25. novembra izide Candlemass DVD Candlemass Documents Of Doom. To bo dvojni DVD z naslednjo vsebino: DVD1: Disc One: Live At Fryshuset 1990: The Well Of Souls, Dark Are The Veils Of Death, Bewitched, Solitude, Dark Reflections, Under The Oak, Demons Gate, Bells Of Acheron, Through The Infinitive Halls Of Death, Samarithan, Mirror Mirror, At The Gallows End, A Sorcerer's Pledge; DVD2: Documentary Of Doom: Sweden Rock Festival 2002, Greece 2002, Bang Your Head 2002, Wacken 2002, Oslo 2002, London 2002, London 1988, Jonkoping First Gig, Dynamo Open Air 1988, Top Gear 1989, London 1989, US Tours, Poland 1991, Sweden 1991. /M.P./

Švedski black/death/thrasherji Satanic Slaughter bodo marca in aprila nastopali na turneji Angelgrinder Tour Part II. Ostali nastopajoči bodo znani kmalu. /M.P./

Saxon se januarja odpravljajo na Heavy Metal Thunder Tour 2003, na kateri jih bodo spremljali Švedi Wolf. /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./

Danes ob 15h je bila uradno odpovedana Generation Armageddon Festival Tour z bandi Dismember, Ancient Rites, Primordial, Septic Flesh in Impious. Turnejo so odpovedali Dismember sami, ker po njihovem mnenju ne bi mogli dokončati svojega novega albuma. Nox Promotions vsem, ki so imeli rezervirane karte za ta festival poklanja en plakat za Empirical Festival ter potrjuje rezervacijo za isti festival. Kmalu sledi uradna izjava Hammerheart Records in Dismember. /P.G./

Zaradi velikega povpraševanja bodo pri Billboard Books izdali knjigo KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History že 1. oktobra, torej tri tedne pred napovedanim izidom. /M.P./

30. septembra bodo pri Spitfire Records izdali limited tour edition zadnjega Dio albuma Killing The Dragon. Na njem bosta dve pesmi, kjer so gostovali člani Deep Purple. Fever Dreams in Rainbow In The Dark sta bili posneti na koncertu v Rotterdamu na Dio/Deep Purple Concerto Tour. /M.P./

Bivši Metallica basist Jason Newsted bo izdal split CD s šestimi pesmimi svojih dveh bivših projektov IR8 in Sexoturica. Z IR 8 je tri pesmi posnel leta 1994 in to skupaj s Tomom Huntingom (Exodus) in Devinom Townsendom (Strapping Young Lad), pri Sexotourica, ki so snemali leta 1995, je prav tako sodeloval Hunting ter še Andreas Kisser (Sepultura). /M.P./

Danzig so se razšli z bobnarjem Joeyem Castillom, zamenjava zanj bo znana kmalu. Band se oktobra odpravlja na The Blackest Of The Black Tour turnejo po ZDA, nato pa je na vrsti še Evropa. /M.P./

22. oktobra bo izšla knjiga KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History, ki sta jo napisala Curt Gooch in Jeff Suhs. V njej sta opisala vseh 1.810 koncertov njihove kariere, veliko zanimivh, še nikoli objavljenih njihovih prigod in vključila prek 170 barvnih fotografij iz njihove celotne kariere. /M.P./

Nevermore bodo prvi metalski band, ki bodo igrali na punk rock turneji Vans Warped Tour. Band so na tri koncerte povabili organizatorji. /M.P./

Threshold pevec Mac se odpravlja na evropsko turnejo, a ne na takšno, ki bi jo pričakovali, temveč na kolesarsko. Mac bo kolesariti začel v Belgiji, nato bo prek Francije in Španije poleti »Tour de Europe« končal v Italiji. /M.P./

Na poletni turneji Poison z naslovom Glam Slam Metal Jam Tour naj bi nastopili tudi ponovno združeni Winger. /M.P./

4. januarja začenjajo Freedom Call s snemanjem novega albuma. Na njem bo 10 novih pesmi ter priredba. Izšel naj bi poleti 2002. Band ima novega tour – klaviaturista. To je Ferdy Doernberg. /M.P./

Borknagar za poletje 2002 planirajo ameriško turnejo, prvo po Kings Of Terror Tour leta 1999. /M.P./