Nemški death metalci Fallen Yggdrasil so končali z delom za svoj novi album Building Up A Ruin To Come, ki izide 5. julija. Track lista je naslednja: Intro, Building Up A Ruin To Come, Bequest, The Snake, Just Another Lullaby, Babylonian Prayer, I Burn, For Those Masters Of The Undone, My Family. /M.P./

V mesecu januarju so izšli naslednji albumi: ICED EARTH: The Glorious Burden, SYMPHORCE: Twice Second, SHINING FURY: Last Sunrise, HEAVENLY: Dust To Dust, THUNDERSTONE: The Burning, ANATA: Under A Stone With No Inscription, THE BLACK LEAGUE: The Man’s Ruin Revisited, SOILWORK: The Early Chapters, REQUIEM: Mask Of Damnation, AXXIS: Time Machine, PINK CREAM 69: Thunderdome, MAGNITUDE NINE: Decoding The Soul, FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING: Skyward, FARMER BOYS: The Other Side, THE GATHERING: Sleepy Buildings – A Semi Acoustic Evening, DIVINE EMPIRE: Nostradameus, WATCH THEM DIE: Watch Them Die, SABBTAIL: Nightchurch, ATTACKER: Soul Taker, PROTOTYPE: Trinity, THE END: Within Divida in FORCE OF EVIL: Force Of Evil.

The Black League bodo pri Spinefarm Records podružnici Ranch 12. januarja izdali svoj tretji album Man's Ruin Revisited. /M.P./

The Black League bodo naslednji mesec izdali nov single, na katerem bo še neizbrana skladba s prihajajočega albuma Man’s Ruins Revisited, ki se trenutno snema v Seawolf Studios. Izid albuma je napovedan za začetek prihodnjega leta. /M.P./

Floridski death metalci Monstrosity so končali z miksanjem novega albuma Rise To Power, ki izide 23. septembra pri Conquest Music Inc. Track lista je naslednja: The Exordium, Awaiting Armageddon, Wave Of Annihilation, The Fall Of Eden, Chemical Reaction, A Casket For The Soul, Rise To Power, Visions Of Violence, From Wrath To Ruin, Abysmal Gods, Shadow Of Obliteration. /M.P./

Mourning Beloveth se po uspešni evropski turneji odpravljajo tudi na drugo stran Atlantika. Na ameriškem delu turneje Doomination Tour 2003 bodo kot predskupina nastopili Ordoruin. /P.G./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: NARNIA: The Great Fall, CYDONIA: The Dark Flower, SETHERIAL: From The Ancient Ruins, MICHAEL VESCERA PROJECT: The Altar ter single HELLOWEEN: Just A Little Sign.

Man’s Ruin Revisited je naslov novega albuma Fincev The Black Leauge, ki imajo v svojih vrstah bivšega Sentenced pevca Taneli Jarva. Album bodo snemali aprila izšel pa bo v začetku jeseni. /M.P./

24. februarja bodo Fates Warning izdali DVD z naslovom The View From Here. Na njem bo moč najti sledeče: proces snemanja Disconnected (2000) in Parallels (1990) albumov, intervjuja z originalnima članoma Joe DiBiasejom in Frankom Arestijem, foto galerijo, diskografijo, video spote: Silent Cries (1988), Anarchy Divine (1988), Through Different Eyes (1989), Nothing Left To Say (live 1998), Point of View (1991), Eye To Eye (1992), Monument (1994), Pleasant Shade of Gray Parts X-XII (1997), At Fates Hands (live 1998), Prelude To Ruin (live 1998), The Eleventh Hour/Point Of View (live at Dynamo 1998). Kot bonus pa bodo na drugem DVDju dodali Live At The Dynamo, ki je že izšel na VHS formatu. /M.P./

Ameriški doom metalci Orodruin bodo februarja pri avstrijski založbi Psychedoomelic Records izdali prvenec z naslovom Epicurean Mass. Dogovarjajo se tudi za poletno turnejo. /M.P./

Virgin Steele so 21. decembra odigrali triurni koncert v Long Islandu in ga posneli za live CD/DVD. Set lista koncerta je bila sledeča: Invictus, Life Among The Ruins, Voice As Weapon, Conjuration Of The Watcher, From Chaos To Creation, Twilight Of The Gods, God Of Our Sorrows, Vow Of Honour/Defiance, Dust From The Burning, A Token Of My Hatred, Vox Intro / Crown Of Glory, When The Legends Die, Thy Kingdom Come-Intro, Guitar Solo / Vox Solo Burning Sword!!!, Great Sword Of Flame, A Symphony Of Steele, The Wine Of Violence, In Triumph Or Tragedy, Return Of The King, Flames Of Thy Power, Drum Solo, I Will Come For You, Kingdom Of The Fearless, dodatek: A Cry In The Night/Don't Close Your Eyes (akustična verzija), Marriage Theme/Veni Vidi, Vici, Noble Savage, The Burning Of Rome (Cry For Pompeii). /M.P./

20. avgusta izide Theory Of Ruin prvenec z nasloovm Counter-Culture Nosebleed. To je band bivšega Nailbomb/Fudge Tunnel frontmana Alexa Newporta. /M.P./

Avgusta bodo svoj prvenec Counter-Culture Nosebleed izdali Theory Of Ruin, katerih član je bivši Nailbomb/Fudge Tunnel frontman Alex Newport. /M.P./

Ameriški death metalci Nile so končali s snemanjem novega albuma In Their Darkened Shrines, ki izide 2. septembra. Posneli so ga v Soundlab Studios, producirala sta ga Karl Sanders in Bob Moore, na njem pa bodo naslednji komadi: 1. The Blessed Dead, 2. Execration Text, 3. Sarcophagus, 4. Kheftiu Asar Butchiu, 5. Unas Slayer Of The Gods, 6. Churning The Maelstrom, 7. I Whisper In The Ear Of The Dead, 8. Wind Of Horus, 9. In Their Darkened Shrines, I. Hall of Saurian Entombment, II. Invocation to Seditious Heresy, III. Destruction Of The Temple Of The Enemies Of Ra, IV. Ruins. /M.P./

Consortium Project, projekt, ki ga vodi Elegy pevec Ian Perry, bo svoj drugi album Continuum in Extremis, na katerem bo 11 skladb, izdal oktobra pri Locomotive Records. Poleg Ian-a pri projektu sodelujejo še: Jan Bijlsma (bass, ex- Vengeance), Dirk Bruinenberg (bobni, Elegy), Günter Wernö (klaviature, Vanden Plas), Patrice Guers (bass, Rondat), Stephan Lill (kitara, Vanden Plas), Patrick Rondat (kitara, Elegy/Jean Michel Jarre) in Thomas Youngblood (kitara, Kamelot). /M.P./