Jag Panzer so končali s snemanjem novega albuma Casting The Stones, ki izide oktobra pri Century Media. /M.P./

Jag Panzer trenutno snemajo svoj novi album Casting The Stones, ki naj bi izšel oktobra pri Century Media. Bobni in ritem kitare so že posneti, vokali in bass pa na pol. /M.P./

Jag Panzer bodo v soboto v Morrisound studiu s producentom Jimom Morrisom pričeli s snemanjem novega albuma Casting The Stones, ki naj bi izšel oktobra pri Century Media. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Tribute To Running Wild albuma, ki ga pripravljajo pri Remedy Records: ASARU - Black Hand Inn, BURDEN OF GRIEF - Raise your Fist, CROSSFIRE - Beggars' Night, CRYSTAL SHARK Conquistadores, JONTIF - Freewind Rider, LIGEIA - Running Blood, LOGAR'S DIARY - Riding the Storm, MAVERICK - Blazon Stone, PARAGON Masquerade, PERZONAL WAR - White Masque, PREDATOR - Under Jolly Roger, STORMWARRIOR Warchild, THE CLAYMORE - Sinister Eyes, THE RUGGED - Fight the Oppression, TORMENT - Prisoner of our Time, TWISTED TOWER DIRE - Chains and Leather, TWYSTER - Bad to the Bone. /M.P./

Casting The Stones je naslov novemga albuma ameriških heavy metalcev Jag Panzer, ki je napovedan za oktober. Snemali bodo na Floridi v Morrisound studiu z Jimom Morrisom. Po besedah kitarista Marka Briodyja naj bi bil album agresivnejša verzija zadnjega albuma Mechanized Warfare. /M.P./

V mesecu januarju so izšli naslednji albumi: ICED EARTH: The Glorious Burden, SYMPHORCE: Twice Second, SHINING FURY: Last Sunrise, HEAVENLY: Dust To Dust, THUNDERSTONE: The Burning, ANATA: Under A Stone With No Inscription, THE BLACK LEAGUE: The Man’s Ruin Revisited, SOILWORK: The Early Chapters, REQUIEM: Mask Of Damnation, AXXIS: Time Machine, PINK CREAM 69: Thunderdome, MAGNITUDE NINE: Decoding The Soul, FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING: Skyward, FARMER BOYS: The Other Side, THE GATHERING: Sleepy Buildings – A Semi Acoustic Evening, DIVINE EMPIRE: Nostradameus, WATCH THEM DIE: Watch Them Die, SABBTAIL: Nightchurch, ATTACKER: Soul Taker, PROTOTYPE: Trinity, THE END: Within Divida in FORCE OF EVIL: Force Of Evil.

Track lista novega Kotipelto albuma Coldness, ki izide 1. aprila pri Century Media, je naslednja: Seeds Of Sorrow, Reasons, Around, Can You Hear The Sound, Snowbound, Journey Back, Evening's Fall, Coldness Of My Mind, Take Me Away, Here We Are. Poleg Tima so pri snemanju sodelovali: Janne Warman (Children Of Bodom), Jari Kainulainen (Stratovarius), Mirka Ranta (Thunderstone), Mike Romeo (Symphony X) in Juhani Malmberg (Tunnelvision). /M.P./

Znana je tracklista Judas Priest boxseta Metalogy:CD 1 - Never Satisfied, Deceiver, Tyrant, Victim Of Changes (Live), Diamonds & Rust (Live)**, Starbreaker (Live)**, Sinner, Let Us Prey, Dissident Aggressor, Exciter, Beyond The Realms Of Death, Better By You Better Than Me, Invader, Stained Class in The Green Manalish (With The Two Pronged Crown) (Live)*.
CD 2 - Killing Machine, Evening Star, Take On The World, Delivering The Goods, Evil Fantasies, Hell Bent For Leather, Breaking The Law (Live)**, Living After Midnight, Rapid Fire, Metal Gods, Grinder (Live)*, The Rage, Heading Out To The Highway, Hot Rockin’ (Live)**, Trouble Shooter, Solar Angels, Desert Plains, Hellion (Live)**/Electric Eye (Live)** in Screaming For Vengeance.
CD 3 - Riding On The Wind, Bloodstone, You've Got Another Thing Comin', Devil's Child, Freewheel Burning, Jawbreaker, The Sentinel, Love Bites (Live)*, Eat Me Alive, Some Heads Are Gonna Roll, Rock Hard Ride Free, Night Comes Down, Turbo Lover, Private Property, Parental Guidance, Out In The Cold in Heart Of A Lion (demo)*.
CD 4 - Ram It Down, Heavy Metal, Come & Get It, Blood Red Skies, Painkiller, Between The Hammer & The Anvil, Touch Of Evil, Metal Meltdown, Nightcrawler, All Guns Blazing, Jugulator, Bloodstains, Machine Man in Feed On Me.
(*prej neizdan komad, **prvič na CDju).
DVD: Koncert iz Memphisa (1983). /P.G./

