Jack Frost (Seven Witches) bo 17. novembra izdal solo prvenec z naslovom Raise Your Fist To Metal, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Stay, The Chase, Brotherhood Of Lies, What's Left, The Man I Am, Nippin At Your Ear, What I Say, Fight Fire With Fire, Slow Burn, Lack Of Communication. /M.P./

4. novembra bo izšel Black Sabbath box set z naslovom Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978). V njem bodo naslednji albumi: Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality, Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy in Never Say Die!. Na bonus DVDju bodo koncertne izvedbe klasik kot Iron Man, Paranoid, priredbe Carla Perkinsa Blues Suedde Shoes in promocijskega videospota za pesem Black Sabbath ter intervjuji z njihovimi oboževalci, kot so: Rob Zombie, James Hetfield, Vince Neil, Krist Novoselic, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Dave Navarro, Billie Joe Armstrong, Slash, Beck, David Lee Roth in Henry Rollins. /M.P./

Seven Witches kitarist Jack Frost bo oktobra izdal solo album Raise Your Fist To Metal z naslednjo track listo: Stay, The Chase, Brotherhood of Lies, What's Left, The Man I Am, Nippin at your Ear, What I Say, Fight Fire with Fire, Slow Burn, Lack of Communication. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Helloween albuma Rabbit Don't Come Easy, ki izide 5. maja: Just A Little Sign (Andi Deris), Open Your Life (Sascha Gerstner), The Tune (Michael Weikath), Never Be A Star (Andi Deris), Liar (Markus Grosskopf), Sun For The World (Sascha Gerstner), Don't Stop Being Crazy (Andi Deris), Do You Feel Good (Michael Weikath), Hell Was Made In Heaven (Markus Grosskopf), Back Against The Wall (Andi Deris), Listen To The Fly (Sascha Gerstner), Nothing To Say (Michael Weikath). V oklepaju so napisani avtorji. Posneli pa so tudi Sheer Heart Attack (Queen priredba), Fast As a Shark (Accept priredba) in Far Away (Markus Grosskopf). Slednja bo izšla na limited edition verziji albuma, prvi dve pa mogoče kot “B strani” na singlih. Drugače pa prvi single Just A Little Sign izide 7. aprila. Kot zanimivost naj omenimo še to, da je dve pesmi album odbobnal Mark Cross, ostale Mikkey Dee (Motörhead), priredbi in Far Away pa novi bobnar Stefan Schwarzmann. /M.P./

3. marca bo izšel Black Sabbath DVD z naslovom Never Say Die – Live In 1978. Že dolgo nazaj je izšel v VHS obliki in sicer pod naslovom A Decade Of Black Sabbath: 1968-1978. DVD vključuje koncertne posnetke s koncerta v Hammersmith Odeonu (London) z Never Say Die turneje. /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./

Bivši Malmsteen pevec Jeff Scott Soto no 11. novembra izdal solo album z naslovom Prism. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: Eyes Of Love, Heaven Knows, Don t Come Easy, Don't Wanna Say Goodbye, I Want To Take You Higher (feat. Glenn Hughes), Holding On, 2 Late 4 Goodbyes, Till The End Of Time, How Long, By Your Side, Don't Walk Away, Eyes Of Love (video). /M.P./

Žal jesenska koncertna ponudba pri nas ne bo tako pestra, kot je kazalo. Po odpovedi turneje Dismember so tudi Borknagar odpovedali turnejo. Kmalu zatem so svoje odpovedi potrdili tudi drugi bandi, ki bi se morali kmalu ustaviti tudi v Ljubljani.
Izjava Borknagar: "Unfortunately the tour is cancelled! The Swedish bus company raised their prices 63% and we tried getting new busses from about all other bus companies in Europe but it seems like every band on the planet is on tour at the same time. Last week we managed to get two busses from an English company but guess what? They both broke down during the weekend. One of them is now standing somewhere in Portugal...
We're all pissed off about this. Sorry to all the fans and the bands we were supposed to play with, but there was nothing we could do. Aaaaarrrgh!!!!"

