Halestorm se pripravljajo na izid novega EP-ja s priredbami z imenom ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP, ki v trgovine prihaja 15. oktobra. Tokrat so se med drugim lotili predelav nekaterih legendarnih izvajalcev, kot so Judas Priest, AC/DC in Pat Benatar. Tracklista je sledeča:
Dissident Aggressor (Judas Priest)
Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
Shoot To Thrill (AC/DC)
Hell Is For Children (Pat Benatar)
Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac)
1996 (Marilyn Manson)
/B.B./

The Howling Wind so objavili skladbo Choronzon z aktualnega albuma Of Babalon, ki je izšel prejšnji mesec. Tracklista je sledeča:
The Seal Upon The Tomb
Beast Of The Sea
Graal
Scaling The Walls
The Mountain View
Abominations And Filth
Choronzon
Gateways
Horus/Aggressor (Hellhammer Cover)
/B.B./

Finska industrial/groove metal zasedba Black Light Discipline je objavila skladbo Walls Inside Us z nedavno izdanega drugega albuma Against Each Other. Tracklista je sledeča:
Against Each Other
Walls Inside Us
Red Rivers
Flies Over The Wreck
Waiting For The Rain
Serene
Being And Ending
Self Control
Aggressor
Closer To The Sun
/B.B./

Finska electro/industrial metal zasedba Black Light Discipline je konec prejšnjega tedna izdala novi album z naslovom Against Each Other, na katerem se nahajajo naslednje skladbe:
Against Each Other
Walls Inside Us
Red Rivers
Flies Over The Wreck
Waiting For The Rain
Serene
Being & Ending
Self Control
Aggressor
Closer To The Sun
/B.B./

Kanadski thrasherji Aggressor so objavili trailer za prihajajoči album Beyond All Reckoning, ki ga bodo 2. februarja izdali v samozaložbi. /B.B./

Aura Noir bodo 23. marca pri Indie Recordings izdali svoj peti studijski album z naslovom Out To Die. Na novem albumu se je Aggressorju in Apollyonu zopet pridružil kitarist Blasphemer, ki sedaj živi na Portugalskem. Tracklista je sledeča:
Trenches
Fed To The Flames
Abbadon
The Grin From The Gallows
Withheld
Priest's Hellish Fiend
Deathwish
Out To Die
/B.B./

Kanadski thrasherji Aggressor bodo 2. februarja v samozaložbi izdali novi album z naslovom Beyond All Reckoning, na katerem se nahajajo naslednje skladbe:
What Is Me
Justice Lost
Staring Down At You
More To Discover
Unknown
The Wanderer
Unto The World
I Am The Locust
Redemption (First Eyes Awake)
/B.B./

Bëehler, ki jih vodi bivši vokalist/bobnar legendarnih kanadskih thrasherjev Exciter Dan Bëehler, so zaključili z delom na debitantskem albumu Messages To The Dead. Albom bo izšel pri High Roller Records, datum izida pa zaenkrat še ni znan. Skupino poleg Bëehlerja tvorijo še kitarista Scott Walsh in Sean Brophy, ter bobnar Brian Stephenson (ex-Aggressor, ex-Sanctity). Tracklista je sledeča:
Jet Black
March Of Death
Eternal Tormentor
Messages To The Dead
Destitude Abuser
In We Trust Know One
Organized Mayhem
Destroy
Megalodon
Save Me From Myself
Kill The Witch
The End Of The World.
Spodaj si lahko ogledate še posnetek naslovne skladbe z njihovega nastopa v Sao Paulu v Braziliji letos poleti. /B.B./

Judas Priest bodo 11. oktobra pri Legacy/Sony izdali novi kompilacijski album The Chosen Few. Da izdelek ne bi bil le še eden v seriji podobnih kompilacij, so tokrat izbiro pesmi prepustili nekaterim velikim imenom hard rock in heavy metal scene kot so Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy Kilmister, Alice Cooper, David Coverdale in drugi.

