Nemški black metalci Hidden In The Fog so končali s snemanjem prvenca, ki izide jeseni pri Twilight Records. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: ENSLAVED: Bellow The Lights, DYING FETUS: Stop At Nothing, SECRET SPHERE: The Scent Of Human Desire, THYRANE: Hypnotic, DGM: Hidden Place, NASUM: Helvete, AT VANCE: The Evil In You, TALISMAN: Cats And Dogs, CRYPTOPSY: None So Live, SAMMY HAGGAR: Sammy And The Wabo’s Live Hallelujah in OMNIUM GATHERUM: Spirits And August Light.

Noise Records ob 20. obletnici založbe pripravljajo obsežno kompilacijo 20 Years In Noise: 1983-2003. Na njej bo 2 krat po 20 skladb njihove bogate zgodovine: CD1: Gamma Ray: Short As Hell, Kamelot: Forever, Dragonforce: Heart Of A Dragon, Helloween: Heavy Metal Is The Law, Running Wild: Under Jolly Roger, Iron Savior: Iron Savior, Seven Witches: Mental Messiah, Conception: Water Confines, Rage: Her Diary's Black Pages, Skyclad: A Minutes Piece, Watchtower: Hidden Instincts, Sinner: Danger Zone, Grave Digger: Heavy Metal Breakdown, Tankard: Zombie Attack, Pissing Razors: Regret, Kreator: Pleasure To Kill, Voivod: Ravenous Medicine, Hellhammer: Massacra, Celtic Frost: The Usurper, Coroner: Reborn Through Hate. CD2: Mezarkabul: Take My Time, Lefay: Save Our Souls, Tyran Pace: Hot To Rock, Scanner: Warp 7, Mind Odyssey: Fire In The Sky, Helicon: Black & White, Exciter: Cold Blooded Murder, Vendetta: Metal Law, Stigmata: Greed Machine, Dave Sharman: Pandora's Box, Mindset: If The Devil Wore Adidas, Fleischmann: Fleischwolf, Tura Satana: Kiss Or Kill, Mordred: Everyday's A Holiday, D.A.M.: Terror Squad, Deathrow: N.L.Y.H., Secrecy: Like Burning One's Boat, Messiah: Lycantropus Erectus, Mania: The Expulsion, Lemming Project: Rejection. /M.P./

Italijanski progresivci DGM bodo 10. maja izdali svoj četrti album Hidden Place. Band opisujejo kot evropski odgovor na Dream Theater in Symphony X, nastopil pa bo tudi na letošnjem Gods Of Metal festivalu. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: ARMORED SAINT: Nod To The Old School, DOUBLE DEALER: Devide At The Top, MY DYING BRIDE: Meisterwerk 2, POVERTY`S NO CRIME: One In A Million, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: Curse Of The Hidden Mirror, KONG: 88795, THUG MURDER: The 13th Round, CRADLE OF FILTH: Bitter Suites To Succubi (EP) ter single HOLY MOSES: Master Of Desaster.

Track lista novega Jag Panzer albuma Mechanized Warfare je naslednja: Take To The Sky, Frozen In Fear, Unworthy, The Silent, The Scarlet Letter, Choir Of Tears, Cold Is The Blade (And The Heart That Wields It), Hidden In My Eyes, Power Surge in All Things Renewed. /M.P./

Blue Oyster Cult bodo nov album The Course Of A Hidden Mirror izdali v prvi polovici junija. Njihovo klasiko Burnin` For You pa bo moč slišati v filmu The Adventures Of Joe Dirt. /M.P./