Za festival Sweden Rock, ki bo od 8. do 11. junija, so potrjeni naslednji bandi: Agent Steel, Buckcherry, Clutch, Dan Reed Band, Destruction, Doc Holliday, Electric Wizard, Fläsket Brinner, Fm, Ghost, Groundhogs, Hawkwind, Helloween, Jason & The Scorchers, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, Judas Priest, Kansas, Mason Ruffner, Molly Hatchet, Moonspell, Mr. Big, Mustasch, Overkill, Ozzy Osbourne, Rage (akustično), Raubtier, Rhapsody Of Fire, Rob Zombie, Saxon, Stryper, Styx, The Cult, The Damned, The Haunted, Walter Trout, Whitesnake. /A.J./

Kamelot so objavili datume drugega dela turneje Pandemonium Over Europe, ki bo potekala med 22. aprilom in 15. majem. Ker vokalist Roy Khan še vedno ne more nastopati, bo njegovo vlogo prevzel Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Of Fire).

Motörhead, Rhapsody Of Fire, Tokyo Blade in Ski King so novi potrjeni bandi za festival Wacken Open Air.

Rhapsody Of Fire pripravljajo nov album z naslovom From Chaos To Eternity, ki bo izšel prihodnje leto. Na njem bo gostoval Christopher Lee.

Rhapsody Of Fire bodo sredi oktobra izdali EP z naslovom Cold Embrace Of Fear. /P.G./

Od tega tedna naprej so v On Parole trgovini na voljo čisto sveže plošče bandov 1349, Annihilator, Brain Drill, Dew-Scented, Dream Evil, Kalmah, Keep Of Kalessin, Master, Masterplan, Metsatöll, Misery Index, Ratt, Raven, Rhapsody Of Fire, Rotten Sound in Varg, poleg tega pa še Agent Steel, Akercocke, Dream Theater, Enthroned, Evildead, Gamma Ray, Helloween, Illdisposed, Impaled Nazarene, Jag Panzer, Sepultura, Seven Witches, Strapping Young Lad, Suffocation in Tankard. /M.P.C./

V zadnjih štirih tednih so izšli naslednji albumi: ARMA GATHAS – Dead To This World, AS I LAY DYING – The Powerless Rise, AXEL RUDI PELL – The Crest, BLACK MAJESTY – In Your Honour, BRAIN DRILL – Quantum Catastrophe, CANDLEMASS – Ashes To Ashes (DVD), CRASHDIET – Generation Wild, DIVINITY – The Singularity, EISREGEN – Schlangensonne, EVIG NATT – Darkland, EXODUS – Exhibit B: The Human Condition, EXTREME – Take Us Alive (DVD), GLYDER – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, ICED EARTH – Box Of The Wicked, KARMA TO BURN – Appalachian Incantation, KEEP OF KALESSIN – Reptilian, KISSIN' DYNAMITE – Addicted To Metal, KIVIMETSÄN DRUIDI – Betrayal, Justice, Revenge, LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE – The Grandiose Nowhere, LEGION OF THE DAMNED – Slaughtering... (DVD), MASTER – The Human Machine, MUTINY WITHIN – Mutiny Within, RHAPSODY OF FIRE – The Frozen Tears Of Angels, RIPE – A Moment Of Forever, SALEM – Playing God And Other Short Stories, SAWTHIS – EGod, SKYFORGER – Kurbads, STORMZONE – Death Dealer, TAROT – Gravity Of Light, TESLA – Alive In Europe, THE BONES – Berlin Burnout (DVD). /A.J./

Tukaj si lahko ogledate video skupine Rhapsody Of Fire za skladbo Sea Of Fate z novega albuma The Frozen Tears Of Angels. /P.G./

Italijanski folk/power metalci SpellBlast bodo konec aprila izdali album Battlecry, na katerem je kot gost sodeloval Fabio Lione (Rhapsody Of Fire, Vision Divine). /A.J./

Rhapsody Of Fire so objavili tracklisto in naslovnico novega albuma The Frozen Tears Of Angels, ki bo izšel 30. aprila: Dark Frozen World, Sea Of Fate (streaming in MP3), Crystal Moonlight, Reign Of Terror, Danza Di Fuoco E Ghiaccio, Raging Starfire, Lost In Cold Dreams, On the Way To Ainor in The Frozen Tears Of Angels. Digipack verzija bo vsebovala tudi dva bonus komada. /P.G./

Rhapsody Of Fire so prestavili izid albuma Frozen Tears Of Angels na 30. april. /P.G./

Najbolj legendaren italijanski power metal band je končno prišel pod okrilje ene izmed največjih metal založb - Rhapsody Of Fire so podpisali z Nuclear Blast. Nov album z naslovom The Frozen Tears Of Angels bo izšel v začetku marca, produciral pa ga bo Sascha Paeth. /P.G./

Rhapsody Of Fire so se razšli z založbo Magic Circle Music. Več o tem si lahko preberete na njihovi uradni strani. /P.G./

6. julija pri Magic Circle Music izide dvojni, še neimenovani Manowar live album. Istega dne pa izide tudi Rhapsody Of Fire DVD, na katerem bodo posnetki s turneje leta 2005, snemanj albumov Symphony Of Enchanted Lands, II in Triumph Or Agony ter nastop na Eartshaker Festivalu 2005. /M.P./

Danes na Mariborskem Radio Študent (M.A.R.Š.): predstavitev plat: Rhapsody Of Fire - Triumph Or Agony (2006), My Dying Bride - A Line Of A Deathless Kings (2006), All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence (2006) in Suffocation - Suffocation (2006). Oddajo lahko poslušate na frekvenci 95.9 MHz ali preko interneta na povezavi 56 kbps oz 128 kbps. Za več informacij pojdite na http://www.myspace.com/metalogenetica. /P.G./