Honour Crest so objavili novo skladbo Crawling Through Quicksand s prihajajočega albuma Metrics, ki bo na voljo 1. maja. /B.B./

Burzum alias Varg Vikernes namerava maja pri Byelobog Productions izdati novi album z naslovom Umskiptar (Metamorphoses), ki je bil posnet septembra lani v Grieghallen Studiu v Bergnu. Vsa besedila skladb so vzeta iz norveške pesnitve Völuspá, angleški prevodi pa so vsebovani v Vikernesovi zadnji knjigi z naslovom Sorcery And Religion In Ancient Scandinavia. Tracklista albuma je sledeča:
Blóðstokkinn (Soaked In Blood)
Jóln (Deities)
Alfadanz (Elven Dance)
Hit helga Tré (The Sacred Tree)
Æra (Honour)
Heiðr (Esteem)
Valgaldr (Song Of The Fallen)
Galgviðr (Gallow Forest)
Surtr Sunnan (Black From The South)
Gullaldr (Golden Age)
Níðhöggr (Attack From Below)
/B.B./

Bolt Thrower bodo pri Metal Blade Europe ponatisnili zadnje tri albume, Mercenary, Honour Valour Pride in Those Once Loyal, ki bodo na voljo kot posebni gatefold LPji na barvnem vinilu. Vsak od albumov bo izšel v omejeni nakladi 1000 kopij. /B.B./

Avstralci Black Majesty so objavili video za komad Further Than Insane. Gre za skladbo z aktualnega albuma, naslovljenega In Your Honour, ki ga je produciral Roland Grapow (Masterplan, ex-Helloween). /P.G./

V zadnjih štirih tednih so izšli naslednji albumi: ARMA GATHAS – Dead To This World, AS I LAY DYING – The Powerless Rise, AXEL RUDI PELL – The Crest, BLACK MAJESTY – In Your Honour, BRAIN DRILL – Quantum Catastrophe, CANDLEMASS – Ashes To Ashes (DVD), CRASHDIET – Generation Wild, DIVINITY – The Singularity, EISREGEN – Schlangensonne, EVIG NATT – Darkland, EXODUS – Exhibit B: The Human Condition, EXTREME – Take Us Alive (DVD), GLYDER – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, ICED EARTH – Box Of The Wicked, KARMA TO BURN – Appalachian Incantation, KEEP OF KALESSIN – Reptilian, KISSIN' DYNAMITE – Addicted To Metal, KIVIMETSÄN DRUIDI – Betrayal, Justice, Revenge, LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE – The Grandiose Nowhere, LEGION OF THE DAMNED – Slaughtering... (DVD), MASTER – The Human Machine, MUTINY WITHIN – Mutiny Within, RHAPSODY OF FIRE – The Frozen Tears Of Angels, RIPE – A Moment Of Forever, SALEM – Playing God And Other Short Stories, SAWTHIS – EGod, SKYFORGER – Kurbads, STORMZONE – Death Dealer, TAROT – Gravity Of Light, TESLA – Alive In Europe, THE BONES – Berlin Burnout (DVD). /A.J./

Black Majesty bodo 14. maja izdali album z naslovom In Your Honour. /P.G./

Norveški black metalci Ragnarok so na svoji MySpace strani objavili komada Collectors Of The King in In Honour Of Satan z novega albuma, ki izide spomladi. /A.J./

Inmate so na njihovi prenovljeni MySpace strani objavili skladbo z naslovom Strength And Honour, ki so jo posneli v lastni režiji. Prav tako so prenovili uradno spletno stran. Ta petek, 2.10., si jih lahko v živo ogledate v velenjskem Mladinskem Centru, ko si bodo oder delili skupaj z Inciter in Killing Option. Lepo vabljeni. /P.G./

Znana je tracklista novega albuma skupine Ragnarok, ki bo izšel proti koncu leta pri Regain Records: Introduction, Stabbed By The Horns, Burning The Earth, In Honour Of Satan, Collectors Of The King, Eternal Damnation, The Ancient Crown Of Glory, May Madness Hunt You Down, Wisdom Of Perfection. /P.N./

Vomitory bodo 8. maja izdali nov album z naslovom Carnage Euphoria, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: The Carnage Rages On, Serpents, A Lesson In Virulence, Ripe Cadavers, Rage Of Honour, The Ravenous Dead, Deadlock, Rebirth Of The Grotesque, Possessed in Great Deceiver. Albumu bo priložen DVD z naslovom Dead & Drunk for 20 Years. /P.G./

Debauchery bodo aprila izdali album z naslovom Rockers & War, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe:
War: There Is Only War, Primordial Annihilator, Savage Mortician, Honour And Courage, Killing Ground, Wolves Of The North.
Rockers: New Rock, 3 Riff Hit, 'Demon Lady, Hammer Of The Blood God, I'm A Rocker.
/P.G./

Waylander snemajo nov album z naslovom Honour Amongst Chaos, ki bo izšel pri založbi Listenable Records. /P.G./

Finci Total Devastation so začeli s snemanjem svojega četrtega albuma Honour the Disorder, ki izide spomladi. /M.P./

Problemi v Stratovarius so rešeni - Timu Tollkiju so namreč glasovi v glavi povedali, naj se ukvarja s kabalo. Na uradni strani se je znašla celotna njegova izjava, a je bila kmalu odstranjena. Tule si lahko preberete del originalne izjave:
"I really need to share this with all of you.
2 days ago I had a panic attack, I lied down and tried to relax.
Then a voice in my head told me repeatedly: Kabbalah, Kabbalah, Kabbalah. I believe it was the voice of Jesus Christ. I felt warm waves through my body and I felt secure and happy. The voice told me to take a bloody picture of myself in honour of HIS memory. Then the voice told me to go to my library and one of the books fell into the floor before me. I didn´t even remember I have that book.
It was about the teachings of Kabbalah. I believe I have now found the complete and only Universal truth. I understand that none of the things in my life matters really. It is all an illusion anyway.
I will use this webpage and also the future STRATOVARIUS recordings to celebrate the beauty of this ancient teaching. ". /P.G./

Britanski death metalci Bolt Thrower pripravljajo svoj osmi studijski album, ki naj bi izšel oktobra/novembra. Še neimenovanega naslednika Honour Valour Pride bodo snemali maja. /M.P./