Iron Maiden so včeraj v Pragi začeli s turnejo Eddie Rips Up The World. Na koncertu so igrali naslednje komade: Murders In The Rue Morgue, Another Life, Prowler, The Trooper, Remember Tomorrow, Run To The Hills, Charlotte The Harlot, Revelations, Where Eagles Dare, Die With Your Boots On, Phantom Of The Opera, The Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden, Running Free, Drifter, Sanctuary. /M.P./

Novogoriški Evenrain so decembra 2004 posneli svoj prvi demo z naslovom Obscured In A World Of Light s štirimi skladbami: Evening Rain (intro), Masked Deception (mp3), Stolen Tomorrows, Overthrow. /P.G./

Tukaj si lahko pogledate nov Mötley Crüe videospot za skladbo If I Die Tomorrow, ki bo drugače izšla na novem best of albumu Red, White & Crüe. Na njem bosta še dve novi skladbi, Street Fighting Man in Sick Love Song. Band junija prihaja v Evropo, nekaj terminov je že potrjenih, med drugim tudi nastop na Gods Of Metal festivalu v Bologni. Več datumov bo znanih kmalu. /M.P./

Znana je track lista prihajajočega Iron Maiden dvojnega DVD-ja The Early Years:
Live At The Rainbow – 1981:
Ides Of March, Wrathchild, Killers, Remember Tomorrow, Transylvania, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden.
Live At Hammersmith 1982 - Beast On The Road:
Murders in The Rue Morgue, Run to The Hills, Children Of The Damned, Number Of The Beast, 22 Acacia Avenue, Total Eclipse, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden.Live at Rock & Pop Festival 1983 Dortmund - World Piece Tour:
Sanctuary, The Trooper, Revelations, Flight Of Icarus, 22 Acacia Avenue, Number Of The Beast, Run To The Hills.Live at The Ruskin Arms – 1980:
Sanctuary, Wrathchild, Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, Running Free, Transylvania, Another Life, Phantom Of The Opera, Charlotte the Harlot.
Poleg tega bosta na DVD-ju še dva dokumentarca v skupni dolžini dveh ur, Running Free in Women In Uniform s Top Of The Pops nastopa in Running Free z Rock and Pop TV nastopa ter videospoti: Women In Uniform, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Flight Of Icarus, The Trooper.
Z izdajo tovrstnih DVD-jev naj bi Iron Maiden nadaljevali, na naslednjem pa naj bi bilo obdobje od Live After Death (Long Beach Arena) do Somwhere In Time svetovne turneje. /M.P./

9. avgusta izide zadnji The Crown album Crowned Unholy; ponovno posnet Crowned In Terror album. Kot bonus bo zraven albuma izšel DVD The Crown Invades Karlsruhe, ki so ga posneli 24. novembra lani na svoji zadnji turneji. Track lista pa je naslednja: No Tomorrow, Face of destruction/Deep hit of death, Deathexplosion, World below, Deliverance, Blitzkrieg Witchcraft, Cold is the grave, Zombiefied, Dream bloody hell / Kill `em all, Under the whip, Bow to none, Total Satan, House of Hades / Crowned in terror, 1999-Revolution 666. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Metal Church albuma The Weight Of The World, ki naj bi izšel poleti: Leave Them Behind, Weight Of The World, Hero's Soul, Madman's Overture, Sunless Sky, Cradle To Grave, Wings Of Tomorrow, Time Will Tell, Bomb To Drop, Blood Money. /M.P./

Nizozemski progresivni metalci Xystus so podpisali z The Electric Co. za izid prvenca Receiving Tomorrow. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Black Label Society albuma Hangover Music Vol. VI, ki izide 20. aprila: Crazy or High, Queen of Sorrow, Steppin' Stone, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Takillya (Estyabon), Won't Find It Here, She Deserves A Free Ride (Val's Song), House of Doom, Damage is Done, Layne, Woman Don't Cry, No Other, Whiter Shade Of Pale, Once More, Fea. To bo zadnji album pri Spitfire Records pod trenutno pogodbo. /M.P./

Znana je tracklista novega albuma švedskih power metalcev Morifade. Na albumu Domi<>nation, ki izide četrtega februarja, bodo naslednji komadi: Parallels ASilent Revolution, The Second Coming, Words I Never Speak, Clarity (Fragments of a Dream), Panopticon, The Rising, Erase, Memory’s End, Cast a Spell*, As Time Decides*, Tomorrow, Knows*, Dance with the Devil*, Judas (Helloween-cover)* in videospot Lost Within a Shade ( *  bonus komad - le na digipak verziji). /P.G./

