Doom metalci Dawn Of Winter bodo konec avgusta izdali E.P. Slow Is The Suffering. /M.P./

Novi Uriah Heep Tribute album, A Return To Fantasy, bo izšel 27. avgusta pri Century Media. na njem bodo naslednji bandi in komadi: Angel Dust ("Easy Livin'"), Liege Lord ("Too Scared To Run") featuring Joe Comeau and Paul Nelson, Tad Morose ("Rainbow Demon"), Axel Rudi Pell ("July Morning"), Narnia ("Sunrise"), Freebase ("Suicidal Man"), Sacred Steel ("Return To Fantasy"), Blind Guardian ("The Wizard"), Gamma Ray("Look At Yourself"), Nightingale ("Stealin'"), Lana Lane ("Weep In Silence"), Onward ("Bird Of Prey"), Easy Livin' ("Circle Of Hands"). /A.J./

Septembra bo izšel 2CD Best Of Bruce Dickinson, na katerem bodo komadi iz njegove solo kariere od leta 1990 do 1998. Poleg znanih pesmi bosta na albumu tudi dve novi, Silver Wings in Broken, ter še nekaj koncertnih in do sedaj neizdanih. Na njem bo tudi Iron Maiden klasika Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: JOE SATRIANI: Live In San Francisco, WAYNE: Wayne, WYVERN: The Defiance Of Tale, CYDONIAN: Estranged, EVIL INCARNATE: Blackest Hymns Of God`s Disgrace, IRON CROSS: Iron Cross, AVANISH: Gods Of Destiny, ABORTED: Enineering The Dead ter NEPHASTH: Immortal Unholy Triumph.

Yngwie Malmsteen vokalist Mark Boals ima nov projekt, ki se imenuje Ring Of Fire. Prvi album nosi naslov The Oracle, na njem pa so naslednji komadi: Prelude For The Oracle, Circle Of Time, Shadow In The Dark, Vengeance For Blood, Samurai, City Of The Dead, Dreams Of Empire, The Oracle, Interlude, Land Of Illusion, Take Me Home in Face The Fire. /M.P./

Bivšemu Ratt pevcu Stephenu Pearcy-ju je sodišču dovolilo uporabljati ime Ratt featuring Stephen Pearcy, kateremu so nasprotovali člani skupine Ratt. Če mu plačajo odškodnino v višini 800.000$, pa tega imena ne bo več uporabljal. /M.P./

Kitarist Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Gordian Knot) išče primernega vokalista za projekt Spastic Ink, pri katerem sodelujeta tudi bobnar Bobby Jarzombek (Halford) in basist Pete Perez. Kot gostje bodo nastopili Jens Johansson (Stratovarius), Ray Rindenau (Halford), Michael Manring (Attention Deficit) in Sean Malone (Gordian Knot). /M.P./

Slaba novica za vse fane Death in Control Denied. Chuck Schuldiner bo moral namreč na operacijo, saj so odkrili nov tumor. Če želite pomagate zbrati denar za zdravljenje, pošjite denar na: Charles Schuldiner Medical Fund
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Francozi Gurkkhas so za tri albume podpisali pogodbo z Morbid Records. Prvi, z naslovom A Life Of Suffering, bo izšel jeseni. /M.P./

Proxima Centauri, novi album Ancient, je že posnet. Sedaj je na vrsti mix in mastering. Izid je napovedan za oktober. /M.P./

Gallery Of Suicide je nov band, ki pa ga sestavljajo znani glasbeniki: pevec Joey Allen (Epitaph), kitarista Allen West (Six Feet Under, -ex Obituary) in Doug Harrington (Defiance), basist Troy Gregory (Flotsam And Jetsam) ter bobnar Louie Clemente (-ex Testament). /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: MEGADETH: The World Needs A Hero, SCORPIONS: Acoustica, SHADOW GALLERY: Legacy, TOOL: Lateralus, FLOTSAM & JETSAM: My God, KHOLD: Masterpiss Of Pain, THE GATHERING: Downfall - The Early Years, TARAXOCUM: Spirit Of Freedom, DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE: Death`s Design ter EM SINFONIA: Intimate Portrait.

Slaughtering The Faithful je naslov novega albuma Američanov Pessimist. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: WITHIN TEMPTATION: Mother, DIVINE DECAY: Songs Of The Damned, PROFANITY: Slaughtering Thoughts, THORNSPAWN: Empress From The Realms Of Blasphemy, STONE IN EGYPT: Stone In Egypt, ARKHON INFAUSTUS: Hell Injection, BLOOD STAINED DUSK: Dirge Of Death`s Silence in TRIBUTE TO CARCASS: Requiems Of Revulsion.

Ta mesec bodo s snemanjem novega albuma Stormbringer Ruler začeli Italijani Domine. Posneli bodo tudi Rainbow klasiko Stargazer. /M.P./