Killing Helsinki je naslov koncertnega albuma od The Project Hate, ki izide pozimi. Na njem bo 6 pesmi, posnetih 12. Julija v Heksinkih: I Smell Like Jesus...Dead, Forsaken By The Naked Light Of Day, Can't Wait, The Divine Burning Of Angels, Christianity Delete, With Desperate Hands So Numb in trije demo posnetki iz leta 1999: With Desperate Hands So Numb, Selfconstructive Once Again, Oceans Of Seemingly Endless Bleeding. /M.P./

5. novembra bodo Iron Maiden izdali box set Eddie’s Archive, v katerem bodo trije dvojni CD-ji in še nekaj zanimivosti. Za ogrevanje naj bodo track liste CD-jev dovolj: CD 1 - BBC Archive, Disc 1: Friday Rock Show Session 1979: Iron Maiden, Running Free, Transylvania, Sanctuary; Reading Festival 1982: Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, 22 Acacia Avenue, Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden; Disc 2: Reading Festival 1980: Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, Killers, Running Free, Transylvania, Iron Maiden; Monsters Of Rock Festival Donington 1988: Moonchild, Wrathchild, Infinite Dreams, The Trooper, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, The Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden. CD2 - Beast Over Hammersmith: Disc 1: Murders In The Rue Morgue, Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, Another Life, Killers, 22 Acacia Avenue, Total Eclipse; Disc 2: Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden, Sanctuary, Drifter, Running Free, Prowler. CD3 - Best Of The B'sides: Disc 1: Burning Ambition, Drifter (live), Invasion, Remember Tomorrow (live), I've Got The Fire, Cross-Eyed Mary, Rainbow's Gold, King Of Twilight, Reach Out, That Girl, Juanita, The Sheriff Of Huddersfield, Black Bart Blues, Prowler '88, Charlotte The Harlot '88; Disc 2: All In Your Mind, Kill Me Ce Soir, I'm a Mover, Communication Breakdown, Nodding Donkey Blues, Space Station No.5, I Can't See My Feelings, Roll Over Vic Vella, Justice of The Peace, Judgement Day, My Generation, Doctor Doctor, Blood On The Worlds Hands (live), The Aftermath (live), Futureal (live), Wasted Years '99 (live). /M.P./

Ring Of Fire, band bivšega Malmsteen pevca Marka Boalsa, bodo 21. avgusta na Japonskem izdali koncertni CD/DVD Burning Live In Tokyo. Band bo konec leta začel s snemanjem novega studijskega albuma. /M.P./

Halford je na prvih dveh evropskih festivalskih nastopih odigral naslednje Judas Priest klasike: Painkiller (uvodni komad), Jawbreaker, Exciter, Sinner, Freewheel Burning, The Hellion/Electric Eye, Riding On The Wind, Screaming For Vengeance, You've Got Another Thing Coming ter Breaking The Law (zaključni komad). Poleg tega je odigral še komade iz njegove prve solo plošče: Resurrection, Made In Hell, Locked And Loaded, Cyberworld; iz prihajajoče plošče: Betrayal, Golgotha; ter iz obdobja Fight: Into The Pit in Nailed To The Gun. /M.P./

Track lista prvega Megadeth live albuma Rude Awakening, ki izide 19. marca, je naslednja: CD1 - Dread And The Fugitive Mind, Kill The King, Wake Up Dead, In My Darkest Hour, Angry Again, She-Wolf, Reckoning Day, Devil's Island, Train Of Consequences, A Tout Le Monde, Burning Bridges, Hangar 18, Return To Hangar in Hook In Mouth. CD2 - Almost Honest, 1000 Times Goodbye, Mechanix, Tornado Of Souls, Ashes In Your Mouth, Sweating Bullets, Trust, Symphony Of Destruction, Peace Sells in Holy Wars. /M.P./

Februarja naj bi Great White izdali poslovilni album Final Cuts, na katerm bodo priredbe naslednjih komadov: Love Removal Machine - THE CULT, Again And Again - STATUS QUO, Ready For Love - MOTT THE HOOPLE, BAD COMPANY, Bitches And Other Women - ROLLING STONES, Tangled Up In Blue - BOB DYLAN, Sin City - AC/DC, No Matter What - BADFINGER, Fire And Water - FREE, Down At The Doctor - DR. FEELGOOD, That Ain't Know Way To Treat A Lady - HELEN REDDY, Lady Love - ROBIN TROWER in Burning House Of Love - X. /M.P./

