Vinny Appice trenutno snema bobne za dva nova komada, ki bosta izšla na Black Sabbath boxsetu The Dio Years. Vinny bo bobnal tudi na prihajajoči turneji banda Heaven And Hell. /P.G./

Heaven And Hell, nov band, v katerem sodelujejo Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler in Bill Ward, bo headliner festivala Monsters Of Rock 2007. /A.J./

Sedaj je tudi uradno potrjena združitev Black Sabbath zasedbe z Ronnie James Diom na vokalu. Tony Iommi, Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler, in Bill Ward bodo nastopali pod imenom Heaven And Hell in če bo šlo vse po načrtih, se bodo v začetku prihodnjega leta odpravili na turnejo. /M.P./

Gothic metalci Elis so objavili naslovnico novega albuma Griefshire, ki izide 24. novembra pri Napalm Records. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Tales from Heaven or Hell, Die Stadt, Show Me the Way, Brothers, Seit Dem Anbeginn Der Zeit, Remember the Promise, Phoenix from the Ashes, How Long, Innocent Hearts, Forgotten Love, The Burning, A New Decade, Heaven and Hell. Band pa medtem išče zamenjavo za tragično preminulo vokalistko Sabine Dünser. /M.P./

4. oktobra pri Spitfire Records izide Black Label Society kompilacija, na kateri bodo naslednje skladbe: Losin' Your Mind, Horse Called War, Between Heaven And Hell, Sold My Soul, Bored To Tears, Bleed For Me, TAZ, Counterfeit God, Stronger Than Death, Speedball, Demise of Sanity, We Live No More, Stillborn, The Blessed Hellride, Crazy Or High, House of Doom, Takillya, Doomsday Inc., SDMF.
Bonus CD: No More Tears, Whiter Shade of Pale, Heart of Gold, Snowblind, The Wizard, In My Time of Dyin', Come Together, 08. Counterfeit God (video), Stillborn (video), Bleed For Me (video). /M.P./

Pri Spitfire Records bodo konec februarja izdali live Dio album Evil or Divine: Live in New York City, ki je v letu 2003 izšel kot DVD. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Killing The Dragon, Egypt/Children of the Sea, Push, Drum Solo, Stand up and Shout, Rock and Roll, Don't Talk to Strangers, Man on the Silver Mountain, Guitar Solo, Long Love Rock and Roll, Lord of the Last Day, Fever Dream, Holy Diver, Heaven and Hell, The Last in Line, Rainbow in the Dark, We Rock. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Slayer boxa Soundtrack To The Apocalypse, ki izide 25. novembra. CD1: Angel Of Death, Criminally Insane (Remix), Postmortem, Raining Blood, Aggressive Perfector, South Of Heaven, Silent Scream, Live Undead, Mandatory Suicide, Spill The Blood, War Ensemble, Dead Skin Mask, Hallowed Point, Born Of Fire, Seasons In The Abyss, Hell Awaits, The Antichrist, Chemical Warfare.
CD2: Sex. Murder. Art., Dittohead, Divine Intervention, Serenity In Murder, 213, Can't Stand You, D.D.A.M.M., Gemini, Bitter Peace, Death's Hand, Stain Of Mind, Disciple, God Send Death, New Faith, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Disorder (Feat. Ice-T), Memories Of Tomorrow, Human Disease, Unguarded Instinct, Wicked, Addict, Scarstruck.
CD3: Ice Titan (Live in California 3/83), The Antichrist (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Fight Till Death (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Necrophiliac (Live In California, 9/85), Piece By Piece (Studio Rough Mix/Outtake), Raining Blood (Live In Canada 11/86), Angel Of Death (Live In Canada 11/86), Raining Blood (Jeff Hanneman Home Recordings), South Of Heaven (Jeff Hannemann Home Recordings), Seasons In The Abyss (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mandatory Suicide (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mind Control (Live in Brazil, 1994), No Remorse (I Wanna Die) (Feat. Atari Teenage Riot), Dittohead (Live In California, 5/98), Sex. Murder. Art. (Live In California, 5/98), Bloodline (Live In Sweden, 2002), Payback (Live In Sweden, 2002).
DVD: Die By The Sword (Live In California, 3/83), Aggressive Perfector (Live In California, 1983), Praise Of Death (Live In California, 1984), Haunting The Chapel (Live In Sweden 5/95), Necrophobic (Live In New York, 1986), Reborn (Live In New York, 1986), Jesus Saves (Live In New York, 1986), War Ensemble (Live In Michigan, 1991), South Of Heaven (Live In Michigan, 1991), Dead Skin Mask (Live In Michigan, 1991), Gemini (Live In California, 8/96), Heaviest Band Award - Kerrang! Magazine Award 1996 (Slayer Home Footage), EPK For "Diabolus In Musica", Stain Of Mind (Live In Japan, 7/98), Bloodline (Live On ESPN, 7/02), Disciple (Live In France, 7/03), God Send Death (Live In France, 7/03).
CD 5 (samo deluxe verzija): Live At The Grove In Anaheim, 2002. /M.P./

