Within Temptation so objavili demo posnetek skladbe It's The Fear, ki bo ena od pesmi na prihajajočem singlu Stand My Ground, ki izide v jutri. Posnetek si lahko poslušate tukaj. /S.P./

Within Temptation so na svoji spletni strani objavili videospot za Stand My Ground, prvi single z albuma The Silent Force, ki izide še letos. /M.P./

25. oktobra izide Within Temptation single Stand My Ground, za katerega so posneli tudi videospot. /M.P./

Oktobra izide nov Def Leppard best of album Best of Def Leppard. Na njem bo 17 skladb: Pour Some Sugar On Me, Photograph, Love Bites, Let's Get Rocked, Two Steps Behind, Animal, Heaven Is, Rocket, When Love & Hate Collide, Action, Long, Long Way To Go, Make Love Like A Man, Armageddon It, Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad, Rock Of Ages, Hysteria, Bringin' On The Heartbreak. Limited edition verziji bo priložen še bonus CD z: Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop), Waterloo Sunset, Promises, Slang, Foolin', Now, Rock Brigade, Women, Let It Go, Too Late For Love, High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night), Work It Out, Billy's Got A Gun, Another Hit And Run, Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion), Wasted, Die Hard The Hunter. Istočasno pa bo izšel še DVD, na katerem bo 30 njihovih videospotov. /M.P./

Stand My Ground je naslov prvega Within Temptation singla s prihajajočega albuma, ki naj bi izšel oktobra. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Tank albuma Sturmpanzer, ki izide kasneje letos: Sturmpanzer, Baghdad City, Before The Eyes Of The World, Lianne's Crying, We Are The Dead, Four "O" Below Zero, Which Part Of Fuck Off Don't You Understand, Remember, The War Machine Don't Stop, Unleash The Filth Hounds, Healing The Wounds..., The Hunger, 45 Summers. /M.P./

Sporočilo organizatorja Metalcamp Festivala:
Dragi metalski sosedje!
Letos vam Rock The Nation (Avstrija) v sodelovanju z Master Of Metal prinaša v Tolmin prvi Metalcamp Festival. Zgodil se bo 20. in 21. avgusta 2004 in bo največji festival v teh krajih. Gre za nadaljevanje festivala Metalfest Vienna, kjer smo (žal, a resnično) imeli probleme z lokacijo. Novo smo našli v vaši deželi, v Tolminu, najlepšem kotičku na zemlji za metal festival. Bodite ponosni na vašo deželo! Tudi sam sem ponosem, da v sodelovanju z Master Of Metal avstrijski publiki lahko pokažem, kaj nam sosedje lahko nudijo. Zelo se veselim slovenske, hrvaške, avstrijske, italijanske in celo nemške publike, ki se bo maksimalno zabavala na Metalcampu. Bodite sigurni, da se bomo po najboljših močeh potrudili za maksimalno zabavo in profesionalno organizacijo po internacionalnih standardih. Za sedaj so potrjeni naslednji bandi: Danzig, Dark Funeral, Sentenced, Katatonia, Dew-Scented, Ektomorf, Prospect, Noctiferia in Vanitas. Vsa velika imena bodo ekskluzivno nastopila na ozemlju A/SLO/ITA, tako da ste vabljeni na festival in obljubljam nepozaben vikend.
Rock The Nation – Stefan

Za 14. junij je napovedan izid Blind Guardian DVDja Imaginations Through The Looking Glass. Njegova vsebina je naslednja. Na prvem DVDju bodo posnetki z Blind Guardian Open Air festivala: War of Wrath, Time Stands Still, Banish from Sanctuary, Nightfall, The Script for my Requiem, Valhalla, A Past and Future Secret, Punishment Divine, Mordred's Song, The Last Candle, Bright Eyes, Lord of the Rings, I'm Alive, Another Holy War, And then there was Silence, Somewhere far Beyond, The Bard's Song (in the Forest), Imaginations from the other Side, And the Story Ends, Mirror Mirror. Na drugem DVDju bo intervju z bandom, backstage posnetki z A Night At The Opera Tour 2002 in pripravljanje festivala, na katerem je bil posnet 1. DVD. Kot bonus pa bodo še live verzije pesmi Into the Storm, Welcome to Dying, Lost in the Twilight Hall, Majesty. Prve tri so posnete v Stuttgartu, zadnja pa na Wacken Open Air festivalu. /M.P./

Problemi v Stratovarius so rešeni - Timu Tollkiju so namreč glasovi v glavi povedali, naj se ukvarja s kabalo. Na uradni strani se je znašla celotna njegova izjava, a je bila kmalu odstranjena. Tule si lahko preberete del originalne izjave:
"I really need to share this with all of you.
2 days ago I had a panic attack, I lied down and tried to relax.
Then a voice in my head told me repeatedly: Kabbalah, Kabbalah, Kabbalah. I believe it was the voice of Jesus Christ. I felt warm waves through my body and I felt secure and happy. The voice told me to take a bloody picture of myself in honour of HIS memory. Then the voice told me to go to my library and one of the books fell into the floor before me. I didn´t even remember I have that book.
It was about the teachings of Kabbalah. I believe I have now found the complete and only Universal truth. I understand that none of the things in my life matters really. It is all an illusion anyway.
I will use this webpage and also the future STRATOVARIUS recordings to celebrate the beauty of this ancient teaching. ". /P.G./

