Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: CIRCLE II CIRCLE: The Middle Of Nowhere, JAMES LABRIE: Elements Of Persuasion, RHAPSODY FEAT. CHRISTOPHER LEE: The Magic Of The Wizards Dream (single), EKTOMORF: Instinct, DIO: Evil Or Divine (Live), CALLISTO: True Nature Unfolds in WITH PASSION: In The Midst Of Bloodied Soil.

Znana je track lista novega Holy Moses albuma Strength Power Will Passion, ki izide 23. maja: Angel Cry, End Of Time, Symbol Of Spirit, Examination, I Will, Space Clearing, Sacred Crystals, Lost Inside, Death Bells II, Rebirthing, Seasons In The Twilight, Say Goodbye. /M.P./

Holy Moses so objavili naslovnico novega studijskega albuma Strength Power Will Passion, ki izide 23. maja pri Armageddon Music. /A.J./

Strange Power Will Passion je naslov desetega albuma Holy Moses, ki izide 23. maja pri Armageddon Music. /M.P./

17. januarja izide The Last Supper, nov album Grave Digger. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: Passion, The Last Supper, Desert Rose, Grave In The No Man's Land, Hell To Pay, Soul Savior, Crucified, Divided Cross, The Night Before, Black Widows, Hundred Days, Always And Eternally. /A.J./

Znana je track lista novega albuma Grave Digger The Last Supper, ki izide 17. januarja pri Nuclear Blast: Passion, The Last Supper, Desert Rose, Grave In The No Man's Land, Hell To Pay, Soul Savior, Crucified, Divided Cross, The Night Before, Black Widows, Hundred Days, Always And Eternally. /M.P./

Rage kitarist Victor Smolski je končal z delom za nov solo album Majesty & Passion. /M.P./

Nizozemski melodični death metalci Callenish Circle bodo 20. septembra pri Karmageddon Media izdali dvojni CD z vsemi remastiranimi posnetki iz obdobja pred Metal Blade. Album bo nosil naslov Forbidden Empathy, naslovnico zanj pa je naredil Niklas Sundin. Track lista je naslednja:
CD1:
Graceful... Yet Forbidding (1999):
No Reason, Forgotten, Inner Battle (intro), Beyond, Broken, Oppressed Natives, Silent Tears, Passionate Dance (intro), Caught by Deceit, Shadows of the Past
Escape EP (1998):
Silent Tears, Escape, Broken, Mirror of Serenity
CD2:
Drift of Empathy (1996):
Inner Sense, Mental Affection, Slough of Despond, Solitude, Last Words, The Dreamers Path, Disguised Ignorance, Where the Moon meets the Sea, Scars
Lovelorn demo (1995):
Slough of Despond, Disguised Ignorance, Lovelorn, Shadows, The Dreamers Path. /M.P./

Rage kitarist Victor Smolski pripravlja solo album, ki zaenkrat nosi naslov Majesty & Passion. Pri snemanju mu pomagata tudi oba kolega iz Rage, Peavy Wagner in Mike Terrana, Uli Jon Roth in še mnogo drugih. /M.P./

Death metalci iz Pennsylvanie Divine Rapture so podpisali s francosko založbo Listenable Records, kjer bodo septembra/oktobra izdali nov album The Burning Passion.

Nizozemski death metalci Callenish Circle so končali z delom za nov album My Passion//Your Pain, ki izide 5. maja. /M.P./

Znan je datum izida novega Callenish Circle albuma. My Passion//Your Pain izide 5. maja. /M.P./

My Passion // Your Pain je naslov novega albuma nizozemskih melodičnih death metalcev Callenish Circle. S snemanjem začnejo januarja v Stage One studiu s producentom Andy Classenom, s katerim so sodelovali že na predhodniku Flesh-Power-Dominion. Izid je napovedan za pozno pomlad. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE: Attack!!, HATE ETERNAL: King Of All Kings, TRAIL OF TEARS: A New Dimension Of Might, ZANDELLE: Twilight On Humanity, ETERNAL REIGN: Crimes Of Passion, LUNARIS:..The Ifinite, FADING STARLIGHT: Lost, RED INK: Red Ink, THE ALMIGHTY PUNCH-DRUNK: Music For Them Asses in CEPHALIC CARNAGE: Lucid Interval.

27. avgusta bodo Scorpions izdali DVD z naslovom A Savage Crazy World. Na njem bodo posnetki iz koncerta v Berlinu leta 1991: Bad Boys Running Wild, Hit Between The Eyes, I Can't Explain, The Zoo, Rhythm of Love, Crazy World, Can't Live Without You, Blackout, Dynamite, Lust or Love, Big City Nights, Rock You Like A Hurricane in videospoti: Rhythm of Love, Believe In Love, Walking On The Edge, Rock You Like A Hurricane, Still Loving You, Passion Rules The Game, Tease Me Please Me, Don't Believe Her, Send Me An Angel, Wind of Change, Alien Nation, Holiday, No One Like You in I'm Leaving You. /M.P./