In Flames so razkrili naslov in datum izida prihajajočega albuma. Soundtrack To Your Escape izide 29.marca. Album se trenutno miksa v Galaxy Studios v Belgiji, mastering pa bo narejen v Cutting Room studiu v Stockholmu. /M.P./

Ob 15. letnici obstoja ameriških death metalcev Cannibal Corpse bo založba Metal Blade 3. novembra izdala box set s tremi CDji in enim DVDjem naslovljen 15-Year Killing Spree. Track lista je naslednja: Disc One - Best of Volume 1 - Shredded Humans, Put them to Death, Born in a Casket, A Skull Full of Maggots, Gutted, Covered With Sores, Vomit the Soul, Hammer Smashed Face, Addicted to Vaginal Skin, The Cryptic Stench, Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead, Stripped, Raped and Strangled, The Pick-Axe Murders, The Bleeding, Zero the Hero;
Disc Two - Best of Volume 2 - Devoured by Vermin, Disfigured, Monolith, I Will Kill You, Sentenced to Burn, Gallery of Suicide, Dead Human Collection, The Spine Splitter, Pounded Into Dust, I Cum Blood- Live, Fucked With A Knife (live), Unleashing the Bloodthirsty (live), Meathook Sodomy (live), Savage Butchery, Pit of Zombies, Sanded Faceless, Systematic Elimination
Disc Three - Previously Unreleased Material - '89 Demo: A Skull Full of Maggots, The Undead Will Feast, Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains, Put Them to Death, Bloody Chunks; Created To Kill" Sessions: Unburied Horror, Mummified in Barbed Wire, Gallery of the Obscene, To Kill Myself, Bloodlands, Puncture Wound Massacre, Devoured by Vermin, "Gallery of Suicide" Demo: Chambers of Blood, Dismembered and Molested, Gallery of Suicide, Unite the Dead, Crushing the Despised, Headless, Cover Songs: Bethany Home (A Place to Die), Endless Pain, Behind Bars
Disc Four – DVD - 1st Live Cannibal Corpse Show 1989: Scattered Remains, Splattered Brains, The Undead Will Feast, Escape the Torment, Bloody Chunks, Enter at Your Own Risk, Put Them to Death, A Skull Full of Maggots, "Butchered at Birth" Studio Footage 1991 - Drum Sessions & Bass Guitar Overdub; CANNIBAL CORPSE Eats Moscow Alive 1993: Shredded Humans, The Cryptic Stench, Meathook Sodomy, Edible Autopsy, I Cum Blood, Gutted, Entrails Ripped From a Virgin's Cunt, Beyond the Cemetery, A Skull Full of Maggots, Live at The Palace in Hollywood, CA 2002 - From Skin to Liquid, Savage Butchery, Devoured by Vermin, Stripped, Raped and Strangled, Disposal of the Body, Pounded into Dust, Addicted to Vaginal Skin, Meathook Sodomy, Pit of Zombies, Hammer Smashed Face. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Six Feet Under albuma Bringer Of Blood, ki izide 23. septembra: Sick In The Head, Amerika The Brutal, My Hatred, Murdered In The Basement, When Skin Turns Blue, Bringer Of Blood, Ugly, Braindead, Blind And Gagged, Claustrophobic, Escape From The Grave. Na nemški verziji bo bonus pesem in sicer naslovna odpeta v nemškem jeziku. Poleg tega bo album vseboval 45 minutni bonus DVD 'behind the scenes' materiala. /M.P./

NWOBHM predstavniki Praying Mantis bodo aprila izdali album The Journey Goes On. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Tonight, The Escape, The Journey Goes On, Silent War, Beat Within, Hold On For Love, If Tomorrow Never Comes, Lost World, The Voice. Poleg stalnih članov Chrisa Troya, Debbisa Strattona (ex- Iron Maiden) in Tina Troya so pri snemanju sodelovali še John Sloman (ex- Gary Moore, Lone Star), Doogie White (Malmsteen, ex- Rainbow) in Martin Johnson. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: THE HAUNTED: One Kill Wonder, SAGA: Marathon, MARTY FRIEDMAN: Music For Speeding, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD: SYL, OSI: Office Of Strategic Influence, POISONBLACK: Escapexstacy, DISSECTION: Live Legacy, NIGHTINGALE: Alive Again in INSANIA STOCKHOLM.

Escapextacy je naslov prvenca Poisonblack, novega banda, ki sta ga ustanovila Ville Laihiala (Sentenced) in Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (Charon). Album izide 25. februarja pri Century Media. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Poisonblack prvenca Escapexstacy, ki izide 17. februarja: The Glow Of The Flames, Love Infernal, The State, All Else Is Hollow, In Lust, The Exciter, Lay Your Heart To Rest, With Her I Die, Illusion/Delusion, The Kiss Of Death. V bandu sta med drugim tudi Sentenced pevec Ville Laihiala, ki igra kitaro, in Charon pevec Juha-Pekka Leppaluoto. /M.P./

Ville Laihiala (Sentenced) in Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (Charon) imata skupen projekt Poisonblack. Prvenec Escapexstacy bo izšel 17. februarja pri Century Media. Glasbena smer naj bi bila nekje med Sentenced in H.I.M. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: SARCASM: Igra Narave, IRON MAIDEN: Rock In Rio, U.D.O.: Man And Machine, DOWN: Down II, SOILWORK: Natural Born Chaos, GRAVE DIGGER: Tunes Of Wacken, ONWARD: Reawaken, PRETTY MAIDS: Planet Panic, ZAKK WYLDE'S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: 1919 Eternal, VOMITORY: Blood Rapture, STYGMA IV: The Human Twilight, BLUDGEON: Crucify The Priest, REBELLION: A Tragedy In Steel - Shakespeare's Macbeth, DEAD SOUL TRIBE: Dead Soul Tribe, KAIPA: Notes From The Past, DIABOLICAL: A Thousand Deaths, RAM-ZET: Escape, GILBY CLARKE: Swag in CADAVERIA: The Shadows Madame.