Znana je tracklista novega Alice Cooper albuma Dirty Diamonds: Woman Of Mass Distraction, You Make Me Wanna, Perfect, Dirty Diamonds, Pretty Ballerina, Sunset Babies (All Got Rabies), Zombie Dance, The Saga Of Jesse Jane, Six Hours, Steal That Car, Run Down The Devil, Your Own Worst Enemy, The Sharpest Pain (Bonus). /P.G./

Finski heavy metalci Machine Men so podpisali s Century Media. Band je v Sonic Pump Studios posnel svoj drugi album Elegies, ki izide 25. julija. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Falling, Dream & Religion, Apathy, Back from the Days, The Traitor, October, Daytime Theatre, Doors of Resurrection, From Sunrise to Sunset, Freak (Bruce Dickinson priredba). Za eno izmed skladb bodo posneli tudi videospot, za jesen pa napovedujejo evropsko turnejo. /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./

20. novembra bo Ritchie Blackmore s svojim Blackmore’s Night na Japonskem izdal koncertni album Past Times With Good Company, kasneje pa bo sledil še izid v Evropi. To bo 2CD: CD 1: Shadow Of The Moon, Play Minstrel Play, Minstrel Hall, Past Times With Good Company, Fires At Midnight, Under A Violent Moon, Soldier Of Fortune, CD 2: 16th Century Greensleeves, Beyond The Sunset, Morning Star, Home Again, Renaissance Faire, I Still Remember, Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus, Writing On The Wall, Memmingen (japonski bonus). /M.P./

Bivši Fear Factory kitarist Dino Cazares išče pevca in bobnarja, ki bi se mu pridružila v še neimenovanem bandu. Interesenti lahko pišejo na naslov Roadrunner Records, Inc.
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24. septembra bodo Cradle Of Filth izdali koncertni album Live Bait For The Dead. To bo dvojni CD, na prvem bodo posnetki iz koncerta 14. aprila v Nottinghamu, na drugem pa bo malo mešano – priredbe, mixi, demo, itd. Track lista – CD1: Intro - The Ceremony Opens, Lord Abortion, Ebony Dressed For Sunset, The Forest Whispers My Name, Cthulhu Dawn, Dusk And Her Embrace, The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh, Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids, Her Ghost In The Fog, Summer Dying Fast, Interlude - Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors, From The Cradle To Enslave, Queen Of Winter Throned. CD 2: Born In A Burial Gown - The Polished Coffin Mix, No Time To Cry - Sisters Of No Mercy Mix, Funeral In Carpathia - Soundcheck Recording, Deleted Scenes Of A Snuff Princess, Scorched Earth Erotica - Original Demo(n) Version, Nocturnal Supremacy - Soundcheck Recording, From The Cradle To Enslave - Under Martian Rule Mix, The Fire Still Burns, No Time To Cry - Sisters Of No Mercy – Video.

30. aprila bodo Cradle Of Filth izdali DVD/VHS z naslovom Heavy, Left Handed And Candid, na katerem bo njihov razprodan koncert iz 14. aprila v Nottinghamu in še marsikaj zanimivega. Na koncertu so igrali naslednje komade: Lord Abortion; Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids, Ebony Dressed For Sunset, Her Ghost In The Fog, The Forest Whispers My Name, Summer Dying Fast, Cthulhu Dawn, From The Cradle To Enslave, Dusk & Her Embrace, Queen Of Winter Throned, The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh. /M.P./

Želite postati bobnar pri Slayer?!? Ti bodo februarja začeli z avdicijo za Bostaphovega namestnika. Sicer je že malo pozno, a vendar: kandidati morajo do 1. februarja poslati VHS, na kateri igrajo Slayer komade, biografijo, opisati glasbene izkušnje in sodelovali bodo lahko na avdicijah 7.2. v Dallasu in 13.2. v San Franciscu. Še naslovi komadov, ki jih morajo kandidati znati odigrati na avdiciji: Disciple, God Send Death, Stain of Mind, Angel Of Death, Postmortem/Raining Blood, South of Heaven, War Ensemble, Seasons in the Abyss, Hell Awaits, Haunting the Chapel, Chemical Warfare.
Manjka seveda še naslov: Slayer Drum Search Contest, c/o RSMA, Inc., 8981 Sunset Blvd., Suite 102West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: OZZY OSBOURNE: Down To Earth, ANCIENT: Proxima Centauri, U.D.O.: Live From Russia, JOE LYNN TURNER: Slam, SUNSET SPHERE: Storm Before Silence, CYBERIA: Mindcontrol, PROJECTO: Crown Of Ages, V.A.: Tribute To Accept II, V.A.: Blood, Sweat And Tears – Tribute To Type O Negative in V.A.: Originators Of The Northern Darkness – Tribute To Mayhem

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./