Axel Rudi Pell snema novo kompilacijo balad The Ballads III, ki je napovedana za 25. oktober. Jeseni pa naj bi se odpravil na drugi del evropske turneje za album Kings And Queens. /M.P./

Stormwitch so nov potrjen band za festival Keep It True III, ki bo 6. novembra v Nemčiji. Do sedaj potrjeni bandi so še Helstar, Hallows Eve, Tyrant's Reign, Jaguar, Sacred Steel, Witchfynde, Rottweiller, Metal Inquisitor, Repent. /P.G./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: RIVAL: State Of Mind, VISION DIVINE: Stream Of Consciousness, TOC: Los Angeles, ATROCITY: Atlantis, WHITE SKULL: The XIII Skull, LIONSHEART: Abyss, INSOMNIUM: Since The Day It All Came Down, NEBELHEXE: Laguz - Within The Lake, SILENT SCYTHE: Suffer In Silence in single NIGHTWISH: Nemo.

Tu si lahko poslušate novo Metalium pesem No One Can Save You, ki prihaja z njihovega četrtega albuma Hero-Nation Chapter III. /M.P./

8. decembra bo izšel Manowar DVD Hell On Earth III. Na dvojnem DVDju bo veliko zanimivega materiala za Manowar fane, od zakulisja, intervjujev, ritualov pred in po koncertih itd. V paketu bo tudi njihov lanskoletni nastop na PopKomm sejmu v Kölnu in vsi njihovi videospoti. Track lista je naslednja:

DVD1:
01. Introduction
02. Brazil
03. France
04. Spain
05. Czech Republic
06. Holland
07. Fighting The World
08. Austria
09. Switzerland
10. Sweden Part 1
11. Portugal
12. Heart Of Steel
13. Evil Eclipse
14. Germany
15. Belgium
16. Greece
17. Italy
18. Kings Of Metal
19. Duel Of The Titans
20. Hail And Kill
21. Nessun Dorma
22. Return Of The Warlord
23. Monsters Of The Millenium
24. Denmark
25. Sweden Part 2
26. Gates Of Valhalla
27. Finland
28. Estonia
29. Russia
30. Brothers Of Metal & Sisters Of Steel
31. Credits

BONUS
01. Black Wind Fire And Steel
02. Herz Aus Stahl
03. March For Revenge
04. Wheels Of Fire
05. Alexander The Great
06. France
07. Moments In Time
08. Friends
09. Moments Of Truth
10. Nessun Dorma – The Story
11. Wildlife

DVD 2
"Live In Germany – The Ringfest"
01. Introduction
02. Manowar
03. Kings Of Metal
04. Eric's Speech
05. Herz aus Stahl
06. Evil Eclipse
07. Warriors Of The World United
08. Kill With Power
09. House Of Death
10. Joey's Speech
11. Black, Wind, Fire And Steel
12. The Crown And The Ring

Video Collection
13. Gloves Of Metal
14. Blow Your Speakers
15. Metal Warriors - live
16. Return Of The Warlord
17. Courage - live
18. Warriors Of The World United
19. I Believe
20. Gloves Of Metal – special edition
21. Secrets Of Steel

BONUS
01. The Making Of 'Gloves Of Metal'
02. The Making Of 'Gloves Of Metal' – special edition
03. The Making Of 'Blow Your Speakers'
04. The Making Of 'Return Of The Warlord'
05. Fire, Ice & Gasoline (The Making Of 'Warriors Of The World United')
06. The Making Of 'I Believe'
07. The Warrior's Prayer
08. Ringfest Documentary
/M.P./

27. oktobra izide tretji album projekta Iana Parryja (Elegy) Consortium Project III z naslovom Terra Incognita (The Undiscovered World). Poleg njega so v bandu še Jan Bijlsma (Vengeance), Joshua Dutrieux (Elegy), Robert Finan, Casey Grillo (Kamelot) in Stephan Lill (Vanden Plas)- Pri snemanju pa sta kot gosta sodelovala še Mike Chlasciak (Pain Museum, ex- Halford) in Sacha Paeth (Heaven’s Gate). /M.P./

13. januarja 2003 izide Epica, nov album floridskih melodičnih metalcev Kamelot. Track lista albuma je naslednja: Prologue, Center of the Universe, Farewell, Interlude I (Opiate Soul), The Edge of Paradise, Wander, Interlude II (Omen), Descent of the Archangel, Interlude III (At the Banquet), A Feast for the Vain, On the Coldest Winter Night, Lost & Damned, Helenas Theme, Interlude IV (Dawn), The Mourning After (Carry On), III Ways to Epica. /M.P./

