Na Live In Russia, koncertnem albumu banda U.D.O., ki izide 24. septembra bodo naslednji komadi: Holy, Raiders Of Beyond, Midnight Mover, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Winter Dreams, In The Darkness, Turn Me On, Heaven Is Hell, Run If You Can, Recall The Sin, Midnight Highway, TV War, Animal House, Protectors Of Terror, Break The Rules, Living On A Frontline, Shout It Out, Cut Me Out, They Want War, I'm A Rebel, Like A Loaded Gun, No Limits, Heart Of Gold in Monster Man. Po izidu bodo začeli pripravljati material za naslednjo studijsko ploščo, ki naj bi izšla marca naslednje leto, tako kot DVD Live In Russia. /M.P./

Tukaj je track lista novega Saxon albuma, Killing Machine: Prelude To War (intro), Killing Ground, Court Of The Crimson King, Coming Home, Till Hell Freezes Over, Dragon's Lair, You Don't Know What You've Got, Deeds Of Glory, "Running For The Border, Shadows On The Wall in Rock Is Our Life. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje nove plošče: STRATOVARIUS: Intermission, JACOBS DREAM: Theatre Of War, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY: Closure:Live, DARKTHRONE: Soulside Journey, DERANGED: Deranged, ANCIENT RITES: Dim Carcosa, AMERICAN STEEL: Jagged Thoughts, LOSS: Verdict Of Posterity, STORMLORD: The Curse Of Medusa, SAVIOUR MACHINE: Synopsis, ENTHORNED: Armoured Bastial Hell, IMMEMOREAL: Temple Of Retribution, THY INFERNAL: Warlords Of Hell, CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN: The Genocide Machine ter single JUDAS PRIEST: Demolition Man.

Tukaj je tracklista novega Judas Priest albuma Demolition: Machine Man, One On One, Hell Is Home, Feed On Me, Jekyll & Hyde, Devil Digger, Close To You, Subterfuge, Metal Messiah, Cyberface, Bloodsuckers, In Between in Lost And Found. /M.P./

Poleti bo izšel novi album skupine Deicide z naslovom In Torment Hell. Na njem so naslednji komadi: In Torment In Hell, Christ Don't Care, Vengeance Will Be Mine, Imminent Doom, Child Of God, Let It Be Done, Worry In The House Of Thieves in Lurking Among Us'. /M.P./

Shining se imenuje novi projekt, ki ga sestavljajo zanimivi glasbeniki: Bernd Aufermann (kitara, Angel Dust), Robin Engström (bobni, -ex Lefay), Henne Basse (vokal, Metalium), Markus Grosskopf (bass, Helloween). /M.P./

Stratovarius pevec Timo Kotipelto bo v začetku 2002 izdal solo album, na katerem bo sodelovalo veliko znanih glasbenikov: Mike Romeo (kitara; Symphony X), Roland Grapow (bas; Helloween), Arjen Lucassen (kitara; Ayreon), Sami Virtanen (kitara; Joe Doakes), Jari Kainulainen (bas; Stratovarius), Mirka Rantanen (bobni; Tunnel Vision), Gas (bobni; H.I.M.) Janne Warman (klaviature; Children Of Bodom) in Mikko Harkin (klaviature; Sonata Arctica). /M.P./

V začetku septembra bodo nov album izdali Gamma Ray. Pred tem pa tudi prvi single, Heaven Or Hell, na katerem bo tudi Thin Lizzy priredba, Angel Of Death. Konec septembra bodo po vsej verjetnosti začeli s turnejo, na kateri bosta dve predskupini. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: WITHIN TEMPTATION: Mother, DIVINE DECAY: Songs Of The Damned, PROFANITY: Slaughtering Thoughts, THORNSPAWN: Empress From The Realms Of Blasphemy, STONE IN EGYPT: Stone In Egypt, ARKHON INFAUSTUS: Hell Injection, BLOOD STAINED DUSK: Dirge Of Death`s Silence in TRIBUTE TO CARCASS: Requiems Of Revulsion.

Mötley Crüe bodo izdali prvi koncertni DVD, ki so ga posneli lani 5. 7. v Salt Lake Cityu. Na njem bodo tudi prizori s snemanja zadnje plošče New Tattoo, z backstagea in video Hell On High Heels. /M.P./

Helloween kitarist Roland Grapow je sodeloval pri novem albumu Argentincev Imperio. /M.P./

Thrasherji Raise Hell pripravljajo material za svojo tretjo ploščo. /M.P./

Xiled To Infinity And One je naslov novega albuma Seven Witches, ki izide marca. Track lista albuma je naslednja: Metal Tyrant, Incubus, Salvation, Xiled To Infinity And One, Warmth Of Winter, Anger's Door, Eyes Of An Angel, Pain, The Burning, See You In Hell. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: NARNIA: Desert Land, GRAVEWORM: Scourge Of Malice, GANDALF: Rock In Hell, MORGANA: Angel, BONECRUSHER: World Of Pain, PAGAN`S MIND: Infinity Divine, PHOENIX RIZING: Eternal Crusade, RAWHEAD REXX: Rawhead Rexx, ROOSTER: Momentous, WICKED MYSTIC: The Paramount Question in ZYKLON: World Ov Worms.

Finci Gandalf bood konec marca izdali novi album Rock Hell. /M.P./