Založba Tanzan Music je izdala dvojno kompilacijo z naslovom Great Lefty: Live Forever, posvečeno kitaristu Tonyju Iommiju iz skupine Black Sabbath, katere delež od prodaje bodo namenili fundaciji MacMillan Cancer Support. Na albumu sodelujejo nekatera imena kot so Dario Mollo (Tony Martin, Glenn Hughes), Mark Boals (Dokken, Dio Disciples, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, ex-Royal Hunt), Mario Parga (Graham Bonnett, ex-Tony Martin, ex-Cozy Powell), Vinny Appice (Last In Line, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Heaven And Hell), Barry Goudreau (ex-Boston), Hugh McDonald (Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, Lita Ford), Victor Griffin (Pentagram, In~Graved, Place Of Skulls) in drugi.

Tracklista je sledeča:
Disc 1:
Dario Mollo feat. Mark Boals – Never Say Die
Maniac Rise – Time Is Mine
Kyle Cousins – Heaven And Hell
Mario Parga – Scarlet Pimpernel
Children Of The Gravy – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Ironlung feat. Wizard Of Ozz – Electric Funeral
Tanzan Music Academy – Neon Knights
Nick Didkovsky – Orchid
Darking – Law Maker
Into The Void – Loner

Disc 2:
Rekuiem – Paranoid
Place Of Skulls feat. Victor Griffin – You Won’t Change Me
Black Sabbath Dio Tribute Cz – I
Phil Jakes – Behind The Wall Of Sleep
Giuntini feat. Tony Martin – Anno Mundi
Tony Reed – Live Forever
Kill Van Kull – No Stranger To Love
Aplanadora feat. Santiago Cabakian – Hole In The Sky
Blood Sabbath – Snowblind
Phenomena – The Wizard

Američani Dark Design so prejšnji teden izdali prvenec z naslovom Prey for the Future, ki ga lahko v celoti slišite na Bandcampu založbe Heaven and Hell Records. /P.G./

Skupina Kill Devil Hill, v kateri igrata tudi basist Rex Brown (ex-Pantera, ex-Down, ex-Crowbar, ex-Arms Of The Sun) in bobnar Vinny Appice (ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Dio, ex-Heaven And Hell), je podpisala za založbo Century Media Records, pri kateri naj bi že to jesen izdala nov studijski izdelek. /B.B./

Tukaj lahko poslušate novi single Five Finger Death Punch z naslovom Lift Me Up, na katerem gostuje tudi Rob Halfold (Judas Priest, Fight, Two). Skladba se nahaja na prihajajočem dvojnem albumu The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, katerega prvi del bo na voljo že 23. julija. /B.B./

Civilization One, band, ki sta ga ustanovila vokalist Chitral "Chity" Somapala (Red Circuit, ex-Firewind, Power Quest, Faro, Avalon) in basist Pierre-Emmanuel Pélisson (Maladaptive, ex-Heavenly), bo novembra pri založbi Limb Music izdal drugi, zaenkrat še neimenovan studijski album, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi:
Aazis
Calling The Gods
Land In Flames
Arch Angel
Evil Eye
Hell Awaiting
True Believer
Reunite
The Supernatural Virtue
New World
Izidu albuma bo sledila tudi izdaja videospota za komad Land in Flames na katerem gostuje Sascha Gerstner (Helloween). /T.U./

Založba Heaven And Hell Records bo 18. septembra izdala prvenec ameriških thrasherjev Eugenic Death z naslovom Crimes Against Humanity. V skladbi Epitaph gostuje tudi kitarist Troy Steel iz skupine Iced Earth. /B.B./

Založba Heaven And Hell Records bo sredi poletja izdala prvenec ameriških thrasherjev Eugenic Death z naslovom Crimes Against Humanity. Tracklista je sledeča:
Crimes Against Humanity
Indicative Deity
Medication Time
The Devil Waits
Plagued by Ignorance
Epitaph
The Practice.
Spodaj že lahko prisluhnete skladbi The Devil Waits. /B.B./

The Reticent preko Guitarworld.com v celoti predstavljajo novi album z naslovom Le Temps Detruit Tout, ki danes izide pri Heaven And Hell Records. /B.B./

