4. julija izide nov Motörhead DVD Stage Fright. Gre za dvojni DVD ob njihovi trideseti obletnici, na njem bo koncert, posnet lani decembra v Düsseldorfu. Na drugem DVDju bodo razni intervjuji in backstage posnetki, na prvem pa naslednje skladbe: Dr. Rock, Stay Clean, Shoot You In The Back, Love Me Like A Reptile, Killers, Metropolis, Over The Top, No Class, I Got Mine, In The Name Of Tragedy, Dancing On Your Grave, R.A.M.O.N.E.S., Sacrifice, Just 'Cos You Got The Power, Going To Brazil, Killed By Death, Iron Fist, Whorehouse Blues, Ace Of Spades, Overkill. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Bathory tribute albuma A Tribute from the Hordes to Bathory, ki naj bi izšla junija: Sauron – The Rite of Darkness, Twilight Zone - Gods Of Thunder, Deathchurch - Chariots Of Fire, Amputation – Sacrifice, Leprosity - Satan My Master, Fearbringer - Call From The Grave, Primordial - Total Destruction, Ulcisia Castra – Holocaust, Diamatregon - Pax Vobiscum, Putrescent - Baptized In Fire, Ice Kratornas – Possessed, Serpenterium - The Lake, Lord - The Return..., Unholy War – Hades, Katharkh - One Eyed Old Man, Decayed - You Don't Move Me, Bathorlord – Bleeding, Willow Wisp - The Golden Walls Of..., Skoll - Home Of Once Brave, Nocturnal – Enter The Eternal Fire, Bathorlord - Man Of Iron 2, My Darkest Hate - Born For Burning, The True Endless - Woman Of Dark Desires, Vorkuta – Sadist, Mephisto - Raise The Dead. /M.P./

Dream Theater so končali z delom za nov album z naslovom Octavarium. Izid je napovedan za 7. junij. Na albumu bodo naslednje skladbe: The Root of All Evil, The Answer Lies Within, These Walls, I Walk Beside You, Panic Attack, Never Enough, Sacrificed Sons, Octavarium. /A.J./

Kanadski thrasherji Sacrifice so podpisali z brazilsko založbo Marquee Records za re-release prvih treh albumov Torment In Fire, Forward to Termination in Soldiers of Misfortune ter live album, posnet leta 1989. /M.P./

Sacrifices To The Moon je prvenec banda World Below, ki ga sestavljajo kitarist Jonas Kjellgren (Carnal Forge, Cenitnex), bobnar Stefan Westerberg (Carnal Forge, ex- In Thy Dreams) in basist Mikael Danielsson. Album izide naslednji teden pri Doom Sypmhony Records, delu italijanske založbe Underground Symphony. Glasba World Below naj bi bila podobna mešanici Candlemass in zgodnjih Black Sabbath. /M.P./

Znana je tracklista Dream Theater albuma Live At Budokan, ki bo izšel 5. oktobra. Na dvojnem DVDju ali trojnem CDju bodo: Band History Video (intro tape), As I Am, This Dying Soul, Beyond This Life, Hollow Years, War Inside My Head, The Test That Stumped Them All, Endless Sacrifice, Instrumedley, Trial Of Tears, New Millennium, Piano Solo, Only A Matter Of Time, Goodnight Kiss, Solitary Shell, Stream of Consciousness, Disappear. /P.G./

Kasneje letos izide Bathory tribute album Twilight of the Goats. Na njem naj bi bile naslednje Bathory priredbe: BATHORLORD – For All Those Who Died/Bleeding, MY DARKEST HATE – Born For Burning, DOOMTHRONE – 13 Candles, LORD – The Return Of The Darkness And Evil, SKOLL – Home Of Once Brave, UNHOLY WAR – Hades, DEATHCHURCH – Chariots Of Fire, TWILIGHT ZONE – Gods Of Thunder, Of Wind And Of Rain, DECAYED – You Don't Move Me (I Don't Give A Fuck), PUTRESCENT – Baptised In Fire And Ice, NOCTURNAL – Enter The Eternal Fire, ULCISISA CASTRA – Holocaust, SAMMATH – Father To Son, VORKUTA – Sadist, KRATORNAS – Possessed, SAURON – The Rite Of Darkness, AMPUTATION – Sacrifice, FEARBRINGER – Call From The Grave. /M.P./

