Zaradi težav pri snemanju so Queensryche prestavili izid novega albuma na 14. april. Kot vse kaže album ne bo obdržal delovnega naslova Tribe. Kot začasno zamenjavo za Kelly Graya so Queensryche našli kitarista Mikea Stonea. Ta je igral že na novoletnem koncertu na Alaski, kjer v set listi ni manjkalo legendarnih klasik: Revolution Calling, Breaking The Silence, Walk In The Shadows, The Mission, Roads to Madness, Liquid Sky, Sacred Ground, NM 156, Damaged, Breakdown, Right Side of My Mind, The Lady Wore Black, Queen of the Reich, Jet City Woman, Empire, I Don't Believe In Love, Eyes Of A Stranger, Take Hold Of The Flame, Silent Lucidity. /M.P./

Švedi Skyfire so se vrnili z legendarnega Abyss Recording Studia, kjer so s producentom Tommy Tägtgrenom posneli svoj drugi album Mind Revolution. /M.P./

L.A. Guns so končali s snemanjem novega albuma Waking The Dead, ki izide konec avgusta ali v začetku septembra. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: Don't Look at Me That Way, Let's Roll, Waking The Dead, Revolution, The Ballad Frequency, Psychopathic Eyes, Hellraisers Ball, City Of Angels, It's Alright, Call Of The Wild. /M.P./

Vsi Kreator fani se morate veseliti naslednje novice, kajti še letos bo izšel njihov koncertni izdelek Live Kreation (Revisioned Glory), na katerem boste slišali še veliko več kot v Ljubljani: The Patriarch, Violent Revolution, Reconquering The Throne, Extreme Aggression, People Of The Lie, All Of The Same Blood (Unity), Phobia, People Of The Lie, Renewal, Servant In Heaven—King In Hell, Terrible Certainty, Riot Of Violence, Black Sunrise, Toxic Trace, Coma Of Souls, Betrayer, Second Awakening, Golden Age, Lost, Leave This World Behind, Awakening Of The Gods, Terrorzone, Under The Guillotine, Flag Of Hate, Tormentor.
Drugače pa bo Mille skupaj s Thomasom Lindbergom (The Crown, ex- At The Gates) odpel duet za pesem Dirty Coloured Knife izraelskih metalcev Emblaze. Mille bo gostoval tudi pri naslednjem albumu Nemcev Desaster. Več o tem bo znano kmalu. /M.P./

Junija izide nov album veteranov UFO z naslovom Sharks. Na njem bo 11 pesmi: Outlaw Man, Quicksilver Rider, Serenity, Deadman Walking, Shadow Dancer, No Revolution Song, Sea of Faith, Fighting Man, Perfect View, Crossing Over, Hawaii. /M.P./

Naslednje pesmi bodo na novem Primal Fear albumu Black Sun, ki izide naslednji ponedeljek: Countdown To Insanity, Black Sun, Armageddon, Lightyears From Home, Revolution, Fear, Mind Control, Magic Eye, Mind Machine, Silence, in We Go Down /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

Track lista prihajajočega Primal Fear albuma se glasi: Veiled Control, Magic Eye, We Go Down, Lightyears From Home, Merciless, Armageddon, Cold Day In Hell, Revolution, Black Sun in Mind Control. /M.P./

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.

Track lista Queensryche live albuma Live Evolution: CD 1: Nm 156, Walk In The Shadows, Roads To Madness, The Lady Wore Black, London, Screaming In Digital, Take Hold Of The Flame, Queen Of The Ryche, I Remember Now, Anarchy X, Revolution Calling, Spreading The Disease/Electric, Requiem, Mission, Suite Sister Mary, I Dont Believe In Love, My Empty Room, Eyes Of A Stranger. CD 2: I Am I, Damaged, Empire, Silent Lucidity, Another Rainy Night, Jet City Woman, Liquid Sky, Sacred Ground, Breakdown, Falling Down, Right Side Of My Mind, Hit The Black. /M.P./

Track lista novega Kreator albuma Violent Revolution, ki ga je Mille Petrozza označil kot »back to the roots with todays expression«, je naslednja: Reconquering the Throne, The Patriarch, Violent Revolution, All of the Same Blood (Unity), Servant in Heaven/King in Hell, Second Awakening, Ghetto War, Replicas of Life, Slave Machinery, Bitter Sweet Revenge, Mind On Fire, System Decay. /M.P./

Kreator so že posneli album Violent Revolution, ki bo izšel poleti. Obeta pa se skupna turneja nemških thrasherjev Kreator, Destruction in Sodom. Ker pa so vse skupine pri različnih založbah, se utegnejo pogajanja o turneji malce zavleči. /M.P./

Iron Maiden so s skladbo Wicker Man med nominiranci za Grammya v kategoriji Best Metal Performance. Poleg njih so z Revolution Is My Name nominirani tudi Pantera.  /M.P./

Kreator so trenutno zaposleni s pisanjem materiala za nov album, ki naj bi bil glasbeno nadaljevanje, kjer so končali s Coma Of Souls. Prvi naslovi pesmi so: Getto War, Violent Revolution, Second Awakening ter System Decay. Bend bo tudi ponovno izdal prve tri albume Endless Pain, Pleasure To Kill in Terrible Certainty, na katerih naj bi bili tudi videospoti ter čisto nove naslovnice. Izdali pa naj bi tudi še en Best of album, za katerega bodo pesmi preko interneta izbrali fani. Vseboval pa naj bi tudi redke demo in koncertne posnetke. /M.P./