Znan je dnevni razpored nastopov na festivalu Bang Your Head, ki se bo odvijal 15. in 16. julija v nemškem kraju Balingen:

petek, 15. julij:
glavni oder:
Accept
Immortal
Overkill
Quiet Riot
Death Angel
Crimson Glory
Legion Of The Damned
Stormwarrior
Crashdiet
Crystal Viper
Portrait

dvorana:
Amorphis
Asphyx
Cripper


sobota, 16. julija:
glavni oder:
Slayer
Helloween
Sonata Arctica
Pretty Maids
Psychotic Waltz
Hardcore Superstar
D-A-D
Tygers Of Pan Tang
Astral Doors
Metal Inquisitor
Ivanhoe

dvorana:
Lordi
Jeff Scott Soto
Desaster

Na ogrevalnem večeru, ki bo v četrtek, 14. julija, pa bodo nastopili Axel Rudi Pell, Brainstorm, Kissin' Dynamite in Eternal Reign. /P.G./

Quiet Riot so zadnji potrjeni band za festival Bang Your Head. Seznam nastopajočih je torej sledeč: Accept, Amorphis, Asphyx, Astral Doors, Crashdiet, Crimson Glory, Cripper, Crystal Viper, D-A-D, Death Angel, Desaster, Hardcore Superstar, Helloween, Immortal, Ivanhoe, Jeff Scott Soto, Legion Of The Damned, Lordi, Metal Inquisitor, Overkill, Portrait, Pretty Maids, Psychotic Waltz, Quiet Riot, Slayer, Sonata Arctica, Stormwarrior in Tygers Of Pan Tang. Na ogrevalnem večeru bodo nastopili Axel Rudi Pell, Brainstorm, Kissin' Dynamite in Eternal Reign. /P.G./

Na MySpace strani skupine Amorphis lahko slišite single z naslovom You I Need, ki bo izšel 22. aprila. /P.G./

Amorphis bodo 22. aprila izdali digitalni single z naslovom You I Need. /P.G./

V bandu Absolute Power so se združili vokalist Simon Efemey (producent albumov skupin Napalm Death, Paradise Lost, Crowbar, Amorphis, ...), basist Shane Embury (Napalm Death), kitarista Mitch Harris (Napalm Death) in Russ Russell (producent albumov Evile, Dimmu Borgir, ...) in bobnar Ian Treacey (ex Benediction). Na samonaslovljenem prvencu, ki bo izšel 9. maja, sta gostovala Tim "Ripper" Owens (Yngwie Malmsteen, ex Judas Priest, ex Iced Earth, ...) in Brian Tatler (Diamond Head). /P.G./

Amorphis bodo konec maja izdali album z naslovom The Beginning Of Times, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe:
Battle For Light
Mermaid
My Enemy
You I Need
Song Of The Sage
Three Words
Reformation
Soothsayer
On A Stranded Shore
Escape
Crack In A Stone
Beginning Of Time in digipack bonus Heart’s Song
Pred tem, aprila, bo izšel single You I Need. /P.G./

11. februarja bo izšla videokompilacija z naslovom Nuclear Blast Clips Vol.1, na kateri bodo naslednji videospoti:
Accept - Teutonic Terror
Sabaton – Uprising
Blind Guardian - A Voice In The Dark
Dimmu Borgir - Dimmu Borgir
Immortal - All Shall Fall
Death Angel - Truce
Avantasia - Dying For An Angel
Sonic Syndicate - Turn It Up
Filter - The Inevitable Relapse
Soilwork - Deliverance Is Mine
Exodus - Downfall
Kataklysm - Push The Venom
Overkill - Bring Me The Night
Eluveitie - Thousandfold
Equilibrium - Der Ewige Sieg
Ex Deo - The Final War
Suicidal Angels - Beyond The Laws Of Church
Arsis - Forced To Rock
Mnemic - Diesel Uterus
Tarot - I Walk Forever
Indica - Islands Of Light
Callejon - Sommer, Liebe, Kokain
Scar Symmetry - The Iconoclast
Filter - No Love
All Ends - Generation Disgrace
Rhapsody Of Fire - Sea Of Fate
Decrepit Birth - The Resonance
Suffocation - Cataclysmic Purification
Nile - Permitting The Noble Dead To Descend To The Underworld
Behemoth - Alas, Lord Is Upon Me (cenzurirana verzija)

Bonus komadi:
Dimmu Borgir - Gateways
Sonic Syndicate - My Own Life
Sonic Syndicate - Revolution, Baby
Nightwish - The Islander
Behemoth - Ov Fire And The Void (cenzurirana verzija)

Bonus live posnetki:
Exodus - Children Of A Worthless God
Meshuggah - Straws Pulled At Random
Amorphis - The Castaway
Behemoth - Ov Fire And The Void
Doro - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Candlemass - The Bleeding Baroness
Immortal - Tyrants

/P.G./

Jutri ob 17:00 se bo na tej strani predvajal DVD skupine Amorphis z naslovom Forging The Land Of Thousand Lakes.

Amorphis poleti ne bodo počivali, saj bodo med drugim nastopili na festivalih Masters Of Rock, Bang Your Head in Metalcamp.

Amorphis so začeli snemanje novega albuma, ki bo izšel prihodnje leto. /P.G./

V današnji oddaji Metal detektor bomo poslušali nove izdaje bandov Grave Digger, Flotsam & Jetsam, The Prophecy23, The Batallion, Autopsy, Goat The Head, Abigail Williams, Armagedda, Eastern Front, Enslaved, Amorphis in Atrocity. Metal detektor je na sporedu vsak ponedeljek ob 22.00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3 MHz ali www.radiostudent.si. /M.P.C./

Amorphis bodo 17. septembra izdali kompilacijo z naslovom Magic & Mayhem – Tales From The Early Years. Na njej bodo na novo posnete skladbe, ki so nastale v obdobju med 1991 in 1996. /P.G./

Skyforger, zadnji studijski album Amorphis, je na Finskem presegel 15.000 prodanih izvodov in dosegel zlato naklado. Live DVD Forging The Land Of Thousand Lakes izide v jutri. /A.J./

Ta teden novo v On Parole trgovini: 1349, Agent Steel, Alice Cooper, Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Annihilator, Annotations Of An Autopsy, Bathory, Behemoth, Black Label Society, Burzum, Carnal Forge, Crowbar, Cynic, Darkthrone, Dio, Dismember, Fear Factory, Heathen, Helloween, Ihsahn, Karma To Burn, Keep Of Kalessin, Limbonic Art, Marduk, Megadeth, Motörhead, Obituary, Pantheon I, Pestilence, Sanctuary, Shining, Sinister, Skeletonwitch, Spirit Caravan, Taake, Tardy Brothers, Testament, Watain in Whiplash. Več na www.on-parole.com.

Amorphis bodo jeseni izdali kompilacijo Majestic Beasts - Tales From The Early Years, na kateri bodo na novo posnete skladbe s prvih treh albumov Karelian Isthmus, Tales From The Thousand Lakes, Elegy. Na kompilaciji bo tudi The Doors priredba Light My Fire. Band je v pogajanjih z založbo Nuclear Blast (s katero so podaljšali pogodbo za tri albume), da enako stori z naslednjimi tremi albumi, Tuonela, Am Universum in Far From The Sun. Oktobra pa band začne s snemanjem novega studijskega albuma. /M.P./