Ob dvajseti obletnici delovanja skupine Enslaved bo dvajset skupin predstavilo dvajset različnih priredb njihovih skladb. Sodelovali bodo Dordeduh, Odem Arcarum, Island, Asmodee, Angantyr, Reverence, Foscor, Stagnant Waters, Wodensthrone, Angmar, Ribozyme, El Regn, Vreid, Janvs, Belenos, Krakow, Lux Divina, As Light Dies, Fen in Darkenhold. /P.G./

Francozi Reverence snemajo nov album z naslovom The Asthenic Ascension. /P.G./

V Detroitu je vzklila nova »all-star« zasedba Reverence, ki jo sestavljajo vokalist Todd Michael Hall (Jack Starr's Burning Starr), kitarist Bryan Holland (Tokyo Blade Arrest), bobnar Steve "Dr. Killdrums" Wacholz (Savatage, Crimson Glory) in basist Frank Saparti (Tokyo Blade, Overloaded, Mindcandy). Band pripravlja prvenec, ki izide naslednje leto pri Razar Ice Records. /M.P./

Tankard so pred kratkim v Stage One studiu začeli s snemanjem novih verzij svojih najbolj znanih skladb za album Best Case Scenario: 25 Years In Beers, ki izide 31. avgusta pri AFM Records. Na limited edition verziji albuma bo tudi tribute to Tankard z osemnajstimi njihovimi priredbami. Track lista je naslednja: Best Case Scenario: 25 Years In Beers: Zombie Attack, Maniac Forces, (Empty) Tankard, Don't Panic, Chemical Invasion, The Morning After, Alien, 666 Packs, Beermuda, Space Beer, Medley (Alcohol, Puke, Mon Cheri, Wonderful Life), Freibier, Nation Over Nation, Two-Faced, Minds On The Moon.
Na A Tribute to Tankard pa bodo naslednje priredbe: Abandoned - Face Of The Enemy, Courageous - The Morning After, Doppelbock - Freibier Für Alle, Fatal Embrace - Acid Death, FKÜ - Space Beer, Frezeebee – Poison, Hatework - Live To Dive, Hyades – Alien, Irreverence – Beermuda, Manticora - Total Addiction, Odium – Sunscars, Paradox - Zombie Attack, Paragon - Two-Faced, Sacred Steel - Empty Tankard, Scornage – Away, Solicitude - Planetwide Suicide, Taste Of Doom – Rectifier, Torment - Chemical Invasion. /M.P./

Tankard s Hatework in Irreverence sredi maja prihajajo v Italijo na trodnevno turnejo. /M.P./

Razpadli norveški black metalci Emperor bodo marca prihodnje leto izdali 2CD kompilacijo z naslovom Scattered Ashes – A Decade Of Emperial Wrath. Sestavili so jo člani banda, vsebovala pa bo tudi neizdane in redke skladbe. CD1: Curse You All Men, The Tongue Of Fire, The Majesty Of The Night Sky, Cosmic Keys To My, Creations & Times, Wrath Of The Tyrant, The Loss & Curse Of Reverence, An Elegy Of Icaros, I Am The Black Wizards, Thus Spake The Nightspirit (live), Ye Entrancemperium, In The Wordless Chamber, With Strength I Burn, Inno A Satana. CD 2: A Fine Day To Die, Aerie Descent, Cromlech, Gypsy, Funeral Fog, I Am, Sworn (ULVER remix), Lords Of The Storms, My Empire's Doom, Moon Over Kara-Shehr, Witches Sabbath, Ancient Queen, In Longing Spirit. /M.P./