The Crown se sredi novembra odpravljajo na evropsko turnejo, kjer jih bodo spremljali Darkest Hour in Monolith Deathcult. Ustavili se bodo tudi v Ljubljani (glej Koncerti). /M.P./

Januarja bodo nemški power metalci Tyrant Eyes izdali svoj drugi album The Darkest Hour. /M.P./

Mortician so končali s snemanjem novega albuma Darkest Day Of Horror, ki bo izšel v začetku naslednjega leta pri Relapse Records. To bo njihov zadnji izid pri tej založbi. /M.P./

29. aprila bodo My Dying Bride izdali DVD For Darkest Eyes, na katerem boste lahko videli za dodatnih 90 minut njihovih še nevidenih koncertnih posnetkov. /M.P./

Na drugemu albumu ameriških heavy metalcev Onward z naslovom Reawaken, ki izide 25. marca, bodo naslednji komadi: Reawaken, Night, Seven Tides of Labyrinthine, Where Evil Follows, Eye of the Nightmare, My Darkest Room, In Due Time, Clockwork Toy, Who Saw the Last Star Fall, The Next Triumph Pt 1: Remeberance, Pt 2: Reawakening /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./

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./

19. februarja izide drugi album ameriških heavy metalcev Onward. Končna track lista je naslednja: 1. Reawaken, 2. Night, 3. The Seven Tides Of Labyrinthine, 4. Where Evil Follows, 5. Eye Of The Nightmare, 6. My Darkest Room, 7. In Due Time, 8. Clockwork Toy by Loudness, 9. Who Saw The Last Star Fall, 10. The Next Triumph - Part I: Remembrance, Part II: Reawakening. /M.P./

Dimmu Borgir, Witchery in Napalm Death so odpovedali sodelovanje na Metallenium Tour v Severni Ameriki. Vseeno naj bi turneja, na kateri bodo nastopili Six Feet Under, Lamb Of God, God Forbid in Darkest Hour, obdržala načrtovano ime. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: KREATOR: Violent Revolution, EDGUY: Mandrake, BRUCE DICKINSON: The Best Of, QUEENSRYCHE: Live Evolution, SAXON: Killing Ground, VIRGO: Virgo, DARK FUNERAL: Diabolis Interium, TRISTANIA: World Of Glass, HEAVENLY: Sign Of The Winner, WITCHERY: Symphony For The Devil, MEZARKABUL: Unspoken, MADRIGAL: I Die You Soar, HYPNOS: The Revenge Ride, SOLEFALD: Pills Against The Ageless Ills, THANATEROS: The First Rite, SAVIOUR MACHINE: Legend Part III, GLENN HUGHES: Building The Machine, REBAELLIUN: Annihilation, MIDNIGHT SUN: Metal Machine, SOILENT GREEN: A Delected Symphony For The Beaten Down, INHUMAN: Rebellion, DARKEST HOUR: So Sedated, So Seen, BETHLEHEM: Schatten aus der Alexander Welt, TWIN OBSCENITY: Bloodstone, SNAKEGOD: Invitation in MANHAI: The Sons Of Yesterday's Black Grouse.

Power metalci Onward so v Audio Art Studios v Nevadi začeli s snemanjem druge plošče Reawaken, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: : Reawaken, Night, The Seven Tides Of Labyrinthine, Where Evil Follows, Eye Of The Nightmare, My Darkest Room, In Due Time, Who Saw The Last Star Fall?, The Next Triumph ter Clockwork Toy, ki jo v originalu izvajajo Japonci Loudness. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: BAL-SAGOTH: Atlantis Ascendant, CADAVER INC.: Discipline, AUBERON: Crossworld, ABHORRENCE: Evoking The Abomination, MY DARKEST HATE: Massive Brutallity in MORTICIAN: Domain Of Death.

My Darkest Hate je stranski projekt dveh članov Sacred Steel Jorga Knuttla in Oliverja Grosshansa. Pridružil se jima je tudi Primal Fear bobnar Klaus Sperling. Prvi plošči bo naslov Massive Brutality. To pa naj bi bila prava death metal plošča. /M.P./