25. februarja pričakujte naslednji brutalni napad s strani Cannibal Corpse, ki bodo izdali nov album Gore Obsessed. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: Hatchet To The Head, Pit Of Zombies, Dormant Bodies Bursting, Savage Butchery, Compelled To Lacerate, Drowning In Viscera, Hung And Bled, Sanded Faceless, Mutation Of The Cadaver, When Death Replaces Life in Grotesque. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: DREAM THEATER: Six Turbulence Of Inner Turbulence, KING DIAMOND: Abigail II – The Revenge, PAIN OF SALVATION: Remedy Lane, TESTAMENT: First Strike Is Deadly, WOLF: Black Wings, SQUEALER: Under The Cross, VANDEN PLAS: Beyond Daylight, ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW: A Virgin And A Whore, TIMO TOLKKI: Hymn To Life, THE COMPANY OF SNAKES: Burst The Bubble, EPHEL DUATH: Rephormula, HOUWITSER: Rage Inside The Womb, BEWITCHED: Rise Of The Antichrist, WICKED SENSATION: Reflected, BLACKSHINE: Soulles & Pride ter single TIAMAT: Vote For Love.

Bivši Megadeth bobnar Nick Menza je po desetih letih dokončal svoj prvi solo album, ki ga je naslovil z Life After Deth. Večino materiala je napisal na turnejah z Megadeth, album pa bo mogoče dobiti le preko njegove spletne strani. /M.P./

Ta ponedeljek so Eternal Tears Of Sorrow končno izdali novi album A Virgin And A Whore tudi izven Finske. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: Aurora Borealis, Heart of Wilderness, Prophetian, Fall of Man, The River Flows Frozen, The Last One For Life, Sick, Dirty and Mean, Blood of Hatred, Aeon ter bonus komada As I Die in The River Flows Frozen (akustična verzija). /M.P./

Znana je track-lista Hymn To Life, solo albuma Stratovarius kitarista Tima Tolkkija: Intro, Key To The Universe, Now I Understand, Divine, Little Boy I Miss You, I Believe, Are You The One?, Father, Fresh Blue Waters, Dear God, It's X-Mas Morning, Hymn To Life. /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./

Deep Purple bodo februarja izdali box set 11 singlov, ki so jih izdali med leti 1968 in 1976. Ti so: Hush b/w One More Rainy Day, Kentucky Woman b/w Wring That Neck, Emmaretta b/w Wring That Neck, Hallalujah b/w April - Part One, Black Night b/w Speed King, Strange Kind Of Woman b/w I'm Alone, Fireball b/w Demon's Eye, Never Before b/w When A Blind Man Cries, Woman From Tokyo b/w Super Trouper, Might Just Take Your Life b/w Coronarias Redig in You Keep On Movin b/w Love Child. /M.P./

Paranoid za letos zapira svoja vrata. Stran bo redno začela obratovati drugo leto (točnega datuma ne moremo obljubiti - ko se pač streznemo).
Za konec leta še seznam top 5 albumov leta 2001 po izboru ekipe Paranoida, kmalu pa bo na vrsti glasovanje za top 30 albumov!
Nas torej nekaj dni ne bo, medtem pa lahko na debatah veselo spljuvate naš izbor top 5 :)

Ajda:
IN EXTREMO: Sünder ohne Zügel
ICED EARTH: Horror Show
EDGUY: Mandrake
BEYOND TWILIGHT: The Devil's Hall Of Fame
SAVATAGE: Poets And Madmen

Matjaž:
SHADOW GALLERY: Legacy
BRAINSTORM: Metus Mortis
JAG PANZER: Mechanized Warfare
SAVATAGE: Poets And Madmen
ANGRA: Rebirth

Matija:
IMPALED NAZARENE: Absence Of War Does Not Mean Peace
LUCYFIRE: This Dollar Saved My Life At Whitehorse
ALICE COOPER: Dragontown
KREATOR: Violent Revolution
SAXON: Killing Ground

Peter:
FALCONER: Falconer
ICED EARTH: Horror Show
KREATOR: Violent Revolution
SAXON: Killing Ground
GRAVE DIGGER: The Grave Digger

John Petrucci (Dream Theater) pripravlja svoj prvi solo album. Na njem naj bi bilo 9 pesmi, nekatere Jaws Of Life, Damage Control in Glasgow Kiss, pa je že predstavil na G3 (Satriani/Vai/Petrucci) turneji. Pri snemanju mu bodo pomagali Dave LaRue (bass-Dixie Dregs, Planet X), Dave DiCenso (bobni) pri sedmih ter Tony Verderosa (bobni) pri dveh komadih. /M.P./

28. januarja bo končno izšel Abigail II: The Revenge, novi King Diamond album, na katerem bodo naslednji komadi: 1. Spare this Life , 2. The Storm , 3. Mansion In Sorrow, 4. Miriam , 5. Little One , 6. Slippery Stairs , 7. The Crypt , 8. Broken Glass , 9. More Than Pain , 10. The Wheelchair , 11. Spirits , 12. Mommy in 13. Sorry Dear. /M.P./

Track lista novega Black Label Society albuma Deathcore War Machine je: Bleed For Me, Lords Of Destruction, Life/Birth/Blood/Doom, Demise Of Sanity, Lost Heaven, Battering Ram, Speedball, Graveyard Disciples, Genocide Junkies, Bridge To Cross, Refuse To Bow Down in Berserkers. /M.P./

Stratovarius kitarist Timo Tolkki že vneto pripravlja svoj drugi solo album Hymn Of Life, ki bo izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta. /M.P./

Izšel bo Thin Lizzy box set s 4 CDji, na katerih bodo seveda vse njihove uspešnice in še nekaj raritet. Na četrtem CDju pa bosta tudi dva solo komada Phila Lynotta in sicer Nineteen in A Night In The Life Of An Old Blues Singer. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: GRAVE DIGGER: The Grave Digger, DREAM THEATER: Live Scenes From New York, SODOM: M-16, BORKNAGAR: Empiricism, SYMPHONY X: The Live On The Edge Of Forever, RAGE: Best Of – All G.U.N. Years, CARNAL FORGE: Please…Die!, THE ALMIGHTY: Psycho Narco, BLACK SYMPHONY: Tears Of Blood, CROWBAR: Sonic Excess In It’s Purest Form, MORTIIS: The Smell Of Rain, ROUGH SILK: Symphony Of Life, KARMA TO BURN: Almost Heathen, RUDESS JORDAN: Feeding The Wheel in NOVEMBRE: Novembrine Waltz.

Black Wings je naslov novemu albumu švedskih heavy metalcev Wolf, na katerem je tudi Mercyful Fate priredba A Dangerous Meeting. V kratkem bodo posneli še dve priredbi in sicer I'm Not Affraid Of Life od Ramones in Die By The Sword od Slayer. Prva bo izšla na Ramones tribute albumu, druga pa na njihovem singlu. /M.P./