Naslednji ponedeljek bo pri Century Media izšla kompilacija In The Eyes Of Death Vol. III, ki vključuje 18 pesmi black in death metala: Arch Enemy - Ravenous, Carnal Forge - Hand Of Doom, Dark Tranquillity - Final Resistance, Krisiun - Silent Scream, The Forsaken - Project: The New Breed 666, Twin Obscenity - The Legacy, Borknagar - The Genuine Pulse, Rotting Christ - The Call Of The Aethyrs, Unleashed - Hell's Unleashed, Grave - Morbid Way To Die, God Forbid - Mind Eraser, Shadows Fall - Stepping Outside The Circle, Holy Moses - We Are At War, Scar Culture - Wolverine Blues, Suidakra - Pendragon's Fall, Solefald – Hyperhuman, ...And Oceans - Angelina: Chthonian Earth: Her Face Forms Worms, Sigh - Corpsecry – Angelfall. V Nemčiji bo kompilacija naprodaj za 6,66 €. /M.P./

Pri Nuclear Blast pripravljajo Tribute To Judas Priest album, ki izide 9. septembra. Na njem bodo naslednje priredbe: ANNIHILATOR: Hell Bent For Leather, PRIMAL FEAR: Metal Gods, WITCHERY: Riding On The Wind, ICED EARTH: Screaming For Vengeance, SIEBENBÜRGEN: Jawbreaker, HAMERFALL: Breaking The Law, BENEDICTION: Electric Eye, DEATH: Painkiller, SILENT FORCE: All Guns Blazing, STEEL PROPHET: Dreamer Deciever, ARMORED SAINT: Never Satisfied, THERION: Green Manalishi, THUNDERSTONE: Diamonds And Rust in koncertna verzija Delivering The Goods, ki jo izvajajo SKID ROW s HALFORDOM na vokalu. /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./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: W.A.S.P.: Dying For The World, VADER: Revelations, UNDERTOW: Unite, EKTOMORF: I Scream Up To The Sky in VARIOUS ARTISTS: Metal Dreams Vol.4.

19. avgusta izide Deep Purple DVD in VHS s posnetki njihovega koncerta 5. junija 2001 na Floridi. Set lista takratnega koncerta je bila: Woman From Tokyo, Ted The Mechanic, Mary Long, Lazy, No One Came, Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming, Fools, Perfect Strangers, Hey Cisco, Blind Man, Smoke On The Water, Speed King, Hush, Highway Star. /M.P./

Kmalu bo izšel video/DVD Wacken 2000, na katerem boste lahko videli intervjuje, nastope in še kaj od bandov kot so Samson, Rhapsody, Stratovarius, Hypocrisy, Praying Mantis, Dark At Dawn, Angel witch, Steel Attack, Vanishing Point, Mob Rules, Pink Cream 69, Squealer, Liege Lord… /M.P./

Legendarna Judas Priest plošča Screaming For Vengeance je v ZDA pred kratkim dosegla dvojno platinasto naklado, koncertna Priest…Live! pa zlato. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: BRAINSTORM: Metus Mortis, ANGRA: Rebirth, MY DYING BRIDE: The Dreadful Hours, PINK CREAM 69: Endangered, MSG: Be Aware Of Scorpions, CARPATHIAN FOREST: Morbid Fascination Of Death, POWERGOD: Bleed For The Gods, STORMWIND: Reflections, ANOREXIA NERVOSA: New Obscurant's Order, GORELORD: Force Fed On Human Flesh, REVOLVER: The Unholy Mother Of Fuck, V.A.: The Boys Are Back – Tribute To Thin Lizzy ter singel KATATONIA: Tonight's Music.

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./

Abattoir (ameriški, ne slovenski) bodo 23. oktobra izdali koncertni album No Sleep 'Til Kalamazoo, ki so ga posneli 16. junija na festivalu v Michiganu. Track lista je naslednja: Vicious Return, The Enemy, Under My Skin, Vicious Attack, Everybody Dies, Stronger Than Evil, Off, Screams From The Grave in Ace Of Spades. Album bo moč za 10$ + 3$ (poštni stroški) dobiti le prek njihove spletne strani. /M.P./

22. oktobra bo v Evropi izšel novi Pink Cream 69 album Endangered. Dva dni kasneje ga bodo lahko kupili Japonci, konec meseca pa še Južnoameričani. /M.P./

Track lista Queensryche live albuma Live Evolution: CD 1: Nm 156, Walk In The Shadows, Roads To Madness, The Lady Wore Black, London, Screaming In Digital, Take Hold Of The Flame, Queen Of The Ryche, I Remember Now, Anarchy X, Revolution Calling, Spreading The Disease/Electric, Requiem, Mission, Suite Sister Mary, I Dont Believe In Love, My Empty Room, Eyes Of A Stranger. CD 2: I Am I, Damaged, Empire, Silent Lucidity, Another Rainy Night, Jet City Woman, Liquid Sky, Sacred Ground, Breakdown, Falling Down, Right Side Of My Mind, Hit The Black. /M.P./

Children Of Bodom bodo za Iron Maiden tribute posneli komad Aces High, za Slayer tibute pa Silent Scream. Počasi pa pripravljajo tudi nov album. /M.P./

Na Tribute To Accept Volume 2 bodo naslednji komadi: WITCHERY - 'Fast As A Shark, RAISE HELL - Slaves To Metal, U.D.O. - XTC' DISBELIEF - Dogs On Leads, BREAKER - Breaker, GODGORY - Princess Of The Dawn, TAD MOROSE - Losing More Than You´ve Ever Had, THERION - Seawinds, AGENT STEEL - Demon's Night, SOILWORK - Starlight, ROUGH SILK - Screaming For A Lovebite, VANIZE - Predator' DARKANE - Restless & Wild, CUSTARD - Aiming High, DARKSEED - Midnight Mover, SPIRAL TOWER - TV ­ War in ROCK'N ROLL STORMTROOPER (WIZO) -'I'm A Rebel. /M.P./

Kitarist Pink Cream 69, Alfred Koffler, je zbolel za Carpal Tunnel sindromom na levi roki. S svojim delom za naslednji album je že končal, tako da se bo sedaj odpravil na operacijo. /M.P./