Crimson Cult so podpisali z založbo Dockyard 1, ki bo spomladi izdala njihov samonaslovljeni prvenec. Gre za band, v katerem igrata tudi Günter Maier in Alex Hilzensauer, bivša člana zasedbe Stygma IV. /P.G./

Z delovanjem so prenehali avstrijski metalci Stygma IV. Odločitev so sprejeli, ker ima njihov bobnar Herb hude probleme s hrbtom in sedaj čaka na operacijo, po enajstih letih delovanja v originalni zasedbi pa ne želijo nadaljevati z novim bobnarjem. /M.P./

Avstrijci Stygma IV imajo pripravljenih 14 skladb za nov album in so že začeli s predprodukcijo. Band pa se junija odpravlja na headlinersko turnejo po Nemčiji. /M.P./

3. junija bo izšel tribute to Rage CD Back In Time - A Tribute To Rage, na katerem sodelujejo samo avstrijski bandi. Track lista albuma je naslednja: ASPHYXIA - All I Want, CEEJAY & SEQUOIA DENDRON - Turn the Page, DRUNKEN ANGELS – Incomplete, ELEFTHERIA - Riders on the Moonlight, EVENTIDE - The Crawling Chaos, EYE OF BETRAYER - Fading Hours/Take Me to the Water Medley, EYETOLEGY - Raw Caress, FATE – Soundchaser, FIRESTORM - Solitary Man, LORDS OF DECADENCE - Paint the Devil on the Wall, LOST DREAMS - Defenders of the Ancient Life, MADOG - The Crawling Chaos, MIDGARD - From The Cradle to the Grave, MIDGARD UPGRADED - The Missing Link, NEBUCHADNEZZAR – Down, SCARECROW - Don't Fear the Winter, SAVIOUR - Take Me to the Water, SCREAM - The Mirror In Your Eyes, SEQUOIA DENDRON - War of Worlds, SERENITY - Set the World on Fire, SINDUSTRY - The Price of War, SOLE - No Lies, STERNENSTAUB - From the Cradle to the Grave, STYGMA IV - Back In Time (acoustic), SUGAR FOR LUCY - My Rage, SUICIDE - Baby I'm Your Nightmare, VALSANS - Sent by the Devil, VIVIAN - Back in Time.
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Avstrijci Stygma IV pripravljajo nov studijski album, ki bo izšel kasneje letos. /M.P./

Avstrijci Stygma IV so končali s snemanjem novega albuma Hell Within, ki v Franciji izide že konec meseca, drugod pa v začetku prihodnjega leta. /M.P./

9. novembra bo v Salzburgu Headbanger’s Ball festival, za katerega so zaenkrat potrjeni trije avstrijski bandi: Hollenthon, Stygma IV in Tanqueray. Ostali nastopajoči bodo zani kmalu. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: SARCASM: Igra Narave, IRON MAIDEN: Rock In Rio, U.D.O.: Man And Machine, DOWN: Down II, SOILWORK: Natural Born Chaos, GRAVE DIGGER: Tunes Of Wacken, ONWARD: Reawaken, PRETTY MAIDS: Planet Panic, ZAKK WYLDE'S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: 1919 Eternal, VOMITORY: Blood Rapture, STYGMA IV: The Human Twilight, BLUDGEON: Crucify The Priest, REBELLION: A Tragedy In Steel - Shakespeare's Macbeth, DEAD SOUL TRIBE: Dead Soul Tribe, KAIPA: Notes From The Past, DIABOLICAL: A Thousand Deaths, RAM-ZET: Escape, GILBY CLARKE: Swag in CADAVERIA: The Shadows Madame.

25. marca bodo svoj naslednji album The Human Twilight Zone izdali Avstrijci Stygma IV. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: AMORPHIS: Am Universum, HALFORD: Live Insurrection, THRESHOLD: Hypothetical, STYGMA IV: Phobia, IRON FIRE: On The Edge, KATATONIA: Last Fair Deal Gone Down, SUSPERIA: Predominance, SKYFIRE: Timeless Departure, SKINLESS: Foreshadowing Our Demise, LOST HORIZON: Awakening The World, MYSTIC CIRCLE: The Great Beat, TROLL: Universal, ULVER: Perdition City, ARK: Burn The Sun, ANASARCA: Moribund, ABIGOR: Satanized, EARTH CRISIS: Last Of The Same, EXTREME NOISE TERROR: Being And Nothing in GUTTERMOUTH: Covered With Ants.

Najprej so bili Big Heat, nato Stigmata, pa Stigmata IV, sedaj pa so se avstrijski metalci preimenovali v Stygma IV. Marca bodo pri Rising Sun Records izdali novi album z naslovom Phobia. /M.P./