22. aprila izide nov album Švedov Terror 2000 z naslovom Faster Disaster in naslednjo track listo: Back With Attack, Formula Flame Feast, Headrush, Infernal Outlaw, Burn-Out In Blood, Faster Disaster, Menace Of Brutality, Stalkers In The Night, I´m Speed At Night, Killing Machine. /M.P./

Nemški heavy metalci Chinchilla bodo 11. marca izdali nov album z naslovom The Last Millenium. Znana je že track lista: The Last Millenium, War Machine, Demons We Call, Nighttrain Of Death, Father Forgive Me, After The War, Victims Of The Night, The Boys Are Back In Town, They Are Liars, The Highest Price. /M.P./

Februarja naj bi Great White izdali poslovilni album Final Cuts, na katerm bodo priredbe naslednjih komadov: Love Removal Machine - THE CULT, Again And Again - STATUS QUO, Ready For Love - MOTT THE HOOPLE, BAD COMPANY, Bitches And Other Women - ROLLING STONES, Tangled Up In Blue - BOB DYLAN, Sin City - AC/DC, No Matter What - BADFINGER, Fire And Water - FREE, Down At The Doctor - DR. FEELGOOD, That Ain't Know Way To Treat A Lady - HELEN REDDY, Lady Love - ROBIN TROWER in Burning House Of Love - X. /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./

Diesel Machine, band Halfordovega kitarista Pata Lachmana, bodo januarja začeli s snemanjem demo posnetkov za nov album. /M.P./

Medication je nov band, katerega člana sta med drugim bivši Ugly Kid Joe pevec Whitfield Crane in bivši Machine Head kitarist Logan Mader. Januarja začnejo s snemanjem prvenca. /M.P./

Black Label Society so spremenili naslov albuma iz Deathcore War Machine Eternal v 1919 Eternal. /M.P./

Udo Dirkschneider je s svojim bandom U.D.O. začel pripravljati nov album Man And Machine, ki naj bi izšel 25. marca. /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./

Zakk Wylde bo s svojimi Black Label Society nov album Death War Machine Eternal na Japonskem izdal že 12. decembra, ostali svet bo moral na izid počakati do februarja. /M.P./

Portugalski black (bivši?) metalci Sirius bodo v začetku prihodnjega posneli svoj tretji album, s katerim bodo šli v čisto novo smer. Na njem bo opazen glasben zasuk v smer bandov kot so Static-X, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Machine Head in celo Slipknot in Rob Zombie. /M.P./

Avstrijski black metalci Abigor bodo v začetku leta 2002 začeli s snemanjem nove plošče Warmachine. /M.P./

Deathcore War Machine bo naslov novega Black Label Society albuma, ki bo izšel februarja prihodnje leto. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: MACHINE HEAD: Supercharger, ANATHEMA: A Fine Day To Exit, BURNING POINT: Salvation By Fire, LACRIMOSA: Fassade, KING’S X: Manic Moonlight, HYPNOS: The Revenge Ride, CENTURIAN: Liber Zar Zax, VIRULELCE: A Conflict Scenario.

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: KREATOR: Violent Revolution, EDGUY: Mandrake, BRUCE DICKINSON: The Best Of, QUEENSRYCHE: Live Evolution, SAXON: Killing Ground, VIRGO: Virgo, DARK FUNERAL: Diabolis Interium, TRISTANIA: World Of Glass, HEAVENLY: Sign Of The Winner, WITCHERY: Symphony For The Devil, MEZARKABUL: Unspoken, MADRIGAL: I Die You Soar, HYPNOS: The Revenge Ride, SOLEFALD: Pills Against The Ageless Ills, THANATEROS: The First Rite, SAVIOUR MACHINE: Legend Part III, GLENN HUGHES: Building The Machine, REBAELLIUN: Annihilation, MIDNIGHT SUN: Metal Machine, SOILENT GREEN: A Delected Symphony For The Beaten Down, INHUMAN: Rebellion, DARKEST HOUR: So Sedated, So Seen, BETHLEHEM: Schatten aus der Alexander Welt, TWIN OBSCENITY: Bloodstone, SNAKEGOD: Invitation in MANHAI: The Sons Of Yesterday's Black Grouse.