Znana je track lista Slayer boxa Soundtrack To The Apocalypse, ki izide 25. novembra. CD1: Angel Of Death, Criminally Insane (Remix), Postmortem, Raining Blood, Aggressive Perfector, South Of Heaven, Silent Scream, Live Undead, Mandatory Suicide, Spill The Blood, War Ensemble, Dead Skin Mask, Hallowed Point, Born Of Fire, Seasons In The Abyss, Hell Awaits, The Antichrist, Chemical Warfare.
CD2: Sex. Murder. Art., Dittohead, Divine Intervention, Serenity In Murder, 213, Can't Stand You, D.D.A.M.M., Gemini, Bitter Peace, Death's Hand, Stain Of Mind, Disciple, God Send Death, New Faith, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Disorder (Feat. Ice-T), Memories Of Tomorrow, Human Disease, Unguarded Instinct, Wicked, Addict, Scarstruck.
CD3: Ice Titan (Live in California 3/83), The Antichrist (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Fight Till Death (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Necrophiliac (Live In California, 9/85), Piece By Piece (Studio Rough Mix/Outtake), Raining Blood (Live In Canada 11/86), Angel Of Death (Live In Canada 11/86), Raining Blood (Jeff Hanneman Home Recordings), South Of Heaven (Jeff Hannemann Home Recordings), Seasons In The Abyss (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mandatory Suicide (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mind Control (Live in Brazil, 1994), No Remorse (I Wanna Die) (Feat. Atari Teenage Riot), Dittohead (Live In California, 5/98), Sex. Murder. Art. (Live In California, 5/98), Bloodline (Live In Sweden, 2002), Payback (Live In Sweden, 2002).
DVD: Die By The Sword (Live In California, 3/83), Aggressive Perfector (Live In California, 1983), Praise Of Death (Live In California, 1984), Haunting The Chapel (Live In Sweden 5/95), Necrophobic (Live In New York, 1986), Reborn (Live In New York, 1986), Jesus Saves (Live In New York, 1986), War Ensemble (Live In Michigan, 1991), South Of Heaven (Live In Michigan, 1991), Dead Skin Mask (Live In Michigan, 1991), Gemini (Live In California, 8/96), Heaviest Band Award - Kerrang! Magazine Award 1996 (Slayer Home Footage), EPK For "Diabolus In Musica", Stain Of Mind (Live In Japan, 7/98), Bloodline (Live On ESPN, 7/02), Disciple (Live In France, 7/03), God Send Death (Live In France, 7/03).
CD 5 (samo deluxe verzija): Live At The Grove In Anaheim, 2002. /M.P./

1. avgusta bo Paul Di'Anno pri Metal Mind Records izdal svoj prvi DVD z naslovom The Beast In The East. Posnet je bil v Krakovu, na njem pa bo za okoli 150 minut materiala. Track lista: Transylvania, Wrathchild, Marshall Lockjaw, The Beast Arises, Murders In The Rue Morgue, Faith Healer, Killers, Dream Keeper, Remember Tomorrow, Impaler, Phantom Of The Opera, Genghis Khan, Running Free. Poleg tega bo še veliko dodatnega materiala, kot recimo bonus video Bootlegged in Poland (5 spotov), Bootlegged in Norway (7 spotov), intrevju, fotografije, njegova biografija, diskografija, web linki. Posneto je v Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundu. /M.P./

Limited edition verzija prihajajočega Nevermore albuma Enemies Of Reality bo izšla kot box set. Poleg CDja bo vsebovala še DVD s tremi video spoti (What Tomorrow Knows, Next In Line, Believe In Nothing) in dvema live video spotoma (Engines Of Hate, Beyond Within), posnetima septembra 2001 ob deseti obletnici založbe Century Media. /M.P./

Novemu Iron Maiden albumu je naslov Dance Of Death, izide pa septembra. Track lista je naslednja: Wildest Dreams, Rainmaker, No More Lies, Montsegur, Dance Of Death, Gates Of Tomorrow, New Frontier, Paschendale, Face in The Sand, Age Of Innocence, Journeyman. Več o albumu si lahko preberete na njihovi prenovljeni uradni strani www.ironmaiden.com. /M.P./

Track lista težko pričakovanega Nevermore albuma Enemies Of Reality, ki izide 28. julija, je naslednja: Enemies of Reality, Ambivalent, Never Purify, Tomorrow Turned into Yesterday, I Voyager, Create the Infinite, Who Decides, Noumenon, Seed Awakening. /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./