Založba Heaven And Hell Records na svoji spletni strani ponuja brezplačen download nove kompilacije, ki prinaša naslednje skladbe:
Core Device- Revelations
Ancient Creation - Through Prophets Eyes
The Reticent - Enemy
Dogbane - God Forgive You
Seventh Calling - Paid In Blood
Hellrazor - The Soothsayer
Blacksmith - A Taste Of Darkness
Overlorde S.R. - Enchantress Of The Night
Praetorius - Sin On Sin
Ritual - Dark Star
Witches Mart Ethereal
Thunderstick - You Get Me In Pieces
/B.B./

Witches Mark nameravajo konec poletja oziroma v začetku jeseni pri Heaven And Hell Records izdati debitantski album Witching Metal Ritutal, na katerem gostujejo tudi Ross "The Boss" Friedman (ex- Manowar, The Dictators), Jack Starr (Virgin Steele, Burning Starr, Guardians Of The Flame), Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys, Watchtower, Ignitor, Broken Teeth) in Martin DeBourge (Damien Thorne).

Bangalore Choir trenutno končujejo novo ploščo Metaphor, ki naj bi kmalu izšla pri Metal Heaven Records. Skupino se je na sceno vrnila leta 2010 z albumom Cadence, sedanjo zasedbo pa sestavljajo pevec David Reece, kitarista Andy Susemihl in Curt Mitchell, basist Danny Greenberg ter novi član, Mike Johnson na bobnih. Reece je istočasno tudi frontman zasedbe Tango Down, ki bo 3. marca izdala novi album z naslovom Identity Crisis. /B.B./

Brazilski doomerji HellLight so prejšnji teden izdali dvojni album Funeral Doom/The Light That Brought Darkness, ki prinaša njihov album iz leta 2009 in zadnji EP iz lanskega leta. Izdelek lahko v celoti poslušate tudi na njihovem Bandcamp profilu. Tracklista je sledeča:

CD1 (Funeral Doom):
Deep Siderial Silence
Funeral Doom
Nexus Alma
The Diary (Instrumental)
Life In Darkness
Afterlife
In Memory Of The Old Spirits

CD2 (The Light That Brought Darkness EP):
The Light That Brought Darkness
Heaven And Hell (Black Sabbath Cover)
How The Gods Kill (Danzig Cover)
Hey Hey My My (Neil Young Cover)
Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd Cover)
Man Of Iron (Bathory Cover)
The Show Must Go On (Queen Cover)
/B.B./

Pretty Maids nameravajo 23. marca ob 30. obletnici skupine izdati dvojni koncertni album oziroma DVD z naslovom It Comes Alive (Maid In Switzerland). Tracklista je sledeča:

CD1:
Pandemonium
I.N.V.U
Hell On High Heels
Wake Up To The Real World
Destination Paradise
Another Shot Of Your Love
Scream
Walk Away
It Comes At Night
Queen Of Dreams
Savage Heart
Clay

CD2:
Yellow Rain
Rock The House
Back To Back
Rodeo
Lovegames
Future World
Little Drops of Heaven
Please Don’t Leave Me
Red Hot And Heavy
Lethal Heroes (Bonus Track)

DVD:
Pandemonium
I.N.V.U.
Hell On High Heels
Wake Up To The Real World
Destination Paradise
Another Shot Of Your Love
Scream
Walk Away
It Comes At Night
Queen Of Dreams
Savage Heart
Yellow Rain
Rock The House
Back To Back
Rodeo
Love Games
Future World
Little Drops Of Heaven
Please Don't Leave Me
Red Hot And Heavy
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/B.B./

Kill Devil Hill, nov projekt, v katerem so se združili bobnar Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Heaven And Hell, Dio), basist Rex Brown (Pantera, Down), kitarist Mark Zavon in vokalist Dewey Bragg, bodo 27. marca pri SPV/Steamhammer Records izdali samonaslovljeni prvenec. Tracklista je sledeča:
War Machine
Hangman
Voodoo Doll
Gates Of Hell
Rise From The Shadows
We’re All Gonna Die
Time & Time Again
Old Man
Mysterious Ways
Up In Flames
Revenge
Drawbridge (LP Bonus Track)
Strange (iTunes Bonus Track)
/B.B./

Skupina Kill Devil Hill, v kateri igrata tudi Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven And Hell) in Rex Brown (ex-Pantera, ex-Down), je podpisala pogodbo z SPV/Steamhammer Records, ki bo marca 2012 izdala njihov zaenkrat še neimenovani prvenec. Album je produciral Warren Riker (Down, Corrosion Of Conformity, Cathedral). /B.B./