Nova potrjena banda za Summer Breeze festival sta Undertow in Regicide. Ostali do sedaj potrjeni bandi: Apostasy, Asp, Bloodflowerz, Fear My Thoughts, Finntroll, Heaven Shall Burn, Lumsk, Neaera, Necrophagist, Potentia Animi, Psychopunch, Saltatio Mortis, Scarve, The Other, Totenmond, Trail Of Tears, Turisas, Unleashed, Visions Of Atlantis, Volbeat. /A.J./

Visions Of Atlantis so se zaradi osebnih razlogov razšli s kitaristom Wernerjem Fiedlerjem, ki ga je že zamenjal Wolfgang Koch. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: NEAL MORSE: One, ENTHRONED: Xes Haereticum, EDENBRIDGE: Shine, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: Cast Away, DARKWELL: Metatron, MANTICORA: 8 Deadly Sins, SEVENTH AVENUE: Eternals, IMPIOUS: Born To Suffer.

29. novembra bodo Avstrijci Visions Of Atlantis izdali nov album Cast Away. Istočasno bo izšel re-release predhodnika Eternal Endless Infinity v remastirani verziji in z novo naslovnico. /M.P./

Konec oktobra se na prvo evropsko turnejo odpravljajo Nizozemci Epica. Spremljali jih bodo Avstrijci Visions Of Atlantis. /M.P./

Belgijski melodični metalci Garden Of Decay bodo 14. maja izdali EP We Generate, na katerem bodo 4 skladbe: Intro/Regenerate, Visions, Chaos song, The sands of time. /M.P./

Avstrijci Visions Of Atlantis so podpisali z Napalm Records. Njihov drugi album bosta producirala Emppu Vuorinen (Nightwish) in Marcelo Cabuli (Beto Vasquez, Barilari). Izid je napovedan za junij. /M.P./

Kanadčani Into Eternity bodo 10. februarja izdali svoj tretji album Buried In Oblivion. Track lista je naslednja: Splintered Visions, Embraced By Desolation, Three Dimensional Aperture, Beginning Of The End, Point Of Uncertainty, Spiralling Into Depression, Isolation, Part I: Buried In Oblivion, Part II: Black Sea Of Agony, Morose Seclusion. /M.P./

Floridski death metalci Monstrosity so končali z miksanjem novega albuma Rise To Power, ki izide 23. septembra pri Conquest Music Inc. Track lista je naslednja: The Exordium, Awaiting Armageddon, Wave Of Annihilation, The Fall Of Eden, Chemical Reaction, A Casket For The Soul, Rise To Power, Visions Of Violence, From Wrath To Ruin, Abysmal Gods, Shadow Of Obliteration. /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./

26. maja bo izšel Iron Maiden dvojni DVD, Visions Of The Beast. Gre za celotno video zgodovino Iron Maiden posnetkov od leta 1980 pa do nastopa na Rock In Riu leta 2001. Poleg tega bo na DVDju še 40 minut bonus materiala in drugih posebnosti (šest legendarnih komadov v animirani obliki). /A.J./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: FOZZY: Happenstence, VINTERSORG: Visions From The Spiral Generator, FULL STRIKE: We Will Rise, WITHOUT FACE: Astronomicon in UNDERCROFT: Evilusion.

29. julija izide nov Steel Prophet album z naslovom Visions Of Force. /M.P./