Papa Wheelie je nov band, v katerem igrajo Jason Newsted (aka Jaylor), Steven Wiig (aka Swiiglor) in Joe Ledesma (aka Joefus). Posneli so že prvi album Unipsycho, ki bo izšel kmalu. Band igra “stoner punk metal”. /M.P./

Bivši Fear Factory pevec Burton C. Bell je skupaj s klaviaturistom Johnom Bechdelom ustanovil nov, še neimenovan band, kjer naj bi igrali stoner glasbo. /M.P./

Januarja sta se Criminal člana Anton Reisenegger in Rodrigo Contreras iz Chila preselila v Anglijo, ker pa ostali člani tega niso storili, sta poiskala nove. Tako so sedaj v band prišli: basist Rob Eaglestone (ex- Cradle Of Filth), bobnar Zac O’Neill (ex- Extreme Noise Terror) in klaviaturist Mark Royce, ki je na turnejah igral z Entwined in Primary Slave. Nova zasedba že pripravlja material za nov album, ki naj bi izšel jeseni. /M.P./

Solo album pripravlja Royal Hunt pevec John West. Pri snemanju so sodelovali kitarista Chris Caffery (Savatage) in Mike Chlasciak (Halford), klaviaturist Lonnie Park (Cozy Powell), basist Ray Riendau (Halford) in bobnar Bobby Jarzombek (Halford). Kot gostje pa so nastopili Vitalij Kuprij (Artension), Andre Andersen (Royal Hunt), Steen Mogesen (Royal Hunt/Cornerstone) in Jeff Plate (Savatage). /M.P./

Kanadski stoner metalci Sheavy so s producentom Mikom Butcehrjem, ki je sodeloval na legendarnih Sabotage in Sabbath Bloody Sabbath od Black Sabbath, posneli nov album z naslovom Synchronized. Album bo izšel konec pomladi, začetek poletja. /M.P./

25. marca bodo svoj prvenec izdali Dead Soul Tribe – band Damona Gravesa, bivšega Psychotic Waltz pevca. Track lista albuma je: Powertrip, Comin' Down, Anybody There, The Haunted, The Drowning Machine, You, Under The Weight Of My Stone, Once, One Bullet, Empty, Cry For Tomorrow, Into... (bonus), Into The Spiral Cathedral (bonus). /M.P./

Februarja naj bi Great White izdali poslovilni album Final Cuts, na katerm bodo priredbe naslednjih komadov: Love Removal Machine - THE CULT, Again And Again - STATUS QUO, Ready For Love - MOTT THE HOOPLE, BAD COMPANY, Bitches And Other Women - ROLLING STONES, Tangled Up In Blue - BOB DYLAN, Sin City - AC/DC, No Matter What - BADFINGER, Fire And Water - FREE, Down At The Doctor - DR. FEELGOOD, That Ain't Know Way To Treat A Lady - HELEN REDDY, Lady Love - ROBIN TROWER in Burning House Of Love - X. /M.P./

Finci Thunderstone so nov band, ki je podpisal za Nuclear Blast. Trenutno snemajo svoj prvenec, miksal ga bo Mikko Karmila v Finnvox Studios, produciral pa ga bo kitarist Nino Laurenne. 10 pesmi čistega melodičnega power metala lahko pričakujete septembra. Posneli bodo tudi dve priredbi za tribute albuma: Wasted Years (Iron Maiden) in Diamonds And Rust (Judas Priest). /M.P./

Dark Moor so pravkar končali s snemanjem tretjega albuma The Gates Of Oblivion, ki bo izšel marca. Naslovnico zanj je naredil Andreas Marshall, pri nekaterih pesmih so sodelovali z Valcavasia zborom in Danom Keyingom (Cydonia). Na albumu so naslednji komadi: In The Heart Of Stone, A New World, The Gates Of Oblivion, Nevermore, Starmaker (Elbereth), Mist In The Twilight, By The Strange Path Of Destiny, The Night Of The Ages, Your Symphony, The Citadel Of The Light, A Truth For Me in Dies Irae (Amadeus). /M.P./

Michael Schenker skupaj s kolegom iz UFO, Pete Wayom pripravlja projekt The Plot. Michael pravi, da bo glasba nekakšna mešanica med MSG, UFO, Sex Pistols in The Rolling Stones. Drugače pa naj bi Michael februarja začel pisati material za nov album heavy metal legend UFO. /M.P./

Slash bo igral na turneji Rolling Stones kitarista Ronnie Wooda, na kateri bo le-ta promoviral svoj solo album. /M.P./

Track lista novega Sinergy albuma Suicide By My Side je naslednja: I Spit On Your Grave, The Sin Trade, Violated, Me, Myself, My Enemy, Written In Stone, Nowhere For No One, Passage To The Fourth World, Shadow Island, Suicide By My Side in Remembrance. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: KREATOR: Violent Revolution, EDGUY: Mandrake, BRUCE DICKINSON: The Best Of, QUEENSRYCHE: Live Evolution, SAXON: Killing Ground, VIRGO: Virgo, DARK FUNERAL: Diabolis Interium, TRISTANIA: World Of Glass, HEAVENLY: Sign Of The Winner, WITCHERY: Symphony For The Devil, MEZARKABUL: Unspoken, MADRIGAL: I Die You Soar, HYPNOS: The Revenge Ride, SOLEFALD: Pills Against The Ageless Ills, THANATEROS: The First Rite, SAVIOUR MACHINE: Legend Part III, GLENN HUGHES: Building The Machine, REBAELLIUN: Annihilation, MIDNIGHT SUN: Metal Machine, SOILENT GREEN: A Delected Symphony For The Beaten Down, INHUMAN: Rebellion, DARKEST HOUR: So Sedated, So Seen, BETHLEHEM: Schatten aus der Alexander Welt, TWIN OBSCENITY: Bloodstone, SNAKEGOD: Invitation in MANHAI: The Sons Of Yesterday's Black Grouse.

Gene Simmons (KISS) bo še letos izdal prvo številko revije Gene Simmons' Tongue, ki bo mešanica revij Playboy, Rolling Stone in Maxim. /M.P./

Red Aim je nov band pri Metal Blade. Igrajo stoner rock/metal. /M.P./