Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: ANGRA: Temple Of Shadows, RAGE: From The Cradle To The Stage, EVIDENCE ONE: Tattoed Heart, GOD DETHRONED: The Lair Of The White Worm, ARCH ENEMY: Dead Eyes See No Future EP, ARCHETYPE: Dawning, KHALI: Khali, DARK TRANQUILLITY: Lost To Apathy EP, TIME MACHINE: Evil, STORMWITCH: Witchcraft, EYEFEAR: 9 Elements Of Inner Vision, FLESH MADE SIN: Dawn Of The Stillborn.

Stormwitch so nov potrjen band za festival Keep It True III, ki bo 6. novembra v Nemčiji. Do sedaj potrjeni bandi so še Helstar, Hallows Eve, Tyrant's Reign, Jaguar, Sacred Steel, Witchfynde, Rottweiller, Metal Inquisitor, Repent. /P.G./

Nemški heavy metalci Stormwitch so podpisali z Nuclear Blast, kjer bodo 8.novembra izdali svoj deveti album Witchcraft. /M.P./

Mystic Prophecy, band, ki so ga ustanovili R.D.Liapakis (vokal, Valley’s Eve), Gus G. (kitara, Dream Evil, Firewind), Martin Albrecht (bass, ex- Stormwitch) in Dennis Ekdahl (bobni, Raise Hell) so podpisali z Nuclear Blast, kjer bodo 16. junija izdali svoj drugi album Regressus. /M.P./

Novoletno vzdušje je zajelo tudi ekipo Paranoida, zato ta za nekaj dni zapira »štacuno«. Medtem ko vi v rubriki »Nagradne igre« lahko še naprej glasujete za »Naj 2002«, smo to izbrali tudi mi.
Želimo vam čimbolj metalsko leto 2003. /Uredništvo/

Ajda:

Albumi:
DREAM THEATER – Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
RAGE – Unity
SENTENCED – The Cold White Light
SEVEN WITCHES – Xiled To Infinity And One
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
SOUTHERN STORM – 1999
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA – Beethoven's Last Night

Koncerti:
NEVERMORE – Bang Your Head
SAVATAGE – povsod
SENTENCED – Salzburg
THE 69 EYES – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM, NEGLIGENCE – Ljubljana

Matjaž:

Albumi:
AVANTASIA – Metal Opera Part 2
BLIND GUARDIAN – A Night At The Opera
ENGINE – Superholic
IRON MAIDEN – Eddie's Archive
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
PROSPECT – Moments
SYMPHORCE – PhorcefulAhead
TAD MOROSE – Matters Of The Dark
TERROR 2000 – Faster Disaster

Koncerti:
BRUCE DICKINSON, SAVATAGE – Wacken
SAXON, CANDLEMASS – Bang Your Head
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana

Matija:

Albumi:
HYPOCRISY – Catch 22
GIRLSCHOOL – Not That Innocent
AMON AMARTH – Versus The World
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
DORO – Fight
THE CROWN – Crowned In Terror
KATAKLYSM – Shadows And Dust
TIAMAT – Judas Christ
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer

Koncerti:
ALICE COOPER – Munchen
JUDAS PRIEST – Graz
DIO – Graz
KREATOR – Wacken
SAXON – Bang Your Head
UNLEASHED – Wacken

Peter:

Albumi:
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer
GRAVE DIGGER – Tunes Of Wacken
KING DIAMOND – Abigail II – The Revenge
REBELLION – Shakespeare's Macbeth
SARCASM – Igra Narave
SCANNER – Scantropolis
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
STORMWITCH – Dance With The Witches
WARLORD – Rising Out Of The Ashes
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World

Koncerti:
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj

Prejšnji in ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: PAIN: Nothing Remains The Same, DEF LEPPARD: X, OVERKILL: Wrecking Everything – Live, STEEL PROPHET: Unseen, STORMWITCH: Dance With The Witches, STORMWARRIOR: Stormwarrior, MESSIAH’S KISS: Prayer For The Dying in FINAL BREATH: Mind Explosion.

Potrjeni so novi bandi za Wacken Open Air: Stormwarrior feat. Kai Hansen, Shakra, Stormwitch, Thunderstone, Justice, Withering Surface. Znan pa je tudi že razopred za četrtkov A Night To Remember: kot headlinerji bodo nastopili Rose Tattoo, pred njimi boste lahko gledali svetovno premiero Church Of Freaks Showa, Doro, Blazea, festival pa bo odprl Stratovarius pevec Timo Kotipelto s svojo skupino. /M.P./