Dan po naslovnici je znana še track lista DIO DVDja Evil Or Divine: Killing The Dragon, Egypt/Children of the Sea, Push, Drum Solo, Stand up and Shout, Rock and Roll, Don't Talk to Strangers, Man on the Silver Mountain, Guitar Solo, Long Live Rock and Roll, Lord of the Last Day, Fever Dream, Holy Diver, Heaven and Hell, The Last in Line, Rainbow in the Dark, We Rock + bonus material: intervju, foto galerija, “behind the scenes” material ter video spot za Push. /M.P./

Na DVD-ju bo izšel Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult koncert iz 15. oktobra 1980 v New Yorku. Track lista Black Sabbath – War Pigs, Neon Knights, N.I.B., Iron Man, Paranoid, Heaven And Hell, Die Young. Track lista Blue Öyster Cult – Doctor Music, Cities On Flame, Divine Wind, Godzilla, Roadhouse Blues, Born To Be Wild, Here's Johnny. /M.P./

Speed Strid (Soilwork) in Klas Ideberg (Darkane) sta v Helsingborgu na Švedskem odprla metal klub Heaven And Hell. /M.P./

Firewind je nov band, katerega člani so pevec Stephen Fredrick (ex- Kenziner),bobnar Brian Harris (ex- Kenziner), kitarist Gus G. in basist Konstantine. Prvencu bo naslov Between Heaven And Hell. /M.P./

Od junija dalje bo moč videti novo opero Davida DeFeisa (Virgin Steele) z naslovom Die Rebellen. Glasba in tema bosta z albuma Invictus ter z obeh Marriage Of Heaven And Hell albumov. /M.P./

Junija končno izide album The best of Black sabbath sicer že pokojne skupine . Seznam komadov je sledeč: CD1 - 'Black Sabbath', 'The Wizard', 'NIB', 'Evil Woman', 'Wicked World', 'War Pigs', 'Paranoid', 'Planet Caravan', 'Iron Man', 'Electric Funeral', 'Faries Wear Boots', 'Sweet Leaf', 'Embryo', 'Children Of The Grave', 'Lord Of This World' in 'Into The Void'.
CD2 - 'Tomorrow's Dream', 'Supernaut', 'Snowblind', 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath', 'Killing Yourself To Live', 'Hole In The Sky', 'Don't Start (Too Late)', 'Symptom Of The Universe', 'Am I Going Insane' (Radio), 'Dirty Woman', 'Never Say Die', 'Hard Road', 'Heaven And Hell', 'Die Young', 'Turn Up The Night', 'The Dark', 'Zero The Hero'. /P.G./

Ameriška skupina Virgin steele pravkar končuje drugi del albuma The House Of Atreus. Prvi del je bil končan pred tedni. Po izdaji pa se bodo lotili operne verzije albuma Marriage Of Heaven And Hell, poleti pa jih bomo videli na festivalih v Evropi.