Hail Of Bullets je ime bandu, ki so ga ustanovili: Thanatos kitarista Stephan Gebédi in Paul Baayens, bivši Pestilence/Sphyx frontman Martin Van Drunen, Gorefest bobnar Ed Warby in bivši Houwitser basist Theo van Eekelen. Band bo poleti posnel promo/demo, prvenec pa želijo posneti še pred koncem leta. /M.P./

Bullet For My Valentine so nov potrjeni band za Wacken Open Air. /M.P./

27. oktobra izide DVD/CD Sweden Rock 2006. DVD bo vseboval naslednje nastope: EDGUY - Superheroes, DORO - You Are My Family, FROM BEHIND - Queen Bitch, VENOM - Black Metal, THE SWEET - Teenage Rampage, TREAT - Conspiracy, KAMELOT - March of Mephisto, ALEX HARVEY BAND - Midnight Moses, THE POODLES - Kingdom Of Heaven, NASTY IDOLS - Alive n Kickin, TED NUGENT - Cat Scratch Fever, ALICE COOPER - Schools Out, pa tudi intervjuje in dogajanje na festivalu. Track lista CDja pa je: KROKUS - Angel Of My Dreams, NEVERMORE - This Sacrament, CACTUS - Muscle and Soul, CELTIC FROST - Inner Sanctum, OVERDRIVE - Ride The Fire, SODOM - Napalm In The Morning, BLITZKRIEG - Escape From The Village, BULLET - Hard Luck Lady, CLOUDSCAPE - Will We Remain, EASY ACTION - We Go Rockin', LEAF HOUND – Breakthrough, TIGERTAILZ - Call Of The Wild, ALEX HARVEY BAND – Vambo, GOTTHARD - I Wonder. /A.J./

Znana sta naslovnica in seznam komadov solo albuma KISS frontmana Paula Stanleyja Live to Win: Live To Win, Lift, Wake Up Screaming, Everytime I See You Around, Bulletproof, All About You, Second To None, It's Not Me, Loving You Without You Now in Where Angels Dare. /S.P./

16. junija bodo pri Steamhammer/SPV izdali DVD kompilacijo Rock S'cool - A Spanking Good Clip Collection, na kateri bodo naslednji videospoti: Motörhead - God Save The Queen, Saxon - Beyond The Grave, Sepultura - Mindwar, Helloween - Mrs. God, Kreator - Impossible Brutality, Demons & Wizards - Terror Train, Kamelot - March Of Mephisto, Judas Priest - Burn In Hell, Motörhead - Whorehouse Blues, Tommy Lee - Good Times, Skid Row - Ghost, Amplifier - The Consultancy, Tristania - Libre, Iced Earth - The Reckoning, Rage - Down, Doro - Always Live To Win, Raging Speedhorn - How Much Can A Man Take?, Gluecifer - Call From The Other Side, Saga - Money Talks, Fozzy - Enemy, Skinny Puppy - Pro-Test, Kamelot - The Haunting, Mob Rules - Black Rain, Biohazard - Sellout, Grip Inc. - Ostracized, Angra - Wishing Well, Kreator - Violent Revolution, Motörhead - Brave New World, Sepultura - Bullet The Blue Sky, The Quill - Broken Man, Tristania - Equilibrium. /M.P./

Max Cavalera (Soulfly) in Matt Tuck (Bullet For My Valentine) sta posnela vokale za eno izmed dveh novih skladb za prihajajoči Apocalyptica best of album Amplified - A Decade of Reinventing the Cello. Posnela sta vokale za skladbo Repressed, ki bo 12. maja izšla tudi kot single. Na albumu bo tudi Slayer priredba Angel Of Death. /M.P./