Izjava Finntroll: "Guess what, loyal fans of Finntroll... Yup, that's right, you guessed it. The whole damn European Tour has been cancelled. Not only Finntroll had to cancel it but every other band too had to back away. The reason for this major mess was the most stupidiest and unthinkable reason. Both of their tour busses broke down and they cannot get new ones in time. I hope Somnium will tell you more about this matter as soon as he can and explain the whole thing to you and as well as me. Only think I can really say is that they are becoming the most unluckiest band in the world. First Katla and now this. " /P.G./

Track lista Hello From The Gutter – Best Of Overkill albuma je naslednja: CD1: Hello From The Gutter (live), Necroshine, God-Like, Powersurge (live), Never Say Die, Coma' (live), The Rip N' Tear, Battle, Electro-Violence (live), Thunderhead, Overkill, Fuck You. CD2: Rotten To The Core, Bleed Me, Long Time Dyin', Fatal If Swallowed, Elimination (live), Black Line, Overkill (cover), World Of Hurt (live), Hammerhead, Skullcrusher (live), Kill At Command, Bastard Nation (live). /M.P./

Kultni francoski režiser Olivier Assayas namerava v svojem naslednjem S&M filmu uporabiti glasbo od Darkthrone. /M.P./

Znana je nova postava Dying Fetus. Vokalistu/kitaristu Johnu Gallagherju so se pridružili bobnar Erik Sayenga (Witch-Hunt, Dying Fetus '96/'97), basist Sean Beasely (Garden Of Shadows), kitarist Bruce Greig (Next Step Up), in vokalist Vince Matthews (Sadistic Torment, Mucous Membrane). /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./

Ne samo da se bodo Black Sabbath letos zopet ponovno vrnili in nastopili na Ozzfestu, temveč bodo po vsej verjetnosti jeseni s producentom Rickom Rubinom posneli nov album. To bo prvi album originalne zasedbe po Never Say Die iz leta 1978. /M.P./

Junija končno izide album The best of Black sabbath sicer že pokojne skupine . Seznam komadov je sledeč: CD1 - 'Black Sabbath', 'The Wizard', 'NIB', 'Evil Woman', 'Wicked World', 'War Pigs', 'Paranoid', 'Planet Caravan', 'Iron Man', 'Electric Funeral', 'Faries Wear Boots', 'Sweet Leaf', 'Embryo', 'Children Of The Grave', 'Lord Of This World' in 'Into The Void'.
CD2 - 'Tomorrow's Dream', 'Supernaut', 'Snowblind', 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath', 'Killing Yourself To Live', 'Hole In The Sky', 'Don't Start (Too Late)', 'Symptom Of The Universe', 'Am I Going Insane' (Radio), 'Dirty Woman', 'Never Say Die', 'Hard Road', 'Heaven And Hell', 'Die Young', 'Turn Up The Night', 'The Dark', 'Zero The Hero'. /P.G./

25. januarja bo založba Metal Blade Records izdala DVD kompilacijo z naslovom Metalmeister. Posnetkov je za dobro uro in pol, na disku pa bo 19 spotov iz 19-letne zgodovine založbe, diskografija skupin, slike in intervjuji. Na DVDju boste našli: SIX FEET UNDER - 'Victim Of The Paranoid', ARMORED SAINT - 'Reign Of Fire', FATES WARNING - 'Point Of View', GALACTIC COWBOYS - 'Nothing To Say', CANNIBAL CORPSE - 'Sentenced to Burn', GWAR - 'Gor Gor', MERCYFUL FATE - 'The Uninvited Guest', GRIP INC. - 'Ostracized', KING'S X - 'Fade', Fates Warning - 'A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Part 1' (live), Armored Saint - 'March Of The Saint' (live), Lizzy Borden - 'Psychopath' (live), TROUBLE - 'Run To The Light', SACRED REICH - 'Low', FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - 'Monster', MERCYFUL FATE - 'Witches Dance', GWAR - 'Sick Of You', Lizzy Borden intervju iz leta 1990... /P.G./