Britanski veterani Blitzkrieg bodo 5. novembra izdali album z naslovom Back from Hell. /P.G./

Blitzkrieg bodo jeseni izdali album z naslovom Back From Hell. /P.G./

Založba AFM Records praznuje letos svojo 15. obletnico, ki jo bodo obeležili s trojno kompilacijo ter festivalom 26. novembra v Hamburgu, kjer bodo nastopili U.D.O., Voodoo Circle, Orden Ogan, Kissin' Dynamite, Dark Age, The New Black, Lake Of Tears, A Life [Divided], Mob Rules, Byfrost, XStahlmann, Buried In Black, Black Messiah, Crystal Viper in posebni gostje. Kompilacija izide 28. oktobra, vsi obiskovalci festivala pa jo bodo prejeli brezplačno. Tracklista je sledeča:

Disk 1:
U.D.O. - 24/7
Avantasia - Avantasia [single version]
Dragonland - The Black Mare [edit]
Iron Mask - Broken Hero
Masterplan - Soulburn
Brainstorm - Temple Of Stone
Morton - Brotherhood Of Light
Iron Savior - Heavy Metal Never Dies
Circle II Circle - Watching In Silence
Crystal Viper - Night Of The Sin
Oz - Dominator
At Vance - The Evil In You
Jon Oliva's Pain - The Evil Beside You
Sinner - Back On Trail
Mob Rules - Astral Hand [edit]
Heavenly - Lost In Your Eyes
Bloodbound - Drop The Bomb
Squealer - My Last Goodbye

Disk 2:
Doro feat. Biff/Saxon - Celebrate
Voodoo Circle - No Solution Blues
Edguy - Vain Glory Opera
Eden's Curse - Trinity
The New Black - Batteries & Rust
A Life Divided - Heart On Fire
Dark Age - Devote Yourself To Nothing
Epysode - Obsessions
Stahlmann - Stahlwittchen [single version]
Lyriel - The Regret
Danzig - On A Wicked Night
Orden Ogan - Farewell
Elvenking - The Divided Heart
Shakra - B True B You
Triosphere - Human Condition
Magica - Hold On Tight
Theatre Of Tragedy - Storm
Eisbrecher - Böse Mädchen

Disk 3:
Onslaught - Godhead
Solution .45 - Bladed Vaults
Fear Factory - Powershifter
Ektomorf - Redemption
Tankard - Rectifier
Black Messiah - The Vanir Tribe
Suidakra - Dowth 2059
Debauchery - Zombie Blitzkrieg
Byfrost - Buried Alive
Korzus - Raise Your Soul
Lake Of Tears - Midnight Madness
Rev 16:8 - Ashlands
Destruction - Soul Collector
Paradox - Collision Course
Ill Niño - God Is For The Dead
Betzefer - Bestseller
Athorn - Angel Of The Fall
Buried In Black - The Bait
/B.B./

Deathstars bodo 14. oktobra objavili prvi single METAL s prihajajočega kompilacijskega albuma z naslovom The Greatest Hits On Earth, ki izide 4. novembra pri Nuclear Blast Records. Gre za eno od dveh novih skladb, ki so jih posneli posebej za to priložnost. Tracklista je sledeča:
Death Is Wasted On The Dead (nova skladba)
METAL (nova skladba)
Death Dies Hard
Blitzkrieg
Motherzone
Synthetic Generation
Tongues
Blood Stains Blondes
Cyanide
New Dead Nation
The Mark Of The Gun
Chertograd
Semi-Automatic
Syndrome
Play God
Opium
/B.B./

Blitzkrieg pripravljajo nov album, ki bo izšel prihodnje leto, ko bo band praznoval trideseto obletnico delovanja.

Znan je razpored nastopov skupin na festivalu Bang Your Head, ki se bo odvijal 16. in 17. julija:
četrtek, 15.7. - warm up:
20.00 - 20.50 - ROXXCALIBUR
21.00 - 21.50 - BLITZKRIEG
22.05 - 23.15 - DEMON
23.45 - 01.15 - SAXON

petek, 16.7.:
10.00 - 10.40 - THE NEW BLACK
10.50 - 11.30 - ENFORCER
11.40 - 12.30 - GRAND MAGUS
12.40 - 13.30 - FORBIDDEN
13.40 - 14.30 - SABATON
14.40 - 15.30 - LOUDNESS
15.45 - 16.40 - ANVIL
16.55 - 17.55 - JON OLIVAS PAIN
18.10 - 19.20 - DORO
19.20 - 20.20 - DARKANE (koncert v dvorani)
19.40 - 20.50 - KROKUS
20.50 - 22.00 - ARTILLERY (koncert v dvorani)
21.20 - 23.00 - HAMMERFALL
23.00 - 00.30 - DARK TRANQUILLITY (koncert v dvorani)

