30. januarja bo založba Metal Blade izdala dvojni disk z naslovom Into The Pit. Na ploščku bo 10 video posnetkov in 13 komadov. Tracklista je sledeča:
DVD:
AS I LAY DYING - Confined
UNEARTH - Endless
CATARACT - Nothing´s Left
THE RED CHORD - Antman
BORN FROM PAIN - Rise Or Die
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - A Vulgar Picture
NEAERA - Hibernating Reason
WINTER SOLSTICE - Following Caligula
INTO THE MOAT - Empty Shell
SINCE THE FLOOD - Valor And Vengance
CD:
AS I LAY DYING - Meaning In Tragedy
UNEARTH - The Great Dividers
CATARACT - As We Speak
THE RED CHORD - Fixation On Plastics
BORN FROM PAIN - The New Hate
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - Statutory Ape
NEAERA - The World Devourers
WINTER SOLSTICE - Calibrate The Virus
INTO THE MOAT - Dead Before I Stry
SINCE THE FLOOD - In My Eyes
MACHINEMADE GOD - Losses To Lessons
LOSA - The Beginning
THE RED DEATH - Aftertaste Of The Emaciated
/P.G./

Poljaki Drzamat so začeli snemanje albuma z naslovom Transkarpatia. Produciral ga bo Andy La Rocque, na njem pa bodo naslednji komadi: Vampiric Prose, Hallucinations, The Burning Times, Letter from Hell, Blackward, Labyrinth of Anxiety, Recurring Yell, Virus, The Old Form of Worship, Equinox, Tempted by Rot, Tribute to... /P.G./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: CHILDREN OF BODOM: Are You Dead Yet?, HYPOCRISY: Virus, CATHEDRAL: The Garden Of Unearthly Delights,THE ABSENCE: From Your Grave, RAZLIČNI IZVAJALCI: Monsters Of Metal Vol.4.

30.11. v Ljubljanski VPK prihaja visokost švedske death metal scene Hypocrisy, skupaj z njimi pa ameriške thrash metal legende Exodus. Oba banda bosta predstavljala nova albuma, Hypocrisy Virus, Exodus pa The Showel Headed Kill Machine. Kot predskupina bodo nastopili Noctiferia. Koncert se bo zgodil le dan po Stratovarius/Hammerfall koncertu, tako da bosta oba koncerta skupaj predstavljala festival, za katerega se bo dalo kupiti vstopnico po ugodnejši ceni. /M.P./

Znana je track lista drugega albuma švedskih simfoničnih black metalcev Apostasy z naslovom Devilution, ki izide kasneje letos pri Black Mark Records: Malignant, Sulphur Injection, Virus, Supreme Architecture, Vengeance, Salvation Denied, Soulgrime, Suicide Breeze. /M.P./

Hypocrisy so objavili naslovnico prihajajočega albuma Virus, ki izide 19. septembra pri Nuclear Blast. /M.P./

Nemci Evidence One so prejšnji teden posneli video za skladbo Virus In My Veins, 15. novembra pa pri Nuclear Blast izide njihov drugi album, Tattooed Heart. /P.G./

Znana je track lista novega Evidence One albuma Tattooed Heart, ki izide 15. novembra pri Nuclear Blast: Moonsigh, Virus In My Veins, Written In Blood, Tattooed Heart, Infinite Seconds, When Thunder Hits The Ground, In Love And War, Slave To The Machine, Anything I Need To Know, Child Of Insanity, Wall Of Lies (bonus). /M.P./

Znana je vsebina Iron Maiden dvojnega DVDja Visions Of The Beast, ki izide 2. junija. Na več kot 4 urah bo dokumentirana kariera banda, ki je do sedaj prodal že preko 50 milijonov albumov. Prvič bo na enem mestu moč videti vse njihove video spote od leta 1980 do nastopa na koncertu Rock In Rio. V 40 minutah bonus materiala se bodo skrivale še nikoli videne animirane verzije šestih klasik. DVD1: Women In Uniform, Wrathchild (Live At The Rainbow), Run To The Hills, The Number Of The Beast, Flight Of Icarus, The Trooper (Promo), 2 Minutes To Midnight, Aces High, Wasted Years, Stranger In A Strange Land, Can I Play With Madness, The Evil That Men Do, The Clairvoyant (Donington '88), Infinite Dreams (Live), Holy Smoke, Tailgunner, Aces High (Camp Chaos Version), The Number Of The Beast (Camp Chaos Version), Futureal (Football Version), Fear Of The Dark (Rock In Rio), Man On The Edge (Slapstick Version); DVD2: Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter, Be Quick Or Be Dead, From Here To Eternity, Wasting Love, Fear Of The Dark (Donington '92), Hallowed Be Thy Name (Donington '92), Man On The Edge, Afraid To Shoot Strangers, Lord Of The Flies, Virus, The Angel And The Gambler, Futureal, The Wicker Man, Out Of The Silent Planet, Brave New World (Rock In Rio), The Wicker Man (Camp Chaos Version), Flight Of Icarus (Camp Chaos Version), Run To The Hills (Camp Chaos Version), The Trooper (Camp Chaos Version). /M.P./

