Ameriški death/doomovci Morgion so začeli s snemanjem svojega tretjega albuma Cloaked By Ages, Crowned In Earth, ki bo izšel pozimi. /M.P./

Italijanski dark/ambient/doom metalci Void Of Silence so se razšli s pevcem Malfeitorjem Fabbanom in že iščejo nadomestilo zanj. /M.P./

Končno je znana točna track lista Sepultura live albuma Under A Pale Grey Sky, ki izide 17. septembra. Posnet je bil 16. decembra 1996 na zadnjem koncertu z Maxom Cavalero. CD1: Itsari (intro), Roots Bloody Roots, Spit, Territory, Breed Apart, Attitude, Cut-Throat, Troops Of Doom, Beneath The Remains/Mass Hypnosis, Born Stubborn, Desperate Cry, Necromancer, Dusted, Endangered Species. CD2: We Who Are Not As Others, Straighthate, Dictatorshit, Refuse/Resist, Arise/Dead Embryonic Cells, Slave New World, Biotech Is Godzilla, Inner Self, Policia, We Gotta Know, Kaiowas, Ratamahatta, Orgasmatron. /M.P./

Ruski black doom metalci Forest Stream počasi končujejo s pripravami za izdajo prvenca Tears Of Mortal Solitude. /M.P./

Under A Pale Grey Sky je naslov koncertnega Sepultura albuma, ki izide 27. avgusta. Najbrž že veste, da bodo na njem posnetki z zadnjega koncerta z Maxom Cavalero. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: Roots Bloody Roots, Spit, Territory, Breed Apart, Attitude, Cut-Throat, Troops Of Doom, Beneath The Remains, Mass Hypnosis, Born Stubborn, Desperate Cry, Necromancer, Dusted, Endangered Species, We Who Are Not As Others, Straighthate, Dictatorshit, Refuse/Resist, Arise, Slave New World, Biotech Is Godzilla, Inner Self, Policia (TITAS), We Gotta Know (CRO-MAGS), Kaiowas, Ratamahatta, Orgasmatron (MOTÖRHEAD). /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: HALFORD: Crucible, NIGHTWISH: Century Child, GEOFF TATE: Geoff Tate, HOLY MOSES: Disorder Of The Order, DOOMSWORD: Resound The Horn, THUNDERSTONE: Thunderstone, MAJESTY: Swords & Sorcery in SUIDAKRA: Empire To Avalon.

Ameriški doomerji Novembers Doom so končali s snemanjem ovega albuma To Welcome The Fade, ki ga je produciral Neil Kernon. Album izide proti koncu poletja. /M.P./

Švedi Infernal, kjer igra bivši Dark Funeral kitarist Blackmoon bodo konec tega meseca posneli mini CD Summon Forth The Beast, na katerem bosta tudi dve priredbi in sicer Bleed For The Devil od Morbid Angel in Of Doom od Bathory. Jeseni pa se band vrne v studio posnet celoten album, ki bo izšel prihodnje leto pri Hammerheart Records. /M.P./

4. maja so prvič po reunionu nastopili doomerji iz Chicaga, Trouble. Band je že dobil nekaj ponudb za festivalske nastope, med drugim tudi za Wacken Open Air, a je vse zavrnil, ker se želijo posvetiti pisanju materiala za novo ploščo, ki naj bi izšla v začetku prihodnjega leta. /M.P./

Novembers Doom so s producentom Neilom Kernonom končali s snemanjem in končnim miskom novega albuma To Welcome The Fade. /M.P./

28. marca bo izšla nova plošča Zakka Wylda z naslovom Eternal 1919 in naslednjimi komadi: Bleed For Me, Lords Of Destruction, Demise Of Sanity, Life Birth Blood Doom, Bridge To Cross, Battering Ram, Speedball, Graveyard Disciples, Genocide Junkies, Lost Heaven, Refuse To Bow Down, Mass Murder Machine, Berserkers, America The Beautiful. /M.P./

Track lista novega Rhapsody albuma Power Of The Dragonflame, ki izide 18. marca, je naslednja: In Tenebris, Knightrider Of Doom, Power Of The Dragonflame, The March Of The Swordmaster, When Demons Awake, Agony Is My Name, Lamento Eroico, Steelgods Of The Last Apocalypse, The Pride Of The Tyrant, Gargoyles, Angels Of Darkness. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: CANNIBAL CORPSE: Gore Obsessed, SEVEN WITCHES: Xiled To Infinity And One, HYPOCRISY: Catch 22, METALIUM: Hero Nation – Chapter Three, ANGEL DUST: Of Human Bondage, MAGNUM: Breath Of Life, RUNNING WILD: The Brotherhood, RACER X: Live At The Whiskey – Snowball Of Doom, SEBASTIAN BACH: The Last Hard Men, CRACK UP: Buttoxin' Bloom, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: Assembly in MESMERIZE: Off The Beaten Path.

Newyorški death/doom metalci Winter naj bi se združili za nastop 3.maja v Brooklynu. /M.P./

Track lista novega Black Label Society albuma Deathcore War Machine je: Bleed For Me, Lords Of Destruction, Life/Birth/Blood/Doom, Demise Of Sanity, Lost Heaven, Battering Ram, Speedball, Graveyard Disciples, Genocide Junkies, Bridge To Cross, Refuse To Bow Down in Berserkers. /M.P./