Lemmy je sredi decembra v berlinskem Monongo studiu s Skew Siskin posnel dve skladbi (Stand Upon The Mountain in Don’t Matter To Me) za prihajajoči solo album, ki naj bi izšel čez približno leto dni. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Slayer boxa Soundtrack To The Apocalypse, ki izide 25. novembra. CD1: Angel Of Death, Criminally Insane (Remix), Postmortem, Raining Blood, Aggressive Perfector, South Of Heaven, Silent Scream, Live Undead, Mandatory Suicide, Spill The Blood, War Ensemble, Dead Skin Mask, Hallowed Point, Born Of Fire, Seasons In The Abyss, Hell Awaits, The Antichrist, Chemical Warfare.
CD2: Sex. Murder. Art., Dittohead, Divine Intervention, Serenity In Murder, 213, Can't Stand You, D.D.A.M.M., Gemini, Bitter Peace, Death's Hand, Stain Of Mind, Disciple, God Send Death, New Faith, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Disorder (Feat. Ice-T), Memories Of Tomorrow, Human Disease, Unguarded Instinct, Wicked, Addict, Scarstruck.
CD3: Ice Titan (Live in California 3/83), The Antichrist (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Fight Till Death (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Necrophiliac (Live In California, 9/85), Piece By Piece (Studio Rough Mix/Outtake), Raining Blood (Live In Canada 11/86), Angel Of Death (Live In Canada 11/86), Raining Blood (Jeff Hanneman Home Recordings), South Of Heaven (Jeff Hannemann Home Recordings), Seasons In The Abyss (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mandatory Suicide (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mind Control (Live in Brazil, 1994), No Remorse (I Wanna Die) (Feat. Atari Teenage Riot), Dittohead (Live In California, 5/98), Sex. Murder. Art. (Live In California, 5/98), Bloodline (Live In Sweden, 2002), Payback (Live In Sweden, 2002).
DVD: Die By The Sword (Live In California, 3/83), Aggressive Perfector (Live In California, 1983), Praise Of Death (Live In California, 1984), Haunting The Chapel (Live In Sweden 5/95), Necrophobic (Live In New York, 1986), Reborn (Live In New York, 1986), Jesus Saves (Live In New York, 1986), War Ensemble (Live In Michigan, 1991), South Of Heaven (Live In Michigan, 1991), Dead Skin Mask (Live In Michigan, 1991), Gemini (Live In California, 8/96), Heaviest Band Award - Kerrang! Magazine Award 1996 (Slayer Home Footage), EPK For "Diabolus In Musica", Stain Of Mind (Live In Japan, 7/98), Bloodline (Live On ESPN, 7/02), Disciple (Live In France, 7/03), God Send Death (Live In France, 7/03).
CD 5 (samo deluxe verzija): Live At The Grove In Anaheim, 2002. /M.P./

Exciter so začeli s snemanjem svojih največjih uspešnic za prihajajoči best of album. Na novo bodo posneli naslednje skladbe: Stand Up And Fight, Heavy Metal Maniac, Rising Of The Dead, Blackwitch, Violence and Force, Pounding Metal, Long Live The Loud, Victims Of Sacrifice, I Am The Beast, Rain Of Terror, The Dark Command, Aggressor, Ritual Death, Rule With An Iron Fist, Brutal Warning. Kitarist John Ricci bo po odhodu basista Paula Champagna odigral tudi bass. /M.P./

Februarja 2004 bo izšel DIO DVD Sacred Heart, koncertni video, ki je drugače izšel leta 1986. Poleg koncerta bodo na njem intervjuji z Ronnie James Diom, Craigom Goldyjem, Simonom Wrightom in Jimmy Bainom, ki bodo razpravljali o Sacred Heart turneji, Stand Up and Shout: Dio Anthology albumu in prihajajočem albumu. /M.P./

Jeff Scott Soto (Talisman, ex- Malmsteen) bo junija/julija izdal koncertni CD in DVD z naslovom JSS Live At The Gods. Track lista CDja je 2 Your Heart, Let Me Entertain You, Break Your Chains, How Long, Love Parade, Stand Up, Eyes of Love, Warrior, Again 2 B Found, I'll Be Waiting, Acoustic Medley: Mysterious / Crazy / 4U / Nobody Said It Was Easy / Just Between Us / Stranded, Yngwie Medley: Don't Let It End / On The Run Again / I'm A Viking / I'll See The Light Tonight, Good Love (bonus studio pesem). Na DVDju bo še več raznoraznega bonus materiala. /M.P./

Dan po naslovnici je znana še track lista DIO DVDja Evil Or Divine: Killing The Dragon, Egypt/Children of the Sea, Push, Drum Solo, Stand up and Shout, Rock and Roll, Don't Talk to Strangers, Man on the Silver Mountain, Guitar Solo, Long Live Rock and Roll, Lord of the Last Day, Fever Dream, Holy Diver, Heaven and Hell, The Last in Line, Rainbow in the Dark, We Rock + bonus material: intervju, foto galerija, “behind the scenes” material ter video spot za Push. /M.P./