Znane so skladbe Blaze koncertnega albuma As Live As It Gets, ki izide 24. marca: Speed of Light, Two Worlds Collide, Steel, Kill & Destroy, End Dream, Stare at the Sun, Land of the Blind, Silicon Messiah, Dazed & Confused, Virus, The Brave, Stranger to the Light, Born as a Stranger, Identity, Tenth Dimension, Sign of the Cross, Futureal, Ghost in the Machine. /M.P./

Kot smo že pisali, Iced Eart šef Jon Schaffer istočasno pripravlja novi Iced Earth in Demons & Wizards plošči. Iced Earth izdelku bo naslov Glorious Burden, s snemanjem pa naj bi začeli januarja v Morrisound Studios, kjer so posneli že vse svoje plošče. Znanih je že 19 delovnih naslovov pesmi, ki pa se lahko še spremenijo. Nekatere od teh bodo uvrščene na Demons & Wizards album: The Reckoning (Don't Tread On Me), Hollow Man, And The Anger Flows, Honesty And The Damage Done, Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death, When The Eagle Cries, Gettysburg, Red Badge Of Courage, My Life, Tale Of A Sale, Solitude II, The Glorious Burden, The Opportunist, The Haunting, This Virus Called Man, A Gift Or A Curse?, Ignorance Is Bliss, Deception In The Desert. /M.P./

Helloween so za snemanje novega albuma najeli Motörhead bobnarja Mikkey Deeja. Njihov novi bobnar Mark Cross je septembra namreč zbolel za hudim Epstein-Barr virusom (EPV), znan kot mononukleoza, in za ozdravitev bo potreboval 4-5 mesecev; virus namreč uniči celoten imunski sistem in Mark je še vedno prešibak, da bi opravljal kakršnekoli aktivnosti. Da ne bo slučajno prišlo do kakšnega nerazumevanja: Mark ostaja Helloween bobnar. /M.P./

6. junija je umrl bivši Ratt kitarist Robbin Crosby. Vzrok njegove srmti je bil srčni napad, vendar Robbinovo zdravstveno stanje je bilo v zadnjem času zaradi AIDS-a že zelo kritično. Njegovo obolelost za virusom HIV so odkrili leta 1994. Sam je rekel, da se je najverjetneje okužil v začetku igranja pri Ratt, ko sta z Mötley Crue basistom Nikki Sixxom skupaj vstopila v svet heroina. /M.P./

Tracklista novega Lock Up albuma Hate Breeds Suffering, ki izide 21. januarja: Feeding The Opiate, Castrate The Wreckage, Violent Reprisa ,Detestation, Retrogression, Slaughterous Way, Dead Sea Scoll... ,Hate Breeds Suffering, Catharsis, The Jesus Virus, Broken World, Horns Of Venus, High Tide In A Sea Of Food, Cascade Leviathan, Fake Somebody, The Sixth Extinction. /M.P./

Danes izidejo naslednji albumi: CREMATORY: Believe, DORO: Calling The Wind, VIRUS 7: Sick In The Head, ORATORY: Illusion Dimensions, EINHERJER: Norvegian Native Art, NILE: Black Seeds Of Vengeance, NYCTOPHOBIC: Insects, HAEMORRHAGE: Loathesongs, HYPNOS: In Blood We Trust, GARDEN OF SHADOWS: Oracle Moon, SEPTIC CEMETARY: Shattered, SUPERSHINE: Supershine ter singla ATROCITY: Taste Of Sin in WIZZARD: Tormentor.