Objavljena je naslovnica in track lista novega Sepultura DVD-ja Live in Sao Paulo: Intro, Apes of God, Slave New World, Propaganda, Attitude, Choke, Inner Self / Beneath the Remains, Escape to the Void, Mindwar, Troops of Doom, Necromancer na prvem cdju in Sepulnation, Refuse/Resist, Territory, Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, Bullet the Blue Sky, Reza, Biotech Is Godzila, Arise / Dead Embryonic Cells, Come Back Alive, Roots Bloody Roots na drugem. /S.P./

Charon so dokončali album Songs For The Sinners, ki izide 5. septembra pri Spinefarm Records. Track lista: Colder, Deep Water, Bullet, Rain, Air, She Hates, Ride on Tears, Gray, Rust, House of the Silent. Bonus: Divine, Frail I Stand, Give Nothing. Tukaj si lahko preberete komentar k albumu. /A.J./

Znana je tracklista Megadeth best of albuma Greatest Hits: Back to the Start, ki izide 28. junija:
CD: Holy Wars...The Punishment Due, In My Darkest Hour, Peace Sells, Sweating Bullets, Angry Again, A Tout Le Monde, Trust, Kill the King, Symphony of Destruction, Mechanix (2002 Remix), Train of Consequences, Wake Up Dead, Hangar 18, Dread and the Fugitive Mind, Skin O' My Teeth, She-Wolf, Prince of Darkness. Omejena serija bo imela priložen tudi DVD, na katerem bodo: Kill The King Mega-Mix video, "Megadeth Live" intro screen/Prince Of Darkness, Holy Wars...The Punishment Due, In My Darkest Hour, Hangar 18, Sweating Bullets, Symphony of Destruction, Peace Sells, Preview for "Arsenal of Megadeth".
/P.G./

Megadeth so dali na svoji spletni strani, na forumu fanom možnost sodelovanja pri izbiri skladb za prihajajoči Greatest Hits album, ki naj bi izšel še letos. Drugače pa so predvčerajšnjim začeli z evropsko turnejo in v Dublinu igrali naslednje skladbe: Blackmail the Universe, Set the World Afire, Skin O' My Teeth, The Scorpion, Wake Up Dead, Something I'm Not, In My Darkest Hour, Angry Again, Of Mice and Men, A Tout Le Monde, Die Dead Enough, Trust, Tornado Of Souls, Kick The Chair, Hangar 18, Sweating Bullets, Symphony of Destruction, Back In The Day, Peace Sells.../Mechanix, Holy Wars. /M.P./

Tule si lahko ogledate video Bullet From A Gun skupine Chastain (pozor, video je dolg 217 Mb!). Omenjena skladba je z novega, osmega albuma, ki nosi naslov In An Outrage. /P.G./

Track lista novega Vomitory albuma Primal Massacre, ki izide 19. aprila, je naslednja: Primal Massacre, Gore Apocalypse, Stray Bullet Kill, Epidemic (Created To Kill), Demons Divine, Autopsy Extravaganza, Retaliation, Condemned By Pride"Primal Massacre", Cursed Revelations, Chainsaw Surgery. /M.P./

Track lista novega Machine Head albuma Through The Ashes Of Empires je naslednja: Imperium, Bite The Bullet, Left Unfinished, Elegy, In The Presence Of My Enemies, Days Turn Blue To Gray, Vim, All Fall Down, Wipe The Tears, Descend The Shades Of Night./M.P./

Sepultura so na letošnji izvedbi MTV Brasil Video Music Awards nominirani za nagrade v petih kategorijah. Njihova spletna stran v kategoriji »best web site«, video spot Bullet The Blue Sky pa je nominiran v štirih kategorijah. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Destruction live albuma Alive Devastation, ki spomladi izide na Japonskem (drugod po svetu izide jeseni): Intro / Curse The Gods, Nailed To The Cross, Eternal Ban, Machinery Of Lies, Bullets From Hell, Tears Of Blood, Live Without Sense, Thrash Till Death, Mad Butcher, The Butcher Strikes Back, Intro / Total Desaster, Invincible Force, Bestial Invasion. /M.P./