Skew Siskin 21. maja izdajajo nov album Peace Breaker. /M.P./

Primal Fear so objavili naslov in izid novega albuma. New Religion izide 31. avgusta pri Frontiers Records, na njem pa bo enajst skladb: New Religion, Drenched In Blood, The Curse Of Sharon, Face The Emptiness, Too Much Time, Every Time It Rains, Burning Bridges, Psycho, World On Fire, The Man (I Don't Know), The Darkness a. Fighting The Darkness, b. Darkness II, c. (Reprise). Na albumu kot gostje sodelujejo Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray), Simone Simons (Epica) in Magnus Karlsson (Starbreaker, Allen/Lande). /M.P./

5. junija izide Poison album priredb Poison'd. Posneli so ga v postavi Bret Michaels, C.C. DeVille, Rikki Rockett in Bobby Dall, na njem pa bodo naslednje pridedbe: Little Willy (Sweet), Suffragette City (David Bowie), I Never Cry (Alice Cooper), I Need To Know (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band), What I Like About You (The Romantics), Dead Flowers (The Rolling Stones), Just What I Needed (The Cars), Rock And Roll All Nite (Kiss), Squeeze Box (The Who), Your Mama Don't Dance (Loggins And Messina), You Don't Mess Around With Jim (Jim Croce), We're An American Band (Grand Funk Railroad). /M.P./

Primal Fear so objavili track listo best of albuma Metal is Forever - The Very Best of Primal Fear, ki izide 29. septembra pri Nuclear Blast: CD1: Metal Is Forever, Chainbreaker, Seven Seals, Nuclear Fire, Final Embrace, The Healer, Rollercoaster, Armageddon, Angel In Black, Under Your Spell, Evil Spell, Running In The Dust, Suicide And Mania, Iron Fist In A Velvet Glove, Fear, Tears Of Rage. CD2: Out In The Fields (Gary Moore & Philip Lynott), Kill The King (Rainbow), Speed King (Deep Purple), Die Young (Black Sabbath), Metal Gods (Judas Priest), Breaker (Accept), Seek And Destroy (Metallica), Two Minutes To Midnight (Iron Maiden), The Rover (Led Zeppelin). /M.P./

Nemški death metalci Resurrected imajo novega bobnarja, Hazima Fouada (Skullbreaker). Band je pred kratkim začel s snemanjem novega albuma Endless Sea of Loss, ki naj bi izšel septembra pri Morbid Records. /M.P./

Aprila bo po Evropi potekala Neckbreaker's Ball 2006 turneja, na kateri bodo nastopali Hypocrisy, Soilwork, Amorphis, One Man Army And The Undead Quartet, Scar Symmetry ter še neimenovan poseben gost. /M.P./

Candlemass so objavili track listo novega albuma Candlemass, ki izide 2. maja: Enemy, Black Dwarf, Seven Silver Keys, Assassin of the Light, Copernicus, The Man Who Fell from the Sky, Witches, Born In A Tank, Spellbreaker, The Day and the Night, Mars and Volcanoes (bonus skladba na digipack verziji). /A.J./

Pri Remedy Records bodo 21. februarja izdali Saxon tribute CD Eagleution - A Tribute to Saxon. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: CD 1: STORMWARRIOR - Power and the Glory, TORMENT - Denim & Leather, PARAGON - 20.000 Feet, V8 WANKERS - Wheels of Steel, TWISTED TOWER DIRE Warrior, BREAKER - To Hell and Back Again, DARK AGE - Heavy Metal Thunder, PERZONAL WAR - Solid Ball of Rock, PREDATOR - Burning Wheels of Fire, SEVENTH SON - Dallas 1 PM, DIVISION - Princess of the Night, NECRONOMICON - Machine Gun, AIRBORN - Unleash the Beast, GODDESS OF DESIRE - Dragon´S Lair, POWERGOD - Big Teaser, SOLITUDE - Rainbow Theme - Frozen Rainbow, REVIVER - Fire in the Sky, TWYSTER - Broken Heroes.
Bonus CD: HEAVY METAL MANIACS - Strong Arm of the Law, NOISE FOREST - And the Bands Played On, XIRON - 747 (Strangers in the Night), RUNAMOK - A Little Bit of What You Fancy, MIGHTY D Crusader, UNDERCODE - Great White Buffalo, KNIGHTMARE - Circle of Light, SPECTRE DRAGON - Dogs of War, WHEELS OF STEEL - Get Down and Dirty, ANGELCRYPT - Altar of the Gods, XIRON - All Guns Blazing, UNDERCODE - Broken Heroes, TRAGIDIAN - Motorcycle Man.
/A.J./