Znana je tracklista DVDja skupine Brazen Abbot. Na ploščku boste našli naslednje komade: Mr Earthman, Slip Away, Supernatural, Feeling Like A Rolling Stone, The Acoustic Jam, Stone Cold, Guilty As Sin, I Surrender, Can't Let You Go, I'll Be Free, One Live To Live in Road To Hell. Datum izida DVDja še ni znan. /P.G./

Helloween so naslednji potrjeni band za Wacken Open Air 2004. Poleg njih so do sedaj potrjeni še: After Forever, Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Bal-Sagoth, Brainstorm, Böhse Onkelz, Cannibal Corpse, Cathedral, Children Of Bodom, Death Angel, Deicide, Destruction, Dio, Ektomorf, Grave Digger, Hypocrisy, Mayhem, Motörhead, Nevermore, Saxon, Schandmaul, Thunderstone in Zodiac Mindwarp. /M.P./

Vader frontman Peter je s svojim stranskim projektom Panzer X posnel mini CD Steel Fist, na katerem je 6 skladb, med drugim tudi Judas Priest priredba Riding On The Wind in Rolling Stones priredba Paint It Black. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: JAG PANZER: Decade Of The Nail-Spiked Bat, TAD MOROSE: Modus Vivendi, DIABOLIC: Infinity Through Purification, CORNERSTONE: Once Upon Our Yesterdays, FIREWIND: Burning Earth, THE FORSAKEN: Traces Of The Past, GOREROTTED: Only Tools And Corpses, WOLVERINE: Cold Light Of Monday in DOKKEN: Japan Live 95.

Znana je track lista Hammerfall koncertnega CD/DVDja One Crimson Night, ki izide 20. oktobra: Lore Of The Arcane, Riders Of The Storm, Heeding The Call, Stone Cold, Hero's Return, Legacy Of Kings, Bass Solo: Magnus Rosén, At The End Of The Rainbow, The Way Of The Warrior, The Unforgiving Blade, Glory To The Brave, Guitar Solo: Stefan Elmgren, Let The Hammer Fall, Renegade, Steel Meets Steel, Crimson Thunder, Templars Of Steel, Hearts On Fire, Hammerfall. Koncert so snemali 20. februarja letos v Lisebergshallen v Göteborgu. Na DVDju bo tudi dokumentarec (On The Road) z zadnje evropske turneje The Crimson Crusades in posnetke s podelitve zlate plošče za Crimson Thunder. Na CDju pa bodo dodane tri bonus skladbe, posnete letos maja v Južni Ameriki. /M.P./

Hooray! It's a Deathtrip je naslov četrtemu albumu švedskih stonerjev The Quill, ki izide pozno poleti. /M.P./

28. julija izide dvojni koncertni Sodom album z naslovom One Night In Bangkok. Track lista je naslednja: CD 1: Among The Weirdcong, The Vice Of Killing, Der Wachturm, The Saw Is The Law, Blasphemer, Sodomized, Remember The Fallen, I Am The War, Eat Me!, Maquerade In Blood, Agent Orange, Outbreak Of Evil. CD 2: Sodomy & Lust, Napalm In The Morning, Fuck The Police, Tombstone, Witching Metal, The Enemy Inside, Die Stumme Ursel, Ausgebombt, Code Red, Ace Of Spades, Stalinhagel; plus live video Among The Weirdcong. /M.P./