Diamonds And Rust (1977) - Joe Elliott (Def Leppard)
Dissident Aggressor (1977) - Steve Vai
Exciter (1978) - Accept
Beyond The Realms Of Death (1978) - Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
Delivering The Goods (1979) - Kerry King (Slayer)
The Green Manalishi (with the Two-Pronged Crown) (1979) - David Coverdale (Whitesnake) & Randy Blythe (Lamb Of God)
The Ripper (1979) - Ozzy Osbourne
Victim Of Changes (1979) - James Hetfield (Metallica)
Breaking The Law (1980) - Lemmy (Motörhead)
Rapid Fire (1980) - Vinnie Paul (Hellyeah, ex-Pantera)
Grinder (1980) - Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society)
Living After Midnight (1980) - Alice Cooper & Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
Screaming For Vengeance (1982) - Slash (Velvet Revolver, ex-Guns N' Roses)
You’ve Got Another Thing Coming (1982) - Klaus Meine (Scorpions) & Corey Taylor (Slipknot)
The Sentinel (1984) - Chris Jericho (Fozzy)
Turbo Lover (1986) - Jonathan Davis (Korn)
Painkiller (1990) - Joe Satriani
/B.B./

22. avgusta bo izšel boxset skupine Judas Priest z naslovom Single Cuts, ki bo vseboval 52 skladb na 20 CDjih:
1977 - Diamonds and Rust / Dissident Aggressor
1978 - Better By You, Better By Me / Invader
1978 - Evening Star / Starbreaker
1978 - Before The Dawn / Rock Forever
1979 - Take On The World / Starbreaker (Live) / White Heat Red Hot (Live)
1979 - Evening Star / Beyond The Realms Of Death / The Green Manalishi
1980 - Living After Midnight / Delivering The Goods (Live) / Evil Fantasies (Live)
1980 - Breaking The Law / Metal Gods
1980 - United / Grinder
1981 - Don’t Go / Solar Angels
1981 - Hot Rockin' / Breaking The Law (Live) / Steeler / You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
1982 - You've Got Another Thing Comin' / Exciter (Live)
1982 - (Take These) Chains / Judas Priest Audio File
1984 - Freewheel Burning / Breaking The Law (Live) / You've Got Another Thing Comin'
1984 - Some Heads Are Gonna Roll / The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) / Jawbreaker
1986 - Turbo Lover / Hot For Love
1986 - Locked In / Reckless / Desert Plains (Live) / Freewheel Burning (Live)
1990 - Painkiller / United / Better By You, Better Than Me
1991 - A Touch Of Evil / Between The Hammer And The Anvil / You've Got Another Thing Comin' (Live)
1992 - Night Crawler / Breaking The Law / Living After Midnight
/P.G./

Kanadčani Aggressor pripravljajo nov album z naslovom Beyond All Reckoning, ki bo izšel marca 2011. /P.G./

Judas Priest so prejeli nagrado Grammy v kategoriji "Best Metal Performance" in sicer za izvedbo skladbe Dissident Aggressor na albumu A Touch of Evil: Live. Nominirani so bili tudi Lamb Of God, Megadeth, Ministry in Slayer. /P.G./

Judas Priest so objavili naslovnico in tracklisto live albuma z naslovom A Touch Of Evil: Live, ki bo izšel julija: Judas Rising, Hellrider, Between The Hammer And The Anvil, Riding On The Wind, Death, Beyond The Realms Of Death, Dissident Aggressor, A Touch Of Evil, Eat Me Alive, Prophecy in Painkiller. /P.G./

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./

Exciter so začeli s snemanjem svojih največjih uspešnic za prihajajoči best of album. Na novo bodo posneli naslednje skladbe: Stand Up And Fight, Heavy Metal Maniac, Rising Of The Dead, Blackwitch, Violence and Force, Pounding Metal, Long Live The Loud, Victims Of Sacrifice, I Am The Beast, Rain Of Terror, The Dark Command, Aggressor, Ritual Death, Rule With An Iron Fist, Brutal Warning. Kitarist John Ricci bo po odhodu basista Paula Champagna odigral tudi bass. /M.P./