16. avgusta izide Whitesnake DVD The Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues Show Live, ki so ga posneli lani oktobra v Londonu. Septembra pa izide tudi Whitesnake box set Whitesnake Crhonicles s tremi CD-ji, Slide It In, Whitesnake in Slip Of The Tongue, oktobra pa še dvojni best of CD Whitesnake Gold Series. /M.P./

Running Wild so objavili track listo novega albuma Rogues En Vogue, ki izide 28. februarja pri G.U.N./ BMG Ariola: Draw the Line, Angel of Mercy, Skeleton Dance, Skulls & Bones, Born Dead, Dying Worse, Black Gold, Soul Vampires, Rogues en Vogue, Winged & Feathered, Dead Man's Road, The War. Na limited edition verziji albuma bosta še dve skladbi, Cannonball Tongue in Libertalia. /M.P./

Znana ja track lista novega Einherjer albuma Blot, ki izide 15. septembra pri Tabu Recordings: Einherjermarsjen, Ironbound, Dead Knight's Rite, Wolf-Age, The Eternally Damned, Ware Her Venom, Hammar Haus, Starkad, Ride the Gallows, Ingen Grid, Berserkergang, Venomtongue. /M.P./

Cradle Of Filth bodo 3. marca izdali DVD single Babalon AD (So Glad For The Madness). Na njem bo spot za naslovno pesem, Serpent Tongue – dvominutna animacija banda, foto galerija, biografija in še kaj. Teden dni kasneje pa bo že na vrsti najnovejši studijski album Damnation And A Day. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Cradle Of Filth albuma Damnation And A Day, ki izide 10. marca: A Bruise Upon The Silent Moon, The Promise Of Fever, Hurt And Virtue, An Enemy Led The Tempest, Damned In Any Language ( A Plague On Words), Better To Reign In Hell, Serpent Tongue, Carrion, The Mordant Liquor Of Tears, Presents From The Poison-Hearted, Doberman Pharaoh, Babalon A.D. (So Glad For The Madness), A Scarlet Witch Lit The Season, Mannequin, Thank God For The Suffering, The Smoke Of Her Burning, End Of Daze. 24. februarja bodo Britanci izdali prvi single Babalon A.D. (So Glad For The Madness), zanj pa so že posneli video spot. Posvečen je 12 Days Of Sodom Marquisa De Sadea. /M.P./

Razpadli norveški black metalci Emperor bodo marca prihodnje leto izdali 2CD kompilacijo z naslovom Scattered Ashes – A Decade Of Emperial Wrath. Sestavili so jo člani banda, vsebovala pa bo tudi neizdane in redke skladbe. CD1: Curse You All Men, The Tongue Of Fire, The Majesty Of The Night Sky, Cosmic Keys To My, Creations & Times, Wrath Of The Tyrant, The Loss & Curse Of Reverence, An Elegy Of Icaros, I Am The Black Wizards, Thus Spake The Nightspirit (live), Ye Entrancemperium, In The Wordless Chamber, With Strength I Burn, Inno A Satana. CD 2: A Fine Day To Die, Aerie Descent, Cromlech, Gypsy, Funeral Fog, I Am, Sworn (ULVER remix), Lords Of The Storms, My Empire's Doom, Moon Over Kara-Shehr, Witches Sabbath, Ancient Queen, In Longing Spirit. /M.P./

Avstrijci Amortis iščajo založbo, ki bo izdala njihov novi album Gift Of Tongues, na katerem je 7 komadov v dolžini 51 minut. Naslovnico zanj je narisal Niklas Sundin (Dark Tranquillity). /M.P./

Gene Simmons (KISS) bo še letos izdal prvo številko revije Gene Simmons' Tongue, ki bo mešanica revij Playboy, Rolling Stone in Maxim. /M.P./

Na naslednjem Emperor albumu Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise bodo naslednji komadi: The Eruption, Depraved, Empty, The Prophet, The Tongue Of Fire, In the Wordless Chamber, Grey, He Who Sought the Fire in Thorns On My Grave. /M.P./