Znana je set lista Dream Theater koncerta v Tokyu (Budokan), ki so ga snemali za live DVD: Band History Video (intro tape), As I Am, This Dying Soul, Beyond This Life, Hollow Years, War Inside My Head, The Test That Stumped Them All, Endless Sacrifice, Instrumedley, Trial Of Tears, New Millennium, Piano Solo, Only A Matter Of Time, Goodnight Kiss, Solitary Shell, Stream of Consciousness, Disappear, Pull Me Under, In The Name Of God. Izid je napovean za konec leta/začetek prihodnjega. /M.P./

17. novembra bo izšel Motörhead koncertni album Live At Brixton Academy, ki je že izšel na DVDju. Koncert je bil posnet 22. oktobra 2000 v Londonu ob praznovanju 25. letnice obstoja banda. Na albumu bo kar nekaj skladb, ki jih ni bilo na DVDju. Track lista je naslednja: CD1: We Are Motörhead, No Class, I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care), Over Your Shoulder, Civil War, Metropolis, Overnight Sensation, God Save The Queen, Born To Raise Hell, The Chase Is Better Than The Catch, Stay Out Of Jail, Dead Men Tell No Tales; CD2: You Better Run, Sacrifice, Orgasmatron, Going to Brazil, Broken, Damage Case, Iron Fist, Killed By Death, Bomber, Ace Of Spades, Overkill. /M.P./

Exciter so začeli s snemanjem svojih največjih uspešnic za prihajajoči best of album. Na novo bodo posneli naslednje skladbe: Stand Up And Fight, Heavy Metal Maniac, Rising Of The Dead, Blackwitch, Violence and Force, Pounding Metal, Long Live The Loud, Victims Of Sacrifice, I Am The Beast, Rain Of Terror, The Dark Command, Aggressor, Ritual Death, Rule With An Iron Fist, Brutal Warning. Kitarist John Ricci bo po odhodu basista Paula Champagna odigral tudi bass. /M.P./

Znana je naslovnica novega Dream Theater albuma Train Of Thought, ki izide 11. novembra. Track lista albuma je naslednja: As I Am, This Dying Soul, Endless Sacrifice, Honor Thy Father, Vacant, Stream Of Consciousness, In The Name Of God. /M.P./

Znan je naslov novega Dream Theater albuma. Train Of Thought naj bi izšel 11. novembra, track lista pa je naslednja: As I Am, This Dying Soul, Endless Sacrifice, Honor Thy Father, Vacant, Stream Of Consciousness, In The Name Of God. Album sta producirala John Petrucci in Mike Portnoy, miks pa je naredil Kevin Shirley. Znani so že datumi turneje (glej Koncerti). /M.P./

World Below, band Carnal Forge clanov Jonasa Kjellgrena in Stefana Westerberga, so preložili izid prvenca Sacrifices To The Moon za nedoločen cas. Stilsko naj bi se gibali med Candlemass in zgodnjimi Black Sabbath. /M.P./

Newyorški death metalci Skinless so s producentom Neilom Kernonom zaceli s snemanjem novega albuma From Sacrifice To Survival. Pri tem jim pomaga Origin bobnar John Longstreth. Izid je napovedan za 3. junij pri Relapse Records. /M.P./

Jed Simon (kitara, Strapping Young Lad), Gene Hoglan (bobni, Strapping Young Lad, Death Angel, ex- Death), Stuart Carruthers (bass, ex- Grip Inc.) in Rob Urbinati (vokal, Interzone, ex- Sacrifice) so ustanovili nov band z imenom Tenet in odprli spletno stran www.tenetforce.com . Spomladi bodo posneli prvenec, ki ga bo produciral Devin Townsend. /M.P./