Ameriška tehnična death metal zasedba Origin predstavlja skladbo Infestation s prihajajočega albuma Abiogenesis - A Coming Into Existence, ki izide 3. maja pri založbi Agonia Records.

Abiogenesis prinaša naslednje skladbe:
Insanity
Mauled
Autopsied Alive
Spastic Regurgitation
Bleed As Me
Mind Asylum
Infestation
Murderer
Lethal Manipulation The Bonecrusher Chronicles
Sociocide
Manimal Instincts
Inner Reflections The Pain From Within

Legendarni progresivni metalci Watchtower se vračajo z novim EP-jem z naslovom Concepts Of Math: Book One, ki izide 7. oktobra pri založbi Prosthetic Records. Na tej povezavi že lahko preverite trailer, medtem ko je tracklista sledeča:
M-Theory Overture
Arguments Against Design
Technology Inaction
The Size Of Matter
Mathematica Calculis

Skupino po novem sestavljajo basist Doug Keyser (Retarded Elf), bobnar Rick Colaluca (Retarded Elf), kitarist Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink, ex-S.A. Slayer, ex-Gordian Knot) in vokalist Alan Tecchio (Hades, Heathen's Rage, ex-Non-Fiction, ex-Seven Witches).

Ameriška crossover zasedba Seizure Crypt je na svojem Bandcamp profilu v celoti objavila četrti album You've Been Had!, ki so ga nedavno izdali v samozaložbi. Novi album prinaša naslednje skladbe:
Supernatural Intro
Bigger Than Politics
Spastic Summer
One Way
Don't Blink
M.I.K.Y. (Medical Industry Killing You)
Dark Black And Blue
Born And Bred
Seizure Crypt Vs. The Devil
Chompin' At The Bit
Six Loose Ends
Not For Everyone
/B.B./

Vokalist John Arch (ex Fates Warning) in kitarist Jim Matheos (Fates Warning, OSI) pripravljata projekt Arch / Matheos. Pri snemanju prvenca so pomagali basist Joey Vera (Fates Warning, Armored Saint, ex Anthrax, ...), bobnar Bobby Jarzombek (Fates Warning, Riot, ex Iced Earth, Halford, Spastic Ink, ...) in kitarist Frank Aresti (Fates Warning). /P.G./

Blotted Science, instrumentalna zasedba, kjer igrajo Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink), Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) in Charlie Zeleny (Behold.....The Arctopus, Jordan Rudess), je objavila naslovnico in skladbe prvenca The Machinations of Dementia: Synaptic Plasticity, Laser Lobotomy, Brain Fingerprinting, Oscillation Cycles, Activation Synthesis Theory - I Is There A Dead Guy Under The Bed?, II Monsters In My Closet, III Flight In Space, IV Suffocation, VI Quicksand, REM, Night Terror, Bleeding In The Brain, Vegetation, Narcolepsy, EEG Tracings, Sleep Deprivation, The Insomniac, Amnesia, Adenosine Breakdown, Adenosine Buildup. /M.P./

Basist Paul Carman se vrnil v band Leatherwolf, kjer je igral od konca osemdesetih let. Na albumu World Asylum, ki izide junija, je bass igral Pete Perez (Riot, Spastic Ink). Dva komada s tega albuma lahko slišite tu. /P.G./

Švedi Lock Vostok bodo aprila pri Escapi Music izdali nov album Destruction Time Again, na katerem gostu Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink., Watchtower), Lawrence Mackrory (ex- Darkane) in Tina Gunnarsson. /M.P./

Cannibal Corpse basist Alex Webster, Watchtower/Spastic Ink kitarist Ron Jarzombek in Lamb Of God bobnar Chris Adler so ustanovili nov projekt, ki zaenkrat nosi ime Machinations Of Dementia. /M.P./

21. aprila bo izšel že dolgo napovedani Spastic Ink. album Ink Compatible. Izdali ga bodo pri lastni založbi EclecticElectric. Track lista je naslednja: Aquanet, Just a Little Bit, Words for Nerds, Melissa's Friend, Read Me, Multi-Masking, In Memory of…, A Chaotic Realization of Nothing Yet Misunderstood, The Cereal Mouse. Pri snemanju so bandu pomagali mnogi znani gostje: Daniel Gildenlow, Marty Friedman, Jens Johansson, Ray Riendau, Sean Malone in ostali. /M.P./

Spastic Ink. imajo končno posnet dolgo napovedani album Ink Compatible. Narediti je potrebno še miks, izid albuma pa napovedujejo za januar. /M.P./

Septembra se začne ameriška Guitarevolution turneja, na kateri nastopajo Marty Friedman s svojim bandom, The Alex Skolnick Trio in OHM, band originalnega Megadeth kitarista Chrisa Polanda. Poleg Friedmana so v njegovem bandu še Jimmy DeGrasso (bobni, ex- Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies), Ron Jarzombek (kitara, Wathctower, Spastic Ink) in Chris Catero (bass, Razer, ex- Wardog). /M.P./

Veliko znanih glasbenikov bo sodelovalo pri snemanju novega Spastic Ink albuma Ink Compatible, ki bo izšel še letos. Poleg članov banda, ki so Ron Jarzombek (kitara), Michael Manring (bass), David Penna (bobni), David Bagsby (klaviature) bodo zraven še Jason McMaster (Watchtower, vokal), Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain Of Salvation, vokal), Pete Perez (Riot, bass), Doug Keyser (Watchtower, bass), Ray Riendeau (ex- Halford, bass), Bobby Jarzombek (Halford, bobni), Jeff Eber (Dysrhythmia, bobni), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius, klaviature) in Jimmy Pitts (Scholomance, klaviature). /M.P./

Spastic Ink. končujejo s pripravo novega albuma. Svoje delo mora dokončati še bobnar Bobby Jarzombek, ki je pred kratkim končal svoj snemalni del pri novemu Halford albumu. /M.P./

Kitarist Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Gordian Knot) išče primernega vokalista za projekt Spastic Ink, pri katerem sodelujeta tudi bobnar Bobby Jarzombek (Halford) in basist Pete Perez. Kot gostje bodo nastopili Jens Johansson (Stratovarius), Ray Rindenau (Halford), Michael Manring (Attention Deficit) in Sean Malone (Gordian Knot). /M.P./