Nemški power/thrash metalci Psychotron so objavili naslovnico novega albuma Pray For Salvation, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Pray For Salvation, Arms Of Morpheus, Traitor, The Graves, Casing Shadows, The Awakening, Circle Of The Damned, The Hourglass, Life On Borrowed Time, Shattered Illusion. /M.P./

3. junija bo izšel tribute to Rage CD Back In Time - A Tribute To Rage, na katerem sodelujejo samo avstrijski bandi. Track lista albuma je naslednja: ASPHYXIA - All I Want, CEEJAY & SEQUOIA DENDRON - Turn the Page, DRUNKEN ANGELS – Incomplete, ELEFTHERIA - Riders on the Moonlight, EVENTIDE - The Crawling Chaos, EYE OF BETRAYER - Fading Hours/Take Me to the Water Medley, EYETOLEGY - Raw Caress, FATE – Soundchaser, FIRESTORM - Solitary Man, LORDS OF DECADENCE - Paint the Devil on the Wall, LOST DREAMS - Defenders of the Ancient Life, MADOG - The Crawling Chaos, MIDGARD - From The Cradle to the Grave, MIDGARD UPGRADED - The Missing Link, NEBUCHADNEZZAR – Down, SCARECROW - Don't Fear the Winter, SAVIOUR - Take Me to the Water, SCREAM - The Mirror In Your Eyes, SEQUOIA DENDRON - War of Worlds, SERENITY - Set the World on Fire, SINDUSTRY - The Price of War, SOLE - No Lies, STERNENSTAUB - From the Cradle to the Grave, STYGMA IV - Back In Time (acoustic), SUGAR FOR LUCY - My Rage, SUICIDE - Baby I'm Your Nightmare, VALSANS - Sent by the Devil, VIVIAN - Back in Time.
/M.P./

21. marca pri Armageddon Music izide trojni CD Armageddon Over Wacken Live 2004, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe:
CD 1: ANTHRAX – Indians. ANTHRAX – Only, DESTRUCTION – Nailed to the cross, CHILDREN OF BODOM – Sixpounder, CANNIBAL CORPSE – Dormant Bodies Bursting, MAYHEM – Pargans Fears, DEATH ANGEL – Thicker Than Blood, UNLEASHED – To Asgaard We Fly, ORPHANAGE – Five Crystals, EKTOMORF – I Know Them, EKTOMORF – Destroy, BAL-SAGOTH – The Emperial Lexicon, MNEMIC – Ghost, CATHEDRAL – Stained Glass Horizon, NEVERMORE – Enemies Of Reality.
CD 2: DIO – Holy Diver, DIO – Don't Talk to Stragers, HELLOWEEN – Dr Stein, DORO – Für immer, KOTIPELTO – Reasons, MYSTIC PROPHECY – In The Land Of The Dead, BRAINSTORM – Hollow Hideaway, MOTÖRHEAD – We are Motörhead, MOTÖRHEAD – Life Is A Bitch, PARAGON – Green Hell, WEINHOLD – Strike, FEINSTEIN – Rebelutions, JBO – Arschloch und Spass Dabei, BLAZE BAYLEY – Fear of the Dark.
CD 3: VANGUARD – Forgive, RECKLESS TIDE – Death Train, RECKLESS TIDE – Equality, GRIFFIN – The Sentence, HOBBS ANGEL OF DEATH – Crucifiction, DR. ROCK – Wicked Show, DR. ROCK – Dr. Rock, EVERFEST – See Me Rising, SUFFERAGE – Civilized, GUN BARREL – Only A Passenger, GUTBUCKET – 82 Hours Bus Hellride, GUTBUCKET – You Never Know, SUPERSOMA – Missing Nola, THORA – Christ Abuse, METHEDRAS – Wreck n Roll, ZODIAC MINDWARP – Like A Hurricane, RAUNCHY – Summer Of Overload, ELÄKELÄISET – Humppa (Jump).
/M.P./

Megadeth so dali na svoji spletni strani, na forumu fanom možnost sodelovanja pri izbiri skladb za prihajajoči Greatest Hits album, ki naj bi izšel še letos. Drugače pa so predvčerajšnjim začeli z evropsko turnejo in v Dublinu igrali naslednje skladbe: Blackmail the Universe, Set the World Afire, Skin O' My Teeth, The Scorpion, Wake Up Dead, Something I'm Not, In My Darkest Hour, Angry Again, Of Mice and Men, A Tout Le Monde, Die Dead Enough, Trust, Tornado Of Souls, Kick The Chair, Hangar 18, Sweating Bullets, Symphony of Destruction, Back In The Day, Peace Sells.../Mechanix, Holy Wars. /M.P./

22. februarja izide Darkest Hour DVD, Pary Scars And Prison Bars: A Thrashography. Na DVDju so zbrani različni posnetki, ki so nastali v desetih letih delovanja banda. Poleg tega je band začel s predprodukcijo za nov album, ki naj bi izšel poleti. /A.J./

Namesto Children of the Night bodo nastopili Evenrain iz Nove Gorice. Nedvomno eden izmed najbolj perspektivnih slovenskih melodic death metal bandov. Pričakujte odličen metal v stilu Dimension Zero, Darkest Hour, The Crown, Soilwork. /P.G./

