Crystal Ball so končali s pripravo svojega tretjega albuma Virtual Empire, ki naj bi izšel 3. Junija. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: FLESHCRAWL: Soulskinner, SIEBENBÜRGEN: Plagued By Thy Angel in EMPIRE: Hypnotica.

Burner so končali s snemanjem svojega prvenca, ki bo izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta. V bandu so kar trije kitaristi in sicer so to JP Soars (ex- Malevolent Creation, Paingod in Divine Empire), Jason Morgan (ex- Monstrosity) in Mike Morano. /M.P./

Decembra v Avstriji izide album skupine Scaffold z naslovom Evil Empire - Morbid World. /P.G./

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./

Yngwie Malmsteen vokalist Mark Boals ima nov projekt, ki se imenuje Ring Of Fire. Prvi album nosi naslov The Oracle, na njem pa so naslednji komadi: Prelude For The Oracle, Circle Of Time, Shadow In The Dark, Vengeance For Blood, Samurai, City Of The Dead, Dreams Of Empire, The Oracle, Interlude, Land Of Illusion, Take Me Home in Face The Fire. /M.P./

Dark Funeral končujejo s pripravo novega albuma Diabolus Interium, katerega datum izida še ni znan. Komadi pa so že: The Arrival Of Satan's Empire, Hail Murder, Goddess Of Sodomy, Diabolis Interium, An Apprentice Of Satan, Thus I Have Spoken, Armageddon Finally Comes in Heart Of Ice. /M.P./

Wynjara so izdali istoimenski prvenec. Bend sestavljajo člani Divine Empire in bivši člani Monstrosity ter Malevolent Creation. /M.P./

EMI Records bodo od Queensryche video Building Empires ponovno izdali, in sicer kot DVD. Na policah naj bi bil v prvem četrtletju prihodnjega leta. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: OVERKILL: Bloodletting, THE HAUNTED: Made Me Do It, MOLLY HATCHET: Kingdom Of XII, SONATA ARCTICA: Successor (EP), PRETTY MAIDS: Carpe Diem, SIX FEET UNDER: Graveyard Classics, SKYCLAD: Folkimon, TAD MOROSE: Undead, THE 69 EYES: Blessed Be, CARNAL FORGE: Firedemon, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Americas Volume Dealer, DIVINE EMPIRE: Dammed To Inherit, EYEHATEGOD: Confederacy Of Ruined Lives, GRIFFIN: Wasteland Serenades ter singel IRON MAIDEN: Out Of The Silent Planet

Slovenski death metalci Scaffold so pravkar končali s snemanjem demo CD-ja z naslovom Evil Empire - Morbid World. CD (vključno z besedili) bo možno od jeseni dobiti preko članov benda in na straneh Paranoida. Od septembra dalje pa obljubljajo, da jih bo možno videti tudi na koncertnih odrih. /M.P./