26. aprila izide Coldness, drugi album solo projekta Tima Kotipelta. Na njem so poleg Tima sodelovali še Janne Wirman (Children Of Bodom, Warmen), Jari Kainulainen (Stratovarius), Juhani Malmberg (Tunnelvision), Mike Romeo (Symphony X) in Mirka Rantanen (Thunderstone, Tunnelvision). Na albumu bodo naslednji komadi: Seeds Of Sorrow, Reasons, Around, Can You Hear The Sound, Snowbound, Journey Back, Evening's Fall, Coldness Of My Mind, Take Me Away, Here We Are. /A.J./

Timo Tolkki naj bi do začetka prihodnjega tedna razkril ime novega Stratovarius bobnarja/bobnarke (po njegovih besedah naj bi šlo za žensko). Drugi Timo, Kotipelto, pa je pravkar posnel videospot za prihajajoči single Reasons. /M.P./

Timo Kotipelto bo sredi marca izdal single Reasons, ki napoveduje njegovo drugo solo ploščo Coldness. Na njem bosta dve skladbi s tega albuma, Reasons in Seeds Of Sorrow ter podaljšana verzija skladbe Vizier (s prvenca Waiting For The Dawn). Album izide spomladi. /M.P./

Track lista novega Kotipelto albuma Coldness, ki izide 1. aprila pri Century Media, je naslednja: Seeds Of Sorrow, Reasons, Around, Can You Hear The Sound, Snowbound, Journey Back, Evening's Fall, Coldness Of My Mind, Take Me Away, Here We Are. Poleg Tima so pri snemanju sodelovali: Janne Warman (Children Of Bodom), Jari Kainulainen (Stratovarius), Mirka Ranta (Thunderstone), Mike Romeo (Symphony X) in Juhani Malmberg (Tunnelvision). /M.P./

Znana je track lista Slayer boxa Soundtrack To The Apocalypse, ki izide 25. novembra. CD1: Angel Of Death, Criminally Insane (Remix), Postmortem, Raining Blood, Aggressive Perfector, South Of Heaven, Silent Scream, Live Undead, Mandatory Suicide, Spill The Blood, War Ensemble, Dead Skin Mask, Hallowed Point, Born Of Fire, Seasons In The Abyss, Hell Awaits, The Antichrist, Chemical Warfare.
CD2: Sex. Murder. Art., Dittohead, Divine Intervention, Serenity In Murder, 213, Can't Stand You, D.D.A.M.M., Gemini, Bitter Peace, Death's Hand, Stain Of Mind, Disciple, God Send Death, New Faith, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Disorder (Feat. Ice-T), Memories Of Tomorrow, Human Disease, Unguarded Instinct, Wicked, Addict, Scarstruck.
CD3: Ice Titan (Live in California 3/83), The Antichrist (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Fight Till Death (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Necrophiliac (Live In California, 9/85), Piece By Piece (Studio Rough Mix/Outtake), Raining Blood (Live In Canada 11/86), Angel Of Death (Live In Canada 11/86), Raining Blood (Jeff Hanneman Home Recordings), South Of Heaven (Jeff Hannemann Home Recordings), Seasons In The Abyss (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mandatory Suicide (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mind Control (Live in Brazil, 1994), No Remorse (I Wanna Die) (Feat. Atari Teenage Riot), Dittohead (Live In California, 5/98), Sex. Murder. Art. (Live In California, 5/98), Bloodline (Live In Sweden, 2002), Payback (Live In Sweden, 2002).
DVD: Die By The Sword (Live In California, 3/83), Aggressive Perfector (Live In California, 1983), Praise Of Death (Live In California, 1984), Haunting The Chapel (Live In Sweden 5/95), Necrophobic (Live In New York, 1986), Reborn (Live In New York, 1986), Jesus Saves (Live In New York, 1986), War Ensemble (Live In Michigan, 1991), South Of Heaven (Live In Michigan, 1991), Dead Skin Mask (Live In Michigan, 1991), Gemini (Live In California, 8/96), Heaviest Band Award - Kerrang! Magazine Award 1996 (Slayer Home Footage), EPK For "Diabolus In Musica", Stain Of Mind (Live In Japan, 7/98), Bloodline (Live On ESPN, 7/02), Disciple (Live In France, 7/03), God Send Death (Live In France, 7/03).
CD 5 (samo deluxe verzija): Live At The Grove In Anaheim, 2002. /M.P./

