./

Bandi Oliver/Dawson Saxon, Girlschool in Tygers Of Pan Tang bodo ob 25. letnici NWOBHM izdali album Second Wave, za katerega bodo vsi prispevali po pet skladb. /M.P./

Kreator so koncali s pripravljanjem koncertnega DVD/CDja Live Kreation (Revisioned Glory). Izid je napovedan za poletje. Track lista DVDja je naslednja: The Patriarch, Violent Revolution, Reconquering The Throne, Extreme Aggression, People Of The Lie, Lost, Coma Of Souls, All Of The Same Blood (Unity), Phobia, Black Sunrise, Pleasure To Kill, Renewal, Servant In Heaven - King In Hell, Terrible Certainty, Riot Of Violence, Terrorzone, Betrayer, Flag Of Hate, Tormentor. Na dvojnem DVDju bo še veliko materiala z zadnje turneje, obširna zgodovina banda in vsi njihovi uradni video spoti. Na dvojnem CDju bodo vse skladbe iz DVDja plus Second Awakening, Under The Guillotine, Golden Age, Awakening Of The Gods, Leave This World Behind. Izšla bo tudi Deluxe Edition verzija, ki bo v bistvu cetvorni CD/DVD Box. Ljubitelji vynila pa bodo lahko kupili tudi cetvorni LP Box z 32-stranskim bookletom. /M.P./

Vsi Kreator fani se morate veseliti naslednje novice, kajti še letos bo izšel njihov koncertni izdelek Live Kreation (Revisioned Glory), na katerem boste slišali še veliko več kot v Ljubljani: The Patriarch, Violent Revolution, Reconquering The Throne, Extreme Aggression, People Of The Lie, All Of The Same Blood (Unity), Phobia, People Of The Lie, Renewal, Servant In Heaven—King In Hell, Terrible Certainty, Riot Of Violence, Black Sunrise, Toxic Trace, Coma Of Souls, Betrayer, Second Awakening, Golden Age, Lost, Leave This World Behind, Awakening Of The Gods, Terrorzone, Under The Guillotine, Flag Of Hate, Tormentor.
Drugače pa bo Mille skupaj s Thomasom Lindbergom (The Crown, ex- At The Gates) odpel duet za pesem Dirty Coloured Knife izraelskih metalcev Emblaze. Mille bo gostoval tudi pri naslednjem albumu Nemcev Desaster. Več o tem bo znano kmalu. /M.P./

22. aprila izide 1. del Nuclear Blast DVD/VHS kopilacije Beauty In Darkness – Classics. Na njem bodo naslednji video spoti: 1. Atrocity - Love Is Dead, 2. Crematory - Tears Of Time, 3. Crematory - For Love, 4. Dimmu Borgir – Entrance, 5. Him - Wicked Games, 6. Lacrimosa – Copycat, 7. Lacrimosa - Stolzes Herz, 8. Love Like Blood – Heroes, 9. Moonspell – Mephisto, 10. Nightwish - The Carpenter, 11. Paradise Lost - One Second, 12. Secret Discovery - Hello Goodbye, 13. Sentenced – Nephente, 14. Sentenced – Noose, 15. The Gathering – Eléanor, 16. Therion - The Beauty In Black, 17. Therion - To Mega Therion, 18. Tiamat - Cold Seed, 19. Tiamat - Whatever That Hurts. /M.P./

Speedealer so končali s snemanjem četrtega albuma Second Sight, ki bo izšel 7. Maja. Album je produciral Jason Newsted. /M.P./