The Sanctuary Group so v ponedeljek kupili managersko podjetje Trinifold Group, ki ima pod svojim okriljem med drugim tudi Judas Priest ter Led Zeppelinovca, Jimmy Pagea in Roberta Planta. Direktor The Sanctuary Group je Rod Swallwood, Iron Maiden manager. /M.P./

Jayne Andrews, predstavnik Judas Priest managementa Trinifold Group, ki ga je pred dnevi kupila Sanctuary Music Group, je izjavil, da to v nobeni meri ne bo vplivalo na nadaljne odločitve o karieri heavy metal legend: “Res je, da so nas kupili, a na nas to ne bo preveč vplivalo.Bill Curbishley je še vedno Judas Priest manager in vse ostale naše bande. Sanctuary glede managementa Judas Priest ne bodo imeli nobene besede. Sam tudi v nadaljne delam direktno s Priesti, tako da se nič ne spremeni.” /M.P./

5. novembra bodo Iron Maiden izdali box set Eddie’s Archive, v katerem bodo trije dvojni CD-ji in še nekaj zanimivosti. Za ogrevanje naj bodo track liste CD-jev dovolj: CD 1 - BBC Archive, Disc 1: Friday Rock Show Session 1979: Iron Maiden, Running Free, Transylvania, Sanctuary; Reading Festival 1982: Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, 22 Acacia Avenue, Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden; Disc 2: Reading Festival 1980: Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, Killers, Running Free, Transylvania, Iron Maiden; Monsters Of Rock Festival Donington 1988: Moonchild, Wrathchild, Infinite Dreams, The Trooper, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, The Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden. CD2 - Beast Over Hammersmith: Disc 1: Murders In The Rue Morgue, Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, Another Life, Killers, 22 Acacia Avenue, Total Eclipse; Disc 2: Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden, Sanctuary, Drifter, Running Free, Prowler. CD3 - Best Of The B'sides: Disc 1: Burning Ambition, Drifter (live), Invasion, Remember Tomorrow (live), I've Got The Fire, Cross-Eyed Mary, Rainbow's Gold, King Of Twilight, Reach Out, That Girl, Juanita, The Sheriff Of Huddersfield, Black Bart Blues, Prowler '88, Charlotte The Harlot '88; Disc 2: All In Your Mind, Kill Me Ce Soir, I'm a Mover, Communication Breakdown, Nodding Donkey Blues, Space Station No.5, I Can't See My Feelings, Roll Over Vic Vella, Justice of The Peace, Judgement Day, My Generation, Doctor Doctor, Blood On The Worlds Hands (live), The Aftermath (live), Futureal (live), Wasted Years '99 (live). /M.P./

Bivši Tygers Of Pan Tang pevec Jess Cox je založbo Neat Records prodal Sanctuary Records. /M.P./

Kasneje letos bo High Live, koncertni album Helloween, izšel še kot DVD. Sedaj pa so pri Sanctuary Records ponovno izdali njihove albume Pink Bubbles Go Ape, Chameleon, Master Of The Rings, Better Than Raw, Metal Jukebox in kot posebni izdaji tudi The Time Of The Oath in High Live. /M.P./

Queensryche pevec Geoff Tate bo svoj prvi solo album izdal junija pri Sanctuary Records. Na albumu bo 11 pesmi. /M.P./

25. marca bo končno izšel težko pričakovani Iron Maiden dvojni koncertni album Live At Rock In Rio. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: The Wicker Man, Ghost Of The Navigator, Brave New World, Wrathchild, Two Minutes to Midnight, Blood Brothers, Sign Of The Cross, The Mercenary, The Trooper, Dream Of Mirrors, The Clansman, The Evil That Men Do, Fear Of The Dark, Iron Maiden, Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Sanctuary in Run To The Hills. /M.P./

Na Japonskem bo 27. februarja izšel koncertni Iron Maiden CD Live At Rock In Rio. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: Intro, The Wickerman, Ghost Of The Navigator, Brave New World, Wrathchild, Two Minutes To Midnight, Blood Brothers, Sign Of The Cross, The Mercenary, The Trooper, Dream Of Mirrors, The Clansman, The Evil That Men Do, Fear Of The Dark, Iron Maiden, Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Sanctuary, Run To The Hills in še neznan bonus komad. /M.P./

Po treh letih sodelovanja v obliki marketinga in distribucije s Century Media se bo ameriški del založbe Noise Records vrnil k Sanctuary Records Group. /M.P./

Motörhead bodo naslednji album izdali spomladi 2002 pri Sanctuary Records Group, izdali pa bodo tudi re-release naslednjih albumov: All The Aces, No Remorse, Ace Of Spades, No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith, Bomber, Iron Fist, Overkill, Another Perfect Day, Orgasmatron, Rock 'N' Roll, No Sleep At All, The Chase Is Better Than The Catch (The Singles A's & B's). /M.P./

Sanctuary Records so izdali soundtrack za video igrico Heavy Metal: Geomatrix. Track lista je naslednja: MEGADETH - Moto Psycho, DUST TO DUST - New Low, BIOHAZARD - Population Control, ROLLINS BAND - One Shot, ENTOMBED - Say It In Slugs, HALFORD - Locked And Loaded, DUST TO DUST - Submission, COC - Gittin' It On, W.A.S.P. - Hate To Love Me, HALFORD - Cyberworld, MOTORHEAD - The Ace Of Spades in MEGADETH – Burning. /M.P./

Helstar bodo posneli štiri skladbe, dve bosta novi, dve pa novi verziji starih komadov, katere bodo predstavili založbama Sanctuary in Nuclear Blast. /M.P./

Sanctuary Records Group so zelo zadovoljni, ker jim je pod svoje okrilje uspelo pridobiti progresivne legende Queensryche, ki s v svoji karieri prodali že preko 20.000.000 albumov. »Ko smo pred letom začeli z založbo, smo si v svoje vrste najbolj želeli pridobiti Megadeth in Queensryche. Po uspehu z novim Megadeth albumom smo zelo veseli, da so se nam pridružili še Queensryche, ki so eni najboljših progresivnih hard rock bandov vseh časov,« je dejal šef založbe Sanctuary Records Group, Merck Mercuriadis. /M.P./

Nova verzija igrice Gran Turismo za Sony Playstation 2 vsebuje tudi naslednje komade: Turbo Lover – Judas Priest, Kickstart My Heart – Mötley Crue ter She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult. /M.P./

Trije Diamond Head albumi, The White Album, Death And Progress ter Live Evil, bodo kmalu ponovno izdani preko Castle Music/Sanctuary Records. /M.P./