Kitarist Uli Jon Roth bo 10. novembra pri SPV izdal koncertni album Metamorphosis Of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, ki bo sestavljen iz dveh delov, The Seasons in Metamorphosis. Track lista je naslednja: The Seasons - Prelude To The Seasons (U.J.R.), Venga La Primavera, April Rain, Triumph Of Spring, Tales Of The Summer Wind, Thunder In July, Tempest: Tuona E Fulmina, Cheiron And Selenos, Teardrops In October, Artemis, Ice, Wind & Fire, Sleighbells At Yasnaya, War Of The Winds, Thunder Cadenza (U.J.R.); Metamorphosis - Cry Of The Night, Summer's Breath, Rodeo From Hell, Les Adieux, Springtime Euphoria, Heart Of Chopin, Dance Of The Water Spirits, Transfiguration, Venga La Vita, Morning Of Forever. /M.P./

Znana je track lista že dolgo napovedanega Slayer DVDja War At The Warfield, ki izide konec meseca: Disciple, War Ensemble, Stain Of Mind, New Faith, Postmortem, Raining Blood, Hell Awaits, Here Comes The Pain, Die By The Sword, Dittohead, Bloodline, God Send Death, Dead Skin Mask, Seasons In The Abyss, Captor Of Sin, Mandatory Suicide, Chemical Warfare, South Of Heaven, Angel Of Death. Bonus material vključuje Bloodline video in 50 minutni dokumentarec Fans Rule. /M.P./

The Almighty člana, kitarist Nick Parsons in basist Gav Gray sta z bobnarjem Ronnie McLeanom ustanovila nov band Runt. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Vintersorg albuma The Focusing Bar, ki izide kmalu prihodnje leto: Prologue Dialogue, The Essence, The Thesises Seasons, Matrix Odyssey, Star Puzzled, A Sphere In A Sphere (To Infinity), Blindsight Complexity, Artifacts Of Chaos, Dark Matter Mystery/Blackbody Spectrum, Curtains, A Microscopical Macrocosm. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: MALEVOLENT CREATION: The Will To Kill, ENTOMBED: Sons Of Satan Praise The Lord, BEHOLDER: Wish For Destruction, LITHIUM: Cold in ABLAZE MY SORROW: Angry, Hate And Funny.

25. novembra Entombed začnejo s snemanjem novega albuma. 11. Novembra pa izide njihov 2CD s priredbami Sons Of Satan Praise The Lord. /M.P./

Jeseni bodo Entombed izdali dvojni album priredb z naslovom Sons Of Satan Praise The Lord. Drugače pa band pripravlja DVD, nov studijski album, konec leta pa naj bi posneli še koncertni album. /M.P./

Dave Lombardo bo do konca leta igral s Slayer na njihovih koncertih. Z njim so za kompilacijo Crank It Up posneli tudi priredbo Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf, kar se je zgodilo prvič po letu 1990 (Seasons In The Abyss). /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: IMMORTAL: Sons Of Northern Darkness, SACRED STEEL: Slaughter Prophecy, MIKE TRAMP: Recovering The Wasted Years, TAKARA: Perception Of Reality in WYKKED WYTCH: Angelic Vengeance.

Želite postati bobnar pri Slayer?!? Ti bodo februarja začeli z avdicijo za Bostaphovega namestnika. Sicer je že malo pozno, a vendar: kandidati morajo do 1. februarja poslati VHS, na kateri igrajo Slayer komade, biografijo, opisati glasbene izkušnje in sodelovali bodo lahko na avdicijah 7.2. v Dallasu in 13.2. v San Franciscu. Še naslovi komadov, ki jih morajo kandidati znati odigrati na avdiciji: Disciple, God Send Death, Stain of Mind, Angel Of Death, Postmortem/Raining Blood, South of Heaven, War Ensemble, Seasons in the Abyss, Hell Awaits, Haunting the Chapel, Chemical Warfare.
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