Pri Rhino Records nameravajo izdati Alice Cooper box set s 16 CDji, torej z vsemi albumi, ki so izšli pri Warner Bros. Albumi bodo remastirani, z bonus skladbami in “okrepljenim” bookletom. V boxu bodo naslednji CDji: Pretties For You, Easy Action, Love It To Death, Killer, School's Out, Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle Of Love, Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice Cooper Goes To Hell, Lace And Whiskey, The Alice Cooper Show, From The Inside, Flush The Fashion, Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin, Dada. Izid je napovedan za konec leta 2003/začetek 2004. Drugače pa Alice pripravlja nov album, ki naj bi izšel še letos. /M.P./

Novi Helloween album Rabbit Don’t Come Easy izide 12. maja pri Nuclear Blast. Album je produciral Charlie Bauerfeind (Blind Guardian, Rage, Hammerfall), kot gost pa na njem igra tudi bobnar Mikkey Dee (Motörhead). /A.J./

Znana je track lista novega Helloween albuma Rabbit Don't Come Easy, ki izide 5. maja: Just A Little Sign (Andi Deris), Open Your Life (Sascha Gerstner), The Tune (Michael Weikath), Never Be A Star (Andi Deris), Liar (Markus Grosskopf), Sun For The World (Sascha Gerstner), Don't Stop Being Crazy (Andi Deris), Do You Feel Good (Michael Weikath), Hell Was Made In Heaven (Markus Grosskopf), Back Against The Wall (Andi Deris), Listen To The Fly (Sascha Gerstner), Nothing To Say (Michael Weikath). V oklepaju so napisani avtorji. Posneli pa so tudi Sheer Heart Attack (Queen priredba), Fast As a Shark (Accept priredba) in Far Away (Markus Grosskopf). Slednja bo izšla na limited edition verziji albuma, prvi dve pa mogoče kot “B strani” na singlih. Drugače pa prvi single Just A Little Sign izide 7. aprila. Kot zanimivost naj omenimo še to, da je dve pesmi album odbobnal Mark Cross, ostale Mikkey Dee (Motörhead), priredbi in Far Away pa novi bobnar Stefan Schwarzmann. /M.P./

Helloween so Marka Crossa zamenjali z bivšim Running Wild/Accept bobnarjem Stefanom Schwarzmannom. Poleg tega so razkrili naslov prihajajočega albuma, ki izide 5. maja: Rabbits Don't Come Easy. Trenutno ga v Derisovem studiu Mi Sueno na Tenerifih miksa Charlie Bauernfeind. /M.P./

Konec meseca bo izšla Ozzyjeva kompilacija z naslovom The Essential Ozzy Osbourne. Na dvojnem CDju bodo naslednje skladbe: CD1: Crazy Train, Mr. Crowley, I Don't Know (Live), Suicide Solution, Goodbye To Romance, Over The Mountain, Flying High Again, Diary Of A Madman, Paranoid (Live), Bark At The Moon, You're No Different, Rock 'n' Roll Rebel, Crazy Babies, Miracle Man, Fire In The Sky, Breakin' All The Rules; CD2: Mama, I'm Coming Home, Desire, No More Tears, Time After Time, Road To Nowhere, I Don't Want To Change The World (Live), Perry Mason, I Just Want You, Thunder Underground, See You On The Other Side, Gets Me Through, Dreamer, No Easy Way Out. /M.P./

Uriah Heep bodo kmalu izdali DVD Moscow & Beyond, ki je bil posnet leta 1987 v Rusiji. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Pacific Highway, Stealin, Wizard, Gypsy, Corina, Bird Of Prey, Rich Kid, Too Scared To Run, Mr. Majestix, July Morning, Easy Livin, Look At Yourself, Bad Bad Man in Lady In Black. /M.P./

Whitesnake se bodo naslednje leto odpravili na turnejo, začenši februarja v Severni Ameriki. David Coverdale postave zaenkrat še ni objavil, na spletni strain pa je objavil nekaj starejših Whitesnake videospotov: Love Hunter, Would I Lie To You, Don't Break My Heart Again, Slow An' Easy, Love Ain't No Stranger in koncertno verzijo Sailing Ships iz leta 1989. /M.P./

Bivši Malmsteen pevec Jeff Scott Soto no 11. novembra izdal solo album z naslovom Prism. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: Eyes Of Love, Heaven Knows, Don t Come Easy, Don't Wanna Say Goodbye, I Want To Take You Higher (feat. Glenn Hughes), Holding On, 2 Late 4 Goodbyes, Till The End Of Time, How Long, By Your Side, Don't Walk Away, Eyes Of Love (video). /M.P./

Na koncertu v Londonu v začčetku tega tedna je Axl Rose izjavil, da bo na novem Guns N’ Roses albumu Chinese Democracy 18 pesmi, zraven pa bo izšel še bonus CD z desetimi pesmimi. Album bo izšel prihodnje leto. Dejal pa je še, da že pripravljajo tudi Chinese Democracy naslednika. V Londonu so Guns N’ Roses igrali naslednje pesmi: Intro, Welcome To The Jungle, It's So Easy, Mr. Brownstone, Live & Let Die, Think About You, You Could Be Mine, Robin Finck solo, Sweet Child O' Mine, Knocking On Heavens Door, Out Ta Get Me, Chinese Democracy, Madagascar, Rhiad & The Bedouins, Buckethead - Nunchucks & Star Wars solo, Axl Piano Solo, November Rain, The Blues, Buckethead solo 2, Rocket Queen, Patience, My Michelle, Nighttrain in v dodatku: Robin Finck solo 2, Paradise City. /M.P./

Bivši White Lion pevec Mike Tramp bo izdal solo album Recovering The World, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: Falling Down, Living A Lie, Mr. Death, If It Ain't Gonna Rock, All Up To You, Endless Highway, Darkness, Follow Your Dreams, Do It All Over, Take It Easy, Don't Take My Rock N' Roll in Always Tomorrow. /M.P./

Ron Finn je novi pevec ameriške power metal skupine Easy Rider. Ron je začel svojo kariero leta 1986 v bandu Mace, bil pa je tudi eden kandidatov za novega pevca Savatage. Kot veste je to sedaj Damond Jiniya. /M.P./

Tu je track lista novega Ozzyjevega solo albuma Down To Earth: Gets Me Through, Something That I Never Had, Dreamer, Easy Way Out, Facing Hell, You Know..., Junkie, Running Out Of Time, Black Illusion, Alive in Can You Hear Them? /M.P./

Novi Uriah Heep Tribute album, A Return To Fantasy, bo izšel 27. avgusta pri Century Media. na njem bodo naslednji bandi in komadi: Angel Dust ("Easy Livin'"), Liege Lord ("Too Scared To Run") featuring Joe Comeau and Paul Nelson, Tad Morose ("Rainbow Demon"), Axel Rudi Pell ("July Morning"), Narnia ("Sunrise"), Freebase ("Suicidal Man"), Sacred Steel ("Return To Fantasy"), Blind Guardian ("The Wizard"), Gamma Ray("Look At Yourself"), Nightingale ("Stealin'"), Lana Lane ("Weep In Silence"), Onward ("Bird Of Prey"), Easy Livin' ("Circle Of Hands"). /A.J./