Circle II Circle sta zapustila kitarist Rollie Feldmann in bobnar Johnny Osborn. Prvega je s povratkom v skupino nadomestil Andy Lee, na bobnarskem stolčku pa bo od sedaj sedel Jayson Moore. Band trenutno snema album z naslovom Seasons Will Fall, ki bo izšel prihodnje leto. /P.G./

Circle II Circle s pevcem Zackom Stevensom (ex-Savatage) bodo na festivalu Wacken Open Air 2012 v celoti odigrali album Wake Of Magellan skupine Savatage iz leta 1997, kot posebni gost pa bo z njimi nastopil tudi kitarist Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra). /B.B./

Circle II Circle te dni snemajo album, ki bo izšel prihodnje leto. /P.G./

Založba AFM Records praznuje letos svojo 15. obletnico, ki jo bodo obeležili s trojno kompilacijo ter festivalom 26. novembra v Hamburgu, kjer bodo nastopili U.D.O., Voodoo Circle, Orden Ogan, Kissin' Dynamite, Dark Age, The New Black, Lake Of Tears, A Life [Divided], Mob Rules, Byfrost, XStahlmann, Buried In Black, Black Messiah, Crystal Viper in posebni gostje. Kompilacija izide 28. oktobra, vsi obiskovalci festivala pa jo bodo prejeli brezplačno. Tracklista je sledeča:

Disk 1:
U.D.O. - 24/7
Avantasia - Avantasia [single version]
Dragonland - The Black Mare [edit]
Iron Mask - Broken Hero
Masterplan - Soulburn
Brainstorm - Temple Of Stone
Morton - Brotherhood Of Light
Iron Savior - Heavy Metal Never Dies
Circle II Circle - Watching In Silence
Crystal Viper - Night Of The Sin
Oz - Dominator
At Vance - The Evil In You
Jon Oliva's Pain - The Evil Beside You
Sinner - Back On Trail
Mob Rules - Astral Hand [edit]
Heavenly - Lost In Your Eyes
Bloodbound - Drop The Bomb
Squealer - My Last Goodbye

Disk 2:
Doro feat. Biff/Saxon - Celebrate
Voodoo Circle - No Solution Blues
Edguy - Vain Glory Opera
Eden's Curse - Trinity
The New Black - Batteries & Rust
A Life Divided - Heart On Fire
Dark Age - Devote Yourself To Nothing
Epysode - Obsessions
Stahlmann - Stahlwittchen [single version]
Lyriel - The Regret
Danzig - On A Wicked Night
Orden Ogan - Farewell
Elvenking - The Divided Heart
Shakra - B True B You
Triosphere - Human Condition
Magica - Hold On Tight
Theatre Of Tragedy - Storm
Eisbrecher - Böse Mädchen

Disk 3:
Onslaught - Godhead
Solution .45 - Bladed Vaults
Fear Factory - Powershifter
Ektomorf - Redemption
Tankard - Rectifier
Black Messiah - The Vanir Tribe
Suidakra - Dowth 2059
Debauchery - Zombie Blitzkrieg
Byfrost - Buried Alive
Korzus - Raise Your Soul
Lake Of Tears - Midnight Madness
Rev 16:8 - Ashlands
Destruction - Soul Collector
Paradox - Collision Course
Ill Niño - God Is For The Dead
Betzefer - Bestseller
Athorn - Angel Of The Fall
Buried In Black - The Bait
/B.B./

Kitarist Tommaso "Tommy" Vitaly (Seven Gates) bo pri založbi IceWarrior Records naslednje leto objavil drugi solo album Hanging Rock, na katerem sodelujejo številna zvezdniška imena:
David DeFeis (Virgin Steel) - vokal
Zak Stevens (Circle II Circle, ex-Savatage) - vokal
Michele Luppi (Thaurorod, ex-Vision Divine) - vokal
Carsten Lizard Schulz (Evidence One, ex-Domain) - vokal
Andrea "Tower" Torricini (ex-Vision Divine, ex-Shadows Of Steel) - bas
Norifumi Shima (Concerto Moon) - kitara
David Shankle (DSG, ex-Manowar) - kitara
Kenny Earl "Rhino" Edwards (Holy Hell, ex-Manowar) - bobni
/B.B./

