Po snemanju Doomsday Machine albuma se je Arch Enemy kitarist Christopher Amott odločil, da se bo sedaj polno posvetil študiju in zato ga bo za nedoločen čas za nastope v živo zamenjal Gus G (Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Firewind). Izid albuma je napovedan za 26. julij, jeseni pa se band odpravlja na evropsko turnejo. /M.P./

Klaus Sperling (My Darkest Hate, ex- Primal Fear) je pri Mystic Prophecy za bobni zamenjal Dennisa Ekdahla. Nov stalni član banda je postal tudi drugi kitarist Markus Pohl (Symphorce), ki je z Mystic Prophecy že nastopal v živo. /M.P./

21. marca pri Armageddon Music izide trojni CD Armageddon Over Wacken Live 2004, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe:
CD 1: ANTHRAX – Indians. ANTHRAX – Only, DESTRUCTION – Nailed to the cross, CHILDREN OF BODOM – Sixpounder, CANNIBAL CORPSE – Dormant Bodies Bursting, MAYHEM – Pargans Fears, DEATH ANGEL – Thicker Than Blood, UNLEASHED – To Asgaard We Fly, ORPHANAGE – Five Crystals, EKTOMORF – I Know Them, EKTOMORF – Destroy, BAL-SAGOTH – The Emperial Lexicon, MNEMIC – Ghost, CATHEDRAL – Stained Glass Horizon, NEVERMORE – Enemies Of Reality.
CD 2: DIO – Holy Diver, DIO – Don't Talk to Stragers, HELLOWEEN – Dr Stein, DORO – Für immer, KOTIPELTO – Reasons, MYSTIC PROPHECY – In The Land Of The Dead, BRAINSTORM – Hollow Hideaway, MOTÖRHEAD – We are Motörhead, MOTÖRHEAD – Life Is A Bitch, PARAGON – Green Hell, WEINHOLD – Strike, FEINSTEIN – Rebelutions, JBO – Arschloch und Spass Dabei, BLAZE BAYLEY – Fear of the Dark.
CD 3: VANGUARD – Forgive, RECKLESS TIDE – Death Train, RECKLESS TIDE – Equality, GRIFFIN – The Sentence, HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH – Crucifiction, DR. ROCK – Wicked Show, DR. ROCK – Dr. Rock, EVERFEST – See Me Rising, SUFFERAGE – Civilized, GUN BARREL – Only A Passenger, GUTBUCKET – 82 Hours Bus Hellride, GUTBUCKET – You Never Know, SUPERSOMA – Missing Nola, THORA – Christ Abuse, METHEDRAS – Wreck n Roll, ZODIAC MINDWARP – Like A Hurricane, RAUNCHY – Summer Of Overload, ELÄKELÄISET – Humppa (Jump).
/M.P./

Nemški power thrasherji Psychotron končujejo s snemanjem novega albuma. Miks in mastering bo naredil Mystic Prophecy frontman R.D. Liapakis. /M.P./

Prejšnji teden so izšli naslednji albumi: MYSTIC PROPHECY: Never-Ending, DRAGONLAND: Starfall, DIECAST: Tearing Down Your Blue Sky, NOSTRADAMEUS:Hellbound, JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Tage Mahal, SAMAEL: Reign Of Light, THUNDERSTORM: Faithless Soul, HAPPY THE MAN: The Muse Awakens, VAST: Nude, ENCHANT: Live At Last 2DVD/CD in IOMMI: The 1996 Dep Sessions.

Pri Limb Music Products bodo 25. novembra izdali re-release Pagan's Mind prvenca Infinity Divine. Kot bonus bo na njem King Diamond priredba At The Graves, pri kateri sta sodelovala kitarista, Glen Drover (Eidolon, Megadeth, ex- King Diamond) in Gus G (Mystic Prophecy, Firewind). /M.P./

Mystic Prophecy so posneli videospot za skladbo Burning Bridges s prihajajočega albuma Never-Ending. /M.P./

25. oktobra pri Nuclear Blast izide nov Mystic Prophecy album Never-Ending. /M.P./

Nemški power metalci Mystic Prophecy trenutno snemajo svoj tretji album Never-Ending. /M.P./

Novi potrjeni bandi za Wacken Open Air so Mystic Prophecy, Dionysus, Mnemic in Raunchy. /M.P./

V soboto 15. novembra v Slovenijo prihajajo legendarni ameriški thrasherji Death Angel. Skupaj z njimi bodo prišli še Disbelief, Darkane, Mystic Prophecy in Mnemic. Koncert je zaenkrat napovedan za K4. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: TYPE O NEGATIVE: Liffe Is Killing Me, JOHN ARCH: A Twist Of Fate, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: Arachnophobiac, MYSTIC PROPHECY: Rgeressus, AS I LAY DYING: Frail Words Collapse in THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: Unhallowed. /M.P./

Nuclear Blast pripravljajo naslednji Iron Maiden tribute album, A Tribute To The Beast Vol.2.. Izide 10. julija, track lista pa je naslednja: CD 1:, DESTRUCTION – Killers, SENTENCED - The Trooper, PRIMAL FEAR - 2 Minutes To Midnight, THUNDERSTONE - Wasted Years, STUCK MOJO feat. DEVIN TOWNSEND – Wrathchild, ANTHRAX - Remember Tomorrow, SADUS – Invaders, TANKARD - Iron Maiden, NECROPHOBIC – Moonchild, MÄGO DE OZ - Strange World, WOLF - Deja Vu, MYSTIC PROPHECY – Sanctuary, GRAVEWORM - Fear Of The Dark, THERION - Revelation (live), ICED EARTH - Hallowed Be Thy Name. CD 2: SEBASTIAN BACH - Children Of Damned, JOHN WEST & CHRIS CAFFERY - Run To The Hills, COSMOSQUAD feat. RAY ALDER - Murders In The Rue Morgue, IAN PERRY & KAMELOT - Flight Of Icarus, SOLACE - Another Life, ELEVENTH HOUR - Alexander The Great, WARDOG – Purgatory, IRON SAVIOR - Running Free. /M.P./

Mystic Prophecy, band, ki so ga ustanovili R.D.Liapakis (vokal, Valley’s Eve), Gus G. (kitara, Dream Evil, Firewind), Martin Albrecht (bass, ex- Stormwitch) in Dennis Ekdahl (bobni, Raise Hell) so podpisali z Nuclear Blast, kjer bodo 16. junija izdali svoj drugi album Regressus. /M.P./

Švedski power metalci Dream Evil so posneli svoj prvenec Dragonslayer. Čeprav je band nov, v njem niso neznana imena: Niklas Isfeldt (vokal – pel back vokale na prvih dveh Hamerfall albumih), Fredrik Nordström (kitara, klaviature – drugače znani producent in lastnik Fredman Studio), Gus G. (kitara – Mystic Prophecy, Firewind), Peter Stilfort (bass – prispeval en komad k Hamerfall prvencu) in Snowy Shaw (bobni – ex- King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Memento Mori, Notre Dame). /M.P./