Atrocity, Freedom Call, Ancient, Insomnium, TOC, Vision Divine, Susperia, Black Label Society, Crematory, Therion in Incapacity bodo s svojimi novimi stvaritvami poskrbeli, da v tokratnem Metal Detektorju (Radio Študent, 23.30) metalska ušesa ne bodo ostala prazna. /P.G./

Therion bodo 24. maja ločeno izdali dva nova studijska albuma, Sirius B in Lemuria. Nekaj mesecev po izidu pa se bo dalo albuma dobiti tudi skupaj kot dvojni CD. Pri pisanju novega materiala je nastalo kar 55 pesmi, od tega je bilo dovolj dobrega materiala za tri albume, odločili pa so se, da posnamejo dva. /M.P./

Therion trenutno v Modern Art Studios v Stockholmu pripravljajo nov studijski album, ki bo izšel konec leta. Dodatna snemanja bodo opravili na Danskem in Češkem. Vodja banda Christofer Johnsson za nov album obljublja kar nekaj presenečenj. /M.P./

Nuclear Blast pripravljajo naslednji Iron Maiden tribute album, A Tribute To The Beast Vol.2.. Izide 10. julija, track lista pa je naslednja: CD 1:, DESTRUCTION – Killers, SENTENCED - The Trooper, PRIMAL FEAR - 2 Minutes To Midnight, THUNDERSTONE - Wasted Years, STUCK MOJO feat. DEVIN TOWNSEND – Wrathchild, ANTHRAX - Remember Tomorrow, SADUS – Invaders, TANKARD - Iron Maiden, NECROPHOBIC – Moonchild, MÄGO DE OZ - Strange World, WOLF - Deja Vu, MYSTIC PROPHECY – Sanctuary, GRAVEWORM - Fear Of The Dark, THERION - Revelation (live), ICED EARTH - Hallowed Be Thy Name. CD 2: SEBASTIAN BACH - Children Of Damned, JOHN WEST & CHRIS CAFFERY - Run To The Hills, COSMOSQUAD feat. RAY ALDER - Murders In The Rue Morgue, IAN PERRY & KAMELOT - Flight Of Icarus, SOLACE - Another Life, ELEVENTH HOUR - Alexander The Great, WARDOG – Purgatory, IRON SAVIOR - Running Free. /M.P./

20.januarja bodo pri Nuclear Blast izdali nov tribute album, tokrat v čast Thin Lizzy. Pod naslovom Emerald – A Tribute To The Wild One se “skrivajo” naslednje priredbe: SKYCLAD – Emerald, JOHN NORUM - Wild One, PRIMAL FEAR - Out in the Fields, ANTHRAX - Cowboy Song, SIX FEET UNDER – Jailbreak, SINNER - The Sun Goes Down, RUNNING WILD – Genocide, PRETTY MAIDS - Please Don't Leave Me, PEGAZUS – Warriors, GODGORY - This Is The One, MORDRED - Johnny The Fox, GARDENIAN - Gotta Give It Up, STEEL PROPHET – Massacre, THERION – Southbound in CHINCHILLA - The Boys Are Back In Town. /M.P./

Pa se je le zgodilo: s snemanjem novega albuma so začeli legendarni Celtic Frost! Tri pesmi imajo posnete že v celoti, zaenkrat pa jih nameravajo posneti petnajst. Album, ki zaenkrat nosi naslov Probe, naj bi izšel poleti pri za sedaj še neznani založbi. Postava Celtic Frost je enaka tisti iz To Mega Therion in Into The Pandemonium albumov: Reed St. Mark (bobni), Martin Eric Arin (bass/vokal), Tom Gabriel Fischer (vokal, kitara, klaviature), priključil pa se jim je še Erol Unala, ki je s Fischerjem ustanovil band Apollyon Sun. /M.P./

Znana je končna track lista A Tribute To The Four Horseman, Metallica tribute albumu, ki bo 2. decembra izšel pri Nuclear Blast: PRIMAL FEAR - Seek & Destroy*, THERION - Fight Fire With Fire*, DESTRUCTION – Whiplash, ANTHRAX - Phantom Lord, SONATA ARCTICA - Fade To Black*, BURDEN OF GRIEF - Master Of Puppets, DARK TRANQUILLITY - My Friend Of Misery, CREMATORY – One*, IN FLAMES - Eye Of The Beholder, PRIMUS - The Thing That Should Not Be, APOCALYPTICA - Harvester Of Sorrow, DIE KRUPPS – Battery, SINNER - Wherever I May Roam*, RAGE – Motorbreath. Opomba: * pomeni še neizdano pesem. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: THERION: Live in Midgard, SHADOW KEEP: A Chaos Theory, LUCA TURILLI: Demonheart EP, MYSTIC CIRCLE: Damien in ABSCESS: Through The Cracks Of Death.

