Blackmore’s Night so na Češkem prejeli zlati album za Fires At Midnight in Ghost Of A Rose. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Dark Moor istoimenskega albuma, ki izide 24. novembra: A Life For Revenge, Eternally, The Bane Of Daninsky (The Werewolf), Philip, The Second, From Hell, Cyrano Of Bergerac, Overture, Wind Like Stroke, Return For Love, Amore Venio, The Ghost Sword, The Dark Moor. Mesec dni pred tem bo izšel single From Hell, na katerem bosta dve skladbi, ki ne bosta na albumu: The Sea, The Mysterious Maiden. /M.P./

Blackmore’s Night se oktobra odpravljajo na mesec dni dolgo evropsko turnejo 2003 Ghost of A Rose Acoustic/Electric Tour (glej Koncerti). /M.P./

20. oktobra izide nov album nemških “zabavljačev” Red-Aim z naslovom Niagara. Fantje so snemali v Woodhouse Studios, track lista albuma pa je naslednja: Almost night train, Ghost of Beluga, Salamander, The stupidity of going east, Matula, Sisal Sister, Hard 16, Eldorado convertible, Matador, Rivolta, The Volga boatmen, Crying is blackmail, The invisible ray, Burnout in Israel. /M.P./

Rush bodo septembra izdali trojni koncertni CD in dvojni DVD z naslovom Rush In Rio. Posneta sta bila 23. novembra lani na zadnjem koncertu turneje za Vapor Trails album. Na DVDju bo tudi dokumentarec s posnetki s koncertov v Sao Paolu in Porto Allegreju. Track lista Rush In Rio je sledeča: Tom Sawyer, Distant Early Warning, New World Man, Roll the Bones, Earthshine, YYZ, The Pass, Bravado, Big Money, The Trees, Freewill, Natural Science, Closer to the Heart, One Little Victory, Driven, Ghost Rider, Secret Touch, Dreamline, Red Sector 'A', Leave That Thing Alone, The Rhythm Method, Resist, 2112, Limelight, La Villa Strangiato, The Spirit of Radio, By-Tor & the Snow Dog, Working Man. /M.P./

Znana je track lista šestega Katatonia albuma Viva Emptiness, ki izide 24. marca: Ghost Of The Sun, Sleeper, Criminals, A Premonition, Will I Arrive, Burn The Remembrance, Wealth, One Year From Now, Walking, A Wire, Complicity, Evidence, Omerta, Inside The City Of Glass. /M.P./

Po kadrovskih spremembah, ki so se pred kratkim dogajale v taboru Diabolic, so se preostali člani odločili, da ne bodo več nastopali pod tem imenom in da ustanovijo nov band Unholy Ghost. S tem so pustili kitaristu Brianu Maloneu, ki je šel v bistvu stran, da prevzame ime Diabolic in da nadaljuje s povsem novimi člani.

Znane so skladbe Blaze koncertnega albuma As Live As It Gets, ki izide 24. marca: Speed of Light, Two Worlds Collide, Steel, Kill & Destroy, End Dream, Stare at the Sun, Land of the Blind, Silicon Messiah, Dazed & Confused, Virus, The Brave, Stranger to the Light, Born as a Stranger, Identity, Tenth Dimension, Sign of the Cross, Futureal, Ghost in the Machine. /M.P./

18. decembra na Japonskem izide nov Racer X album Getting Heavier z naslednjo track listo: Dr. X, Lucifer's Hammer, Golden God, Bucket Of Rocks, Go-Gg-Go, Heaven In, Everything's Everything, Empty Man, The Siren's Eye, Ghost Dance, Endless, Catapult To Extinction. V Evropi bo album izšel 24. februarja. Mesec dni pred tem pa bo njihov kitarist Paul Gilbert izdal solo album Burning Organ. /M.P./

24. septembra bodo Cradle Of Filth izdali koncertni album Live Bait For The Dead. To bo dvojni CD, na prvem bodo posnetki iz koncerta 14. aprila v Nottinghamu, na drugem pa bo malo mešano – priredbe, mixi, demo, itd. Track lista – CD1: Intro - The Ceremony Opens, Lord Abortion, Ebony Dressed For Sunset, The Forest Whispers My Name, Cthulhu Dawn, Dusk And Her Embrace, The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh, Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids, Her Ghost In The Fog, Summer Dying Fast, Interlude - Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors, From The Cradle To Enslave, Queen Of Winter Throned. CD 2: Born In A Burial Gown - The Polished Coffin Mix, No Time To Cry - Sisters Of No Mercy Mix, Funeral In Carpathia - Soundcheck Recording, Deleted Scenes Of A Snuff Princess, Scorched Earth Erotica - Original Demo(n) Version, Nocturnal Supremacy - Soundcheck Recording, From The Cradle To Enslave - Under Martian Rule Mix, The Fire Still Burns, No Time To Cry - Sisters Of No Mercy – Video.

Down so 3. maja posneli video spot za Ghosts Along The Mississippi. /M.P./

30. aprila bodo Cradle Of Filth izdali DVD/VHS z naslovom Heavy, Left Handed And Candid, na katerem bo njihov razprodan koncert iz 14. aprila v Nottinghamu in še marsikaj zanimivega. Na koncertu so igrali naslednje komade: Lord Abortion; Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids, Ebony Dressed For Sunset, Her Ghost In The Fog, The Forest Whispers My Name, Summer Dying Fast, Cthulhu Dawn, From The Cradle To Enslave, Dusk & Her Embrace, Queen Of Winter Throned, The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh. /M.P./

25. marca bo končno izšel težko pričakovani Iron Maiden dvojni koncertni album Live At Rock In Rio. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: The Wicker Man, Ghost Of The Navigator, Brave New World, Wrathchild, Two Minutes to Midnight, Blood Brothers, Sign Of The Cross, The Mercenary, The Trooper, Dream Of Mirrors, The Clansman, The Evil That Men Do, Fear Of The Dark, Iron Maiden, Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Sanctuary in Run To The Hills. /M.P./

21. januarja izide novi album bivšega maidenovca Blaze-a z naslovom The Tenth Dimension. Poleg navadnega CD-ja bo izšel tudi limited edition 2CD, na katerem bodo koncertni posnetki od The Launch, Futureal (Iron Maiden), Tough As Steel (Wolfsbane) in Evolution, pesem Living Someone Else’s Life, video Ghost In The Machine ter mp3 od Silicon Messiah in Born As A Stranger. Obe verziji bosta vsebovali 28 stranski booklet. /M.P./

Na Japonskem bo 27. februarja izšel koncertni Iron Maiden CD Live At Rock In Rio. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: Intro, The Wickerman, Ghost Of The Navigator, Brave New World, Wrathchild, Two Minutes To Midnight, Blood Brothers, Sign Of The Cross, The Mercenary, The Trooper, Dream Of Mirrors, The Clansman, The Evil That Men Do, Fear Of The Dark, Iron Maiden, Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Sanctuary, Run To The Hills in še neznan bonus komad. /M.P./