Danes bodo v oddaji Metal detektor (Radio Študent, 23.30) predstavljeni albumi bandov Brides Of Destruction, Deicide, Entwine, Edguy, Kataklysm, Ektomorf, Maze Of Torment, Axel Rudi Pell, Abaddon Incarnate, God Forbid, UFO, Dismember, Occult in Cruachan. /P.G./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: DEICIDE: Scars Of The Crucifix, PRIMAL FEAR: Devil's Ground, MY DYING BRIDE: Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light, PAIN OF SALVATION: 12:05, SIRENIA: An Elixir For Existence, CRIMINAL: No Gods No Masters, FLESHCRAWL: Made Of Flesh, GOD FORBID: Gone Forever, NARCISSUS: Crave And Collapse, INTO ETERNITY: Buried In Oblivion, ORPHANED LAND: Mabool, DEBASE: Unleashed, BEYOND SURFACE: Destination's End, TOTENMOND: Unter Knochen, STORMWIND: Legacy, RHAPSODY: Tales From The Emerald Sword Saga (best of), V.A.: Louder Than The Dragon, THE VISION BLEAK: The Deathship Has A New Captain, THE OBSESSED: Incarnate, KARELLIA: Usual Tragedy, MAZE OF TORMENT: Unmarked Graves, SARUMAN: Ride On The Darkness, NATTEFROST: Blood And Vomit, EASY RIDER: Animal, THE DUSKFALL: Source in COUNCIL OF THE FALLEN: Deciphering The Soul.

Letošnja izvedba Ozzfesta v ZDA ima verjetno najboljšo zasedbo v svoji zgodovini. Na glavnem odru bodo nastopali Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Superjoint Ritual in Black Label Society. Slipknot in Hatebreed bodo igrali na drugem odru, nastopali pa bodo še Lacuna Coil, God Forbid, Unearth, Lamb Of God, Atreyu, Every Time I Die in Bleeding Through. /M.P./

God Forbid s producentom Ericom Rachelom ta teden v Trax East Studios začenjajo s snemanjem novega albuma. Izšel bo v začetku 2004. Konec avgusta pa bodo izdali EP Gone Forever, na katerem bo tudi nekaj novih skladb. /M.P./

God Forbid pripravljajo nov album z delovnim naslovom A Perfect World. S snemanjem začenjajo maja, izid pa je napovedan za konec leta. /M.P./

Naslednji ponedeljek bo pri Century Media izšla kompilacija In The Eyes Of Death Vol. III, ki vključuje 18 pesmi black in death metala: Arch Enemy - Ravenous, Carnal Forge - Hand Of Doom, Dark Tranquillity - Final Resistance, Krisiun - Silent Scream, The Forsaken - Project: The New Breed 666, Twin Obscenity - The Legacy, Borknagar - The Genuine Pulse, Rotting Christ - The Call Of The Aethyrs, Unleashed - Hell's Unleashed, Grave - Morbid Way To Die, God Forbid - Mind Eraser, Shadows Fall - Stepping Outside The Circle, Holy Moses - We Are At War, Scar Culture - Wolverine Blues, Suidakra - Pendragon's Fall, Solefald – Hyperhuman, ...And Oceans - Angelina: Chthonian Earth: Her Face Forms Worms, Sigh - Corpsecry – Angelfall. V Nemčiji bo kompilacija naprodaj za 6,66 €. /M.P./

Manmadegod, band bivšega Forbidden kitarista Craiga Locicera in bobnarja Steva Jacobsa, bo januarja 2003 izdal prvenec z naslovom Million Dollar Gun. /M.P./

Manmadegod želijo do poletja izdati svoj prvenec. To je band bivšega Forbidden kitarista Craiga Locicera. /M.P./

Dimmu Borgir, Witchery in Napalm Death so odpovedali sodelovanje na Metallenium Tour v Severni Ameriki. Vseeno naj bi turneja, na kateri bodo nastopili Six Feet Under, Lamb Of God, God Forbid in Darkest Hour, obdržala načrtovano ime. /M.P./

Angel Dust so trenutno na svoji prvi ameriški turneji skupaj z Nevermore, Opeth in God Forbid. Na turneji namesto kitarista Bernda Aufermanna igra Ritchie Wilkinson, koncertni kitarist Demons & Wizzards. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: STEEL PROPHET: Book Of The Dead, NIGHT IN GALES: Necrodynamics, LIONS SHARE: Entrance, HASTE: When Reason Sleeps, GOD FORBID: Determination, CONCERTO MOON: The End Of The Beginning – Live In Tokyo ter PARAGON: Steelbound.

23. aprila izide Nothing, novi album melodičnih, tehničnih death-trash metalcev God Forbid. To bo njihov prvi album pri Century Media. /M.P./