Znani so prvi potrjeni bandi za festival Headbangers Open Air, se bo odvijal od 28. do 30. julija na severu Nemčije (teden pred festivalom Wacken Open Air, lokacija je oddaljena cca 30km): Astral Doors, Baron Rojo, Beehler, Crystal Viper, Evil One, Jaguar, Leviathan, Meliah Rage, Metal Inquisitor, Pegazus, Powermad, Skull Fist, Slough Feg, Spartan Warrior, Stormwarrior (+Kai Hansen), Striker, Syron Vanes, Tokyo Blade, Torch, Vulcain in White Wizzard. /P.G./

Tukaj lahko slišite dve skladbi skupine Slough Feg s prihajajočega albuma The Animal Spirits. Le-ta bo na police prišel 26. oktobra. /P.G./

Slough Feg bodo oktobra izdali osmi album, naslovljen The Animal Spirits. /P.G./

Založba Cruz Del Sur Music je tukaj objavila prihajajoče albume skupin Crown The Lost, Crescent Shield in Slough Feg. /P.G./

Slough Feg bodo 8. maja pri založbi Cruz Del Sur izdali nov album z naslovom Ape Uprising. /P.G./

Slough Feg bodo 16. julija pri Cruz Del Sur izdali nov album Hardworlder z naslednjo tracklisto: The Return of Dr. Universe, Tiger! Tiger!, The Sea Wolf, Hardworlder, The Spoils, Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Blues, Galactic Nomad, Dearg Doom, Insomnia, Poisoned Treasures, Karma-Kazee, Whirling Vortex, Street Jammer (Mannila Road priredba). /M.P./

Ob Keep It True festivalu prihodnji teden bodo pri Solemnity Music izdali tribute to Manilla Road album The Riddle Masters, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: CD1: ROSAE CRUCIS - The Fires Of Mars, THE WEIRD LORD SLOUGH FEG - Street Jammer, CRYSTAL VIPER (feat. KAT) - Flaming Metal Systems, IRONSWORD - In The Veils Of Negative Existence, AGAINST NATURE (ex-Revelation / Penance) - Crystal Logic, LORD HAUNTED - Dig Me No Grave, BATTLEROAR - Morbid Tabernacle / Isle Of The Dead, SOLEMNITY – Mystification, VIRON - The Dreams Of Eschaton
CD2: EMERALD - Divine Victim, DOWNCAST - Death By The Hammer, BATTLERAGE – Necropolis, DANTESCO - Masque Of The Red Death, JOTENHEIM - Queen Of The Black Coast, ROTTEN – Slaughterhouse, DENIM & LEATHER - Open The Gates, HOLY MARTYR - Dragon Star, TEMPUS FUGIT (ex-LIGEIA) - The Prophecy. /M.P./

Nizozemski melodični death metalci Callenish Circle bodo 20. septembra pri Karmageddon Media izdali dvojni CD z vsemi remastiranimi posnetki iz obdobja pred Metal Blade. Album bo nosil naslov Forbidden Empathy, naslovnico zanj pa je naredil Niklas Sundin. Track lista je naslednja:
CD1:
Graceful... Yet Forbidding (1999):
No Reason, Forgotten, Inner Battle (intro), Beyond, Broken, Oppressed Natives, Silent Tears, Passionate Dance (intro), Caught by Deceit, Shadows of the Past
Escape EP (1998):
Silent Tears, Escape, Broken, Mirror of Serenity
CD2:
Drift of Empathy (1996):
Inner Sense, Mental Affection, Slough of Despond, Solitude, Last Words, The Dreamers Path, Disguised Ignorance, Where the Moon meets the Sea, Scars
Lovelorn demo (1995):
Slough of Despond, Disguised Ignorance, Lovelorn, Shadows, The Dreamers Path. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: DARKTHRONE: Hate Them, RACER X: Getting Heavier, LULLACRY: Crucify My Heart, CARPATHIAN FOREST: Defending The Throne Of Evil, RAWHEAD REXX: Diary In Black, THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG: Traveller in BURNING POINT: Feeding The Flames.