Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: SIX FEET UNDER: True Carnage, IN FLAMES: The Tokyo Showdown – Live In Japan 2000, DECEASED: Behind The Mourner’s Veil, KARABOUDJAN: Sbrodj ter THRONEAEON: Neither Of Gods,
prejšnji teden pa: APOCALYPTICA: Live (DVD), CREMATORY: Remind, HYPOCRISY: 10 Years Of Chaos And Confusion, TORMENT: Not Dead Yet, SUPREME MAJESTY: Tales Of A Tragic Kingdom, DRAGONHAMMER: The Blood Of A Dragon ter FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM: From Gehenna To Here.

Novi Uriah Heep Tribute album, A Return To Fantasy, bo izšel 27. avgusta pri Century Media. na njem bodo naslednji bandi in komadi: Angel Dust ("Easy Livin'"), Liege Lord ("Too Scared To Run") featuring Joe Comeau and Paul Nelson, Tad Morose ("Rainbow Demon"), Axel Rudi Pell ("July Morning"), Narnia ("Sunrise"), Freebase ("Suicidal Man"), Sacred Steel ("Return To Fantasy"), Blind Guardian ("The Wizard"), Gamma Ray("Look At Yourself"), Nightingale ("Stealin'"), Lana Lane ("Weep In Silence"), Onward ("Bird Of Prey"), Easy Livin' ("Circle Of Hands"). /A.J./

Basist Dave Pybus je zapustil band Anathema. Dave sedaj na koncertih nastopa pri Cradle Of Filth. /M.P./

Kitarist Ben Jackson (Sector 9, -ex Crimson Glory) bo izdal solo album Here I Come, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: Feel Me, To My Surprise, Closer To Soul, The Bold One, Here I Come, Touched, Misty Rain, Your World Or Mine, Flesh And Blood, The Bomb in Whistle In The Wind. /M.P./

Skupina Grave Digger bo v Wacknu posnela live album. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: 1) "Scotland United"; 2) "Excalibur"; 3) "The Dark of the Sun"; 4) "Headbanging Man"; 5) "The Roundtable"; 6) "Cirlcle of Witches"; 7) "Ballad of Mary"; 8) "Lionheart"; 9) "Witch Hunter"; 10) "Morgane Le Fay"; 11) "Knights of the Cross" 12) "Rebellion" 13) "HM Breakdown". /P.G./

Dread And The Fugitive Mind bo naslov naslednjega Megadeth singla. /M.P./

Bivša člana Virgin Steele, kitarist Jack Starr in basist Joe O’reilley, sta ustanovila nov band, Guardians Of The Flame. Za vokalista pa sta našla Chrisa Collinsa, sicer originalnega pevca Dream Theater. /M.P./

Yngwie Malmsteen vokalist Mark Boals ima nov projekt, ki se imenuje Ring Of Fire. Prvi album nosi naslov The Oracle, na njem pa so naslednji komadi: Prelude For The Oracle, Circle Of Time, Shadow In The Dark, Vengeance For Blood, Samurai, City Of The Dead, Dreams Of Empire, The Oracle, Interlude, Land Of Illusion, Take Me Home in Face The Fire. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: ICED EARTH: Horror Show, NIGHTWISH: Over The Hills And Far Away, TO/DIE/FOR: Epilogue, DI`ANNO: Nomad, STEEL ATACK: Fall Into Madness, HIMINBJORG: Third, NVMPH: Nuclear 45 Is Dead, PALLAS: The Cross And The Crucible, DESURRECTED: Butchered In Excrement, KOROVAKILL: Waterhells, CAIRO: Time Of Legends ter V.A.: Wacken Rocks.

Na trojnem koncertnem Dream Theater albumu bodo naslednji komadi: Regression, Overture, 1928, Strange Deja Vu, Through My Words, Fatal Tragedy, Beyond This Life, John and Theresa solo, Though Her Eyes, Home, The Dance Of Eternity One, Last Time, The Spirit Carries On, Finally Free, Metropolis Pt. 1, The Mirror Just Let Me Breathe, Acid Rain, Caught in a New Millennium, Another Day, Jordan's solo, Erotomania, Voices, The Silent Man, Learning To Live in A Change Of Seasons. /M.P./

Eternal Tears Of Sorrow so pravkar končali s snemanjem novega albuma A Virgin And A Whore, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: Aurora Borealis, Heart of Wilderness, Prophetian, Fall of Man, The River Flows Frozen, The Last One For Life, Sick, Dirty and Mean, Blood of Hatred in Aeon. Album naj bi izšel avgusta. /M.P./

Anthrax bodo 13. junija začeli s pripravo materiala za novi album. S tem bodo zaposleni celo poletje, vmes pa bodo imeli tudi nekaj nastopov (Thrash Of The Titans, festival na Japonskem), v septembru in oktobru pa bodo imeli ameriško turnejo. Band namerava ponovno izdati albume The Sound Of White Noise, Stomp in Vol. 8, na katere bodo dodali promo video in komade iz singlov. /M.P./

Track lista koncertnega Death albuma je naslednja: Intro, The Philosopher, Spirit Crusher, Trapped In A Corner, Scavenger Of Human Sorrow, Crystal Mountain, Flesh And The Power It Holds, Zero Tolerance, Zombie Ritual, Suicide Machine, Together As One, Empty Words, Symbolic in Pull the Plug. Koncert bo, najverjetneje oktobra, izšel tudi na VHS in DVD. /M.P./

Poison pevec Brett Michaels in Pamela Anderson sta tožila firmo IEG, ki je prodajala njun sex video, in uspela. Dobila sta odškodnino v višini sedemmestne dolarske vsote.Za vse glamerje pa še set lista z njihove trenutne ameriške turneje: Look What The Cat Dragged In, Nothin' But A Good Time, Talk Dirty To Me, Unskinny Bop, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Fallen Angel, Ride The Wind, I Want Action, Cry Tough, Your Mama Don't Dance, Something To Believe In, Rock Star, Rock And Roll All Nite. /M.P./

Tukaj je track lista novega Destruction albuma The Antichrist, ki izide 27. avgusta: Thrash Till Death, Nailed To The Cross, Dictators Of Cruelty, Strangulated Pride, Meet Your Destiny, Creations Of The Underworld, Bullets From Hell, Godfather Of Slander, Let Your Mind Rot, The Heretic. /M.P./