Testament bodo 2. novembra na Bone Bash III festivalu odigrali prvi pravi nastop po decembru 2000 in zdravljenju Chucka Billyja. /M.P./

Pravkar smo dobili obvestilo od organizatorjev festivala Black Metal Manifest II. Uradna izjava Nox Promotions: "Black Metal Manifest ODPADE. Koncert je bil popolnoma potrjen z naše strani in s strani bandov, ter prvotno tudi kluba. V zadnjem trenutku je Orto Bar odpovedal koncert zaradi neodobravanja imena določenega banda, ki naj bi igral, ter neprimerne grafike na plakatu. Opravičujemo se metalcem, ki so se nameravali udeležiti Black Metal Manifesta - II in vas obenem vabimo, da se udeležite festivala Metalizacija III na Koroškem 13.9, kjer bodo morda nastopili tudi Seraph." /P.G./

Naslednji ponedeljek bo pri Century Media izšla kompilacija In The Eyes Of Death Vol. III, ki vključuje 18 pesmi black in death metala: Arch Enemy - Ravenous, Carnal Forge - Hand Of Doom, Dark Tranquillity - Final Resistance, Krisiun - Silent Scream, The Forsaken - Project: The New Breed 666, Twin Obscenity - The Legacy, Borknagar - The Genuine Pulse, Rotting Christ - The Call Of The Aethyrs, Unleashed - Hell's Unleashed, Grave - Morbid Way To Die, God Forbid - Mind Eraser, Shadows Fall - Stepping Outside The Circle, Holy Moses - We Are At War, Scar Culture - Wolverine Blues, Suidakra - Pendragon's Fall, Solefald – Hyperhuman, ...And Oceans - Angelina: Chthonian Earth: Her Face Forms Worms, Sigh - Corpsecry – Angelfall. V Nemčiji bo kompilacija naprodaj za 6,66 €. /M.P./

Švedski black metalci Shining, pri katerih igra Mayhem bobnar Hellhammer, bodo v začetku septembra izdali svoj tretji album z zelo »enostavnim« naslovom III – Angst, Självdestruktitetens Emissarie. /M.P./

Spiritual Beggars bodo 30. septembra izdali nov album On Fire, na katerem bodo naslednje pesmi: Street Fighting Saviours, Young Man-Old Soul, Killing Time, Fools Gold, Moog Intro / Black Feathers, Beneath The Skin, Fejee Mermaid, Dance Of The Dragon King, Tall Tales, Lunatic Fringe I/II/III, Look Back. /M.P./

Ameriški death metalci Nile so končali s snemanjem novega albuma In Their Darkened Shrines, ki izide 2. septembra. Posneli so ga v Soundlab Studios, producirala sta ga Karl Sanders in Bob Moore, na njem pa bodo naslednji komadi: 1. The Blessed Dead, 2. Execration Text, 3. Sarcophagus, 4. Kheftiu Asar Butchiu, 5. Unas Slayer Of The Gods, 6. Churning The Maelstrom, 7. I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead, 8. Wind Of Horus, 9. In Their Darkened Shrines, I. Hall of Saurian Entombment, II. Invocation to Seditious Heresy, III. Destruction Of The Temple Of The Enemies Of Ra, IV. Ruins. /M.P./

Založba World War III Records bo v kratkem izdala nov Metallica tribute, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: PROTOTYPE - Battery, POWERGOD - Motorbreath, DIVISION - Creeping Death, INFAMY - Disposable Heroes, LOWGEAR - The Thing That Should Not Be, IMAGIKA - Four Horsemen, TECHNOCRACY - Ride The Lightning, REACTOR - Seek & Destroy, PRO-FE-CIA - Fade To Black, EXILED - Metal Militia, DEATHOMEN - No Remorse, MISSION66 - Wherever I May Roam, ENRAGED - Master Of Puppets. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: PRIMAL FEAR: Black Sun, UNLEASHED: Hells Unleashed, DOKKEN: Long Way Home, ARJEN LUCASSEN'S STAR ONE: Space Metal, NIGHTWISH: 1997-2001 Box, POWERGOD: Evilution Part III - Nemesis, EXTOL: Undeceived, ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY: Starting At The Drive, CATAMENIA: Eskhata in single SENTENCED: No One There.