Znana je track lista novega MSG (Michael Schenker Group) albuma Arachnophobiac, ki izide v sredini junija: Evermore, Illusion, Arachnophobia, Rock And Roll Believer, Into The Sands Of Time, Weathervane, Over Now, One World, Break The Cycle, Alive, Fatal Strike. /M.P./

Nemci Disillusion so podpisali z Metal Blade, kjer bodo zgodaj jeseni izdali prvenec. /M.P./

Januarja bodo Defection izdali prvi album po Purity Dilution iz leta 1989. Naslov mu bo Intention Surpassed, track lista pa je sledeča: Continuum, Worldy Why's, Fibre Optical Illusion, Fever Pitch, 2/3 Pure, Under Surveillance, Cryonically Preserved, Overself, Protective Rage, Granted Wish, Shortfall, Incline, Time Folding Machine. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Poisonblack prvenca Escapexstacy, ki izide 17. februarja: The Glow Of The Flames, Love Infernal, The State, All Else Is Hollow, In Lust, The Exciter, Lay Your Heart To Rest, With Her I Die, Illusion/Delusion, The Kiss Of Death. V bandu sta med drugim tudi Sentenced pevec Ville Laihiala, ki igra kitaro, in Charon pevec Juha-Pekka Leppaluoto. /M.P./

18. marca bo pri Nuclear Blast izšla kompilacija Death Is Just The Beginning – Classics. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: 1. Amorphis - Black Winter Day, 2. Amorphis - Against Widows, 3. Benediction - The Grotesque, 4. Benediction - Ashen Epitaph, 5. Benediction - Down On Whores, 6. Dismember - Casket Garden, 7. Dismember - Dreaming In Red, 8. Dismember – Skinfather, 9. Gorefest – Freedom, 10. Gorefest – Erase, 11. Gorefest – Fear, 12. Hypocrisy - Pleasure Of Molestation, 13. Hypocrisy - Inferior Devoties, 14. Hypocrisy - Roswell 47, 15. Kataklysm - The Awakener, 16. Meshuggah - Terminal Illusions, 17. Meshuggah – Transfixion, 18. Mortification - Scrolls Of The Megilloth, 19. Mortification - Noah Was A Knower, 21. Pungent Stench - Viva la muerte, 22. Sinister – Leviathan, 23. Therion - A Black Rose, 24. Therion - The Beauty In Black. /M.P./

Izid tretjega Trans Siberian Orchestra albuma Beethovens Last Night je prestavljen na 22. april. Na jesen so prestavljeni tudi prvi načrtovani evropski koncerti. Track lista albuma je: Overture, Midnight, Fate, What Good This Deafness, Mephistopheles, What Is Eternal, The Moment, Vienna, Mozart, The Dreams Of Candlelight, Requiem, I'll Keep Your Secrets, The Dark, Für Elise, After The Fall, A Last Illusion, This Is Who You Are, Beethoven, Mephistopheles' Return, Misery, Who Is This Child in A Final Dream. /M.P./

Izid tretjega Trans Siberian Orchestra albuma Beethovens Last Night je prestavljen na 22. april. Na jesen so prestavljeni tudi prvi načrtovani evropski koncerti. Track lista albuma je: Overture, Midnight, Fate, What Good This Deafness, Mephistopheles, What Is Eternal, The Moment, Vienna, Mozart, The Dreams Of Candlelight, Requiem, I'll Keep Your Secrets, The Dark, Für Elise, After The Fall, A Last Illusion, This Is Who You Are, Beethoven, Mephistopheles' Return, Misery, Who Is This Child in A Final Dream. /M.P./

Tu je track lista novega Ozzyjevega solo albuma Down To Earth: Gets Me Through, Something That I Never Had, Dreamer, Easy Way Out, Facing Hell, You Know..., Junkie, Running Out Of Time, Black Illusion, Alive in Can You Hear Them? /M.P./

Yngwie Malmsteen vokalist Mark Boals ima nov projekt, ki se imenuje Ring Of Fire. Prvi album nosi naslov The Oracle, na njem pa so naslednji komadi: Prelude For The Oracle, Circle Of Time, Shadow In The Dark, Vengeance For Blood, Samurai, City Of The Dead, Dreams Of Empire, The Oracle, Interlude, Land Of Illusion, Take Me Home in Face The Fire. /M.P./

Danes izidejo naslednji albumi: CREMATORY: Believe, DORO: Calling The Wind, VIRUS 7: Sick In The Head, ORATORY: Illusion Dimensions, EINHERJER: Norvegian Native Art, NILE: Black Seeds Of Vengeance, NYCTOPHOBIC: Insects, HAEMORRHAGE: Loathesongs, HYPNOS: In Blood We Trust, GARDEN OF SHADOWS: Oracle Moon, SEPTIC CEMETARY: Shattered, SUPERSHINE: Supershine ter singla ATROCITY: Taste Of Sin in WIZZARD: Tormentor.

Skupina Ballance of Power je prestavila izid njihovega najnovejsega izdelka imenovanega Ten More Tales of Grand Illusion na 15 januar, zaradi napak v bukletu. /M.G./