Century Media je pod svoje okrilja vzela dve manjši švedski založbi Black Sun Records in War Music. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: AMORPHIS: Am Universum, HALFORD: Live Insurrection, THRESHOLD: Hypothetical, STYGMA IV: Phobia, IRON FIRE: On The Edge, KATATONIA: Last Fair Deal Gone Down, SUSPERIA: Predominance, SKYFIRE: Timeless Departure, SKINLESS: Foreshadowing Our Demise, LOST HORIZON: Awakening The World, MYSTIC CIRCLE: The Great Beat, TROLL: Universal, ULVER: Perdition City, ARK: Burn The Sun, ANASARCA: Moribund, ABIGOR: Satanized, EARTH CRISIS: Last Of The Same, EXTREME NOISE TERROR: Being And Nothing in GUTTERMOUTH: Covered With Ants.

Madžari Sunseth Sphere so podpisali s Hammerheart Records. Igrajo melodični, atmosferični metal z ženskim vokalom. Do sedaj so posneli album za domače tržišče, katerega bo nova založba na novo zmiksala, remastirala ter seveda izdala. /M.P./

Najprej so bili Big Heat, nato Stigmata, pa Stigmata IV, sedaj pa so se avstrijski metalci preimenovali v Stygma IV. Marca bodo pri Rising Sun Records izdali novi album z naslovom Phobia. /M.P./

Ark trenutno v Nemčiji snemajo album Burn The Sun, katerega producent je Tommy Newton, izšel pa naj bi spomladi. /M.P./

Spomladi bo izšel novi album Mayhem, na katerem bo material, ki jim je ostal od Grand Declaration Of War, in tudi nekaj posnetkov v živo. Španska filmska družba Visual Beast Films bo v filmu Estigmas uporabila bendov komad A Bloodsword And A Colder Sun. /M.P./

Norveško ameriški progresivci Ark so trenutno v studiu, kjer snemajo svoj drugi album Burn The Sun. Pri tem sodelujeta tudi basist Randy Coven in klaviaturist Mats Olausson, ki sta oba že igrala pri Yngwie Malmsteenu. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: ROSE TATTOO: 25 To Life, LOWBROW: Victims At Play, MOB RULES: Temple Of Two Suns, MYSTERIUM: Glowering Facades Of Night, DOMINION CALIGULA: A New Era Rises, RAVENOUS: Assembled In Blasphemy, ANTAEUS: Cut Your Flesh And Worship Satan, ROCK ROB: Rage Of Creation, USURPER: Necronemesis ter singel THY SERPENT: Death.

Poljski brutal death metalci Dark Legion so podpisali pogodbo z Dead Sun Records, kjer naj bi aprila izdali novi album. /M.P./

Debut Avstrijskih bombastičnih metalcev bo nosil naslov "Sunrise In Eden". Izšel bo 25. septembra na Massacre Records. Edenbridge bodo konec letošnjega leta koncertirali skupaj s Pink Cream 69 in Axxis. /M.P.C./

Bivši pevec Iron Maiden (še prej je bil v skupini Wolfsbane) bo 22 maja izdal svojo solo ploščo. Na plošči z naslovom Sillicon messiah bodo naslednje skladbe: 'Ghost In Machine', 'Evolution', 'Silicon Messiah', 'Born As A Stranger', 'The Hunger', 'The Brave', 'Identity', 'Reach For The Horizon', 'The Launch' in 'Stare At The Sun'. /P.G./

2/28 -- Desecration - Inhuman2/28 -- Stratovarius - Infinite2/28 -- Napalm Death - The Radio 1 Sessions2/29 -- December - Praying, Hoping, Nothing2/29 -- Breach - Venom2/29 -- Deceased - Supernatural Addiction2/29 -- AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip2/29 -- Dismember - Hate Campaign3/03 -- Glassjaw - Heroin3/06 -- Entombed - Uprising3/07 -- Steel Prophet - Messiah3/07 -- Krisiun - Conquerors Of Armageddon3/07 -- Therion - Deggial3/07 -- Soulreaper - Written in Blood3/07 -- Misery Loves Co. - Your Vision Was Never Mine To Share3/07 -- Niacin - Deep3/07 -- Armored Saint - Revelation3/07 -- In Extremo - Verehrt Und Angespien3/07 -- Various Artists - Catch The Rainbow (tribute)3/07 -- Transport League - Satanic Panic3/10 -- Throes Of Dawn - Binding of the Spirit3/13 -- Einherjer - Norwegian Native Art3/14 -- Gorgoroth - Incipit Sathanas3/14 -- Joe Satriani - Engines Of Creation3/14 -- Triumphator - Wings of Antichrist3/14 -- Diabolique - Butterflies ep3/14 -- Impaled - The Dead Shall Dead Remain3/14 -- Nocturnus - Ethereal Tomb3/20 -- W.A.S.P. - The Best Of The Best - 1984-20003/20 -- Under The Sun3/20 -- Axxis - Back To The Kingdom3/20 -- Decapitated - Winds Of Creation3/21 -- Running Wild - Victory3/21 -- Altar - In The Name Of The Father3/21 -- Dio - Magica3/21 -- Crowbar - Equilibrium3/21 -- Old Man's Child - Revelation 6663/21 -- Pantera - Revinventing The Steel3/21 -- Clawfinger - Two Sides