Vokalist Mikey Gremio (ex Cellador), kitarist Bill Hudson (ex Cellador, ex Circle II Circle), bobnar Bruno Agra (Zodiac Mindwarp, ex Revolution Renaissance) in kitarist John Killall so ustanovili band Defender in posneli EP z naslovom WWIII. /P.G./

Circle II Circle, Arsis in The Absence so zadnji potrjeni bandi za festival 70000 Tons Of Metal, ki se bo odvijal med 24. in 28. januarjem 2011 na križarjenju od Miamija do mehiškega otoka Cozumel. Poleg njih bodo nastopili Agent Steel, Amon Amarth, Blackguard, Blind Guardian, Cripper, Dark Tranquillity, Death Angel, Destruction, Duskmachine, Ensiferum, Epica, Exodus, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Forbidden, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Malevolent Creation, Marduk, Moonspell, Nevermore, Obituary, Rage, Raven, Sabaton, Sanctuary, Saxon, Sodom, Sonata Arctica, Swashbuckle, Testament, Trouble, Twilight Of The Gods, Týr, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed, Voivod in Witchburner. Vsak band bo nastopil dvakrat. /P.G./

V današnjem Metal detektorju bomo poslušali nove albume bandov The Crown, Hail Of Bullets, Deus Inversus, Angantyr, Dimmu Borgir, Blutmond, Vulture Industries, Atrocity, Spirit Descent, Circle II Circle in Agra. Metal detektor je na sporedu vsak ponedeljek ob 22.00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3MHz ali www.radiostudent.si. /M.P.C./

10. septembra pri AFM Records izide nov Circle II Circle album Consequence Of Power. Svoj drugi konceptualni izdelek je zasedba bivšega Savatage frontmana Zaka Stevensa posnela Sweet Spot Studios. Consequence Of Power je prvi album z novim bobnarjem Johnnyjem Osbornom (ex- Dr. Butcher). /M.P./

Floridski ekstremneži Infernaeon bodo konec meseca izdali nov album Genesis To Nemesis. Na svoji MySpace strani so objavili komad Ziasudra. Na albumu so kot gostje sodelovali Oderus Urungus (Gwar), Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Morbid Angel), John Zahner (Savatage), Bill Hudson (Circle II Circle, Power Quest) in John Slaughter (Coldera, Skindustry). /A.J./

16. julija bo izšel nov album projekta Empires Of Eden, za katerim stoji avstralski kitarist Stu Marshall. Na albumu so sodelovali vokalisti Mike Vescera (ex Yngwie Malmsteen, ex Loudness), Sean Peck (Cage), Zak Stevens (Circle II Circle, Savatage, Machines Of Grace), Steve Grimmett (Grim Reaper, ex Onslaught), Carlos Zema (ex Outworld, David Shankle Group), Louie Gorgievski (Crimsomfire), Chris Nini in Mike Zoias.

Circle II Circle so trenutno v studiu, kjer smenajo album z naslovom Consequence Of Power. /P.G./

Zak Stevens (Circle II Circle, Savatage, Machines Of Grace) in Roland Grapow (Masterplan, Helloween) bosta kot gostujoča glasbenika sodelovala pri drugem albumu brazilskega power metal opera projekta SoulSpell. /A.J./

Skupino Circele II Circle sta zapustila bobnar Tom Drennan in kitarist Bill Hudson. Prvega je zamenjal Johnny Osborn, zamenjave za Billa pa band ne bo poiskal, saj so se odločili, da bodo nadaljevali kot kvartet. /P.G./

Circle II Circle so v intervjuju pred koncertom v Grčiji govorili o nastopu v Sloveniji ter povratku Savatage. Intervju in nekaj posnetkov koncerta si lahko ogledate tukaj. /A.J./