19. marca bo izšel prvi koncertni Megadeth album z naslovom Rude Awakening. Naslovnico zanj je naredil Storm Thorgerson, ki je najbolj poznan po naslovnicah za Pink Floyd in Led Zeppelin. Na dvojnem albumu bodo naslednje klasike: Dread & The Fugitive Mind, Kill the King, Wake Up Dead, In My Darkest Hour, Angry Again, She Wolf, Reckoning Day, Devil's Island, Train of Consequences, A Tout Le Monde, Burning Bridges, Hangar 18, Return to Hangar, Hook in Mouth, Almost Honest, 1000 Times Goodbye, Mechanix, Tornado of Souls, Ashes in Your Mouth, Sweating Bullets, Trust, Symphony of Destruction, Peace Sells, Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due. 9. aprila bo Rude Awakening izšel tudi kot DVD in VHS. /M.P./

Ta teden sta izšla naslednja albuma: VIRGIN STEELE: Hymns To Victory in VIRGIN STEELE: The Book Of Burning

Iced Earth bodo začeli delati na enajstih priredbah, ki jih bodo izdali na albumu Tribute To The Gods. Te so: IRON MAIDEN - The Number Of The Beast in Hallowed Be Thy Name, KISS - Creatures Of The Night in God Of Thunder, BLUE OYSTER CULT Cities On Flame in Burning For You, ALICE COOPER - Dead Babies, AC/DC - Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock N Roll) in Highway To Hell, BLACK SABBATH - Black Sabbath in JUDAS PRIEST - Screaming For Vengeance. Album bo izšel v dveh verzijah, kot samostojen in kot del box seta, v katerem bodo tudi remastirani prvi trije albumi ter Enter The Realm demo. Oboje naj bi izšlo še letos. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: MACHINE HEAD: Supercharger, ANATHEMA: A Fine Day To Exit, BURNING POINT: Salvation By Fire, LACRIMOSA: Fassade, KING’S X: Manic Moonlight, HYPNOS: The Revenge Ride, CENTURIAN: Liber Zar Zax, VIRULELCE: A Conflict Scenario.

Sanctuary Records so izdali soundtrack za video igrico Heavy Metal: Geomatrix. Track lista je naslednja: MEGADETH - Moto Psycho, DUST TO DUST - New Low, BIOHAZARD - Population Control, ROLLINS BAND - One Shot, ENTOMBED - Say It In Slugs, HALFORD - Locked And Loaded, DUST TO DUST - Submission, COC - Gittin' It On, W.A.S.P. - Hate To Love Me, HALFORD - Cyberworld, MOTORHEAD - The Ace Of Spades in MEGADETH – Burning. /M.P./

Na naslednjem Virgin Steele albumu z naslovom The Book Of Burning bo 16 na novo posnetih verzij starih komadov in še nekaj raritet in novih komadov. Izšel pa bo tudi njihov best of z naslovom Hymns Of Victory, na katerem bosta vsaj dva bonus komada. /M.P./

Italijanski black metalci Stormlord so končali s snemanjem svojega drugega albuma At The Gates Of Utopia, ki bo izšel novembra preko založbe Scarlet. Tukaj je še track lista: Under The Samnites' Spears, I Am Legend, Xanadu (A Vision In A Dream),... And Winter! Was, At The Gates Of Utopia (instrumental), The Curse Of Medusa, The Burning Hope, A Sight Inwards ter The Secrets Of The Earth. /M.P./

Powergod bodo maja/junija izdali album, na katerem bo 16 priredb komadov iz osemdesetih (Stryper: Soldiers Under Command, Lizzy Borden: Redrum, Warlock: Burning The Witches...). /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: SEPULTURA: Nation, ZONATA: Reality, ANATHEMA: Serenades, ATLANTIS: Unity, CHURCH OF MISERY: Master Of Brutality, TWILIGHT: Eye For An Eye, SINPHONIA: When The Ticles Break, DIABOLICAL: Synergy, ETERNIA: Papyrus, SEMEN DATURA: This Love Is Dead, MORGUL: Sketch Of Supposed Murderer ter LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE: Burning A Wish.