30. septembra izide koncertni album Therion z naslovom Live In Midgard. Dvojni CD je bil posnet na koncertih v Kolumbiji, Budimpešti in Hamburgu. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: CD1: Ginnungagap, Invocation Of Naamah, Birth Of Venus Illegitima, Enter Vril-Ya, Riders Of Theli, Symphony Of The Dead, A Black Rose, The Return, Baal Reginon, Flesh Of The Gods, Seawinds, Schwarzalbenheim, In The Desert Of Set; CD2: The Wings Of The Hydra, Asgĺrd, The Secret Of The Runes, The Rise Of Sodom and Gomorrah, Summernight City, Beauty In Black, Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx, The Wine Of Aluqah, The Raven Of Dispersion, To Mega Therion, Cults Of The Shadow. /M.P./

2. decembra izide Metallica tribute album z naslovom A Tribute To The Four Horsemen. Zaenkrat so zanj potrjeni naslednji izvajalci: IN FLAMES - Eye Of The Beholder, NEVERMORE – Ride The Lightning, PRIMAL FEAR – Seek & Destroy, SINNER – Wherever I May Roam, DESTRUCTION – Whiplash, APOCALYPTICA – Harvester Of Sorrow, CREMATORY – One, DARK TRANQUILLITY – My Friend Of Misery, SONATA ARCTICA – Fade To Black, THERION – Fight Fire With Fire, RAGE – Motorbreath. Obstaja možnost, da bodo na kompilaciji sodelovali še Anthrax, Cannibal Corpse in Motörhead, a zaenkrat še niso potrjeni. /M.P./

Ob 15. letnici obstoja bodo Therion jeseni izdali dvojni koncertni CD, na katerem bodo vse njihove klasike. Album bo po celem svetu izšel v le 15.000 izvodih, izšel pa bo tudi kot DVD. /M.P./

Pri Nuclear Blast pripravljajo Tribute To Judas Priest album, ki izide 9. septembra. Na njem bodo naslednje priredbe: ANNIHILATOR: Hell Bent For Leather, PRIMAL FEAR: Metal Gods, WITCHERY: Riding On The Wind, ICED EARTH: Screaming For Vengeance, SIEBENBÜRGEN: Jawbreaker, HAMERFALL: Breaking The Law, BENEDICTION: Electric Eye, DEATH: Painkiller, SILENT FORCE: All Guns Blazing, STEEL PROPHET: Dreamer Deciever, ARMORED SAINT: Never Satisfied, THERION: Green Manalishi, THUNDERSTONE: Diamonds And Rust in koncertna verzija Delivering The Goods, ki jo izvajajo SKID ROW s HALFORDOM na vokalu. /M.P./

22. aprila izide 1. del Nuclear Blast DVD/VHS kopilacije Beauty In Darkness – Classics. Na njem bodo naslednji video spoti: 1. Atrocity - Love Is Dead, 2. Crematory - Tears Of Time, 3. Crematory - For Love, 4. Dimmu Borgir – Entrance, 5. Him - Wicked Games, 6. Lacrimosa – Copycat, 7. Lacrimosa - Stolzes Herz, 8. Love Like Blood – Heroes, 9. Moonspell – Mephisto, 10. Nightwish - The Carpenter, 11. Paradise Lost - One Second, 12. Secret Discovery - Hello Goodbye, 13. Sentenced – Nephente, 14. Sentenced – Noose, 15. The Gathering – Eléanor, 16. Therion - The Beauty In Black, 17. Therion - To Mega Therion, 18. Tiamat - Cold Seed, 19. Tiamat - Whatever That Hurts. /M.P./

Therion so se razšli z bobnarjem Samijem Karppinenom, ki se bo v prihodnosti več posvečal delu v studiu. Pred odhodom pa je tudi poskrbel, da bo band dobil dostojno zamenjavo zanj. Novi bobnar je tako postal fant z imenom Rikard, ki bo že sodeloval pri nekaterih tribute pesmih, ki jih band pripravlja. /M.P./

18. marca bo pri Nuclear Blast izšla kompilacija Death Is Just The Beginning – Classics. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: 1. Amorphis - Black Winter Day, 2. Amorphis - Against Widows, 3. Benediction - The Grotesque, 4. Benediction - Ashen Epitaph, 5. Benediction - Down On Whores, 6. Dismember - Casket Garden, 7. Dismember - Dreaming In Red, 8. Dismember – Skinfather, 9. Gorefest – Freedom, 10. Gorefest – Erase, 11. Gorefest – Fear, 12. Hypocrisy - Pleasure Of Molestation, 13. Hypocrisy - Inferior Devoties, 14. Hypocrisy - Roswell 47, 15. Kataklysm - The Awakener, 16. Meshuggah - Terminal Illusions, 17. Meshuggah – Transfixion, 18. Mortification - Scrolls Of The Megilloth, 19. Mortification - Noah Was A Knower, 21. Pungent Stench - Viva la muerte, 22. Sinister – Leviathan, 23. Therion - A Black Rose, 24. Therion - The Beauty In Black. /M.P./