Bivši Kyuss basist (trenutno pri Unida) Scott Reeder je eden izmed basistov, ki so bili na avdiciji za naslednika Jasona Newsteda pri Metallici. Mike Inez (ex- Alice In Chains, Ozzy) in Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning, Seven Witches, Engine), ki naj bi med mnogimi bila najbolj možni izbiri, se avdicije še nista udeležila. /M.P./

Novoletno vzdušje je zajelo tudi ekipo Paranoida, zato ta za nekaj dni zapira »štacuno«. Medtem ko vi v rubriki »Nagradne igre« lahko še naprej glasujete za »Naj 2002«, smo to izbrali tudi mi.
Želimo vam čimbolj metalsko leto 2003. /Uredništvo/

Ajda:

Albumi:
DREAM THEATER – Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
RAGE – Unity
SENTENCED – The Cold White Light
SEVEN WITCHES – Xiled To Infinity And One
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
SOUTHERN STORM – 1999
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA – Beethoven's Last Night

Koncerti:
NEVERMORE – Bang Your Head
SAVATAGE – povsod
SENTENCED – Salzburg
THE 69 EYES – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM, NEGLIGENCE – Ljubljana

Matjaž:

Albumi:
AVANTASIA – Metal Opera Part 2
BLIND GUARDIAN – A Night At The Opera
ENGINE – Superholic
IRON MAIDEN – Eddie's Archive
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
PROSPECT – Moments
SYMPHORCE – PhorcefulAhead
TAD MOROSE – Matters Of The Dark
TERROR 2000 – Faster Disaster

Koncerti:
BRUCE DICKINSON, SAVATAGE – Wacken
SAXON, CANDLEMASS – Bang Your Head
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana

Matija:

Albumi:
HYPOCRISY – Catch 22
GIRLSCHOOL – Not That Innocent
AMON AMARTH – Versus The World
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
DORO – Fight
THE CROWN – Crowned In Terror
KATAKLYSM – Shadows And Dust
TIAMAT – Judas Christ
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer

Koncerti:
ALICE COOPER – Munchen
JUDAS PRIEST – Graz
DIO – Graz
KREATOR – Wacken
SAXON – Bang Your Head
UNLEASHED – Wacken

Peter:

Albumi:
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer
GRAVE DIGGER – Tunes Of Wacken
KING DIAMOND – Abigail II – The Revenge
REBELLION – Shakespeare's Macbeth
SARCASM – Igra Narave
SCANNER – Scantropolis
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
STORMWITCH – Dance With The Witches
WARLORD – Rising Out Of The Ashes
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World

Koncerti:
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj

Death/thrasherji iz Chicaga, Usurper, so v Engine Music Studios s producentom Neil Kernonom začeli s snemanjem šestega albuma Twilight Dominion, ki bo izšel v prvi polovici naslednjega leta. /M.P./

Silencer, kjer sedaj igra kitarist Ritchie Wilkinson (Angel Dust, Demons & Wizards), so posneli EP z naslovom Structures, ki izide 29. oktobra. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: Black Hole Engine (Markarian 573), The Bruising Feast, Structures, This Mythic Image, Megalith. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: RUSH: Vapor Trails, ENGINE: Superholic, TIMO KOTIPELTO: Waiting For The Dawn in PARAGON: Law Of The Blade.

Nick Van Dyk (Redemption) je ob sebi zbral Fates Warning člana Raya Adlerja in Marka Zonderja, Symphony X bobnarja Jasona Rukka, Steel Prophet pevca Ricka Mythiasina in Engine kitarista Bernie Versaillesa, ki mu bodo pomagali pri snemanju nove plošče. /M.P./

Sredi decembra začnejo novo ploščo, ki bo v začetku 2002 izšla pri Metal Blade, pripravljati Engine. /M.P./

Oktobra bodo s snemanjem novega albuma začeli Engine, sicer band, v katerem poje Fates Warning pevec Ray Adler. /M.P./

Na ameriški turneji s Savatage bosta s Fates Warning sodelovala Joey Vera (bas, Armored Saint, Engine) ter klaviatrist/kitarist Shaun Michaud (Event). /M.P./

Engine, bend, v katerem igrajo člani Fates Warning, Armored Saint, Agent Steel in Face To Face, snema material za novo ploščo. /M.P./

2/28 -- Desecration - Inhuman2/28 -- Stratovarius - Infinite2/28 -- Napalm Death - The Radio 1 Sessions2/29 -- December - Praying, Hoping, Nothing2/29 -- Breach - Venom2/29 -- Deceased - Supernatural Addiction2/29 -- AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip2/29 -- Dismember - Hate Campaign3/03 -- Glassjaw - Heroin3/06 -- Entombed - Uprising3/07 -- Steel Prophet - Messiah3/07 -- Krisiun - Conquerors Of Armageddon3/07 -- Therion - Deggial3/07 -- Soulreaper - Written in Blood3/07 -- Misery Loves Co. - Your Vision Was Never Mine To Share3/07 -- Niacin - Deep3/07 -- Armored Saint - Revelation3/07 -- In Extremo - Verehrt Und Angespien3/07 -- Various Artists - Catch The Rainbow (tribute)3/07 -- Transport League - Satanic Panic3/10 -- Throes Of Dawn - Binding of the Spirit3/13 -- Einherjer - Norwegian Native Art3/14 -- Gorgoroth - Incipit Sathanas3/14 -- Joe Satriani - Engines Of Creation3/14 -- Triumphator - Wings of Antichrist3/14 -- Diabolique - Butterflies ep3/14 -- Impaled - The Dead Shall Dead Remain3/14 -- Nocturnus - Ethereal Tomb3/20 -- W.A.S.P. - The Best Of The Best - 1984-20003/20 -- Under The Sun3/20 -- Axxis - Back To The Kingdom3/20 -- Decapitated - Winds Of Creation3/21 -- Running Wild - Victory3/21 -- Altar - In The Name Of The Father3/21 -- Dio - Magica3/21 -- Crowbar - Equilibrium3/21 -- Old Man's Child - Revelation 6663/21 -- Pantera - Revinventing The Steel3/21 -- Clawfinger - Two Sides