V mesecu januarju so izšli naslednji albumi: ICED EARTH: The Glorious Burden, SYMPHORCE: Twice Second, SHINING FURY: Last Sunrise, HEAVENLY: Dust To Dust, THUNDERSTONE: The Burning, ANATA: Under A Stone With No Inscription, THE BLACK LEAGUE: The Man’s Ruin Revisited, SOILWORK: The Early Chapters, REQUIEM: Mask Of Damnation, AXXIS: Time Machine, PINK CREAM 69: Thunderdome, MAGNITUDE NINE: Decoding The Soul, FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING: Skyward, FARMER BOYS: The Other Side, THE GATHERING: Sleepy Buildings – A Semi Acoustic Evening, DIVINE EMPIRE: Nostradameus, WATCH THEM DIE: Watch Them Die, SABBTAIL: Nightchurch, ATTACKER: Soul Taker, PROTOTYPE: Trinity, THE END: Within Divida in FORCE OF EVIL: Force Of Evil.

Track lista novega Centinex albuma Decadence - Prophecies Of Cosmic Chaos, ki izide marca 2004, je naslednja: Arrival Of The Spectrum Obscure, Misanthropic Darkzone, Hollowsphere, Target: Dimension XII, Deathstar Unmasked, A Dynasty Of Obediance, Mechanical Future, Cold Deep Supremacy, New World Odyssey. /M.P./

Masquerade, masquerade
Grab your mask and don't be late
Get out get out well disguised
Heat and fever in the air tonight
But watch out. . .beware
Listen. . .take care

Ah--it's Halloween. . .tonight!

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./

Znana je track lista že dolgo napovedanega Slayer DVDja War At The Warfield, ki izide konec meseca: Disciple, War Ensemble, Stain Of Mind, New Faith, Postmortem, Raining Blood, Hell Awaits, Here Comes The Pain, Die By The Sword, Dittohead, Bloodline, God Send Death, Dead Skin Mask, Seasons In The Abyss, Captor Of Sin, Mandatory Suicide, Chemical Warfare, South Of Heaven, Angel Of Death. Bonus material vključuje Bloodline video in 50 minutni dokumentarec Fans Rule. /M.P./

KISS bodo jeseni izdali 450 stransko uradno biografijo z naslovom Kiss: Behind The Mask. /M.P./

Švedi Nasum so končali z delom za nov album Helvete (pekel po švedsko). Izide maja, na njem pa sta sodelovala tudi Shane Embury (Napalm Death) in Jörgen Sandström (Entombed, ex- Grave). Kmalu pa bo izšel tudi njihov split z Napalm Death, na katerem Nasum igrajo Unchallenged Hate od Napalmcev, ti pa The Masked Face od Nasum. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Voivod albuma The Multiverse, ki izide 4. marca: Gasmask Revival, Facing Up, Blame Us, Real Again, Rebel Robot, The Multiverse, I Don't Wanna Wake Up, Les Cigares Volants, Divine Sun, Reactor, Invisible Planet, Strange And Ironic, We Carry On. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Paradise Lost albuma Symbol Of Life, ki izide 21. oktobra: Isolate, Erased, Two Worlds, Pray Nightfall, Primal, Perfect Mask, Mystify, No Celebration, Self Obsessed, Symbol Of Life, Channel For The Pain. /M.P./

Nemci Demon Drive so končali s snemanjem novega albuma z delovnim naslovom …Four Play, ki bo izšel spomladi 2003. Posneli pa so tudi KISS priredbo What Makes The World Go ‘Round, ki bo izšla marca 2003 na tribute albumu s pesmimi iz KISS Unmasked albuma. /M.P./

28. novembra bo v New Yorku dobrodelni koncert New York Steel, ki bo posvečen žrtvam terorističnega napada. Na njem bodo nastopili tudi številni metal bandi iz New Yorka in New Jerseya kot Anthrax, Overkill, The Ace Frehley Band, glavna atrakcija pa bo vsekakor nastop Twisted Sister, ki bo njihov prvi po 14-tih letih. Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza in AJ Pero zaenkrat vadijo le za ta nastop, na katerem pa ne bodo nastopili namaskirani. /M.P./

Finski black metalci Alghazanth so končali s snemanjem albuma Osiris – Typhon Unmasked, ki bo izšel oktobra ali novembra. Track lista je naslednja: The Circle of Six , Mercurian Soulscapes, In Invidiam, My Twin of Disorder, Regained Planetary Possession, Antithesis, The Parody's Zenith, Horns And Feathers, Iconoblast. /M.P./

Nemški thrasherji Destruction iščejo fena, ki bi bil kar najbolj podoben njihovi maskoti Mad Butcher. Najbolj pristen ˝mesar˝ bo z bandom preživel en konec tedna, se jim pridružil na vaji in tudi na uradni zabavi banda. Poleg tega bo dobil še Destruction-Survival-Paket, ki vključuje CD, vžigalnik, nalepko, poster, majico in veliki hrbtni našitek. Če mislite, da ste pravi ˝mesar˝, potem do 28. aprila pošljite svoje podatke in sliko na naslednji naslov: Nuclear Blast, ˝Hier kommt der Metzger˝, Oeschstrasse 40, 73072 Donzdorf. Naslednja plošča Destruction naj bi izšla avgusta. /M.P./

Vic Rattlehead, Megadethova maskota, naj bi se vrnil na naslovnice njihovih albumov. Tako naj že bil na novem Best of CD-ju, pa tudi potem na DVD-ju in novem studijskem albumu. /M.P./