Izid tretjega Trans Siberian Orchestra albuma Beethovens Last Night je prestavljen na 22. april. Na jesen so prestavljeni tudi prvi načrtovani evropski koncerti. Track lista albuma je: Overture, Midnight, Fate, What Good This Deafness, Mephistopheles, What Is Eternal, The Moment, Vienna, Mozart, The Dreams Of Candlelight, Requiem, I'll Keep Your Secrets, The Dark, Für Elise, After The Fall, A Last Illusion, This Is Who You Are, Beethoven, Mephistopheles' Return, Misery, Who Is This Child in A Final Dream. /M.P./

Konec aprila bodo s turnejo Hell Comes To Your Town nadaljevali vodilni nemški thrasherji Destruction, Sodom in Kreator. Zaenkrat so znani termini za Belgijo in Nizozemsko, možen je tudi prihod v Slovenijo. A zaenkrat ni uradno še nič znanega. /M.P./

Saxon so nov potrjeni band za Bang Your Head 2002. /M.P./

Walk A Crooked Mile, Down The Line, Brave New World, Voices From The War, Mine All Mine, Shut Your Mouth, Kill The World, Dr. Love, No Remorse, Red Raw, Serial Killer so naslovi komadov novega Motörhead albuma Hammered, ki izide 4. aprila. /M.P./

Sentenced so 4. februarja začeli in danes, 14., končujejo z miksanjem novega albuma, ki naj ne bi izšel pred majem. Pred tem bodo izdali single in posneli videospot. Kot Killing Me, Killing You bo tudi novega režiral Pasi Pauni. /M.P./

Garry Sharpe-Young bo aprila izdal knjigo Rockdetector Ozzy Osbourne, v kateri je opisal njegovo več kot 20 letno solo kariero. /M.P./

11. marca se svojim 4. album The Headless Horseman vračajo najbolj znani avstralski heavy metalci Pegazus. Na albumu bodo naslednji komadi: Intro, The Headless Horseman, Nightstalker, A Call To Arms, The Patriot, Look To The Stars, Dragon Slayer, Spread Your Wings, Forever Chasing Rainbow, Victim, Neon Angel, Ballad Of A Thin Man. /M.P./

Anthrax so med snemanjem novega albuma posneli tudi tri priredbe, ki naj bi izšle kot bonus komadi: Exit - U2, Next To You - The Police in We're A Happy Family - The Ramones. /M.P./

11. februarja izide novi Callenish Circle album Flesh-Power-Dominion z naslednjo track listo: Obey Me... , For What's It Good For... , Witness Your Own Oblivion , Take Me Along , Bleeding, Your Final Swansong, Suffer My Disbelief, They Have Chosen, ... in bonus komada Pull The Plug (Death priredba) ter When The Lady Smiles (Golden Earring priredba). /M.P./

11. februarja izide novi Callenish Circle album Flesh-Power-Dominion z naslednjo track listo: Obey Me... , For What's It Good For... , Witness Your Own Oblivion , Take Me Along , Bleeding, Your Final Swansong, Suffer My Disbelief, They Have Chosen, ... in bonus komada Pull The Plug (Death priredba) ter When The Lady Smiles (Golden Earring priredba). /M.P./

19. marca bo izšel prvi koncertni Megadeth album z naslovom Rude Awakening. Naslovnico zanj je naredil Storm Thorgerson, ki je najbolj poznan po naslovnicah za Pink Floyd in Led Zeppelin. Na dvojnem albumu bodo naslednje klasike: Dread & The Fugitive Mind, Kill the King, Wake Up Dead, In My Darkest Hour, Angry Again, She Wolf, Reckoning Day, Devil's Island, Train of Consequences, A Tout Le Monde, Burning Bridges, Hangar 18, Return to Hangar, Hook in Mouth, Almost Honest, 1000 Times Goodbye, Mechanix, Tornado of Souls, Ashes in Your Mouth, Sweating Bullets, Trust, Symphony of Destruction, Peace Sells, Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due. 9. aprila bo Rude Awakening izšel tudi kot DVD in VHS. /M.P./

Billy Milano bo s svojimi M.O.D. 21. maja izdal novo ploščo The Rebel You Love To Hate. /M.P./

Candlemass so nov potrjeni band za Bang Your Head Festival. /M.P./

Znana je track-lista Hymn To Life, solo albuma Stratovarius kitarista Tima Tolkkija: Intro, Key To The Universe, Now I Understand, Divine, Little Boy I Miss You, I Believe, Are You The One?, Father, Fresh Blue Waters, Dear God, It's X-Mas Morning, Hymn To Life. /M.P./

6.februarja bo izšel album, ki sta ga skupaj pripravila Glenn Hughes in Joe Lynn Turner. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: Devil's Road, You Can't Stop Rock & Roll, Missed Your Name, Mystery Of The Heart, Sister Midnight, Better Man,Heaven's Missing An Angel, Fade Away, Ride The Storm, Run Run Run, Against The Wall in On The Ledge. Kot gosta sta sodelovala tudi Paul Gilbert (Racer X, ex-Mr. Big) in John Sykes (ex-Thin Lizzy). /M.P./