sobota, 17.7.:
10.00 - 10.40 - TOXIN
10.50 - 11.35 - SAVAGE GRACE
11.45 - 12.30 - BULLET
12.40 - 13.30 - SACRED STEEL
13.40 - 14.30 - HADES
14.45 - 15.35 - TREAT
15.50 - 16.40 - FATES WARNING
16.55 - 17.50 - QUIREBOYS
18.05 - 19.15 - NEVERMORE
19.15 - 20.15 - DEW-SCENTED (koncert v dvorani)
19.35 - 20.45 - QUEENSRYCHE
20.45 - 21.55 - THE HAUNTED (koncert v dvorani)
21.10 - 22.50 - TWISTED SISTER
23.00 - 00.30 - DESTRUCTION (koncert v dvorani)

/P.G./

Bobnar Phil Brewis (Blitzkrieg) se je pridružil skupini Chaos Asylum. /P.G./

Y.O.C. pripravljajo album priredb z naslovom Metal Warrior, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Remember Tomorrow (Iron Maiden), Battery (Metallica), I'm A Viking (Malmsteen), Blitzkrieg (Blitzkrieg), Monster (Flotsam And Jetsam) in Eyes Of The Lost (Axel Rudi Pell). /P.G./

Cataract so objavili tracklisto samonaslovljenega abluma, ki izide 22. marca: The Separation Of Life And Time, Blackest Hour, Snake Skin, Choke Down, Deathwish, Burn At The Stake, Tonight We Dine In Hell, Breeze Of The Kings, Doomed Steps in In Ashes. Izšla bo tudi verzija, ki bo vsebovala bonus CD s priredbami: World Peace (Cro-Mags), Vocal Test (Integrity), Friend Or Foe (Agnostic Front), Smell The Bacon (Madball), As One (Warzone), Kickstart My Heart (Mötley Crüe), Postmortem (Slayer), Fuckin' Hostile (Pantera), Refuse/Resist (Sepultura), Redneck Stomp (Obituary) in Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones). /P.G./

Današnji Metal detektor se bo začel s power metalci Iron Fire in Civilization One, katerim bodo sledili NWOBHM veterani Blitzkrieg z novim albumom Theatre Of The Damned. Minute za thrash metal bodo napolnjene z novinci Evile in veterani Tankard, ki praznujejo svojo 25-letnico obstoja. Novo dozo death metala prinašajo Obituary in Blood Red Throne, Divine Heresy pa je nov band, v katerem deluje Dino Cezares. V rubriki progresivno in neobičajno tokrat Obsidian, Mekong Delta in Seventh Calling, za konec pa nemški folk metalci Fjoergyn. Metal detektor je na sporedu ob 22:00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3 MHz ali http://www.radiostudent.si/. /M.P.C./

Britanci Blitzkrieg bodo 10. avgusta pri Armageddon Music izdali nov album Theatre of the Damned. Album so posneli v Absurd Studiu v Hamburgu s producentom Schroedeyem in koproducentom Biffom Byfordom (Saxon). /M.P./

Britanski heavy metalci Blitzkrieg so novi potrjeni za Wacken Open Air. /M.P./

Blitzkrieg bodo 17. februarja igrali na Play It Loud Festivalu v Milanu, kjer bodo kot headlinerji nastopili Raven. /M.P./

27. oktobra izide DVD/CD Sweden Rock 2006. DVD bo vseboval naslednje nastope: EDGUY - Superheroes, DORO - You Are My Family, FROM BEHIND - Queen Bitch, VENOM - Black Metal, THE SWEET - Teenage Rampage, TREAT - Conspiracy, KAMELOT - March of Mephisto, ALEX HARVEY BAND - Midnight Moses, THE POODLES - Kingdom Of Heaven, NASTY IDOLS - Alive n Kickin, TED NUGENT - Cat Scratch Fever, ALICE COOPER - Schools Out, pa tudi intervjuje in dogajanje na festivalu. Track lista CDja pa je: KROKUS - Angel Of My Dreams, NEVERMORE - This Sacrament, CACTUS - Muscle and Soul, CELTIC FROST - Inner Sanctum, OVERDRIVE - Ride The Fire, SODOM - Napalm In The Morning, BLITZKRIEG - Escape From The Village, BULLET - Hard Luck Lady, CLOUDSCAPE - Will We Remain, EASY ACTION - We Go Rockin', LEAF HOUND – Breakthrough, TIGERTAILZ - Call Of The Wild, ALEX HARVEY BAND – Vambo, GOTTHARD - I Wonder. /A.J./

Deathstars so na svoji spletni strani objavili videospot za skladbo Blitzkrieg. Bandu pa se je sedaj kot stalni član pridružil kitarist Cat, ki je zadnje čase z njimi igral v živo. /M.P./