Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: ROSE TATTOO: 25 To Life, LOWBROW: Victims At Play, MOB RULES: Temple Of Two Suns, MYSTERIUM: Glowering Facades Of Night, DOMINION CALIGULA: A New Era Rises, RAVENOUS: Assembled In Blasphemy, ANTAEUS: Cut Your Flesh And Worship Satan, ROCK ROB: Rage Of Creation, USURPER: Necronemesis ter singel THY SERPENT: Death.

Na najnovejši nemški lestvici najbolje prodajanih albumov so metal skupine dosegle odličen uspeh, saj se je kar petim uspelo uvrstiti med najboljših 50. Na 26. mestu so Helloween z The Dark Ride, 30. so Cradle Of Filth z Midian, 32. so Rhapsody z Dawn Of Victory, 43. mesto zaseda Tony Iommy s solo ploščo Iommi, 50. pa so Type O Negative z zbirko največjih uspešnic The Least Worst Of. Velik uspeh pa je uspel tudi Children Of Bodom, saj se je njihova nova plošča Follow The Reaper, ki je izšla le na Finskem, tam uvrstila na 3. mesto najbolje prodajanih plošč. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: HELLOWEEN: The Dark Ride, RHAPSODY: Dawn Of Victory, CRADLE OF FILTH: Midian, MY DYING BRIDE: Meisterwerk 1, AXEL RUDI PELL: The Wizzards Chosen Few, TYPE O NEGATIVE: The Least Worst Of, ATROCITY: Gemini, DEWIN TOWNSEND: Physicist, INTERNATIONAL VOID Unearthed, GREEN CARNATION: Every Last Time, ILLDISPOSED: Retro, REIGN EREBUS: Of Blacket Magick, AGHORA: Aghora ter DARKTHRONE: Preparing For War.

Tim Calvert, ki je pred kratkim zapustil Nevermore, je sedaj zaposlen pri letalski družbi Boeing, kjer polni avione z gorivom. Menda si je že od nekdaj želel delati z avioni. Namesto njega bo začasno, le za turnejo, pri Nevermore brenkal Curran Murphy, ki je z bendom igral že na Politics Of Ecstasy turneji. /M.P./

Kitarist Tim Calvert je zapustil Seattlečane Nevermore. /M.P./

Na novem albumu skupine Poison najdemo naslednje komade: Power To The People', 'Can't Bring Me Down', 'The Last Song', 'Strange', 'I Hate Every Bone In Your Body But Mine', Intro, 'Look What The Cat Dragged In', 'I Want Action', 'Something To Believe In', 'Love On The Rocks', C. C. solo, 'Fallen Angel', 'Let It Play', Rikki solo, 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn', 'Unskinny Bop', 'Nothin' But A Good Time' in 'Talk Dirty To Me'. Naslov plošče je Power to the people. /P.G./

Finci Stratovarius zanikajo govorice, da bo skupina razpadla. Res pa je, da bodo imeli po letošnji turneji daljši počitek. V tem času bosta Timota (Tolkki in Kotipelto) izdala svoje solo projekte. /P.G./

4/17 -- Borknagar - Quintessence
4/17 -- Asphyx - On The Wings Of Inferno
4/18 -- Incantation - The Infernal Storm
4/18 -- Black Label Society - Stronger Than Death
4/18 -- Cephalic Carnage - Exploiting Dysfunction
4/18 -- Kreator - Voices Of Transgression
4/18 -- Alice Cooper - Brutal Planet
4/18 -- Nok - Vent
4/18 -- Running Wild - Victory
4/18 -- Various Artists - Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. II
4/25 -- Atomic Opera - Gospel Cola
4/25 -- The Quiet Room - Reconceive
4/25 -- Domine - Dragon Lord
4/25 -- Spock's Beard - Don't Try This At Home (Live)
4/25 -- Mental Home - Upon The Shores Of Inner Seas
4/25 -- Century Media Compilation - Identity 6
4/25 -- U.D.O. - No Limit
4/25 -- U.D.O. - Solid
4/25 -- Destruction - All Hell Breaks Loose
4/25 -- The Step Kings - Let's Get It On!
4/25 -- Shelter - When 20 Summers Pass
4/25 -- Sacred Steel - Bloodlust
4/25 -- Mrs. Hippie - Lotus
4/25 -- Boysetsfire - After the Eulogy
5/01 -- Night in Gales - Nailwork
5/02 -- Shaft - Quint
5/02 -- Power Symphony - Lightbringer
5/02 -- Shovelbarn
5/03 -- Storyteller - Storyteller
5/03 -- Mirsteltein - Rape In Rapture
5/08 -- Iron Maiden - The Wickerman
5/08 -- Brainstorm - Ambiguity
5/08 -- Hammerheart Records Compilation - Sign of the Hammer
5/08 -- Helstar - Twas The Night Of A Helish Christmas
5/09 -- Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5/09 -- Sinner - The End of Sanctuary
5/09 -- Accept - Objection Overruled
5/09 -- Accept - Death Row
5/09 -- Vader - Litany
5/09 -- Mortification - 10 Years Live Not Dead
5/09 -- Kenziner - The Prophecies
5/15 -- Motorhead - We Are Motorhead
5/16 -- Lowbrow - Victims at Play
/P.G./

Mötley Crüe že snemajo novi album z nalsovom New Tatoo. Album naj bi se zgledoval po njihovih starejših izdajah: bas v stilu prvenca, kitarski deli in teksti v stilu Dr. Feelgod,… Izid je predviden za 20. junij, znani pa so tudi naslovi komadov: New Tattoo, First Band On The Moon, God Drives A UFO, Crash-O Matic, Treat Me Like The Dog That I Am, Hollywood Ending, Penthouse 57, Time Bomb, Dragstrip Superstar, Hell On High Heels, American Zero, Punched In The Teeth By Love, Whoreable, and Porno Star. /M.P./

25. januarja bo založba Metal Blade Records izdala DVD kompilacijo z naslovom Metalmeister. Posnetkov je za dobro uro in pol, na disku pa bo 19 spotov iz 19-letne zgodovine založbe, diskografija skupin, slike in intervjuji. Na DVDju boste našli: SIX FEET UNDER - 'Victim Of The Paranoid', ARMORED SAINT - 'Reign Of Fire', FATES WARNING - 'Point Of View', GALACTIC COWBOYS - 'Nothing To Say', CANNIBAL CORPSE - 'Sentenced to Burn', GWAR - 'Gor Gor', MERCYFUL FATE - 'The Uninvited Guest', GRIP INC. - 'Ostracized', KING'S X - 'Fade', Fates Warning - 'A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Part 1' (live), Armored Saint - 'March Of The Saint' (live), Lizzy Borden - 'Psychopath' (live), TROUBLE - 'Run To The Light', SACRED REICH - 'Low', FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - 'Monster', MERCYFUL FATE - 'Witches Dance', GWAR - 'Sick Of You', Lizzy Borden intervju iz leta 1990... /P.G./