15. novembra bodo pri Spinefarm Records izdali best of Sonata Arctica album, The Collection 1999-2006, na katerem bosta tudi na novo posneti verziji skladb My Land in Replica. Track lista pa je naslednja: The Ruins of My Life, 8th Commandment, Don't Say A Word, Victoria's Secret, Tallulah, Wolf & Raven, Black Sheep, Broken, Kingdom for a Heart, FullMoon, My Land, The Cage, Last Drop Falls, UnOpened, San Sebastian, Ain't Your Fairytale, Replica, Wolf & Raven (video), The Cage (live at Tavastia), Kingdom for a Heart (live at Tavastia). /M.P./

Nemški hard rockerji Kingdom Come bodo 20. oktobra pri Frontiers Records izdali nov album Ain't Crying For The Moon, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Two Legged Sheep, Not Here To Be Your Friend, Same Old Stars, Ain't Crying For The Moon, Perfect Citizen, This Is My Life, Bon Scott, Removed The Sting, Friends In Spirit, Darkroom, Look At You, Across The Universe, Get It On (2006 version).

Švedi Raise Hell bodo 19. maja pri Black Lodge Records izdali svoj četrti album City of the Damned, ki so ga posneli v Sheepvalley Productions v Stockholmu. /M.P./

Sonata Arctica so objavili track listo DVD-ja/CD-ja For the Sake of Revenge, ki izide 31. marca 2006: Intro, Misplaced, Blinded No More, Fullmoon / White Pearls Black Oceans, Victoria's Secret, Broken, 8th Commandment, Shamandalie, Kingdom for a Heart, Replica, My Land, Black Sheep, Sing in Silence/the End of this Chapter, San Sebastian, Gravenimage, Don't Say a word, The Cage, Vodkaa... (hava nagila). /S.P./

30. maja izide nov Secret Sphere album. Snemali so v dveh studijih, italijanskem One Voice in švedskem Sheepvalley, miks pa je naredil Achim Köhler v njegovem studiu House Of Audio. Pri snemanju so sodelovali s 50-članskim orkestrom, opernimi pevci, kot posebni gost pa je pri skladbi First Snake sodeloval Labyrinth pevec Roberto Tiranti. /M.P./

Bivši Quiet Riot frontman Kevin DuBrow bo kmalu pri Mascot Records izdal svoj prvi solo album In For The Kill. Na njem bodo priredbe njegovih najljubših skladb iz sedemdesetih: Burn On The Flame – Sweet, Good Rocking Tonight – Montrose, Black Sheep Of The Family - Quartermass/Rainbow, Speed King - Deep Purple, Stay With Me - The Faces, Red Light Mama, Red Hot - Humble Pie, Gonna Have A Good Time - The Easybeats, Drivin' Sister - Mott The Hoople, Razzmatazz – Nazareth, 20th Century Boy - T- REX, Rollin' With My Baby – Silverhead. /M.P./

Američani Abattoir so v končni fazi miksanja novega albuma Evil Incarnate. Na njem bodo naslednje pesmi: Baptism, Evil Incarnate, Off, Twisted Hands Of Darkness, Broken Mental Decimation, The Marching, Kill Destroy Erase, Sheep, Vicious Return, Everybody Dies, Process Elimination, Feast Upon The Flesh, The Rage That Is Reborn in Survive In The Fire. /M.P./

26. avgusta izide Sonata Arctica koncertni album Live In Tokyo, na katerem bodo naslednje pesmi: Intro, Weballergy, Kingdom For A Heart, Sing In Silence, False News Travel Fast, Last Drop Falls, Respect The Wilderness, Fullmoon, The End Of This Chapter, Replica, My Land, Black Sheep in Wolf & Raven. /M.P./

Britanci Sack Trick bodo jeseni izdali album Sheep In KISS Make Up, na katerem bodo same KISS priredbe. Na njem bo sodelovalo veliko znanih glasbenikov: Bruce Dickinson, Doogie White (Malmsteen, ex- Rainbow), Greg Smith (ex- Rainbow, Alice Cooper), itd. /M.P./

Prvi single s pred kratkim izdanega Sonata Arctica albuma Silence je na Japonskem izšel kot mini album Orientation, na katerem so naslednje pesmi: Black Sheep (iz Silence), Die With Your Boots On (Iron Maiden priredba), The Wind Beneath My Wings, Mary-Lou (akustična verzija), Wolf & Raven (videospot) in sporočilo banda. /M.P./

Drugi album Sonate Arctice, ki naj bi predvidoma izsel 16. julija, se bo imenoval Silence. Na njem bodo naslednji komadi: ...of Silence, Weballergy, False News Travel Fast, The End of This Chapter, Black Sheep, Land of the Free, Last Drop Falls, San Sebastian (revisited), Sing In Silence, Revontulet (Instr.), Tallulah, Wolf & Raven in The Power of One. Naslovnico jim je narisal belgijski grafični oblikovalec Eric Phillipe. /A.J./