Firewind bodo poleg Lordi spremljali Hammerfall na krajši aprilski evropski turneji Icebreaker Festival. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Axel Rudi Pell albuma, The Ballads III, na katerem bodo vse izdane balade od albuma The Ballads II in še tri nove: Don't Say Goodbye, Forever Angel, The Temple of the King, Heartbreaker, The Line, Sea of Evil, The Curse Of The Chains, All the Rest of My Life, Forever Angel, The Temple of the Holy, Under the Gun. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: U.D.O.: Thunderball, IN FLAMES: Soundtrack To Your Escape, MAYHEM: Chimera, AFTER FOREVER: Invisible Circles, KARKADAN: Utomost Schizophrenia, NORTHER: Death Unlimited, HUBI MEISEL: EmOcean, SOULFLY: Prophecy, HORIZON: Worlds Apart, RAGNAROK: Blackdoor Miracle, DARK DISCIPLE: Unholy Hate Gore, IMMORTAL RITES: Art Of Devolution, FACEBREAKER: Bloodred Hell, MASTER: The Spirit Of The West.

Znana je tracklista Judas Priest boxseta Metalogy:CD 1 - Never Satisfied, Deceiver, Tyrant, Victim Of Changes (Live), Diamonds & Rust (Live)**, Starbreaker (Live)**, Sinner, Let Us Prey, Dissident Aggressor, Exciter, Beyond The Realms Of Death, Better By You Better Than Me, Invader, Stained Class in The Green Manalish (With The Two Pronged Crown) (Live)*.
CD 2 - Killing Machine, Evening Star, Take On The World, Delivering The Goods, Evil Fantasies, Hell Bent For Leather, Breaking The Law (Live)**, Living After Midnight, Rapid Fire, Metal Gods, Grinder (Live)*, The Rage, Heading Out To The Highway, Hot Rockin’ (Live)**, Trouble Shooter, Solar Angels, Desert Plains, Hellion (Live)**/Electric Eye (Live)** in Screaming For Vengeance.
CD 3 - Riding On The Wind, Bloodstone, You've Got Another Thing Comin', Devil's Child, Freewheel Burning, Jawbreaker, The Sentinel, Love Bites (Live)*, Eat Me Alive, Some Heads Are Gonna Roll, Rock Hard Ride Free, Night Comes Down, Turbo Lover, Private Property, Parental Guidance, Out In The Cold in Heart Of A Lion (demo)*.
CD 4 - Ram It Down, Heavy Metal, Come & Get It, Blood Red Skies, Painkiller, Between The Hammer & The Anvil, Touch Of Evil, Metal Meltdown, Nightcrawler, All Guns Blazing, Jugulator, Bloodstains, Machine Man in Feed On Me.
(*prej neizdan komad, **prvič na CDju).
DVD: Koncert iz Memphisa (1983). /P.G./

Cyberia so se razšli z založbo Breaker Records. Band pripravlja material za svoj drugi album. /M.P./

Znana je vsebina prvega Primal Fear DVDja The History Of Fear, ki izide 29. septembra. Razdeljen je na pet delov.
1. Wacken Open Air 2001: Introduction, Angel In Black, Battalions Of Hate, Nuclear Fire, Chainbreaker, Eye Of An Eagle, Fight The Fire, Running In The Dust, Silver & Gold, Final Embrace, Angel In Black (Reprise).
2.- Black Sun Tour Stuttgart: Introduction, Chainbreaker, Black Sun, Church Of Blood, Mind Control, Under Your Spell, Fear, Tears Of Rage, Amageddon, Living For Metal, Medley: One With The World / Born To Rock / Metal Gods.
3. videospota Angel In Black, Armageddon.
4. Metal Warrior Report - Wacken 1999 intervju
5. Bootleg posnetki.

Znana je track lista prihajajočega Led Zeppelin dvojnega DVDja z naslovom Led Zeppelin DVD in trojne CD kompilacije How The West Was Won. LED ZEPPELIN DVD: Royal Albert Hall, January 1970: We're Gonna Groove, I Can't Quit You Baby, Dazed and Confused, White Summer, What Is and What Should Never Be, How Many More Times, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love, Communication Breakdown, C'mon Everybody, Something Else, Bring It on Home; Madison Square Garden, July 1973: Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, The Ocean; Earl's Court, May 1975: Going to California, That's the Way, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, In My Time of Dying, Trampled Underfoot, Stairway to Heaven, Knebworth Festival, August 1979: Rock and Roll, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, In the Evening, Kashmir, Whole Lotta Love. HOW THE WEST WAS WON CD: L.A. Drone, Immigrant Song, Heartbreaker, Black Dog, Over the Hills And Far Away, Since I've Been Loving You, Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, That's the Way, Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp, Dazed and Confused, What Is and What Should Never Be, Dancing Days, Moby Dick, Whole Lotta Love (Medley), Rock and Roll, The Ocean, Bring It on Home. /M.P./