Pri Metal Blade bodo 5. aprila kot »ultimate deluxe edition« ponovno izdali Voivod prvenec War And Pain. Na trojnem CD-ju bo polno bonus materiala. Poleg remastiranih pesmi bodo na prvem od njih še naslednji posnetki: Anachronism – koncert iz junija 1983 (Condemned To The Gallows, Blower, VoiVod) in To The Death – Metal Massacre 5 sessions: Condemned To The Gallows, VoiVod, Iron Gang). Drugi CD bo Morgoth Invasion – live demo iz decembra 1984: Build Your Weapons, War And Pain, Condemned To The Gallows, Warriors Of Ice, Helldriver, Horror, Black City, Nuclear War, Blower, Live For Violence, Ripping Headaches, Iron Gang, Korgull The Exterminator, Suck Your Bone, Witching Hour (Venom), Chemical Warfare (Slayer). Tretji CD bo CD-ROM z biografijo, komentarji, besedili, videosponetki, fotografijami, itd. /M.P./

31. maja bodo Dark Tranquillity ob svoji petnajsti obletnici delovanja izdali dvojni CD z redkim in prej neizdanim materialom, Exposures - In Retrospect And Denial. Track lista je naslednja: CD1 Static, The Poison Well, Misery In Me, Cornered, In Sight, No-One, Exposure, Yesterworld, Unfurled By Dawn, Midwinter/Beyond Enlightenment, Vernal Awakening, Void Of Tranquillity. CD2 (live) - The Wonders At Your Feet, The Treason Wall, Hedon, White Noise/Black Silence, Haven, Punish My Heaven, Monochromatic Stains, Indifferent Suns, Format C: For Cortex, Insanity's Crescendo, Hours Passed In Exile, The Sun Fired Blanks, Damage Done, Lethe, Not Built To Last, ThereIn, Zodijackyl Light, Final Resistance, Ex Nihilo. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: EXODUS: Tempo Of The Damned, THRESHOLD: Critical Energy, AMARAN: Pristine In Bondage, SCARVE: Irradiant, BLOOD DUSTER: Blood Duster, VENOM: Darkest Hour, MISERY INC.: Yesterday's Grave.

The Darkest Hour so odpovedali preostali del evropske turneje in prihajajočo z The Crown zaradi hude bolezni v družini kitarista Mikea Schleibauma. /M.P./

My Dying Bride nameravajo posneti koncert 2. novembra v Antwerpnu in ga izdati na DVDju. Drugače pa nov studijski album The Dreadful Hours izide februarja. /M.P./

The Crown se sredi novembra odpravljajo na evropsko turnejo, kjer jih bodo spremljali Darkest Hour in Monolith Deathcult. Ustavili se bodo tudi v Ljubljani (glej Koncerti). /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Dew-Scented albuma Impact, ki izide 25. avgusta: Acts Of Rage, New Found Pain, Destination Hell, Soul Poison, Cities Of The Dead, Down My Neck, One By One, Agony Designed, Slaughtervain, Flesh Reborn, 18 Hours. Limited edition verzija bo vsebovala še neobjavljeno skladbo Force-Fed [The Bleeding Scheme] ter Turbonegro priredbo Hobbit Motherfuckers. /M.P./

Nuclear Blast pripravljajo naslednji Iron Maiden tribute album, A Tribute To The Beast Vol.2.. Izide 10. julija, track lista pa je naslednja: CD 1:, DESTRUCTION – Killers, SENTENCED - The Trooper, PRIMAL FEAR - 2 Minutes To Midnight, THUNDERSTONE - Wasted Years, STUCK MOJO feat. DEVIN TOWNSEND – Wrathchild, ANTHRAX - Remember Tomorrow, SADUS – Invaders, TANKARD - Iron Maiden, NECROPHOBIC – Moonchild, MÄGO DE OZ - Strange World, WOLF - Deja Vu, MYSTIC PROPHECY – Sanctuary, GRAVEWORM - Fear Of The Dark, THERION - Revelation (live), ICED EARTH - Hallowed Be Thy Name. CD 2: SEBASTIAN BACH - Children Of Damned, JOHN WEST & CHRIS CAFFERY - Run To The Hills, COSMOSQUAD feat. RAY ALDER - Murders In The Rue Morgue, IAN PERRY & KAMELOT - Flight Of Icarus, SOLACE - Another Life, ELEVENTH HOUR - Alexander The Great, WARDOG – Purgatory, IRON SAVIOR - Running Free. /M.P./

24. februarja bodo Fates Warning izdali DVD z naslovom The View From Here. Na njem bo moč najti sledeče: proces snemanja Disconnected (2000) in Parallels (1990) albumov, intervjuja z originalnima članoma Joe DiBiasejom in Frankom Arestijem, foto galerijo, diskografijo, video spote: Silent Cries (1988), Anarchy Divine (1988), Through Different Eyes (1989), Nothing Left To Say (live 1998), Point of View (1991), Eye To Eye (1992), Monument (1994), Pleasant Shade of Gray Parts X-XII (1997), At Fates Hands (live 1998), Prelude To Ruin (live 1998), The Eleventh Hour/Point Of View (live at Dynamo 1998). Kot bonus pa bodo na drugem DVDju dodali Live At The Dynamo, ki je že izšel na VHS formatu. /M.P./