24. februarja bodo Fates Warning izdali DVD z naslovom The View From Here. Na njem bo moč najti sledeče: proces snemanja Disconnected (2000) in Parallels (1990) albumov, intervjuja z originalnima članoma Joe DiBiasejom in Frankom Arestijem, foto galerijo, diskografijo, video spote: Silent Cries (1988), Anarchy Divine (1988), Through Different Eyes (1989), Nothing Left To Say (live 1998), Point of View (1991), Eye To Eye (1992), Monument (1994), Pleasant Shade of Gray Parts X-XII (1997), At Fates Hands (live 1998), Prelude To Ruin (live 1998), The Eleventh Hour/Point Of View (live at Dynamo 1998). Kot bonus pa bodo na drugem DVDju dodali Live At The Dynamo, ki je že izšel na VHS formatu. /M.P./

Januarja bodo nemški power metalci Tyrant Eyes izdali svoj drugi album The Darkest Hour. /M.P./

Rondinelli bodo 21. oktobra izdali nov album z naslovom Our Cross – Our Sins. Band sestavljajo sami znani heavy metal veterani: bobnar Bobby Rondinelli (Blue Oyster Cult, ex- Rainbow/Black Sabbath), basist Neil Murray (ex- Black Sabbath/Whitesnake), pevec Tony Martin (ex- Black Sabbath) in kitarist Teddy Rondinelli. Track lista albuma je naslednja: Naughty Dragon, Dawn, It's A Lie, The Meaning Of Evil, Midnight Hour, Find The One, Bulls Eye, Time, Our Cross - Our Sins. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: AVANTASIA: Metal Opera Part 2, RIOT: Through The Storm, ANVIL: Still Going Strong, LAKE OF TEARS: The Neonai, ROTTING CHRIST: Genesis, L.A. GUNS: Waking The Dead, SPOCKS BEARD: Snow, GLENN HUGHES: Different Stages – The Best Of, TUNNELVISION: Tomorrow, DEEP INSIDE MYSELF: At A Late Hour, AD INFERNA: Lempire Des Sens, THE BERZERKER: Dissimulate, RAZLIČNI IZVAJALCI: In The Eyes Of Death Vol. 3 in single NIGHTWISH: Bless The Child.

Sepultura so v Tranma studios v Sao Paolu končali s snemanjem EP-ja, na katerem bodo same priredbe: Mongoloid (DEVO), Angel (MASSIVE ATTACK), Bullet The Blue Sky (U2), Messiah (HELLHAMMER), Piranha (EXODUS), Mountain Song (JANE'S ADICTION), Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (PUBLIC ENEMY, feat. rapper Sabotage and DJ Zé Gonzales). EP izide oktobra, konec leta pa se bodo ponovno odpravili v studio in posneli nov celotni album. /M.P./

Včeraj smo pisali o novem albumu skupine Tank, danes pa objavljamo naslovnico in tracklisto: Still At War, That Girl's Name Is Death (T.G.N.I.D.), Light The Fire (Watch 'em Burn), The World Awaits, And Then We Heard The Thunder, In The Last Hours Before Dawn, Conspiracy Of Hate, When The Hunter Becomes The Hunted, Return Of The Filth Hounds, The Blood's Still On Their Hands in The Fear Inside. /P.G./

Track lista prvega Megadeth live albuma Rude Awakening, ki izide 19. marca, je naslednja: CD1 - Dread And The Fugitive Mind, Kill The King, Wake Up Dead, In My Darkest Hour, Angry Again, She-Wolf, Reckoning Day, Devil's Island, Train Of Consequences, A Tout Le Monde, Burning Bridges, Hangar 18, Return To Hangar in Hook In Mouth. CD2 - Almost Honest, 1000 Times Goodbye, Mechanix, Tornado Of Souls, Ashes In Your Mouth, Sweating Bullets, Trust, Symphony Of Destruction, Peace Sells in Holy Wars. /M.P./

19. marca bo izšel prvi koncertni Megadeth album z naslovom Rude Awakening. Naslovnico zanj je naredil Storm Thorgerson, ki je najbolj poznan po naslovnicah za Pink Floyd in Led Zeppelin. Na dvojnem albumu bodo naslednje klasike: Dread & The Fugitive Mind, Kill the King, Wake Up Dead, In My Darkest Hour, Angry Again, She Wolf, Reckoning Day, Devil's Island, Train of Consequences, A Tout Le Monde, Burning Bridges, Hangar 18, Return to Hangar, Hook in Mouth, Almost Honest, 1000 Times Goodbye, Mechanix, Tornado of Souls, Ashes in Your Mouth, Sweating Bullets, Trust, Symphony of Destruction, Peace Sells, Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due. 9. aprila bo Rude Awakening izšel tudi kot DVD in VHS. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: BRAINSTORM: Metus Mortis, ANGRA: Rebirth, MY DYING BRIDE: The Dreadful Hours, PINK CREAM 69: Endangered, MSG: Be Aware Of Scorpions, CARPATHIAN FOREST: Morbid Fascination Of Death, POWERGOD: Bleed For The Gods, STORMWIND: Reflections, ANOREXIA NERVOSA: New Obscurant's Order, GORELORD: Force Fed On Human Flesh, REVOLVER: The Unholy Mother Of Fuck, V.A.: The Boys Are Back – Tribute To Thin Lizzy ter singel KATATONIA: Tonight's Music.

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./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: KREATOR: Violent Revolution, EDGUY: Mandrake, BRUCE DICKINSON: The Best Of, QUEENSRYCHE: Live Evolution, SAXON: Killing Ground, VIRGO: Virgo, DARK FUNERAL: Diabolis Interium, TRISTANIA: World Of Glass, HEAVENLY: Sign Of The Winner, WITCHERY: Symphony For The Devil, MEZARKABUL: Unspoken, MADRIGAL: I Die You Soar, HYPNOS: The Revenge Ride, SOLEFALD: Pills Against The Ageless Ills, THANATEROS: The First Rite, SAVIOUR MACHINE: Legend Part III, GLENN HUGHES: Building The Machine, REBAELLIUN: Annihilation, MIDNIGHT SUN: Metal Machine, SOILENT GREEN: A Delected Symphony For The Beaten Down, INHUMAN: Rebellion, DARKEST HOUR: So Sedated, So Seen, BETHLEHEM: Schatten aus der Alexander Welt, TWIN OBSCENITY: Bloodstone, SNAKEGOD: Invitation in MANHAI: The Sons Of Yesterday's Black Grouse.

Witchfynde so podpisali z Neat Records, kjer bodo pred poletjem izdali nov album The Witching Hour. /M.P./