Ayreon šef Arjen Lucassen bo svoj novi album Space Metal izdal kot projekt Star One. Na albumu bo tudi 9-minutni Hawkwind medley, katerega bo odpel njihov originalni pevec Dave Brock. Ostale pesmi bodo peli: Damian Wilson (ex- Threshold), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Floor Jansen (After Forever) in Dan Swanö. /M.P./

Glede svojega projekta z Uli Kuschem je Rolamd Grapow povedal sledeče: “Pojavljale so se govorice o tem, da bi Michael Kiske postal glavni pevec projekta. To ni res, odpel bo le en komad. Drugače pa je že prišlo do prvih zamenjav v projektu, ki pa je že postal pravi band. Prav zaradi tega pevec Russell Allen (Symphony X) ne bo mogel peti pri nas, ker letos zelo zaposlen s svojim bandom. Ostaja pa Janne Warman, ker Children Of Bodom za letos ne planirajo nič večjega. Novi pevec in ime banda bosta znana kmalu. /M.P./

Nightwish so nov potrjeni band za Bang Your Head 2002. Že prej potrjeni so bili Gamma Ray, Nevermore, Overkill, Jag Panzer, Magnum, Symphony X, Tankard, Paradox, Titan Force, Rhapsody, Iron Savior, Vanden Plas, Rawhead Rexx, Rival in SA Adams. Dan pred začetkom bodo na Warmup-gigu nastopili Titan Force, Wizard in Powergod. /M.P./

Za konec maja nov studijski album napovedujejo Symphony X. /M.P./

Na novem projektu bivših članov Helloween Rolanda Grapowa in Ulija Kuscha bo gostoval tudi Michael Kiske. Drugače bo sicer glavni vokalist Russell Allen (Symphony X), a vseeno lahko skoraj govorimo o bandu Helloween II. Manjka le še Kai Hansen. /M.P./

Symphony X ne bodo nastopili kot predskupina Savatage na njihovi prestavljeni evropski turneji, ker se bodo posvetili pisanju materiala za nov studijski album. /M.P./

Gamma Ray in Rhapsody sta na novo potrjena za Bang Your Head 2002 festival v Ballingenu. Do sedaj potrjeni: Nevermore, Overkill, Magnum, Iron Savior, Tankard, Paradox, Symphony X, Vanden Plas, Rawhead Rexx in SA Adams. /M.P./

Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) pripravlja nov album, na katerem bodo zopet sodelovali številni znani gostje: Dan Swano (Edge Of Sanity, Nightingale), Damian Wilson (ex-Threshold), Russel Allen (Symphony X), Floor Jansen (After Forever), Jens Johansson (Stratovarius), Eric Norlander (Lana Lane) in Ed Warby (ex-Gorefest). /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: GRAVE DIGGER: The Grave Digger, DREAM THEATER: Live Scenes From New York, SODOM: M-16, BORKNAGAR: Empiricism, SYMPHONY X: The Live On The Edge Of Forever, RAGE: Best Of – All G.U.N. Years, CARNAL FORGE: Please…Die!, THE ALMIGHTY: Psycho Narco, BLACK SYMPHONY: Tears Of Blood, CROWBAR: Sonic Excess In It’s Purest Form, MORTIIS: The Smell Of Rain, ROUGH SILK: Symphony Of Life, KARMA TO BURN: Almost Heathen, RUDESS JORDAN: Feeding The Wheel in NOVEMBRE: Novembrine Waltz.

Švedi Centinex so končali s snemanjem novega albuma Diabolical Desolation, ki bo v Evropi izšel januarja. Track lista je: Demonic Warlust, Forthcoming Terror, Spawned To Destroy, Soulcrusher, Diabolical Desolation, On Violent Soil, Total Misanthropia, The Bloodline, A War Symphony, Hellfire Twilight. Centinex se bodo odpravili na evropsko turnejo skupaj z Extreme Noise Terror in Cadaver Inc. /M.P./

Magnum in Symphony X sta nova potrjena banda za Bang Your Head festival. Že prej potrjeni so bili: Nevermore, Overkill, Iron Savior, Tankard, Paradox, Vanden Plas, Rawhead Rexx in Sa Adams. /M.P./

V začetku 2002 bodo Symphony X izdali nov studijski album, prav tako pa bodo ponovno izšli njihovi stari izdelki. /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.

Oktobra končno izide Symphony X koncertni album Live In Europe. To bo 2CD, tu pa je njegova track lista: CD1 - Intro, Evolution (The Grand Design), Fallen, Transcendence, Communion & The Oracle, The Bird-Serpent War/Cataclysm, On The Breath Of Poseidon, Egypt, The Death Of Balance/Candlelight Fantasia in The Eyes Of Medusa. CD2 - Smoke And Mirrors, Church Of The Machine, Through The Looking Glass, Of Sins And Shadows, Sea Of Lies in The Divine Wings Of Tragedy. /M.P./

Progresivci Symphony X bodo predskupina Savatage na njihovi evropski turneji, na kateri se bodo ustavili tudi v Grazu. /M.P./