NAPALM DEATH: Leaders Not Followers Part 2, MAGNUM: Brand New Morning, GRAVE: Fiendish Revolution, MERCENARY: 11 Dreams, UNEARTH: The Oncoming Storm, DEVILINSIDE: Volume One, LULLACRY: Fire Within EP, FISSION: Crater, THE HEAVILS: Heavilution, SAEKO: Above Heaven - Below Heaven, MESSIAH: Messiah DVD, TEN: Return To Everymore, ADIMIRON: Burning Souls in GLITTERTIND: Evige asatro.

9. avgusta izide zadnji The Crown album Crowned Unholy; ponovno posnet Crowned In Terror album. Kot bonus bo zraven albuma izšel DVD The Crown Invades Karlsruhe, ki so ga posneli 24. novembra lani na svoji zadnji turneji. Track lista pa je naslednja: No Tomorrow, Face of destruction/Deep hit of death, Deathexplosion, World below, Deliverance, Blitzkrieg Witchcraft, Cold is the grave, Zombiefied, Dream bloody hell / Kill `em all, Under the whip, Bow to none, Total Satan, House of Hades / Crowned in terror, 1999-Revolution 666. /M.P./

3. maja izide nov Crematory album Revolution. /M.P./

Revolution 9 je naslov novega albuma Aeternus, ki ga band trenutno pripravlja. Snemanje je napovedano za junij, izid pa za konec leta pri Nocturnal Art Productions. /M.P./

Znana je tracklista novega albuma švedskih power metalcev Morifade. Na albumu Domi<>nation, ki izide četrtega februarja, bodo naslednji komadi: Parallels ASilent Revolution, The Second Coming, Words I Never Speak, Clarity (Fragments of a Dream), Panopticon, The Rising, Erase, Memory’s End, Cast a Spell*, As Time Decides*, Tomorrow, Knows*, Dance with the Devil*, Judas (Helloween-cover)* in videospot Lost Within a Shade ( *  bonus komad - le na digipak verziji). /P.G./

Kreator so pred kratkim v Romuniji odigrali zadnji koncert za Violent Revolution turnejo. Mille & Co. bodo januarja začeli vaditi za novo ploščo, ki jo bodo snemali maja v Nottinghamu z Andy Sneapom. Mille pravi, da je nov material kombinacija Violent Revolution in Pleasure To Kill. /M.P./

Nemški gothic metalci Crematory, ki so se razšli pred dvema letoma in za prihodnje leto napovedujejo povratek z novim studijskim album, so prekinili snemanje le-tega, ker je klaviaturistka Katrin Goger dva tedna pred rokom rodila hči. Izid albuma Revolution je bil napovedan za 1. marec, kar seveda odpade (prestavljen na drugo polovico 2004), a ker je posneta že več kot polovica albuma, so se odločili, da na ta dan izdajo single Greed. Na njem bosta single in album verzija naslovne skladbe, Metallica priredba One, balada Farewell Letter in videospot za naslovno skladbo, ki so ga posneli nekaj dni pred Katrinim porodom. /M.P./

Brides Of Destruction so za tri albume za Evropo in ZDA podpisali s Sanctuary Records. Prvenec Here Come The Brides bo izšel marca, na Japonskem pa že 25. decembra letos. Track lista albuma je: Shut The Fuck Up, I Don't Care, Two Times Dead, Brace Yourself, I Got A Gun, Life, Natural Born Killers, Revolution, Only Get So Far. /M.P./

1. decembra izide live DVD, posnet na Rock Hard festivalu 7. in 8. junija letos. Track lista je naslednja: GOD DETHRONED - Into The Lungs Of Hell, TRIBE AFTER TRIBE - Out Of Control, CIRCLE II CIRCLE - Watching In Silence, TROUBLE - The Tempter/Bastards Will Pay, NEVERMORE - Who Decides, KREATOR - The Patriarch/Violent Revolution, ANTHRAX - Safe Home, BLIND GUARDIAN - The Script For My Requiem, DARKANE - Violence From Within, THRESHOLD - Long Way Home, ARCH ENEMY - Dead Bury Their Dead, SOILWORK - Follow The Hollow, CANDLEMASS - At The Gallows End, SODOM - Remember The Fallen, IN FLAMES – System, DORO - Burning The Witches, SAXON - Denim And Leather. /M.P./

Septembra se začne ameriška Guitarevolution turneja, na kateri nastopajo Marty Friedman s svojim bandom, The Alex Skolnick Trio in OHM, band originalnega Megadeth kitarista Chrisa Polanda. Poleg Friedmana so v njegovem bandu še Jimmy DeGrasso (bobni, ex- Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies), Ron Jarzombek (kitara, Wathctower, Spastic Ink) in Chris Catero (bass, Razer, ex- Wardog). /M.P./

Le dve leti po razpadu je prišlo do reuniona vodilnih nemških gothic metalcev Crematory. Band se pripravlja za odhod v studio, kjer bodo posneli nov album, ki zaenkrat nosi naslov Revolution. /M.P./

23. septembra bo izšel Pantera best of CD z naslovom The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!. CD bo vključeval bonus DVD z 12 video spoti. Track lista je sledeča: CD: Cowboys From Hell, Cemetary Gates, Mouth for War, Walk, This Love, I'm Broken, Becoming, 5 Minutes Alone, Planet Caravan, Drag the Waters, Where You Came From (Live), Cat Scratch Fever, Revolution Is My Name, I'll Cast a Shadow, Goddamn Electric, Hole in the Sky; Bonus DVD: Cowboys From Hell, Psycho Holiday, Cemetary Gates, Mouth For War, This Love, Walk, 5 Minutes Alone, I'm Broken, Drag the Waters, Domination (Live), Primal Concrete Sledge (Live), Revolution Is My Name. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Morifade albuma Domi<>nation, ki izide 1. septembra pri Hammerheart Records: Parallels, A Silent Revolution, The Second Coming, Words I Never Speak, Clarity (Fragments of a Dream), Panopticon, The Rising, Erase, Memorys End, Lost Within A Shade. /M.P./

Za 9. september je napovedan izid Pantera best of albuma z naslovom The Best Of Pantera: Far Beyond The Great Southern Cowboys Vulgar Hits. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Cowboys From Hell, Cemetery Gates, Walk, Mouth For War, This Love, I'm Broken, Becoming, 5 Minutes Alone, Planet Caravan, Drag The Waters, Where You Come From, Cat Scratch Fever, I'll Cast A Shadow, Goddamn Electric, Revolution Is My Name, Hole In The Sky. /A.J./

Queensryche so na prvem koncertu evropske turneje, ki je potekal 4.junija v Amsterdamu, prvič odigrali dve novi pesmi, Open in Desert Dance. Poleg teh so odigrali še naslednje pesmi: Screaming In Digital, I Remember Now, Anarchy-X, Revolution Calling, Speak, Spreading The Disease, The Mission (z Electric Requiem), The Needle Lies, Eyes Of A Stranger, Best I Can, Jet City Woman, Empire, Silent Lucidity, I Am I, Damaged, My Global Mind, Hit The Black, Save, Breakdown, Sacred Ground, Right Side Of My Mind, NM156. /M.P./