Poleti bodo s producentom Tommyjem Tagtgrenom v Abyss Studios snemanjem novega albuma začeli Skyfire. /M.P./

Novi Helloween album Treasure Chest bo dvojni Best of album. Vse pesmi so remastirane in remiksane. Track lista je naslednja: CD1 - Mr. Torture, I Can, Power, Where The Rain Grows, Eagle Fly Free, Future World, Metal Invaders, Murderer, Starlight, How Many Tears, Ride The Sky, A Little Time, A Tale That Wasn't Right in Want Out. CD2 - Keeper of The Seven Keys, Dr. Stein, 'The Chance, Windmill, Sole Survivor, Perfect Gentleman, In The Middle Of A Heartbeat, Kings Will Be Kings, Time Of The Oath, Forever & One, Midnight Sun, Mr. Ego, Immortal in Mirror Mirror. Glede novega kitarista ni znanega še nič novega. Konec pomladi bodo začeli s snemanjem novega studijskega albuma. /M.P./

25. februarja bodo svoj tretji album Hero Nation izdali nemški heavy metalci Metalium. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: Source Of Souls, Revenge Of Tizona, In The Name Of Blood, Rasputin, Odin's Spell, Accused To Be A Witch, Throne In The Sky, Odyssey, Fate Conquered The Power, Infinite Love, Heronation (Finale). Kot vedno, tudi tokrat ne bo ščo brez priredbe: Heart Of The Tiger. Obljubljajo, da bo to njihov najboljši izdelek do sedaj. Kot limited edition bo izšel tudi na 2 CD-jih, na laterem bodo marsikatere zanimive stvari. /M.P./

Elvenking pripravljajo nov album, na katerem obljubljajo presenečenje; Martin Walkyier (Sabat, ex- Skyclad) bo namreč odpel nekaj pesmi. /M.P./

Arron Walton je pri Skyclad za bobni zamenjal Jaya Grahama. /M.P./

Order Of The Illuminati (ex-Agent Steel) so začeli s snemanjem novega albuma, ki bo izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta. Kot bonus komad bo na njem priredba Black Sabbath komada Hole In The Sky. /M.P./

Swords Of A Tousand Men je naslov prvega Skyclad singla z novim pevcem Kevinom Ridleyem. Izide 22. oktobra. Pesem je sicer že bila bonus komad na njihovem zadnjem albumu Folkemon, a takrat je bil na vokalu še Martin Walkyier. /M.P./

Track lista Queensryche live albuma Live Evolution: CD 1: Nm 156, Walk In The Shadows, Roads To Madness, The Lady Wore Black, London, Screaming In Digital, Take Hold Of The Flame, Queen Of The Ryche, I Remember Now, Anarchy X, Revolution Calling, Spreading The Disease/Electric, Requiem, Mission, Suite Sister Mary, I Dont Believe In Love, My Empty Room, Eyes Of A Stranger. CD 2: I Am I, Damaged, Empire, Silent Lucidity, Another Rainy Night, Jet City Woman, Liquid Sky, Sacred Ground, Breakdown, Falling Down, Right Side Of My Mind, Hit The Black. /M.P./

Jag Panzer bodo posneli videospot za komad Take To The Sky, ki bo na njihovi novi plošči Mechanized Warfare. Band bo avgusta nastopil na treh festivalih, kasnejših koncertov pa zaenkrat ne načrtujejo, ker bosta tako Mark Briody kot Harry Conklin dobila naraščaj. /M.P./

Track lista novega Jag Panzer albuma Mechanized Warfare je naslednja: Take To The Sky, Frozen In Fear, Unworthy, The Silent, The Scarlet Letter, Choir Of Tears, Cold Is The Blade (And The Heart That Wields It), Hidden In My Eyes, Power Surge in All Things Renewed. /M.P./

Martin Walkyier (Skyclad) bo po koncertu 28. maja zapustil band in se posvetil svojemu novemu projektu Return To The Sabbat. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: AMORPHIS: Am Universum, HALFORD: Live Insurrection, THRESHOLD: Hypothetical, STYGMA IV: Phobia, IRON FIRE: On The Edge, KATATONIA: Last Fair Deal Gone Down, SUSPERIA: Predominance, SKYFIRE: Timeless Departure, SKINLESS: Foreshadowing Our Demise, LOST HORIZON: Awakening The World, MYSTIC CIRCLE: The Great Beat, TROLL: Universal, ULVER: Perdition City, ARK: Burn The Sun, ANASARCA: Moribund, ABIGOR: Satanized, EARTH CRISIS: Last Of The Same, EXTREME NOISE TERROR: Being And Nothing in GUTTERMOUTH: Covered With Ants.

Z albumom Transcendental Sky Guitar se po dolgi odsotnosti vrača kitarski virtuoz Uli Jon Roth. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN`S RISING FORCE: War To End All Wars, ABSCESS: Tormented, CHINCHILLA: Madness, DERANGED: III, DIAS IRAE: Immolated, ONKEL TOM: Ich glaub nicht an den Weihnachtsmann, SKYLARK: The Divine Gates Part II Gate Of Heaven, THANATOS: Angelic Encounters, DRILLER KILLER: And The Winner Is…, GRIEF OF EMERALD: Malformed Sea, ISEGRIM: Dominus Infernus Ushanas ter singel STRATOVARIUS: A Million Light Years Away. Izšla pa je tudi videokaseta STRATOVARIUS: Infinite Visions.

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: OVERKILL: Bloodletting, THE HAUNTED: Made Me Do It, MOLLY HATCHET: Kingdom Of XII, SONATA ARCTICA: Successor (EP), PRETTY MAIDS: Carpe Diem, SIX FEET UNDER: Graveyard Classics, SKYCLAD: Folkimon, TAD MOROSE: Undead, THE 69 EYES: Blessed Be, CARNAL FORGE: Firedemon, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Americas Volume Dealer, DIVINE EMPIRE: Dammed To Inherit, EYEHATEGOD: Confederacy Of Ruined Lives, GRIFFIN: Wasteland Serenades ter singel IRON MAIDEN: Out Of The Silent Planet