Prong so razkrili naslovnico in tracklisto prihajajočega albuma Carved Into Stone, ki bo izšel 24. aprila pri Long Branch Records. Naslovnico je oblikoval Vance Kelly (Down, The Sword), album pa prinaša naslednje skladbe:
Eternal Heat
Keep On Living In Pain
Ammunition
Revenge...Best Served Cold
State of Rebellion
Put Myself To Sleep
List Of Grievances
Carved Into Stone
Subtract
Path Of Least Resistance
Reinvestigate
/B.B./

Kitarist Herman Frank (Accept) končuje z delom na svojem drugem solo albumu z naslovom Kings Call, nasledniku Loyal To None iz leta 2009, ki bo letos izšel pri Metal Heaven Records. Tokrat na albumu prvič sodeluje tudi pevec Rick Altzi (At Vance)./B.B./

Woods Of Ypres so objavili "advance miks" verzijo skladbe Career Suicide (Is Not Real Suicide) s prihajajočega albuma Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light, ki bo 30. januarja 2012 izšel pri Earache Records. /B.B./

Založba AFM Records praznuje letos svojo 15. obletnico, ki jo bodo obeležili s trojno kompilacijo ter festivalom 26. novembra v Hamburgu, kjer bodo nastopili U.D.O., Voodoo Circle, Orden Ogan, Kissin' Dynamite, Dark Age, The New Black, Lake Of Tears, A Life [Divided], Mob Rules, Byfrost, XStahlmann, Buried In Black, Black Messiah, Crystal Viper in posebni gostje. Kompilacija izide 28. oktobra, vsi obiskovalci festivala pa jo bodo prejeli brezplačno. Tracklista je sledeča:

Disk 1:
U.D.O. - 24/7
Avantasia - Avantasia [single version]
Dragonland - The Black Mare [edit]
Iron Mask - Broken Hero
Masterplan - Soulburn
Brainstorm - Temple Of Stone
Morton - Brotherhood Of Light
Iron Savior - Heavy Metal Never Dies
Circle II Circle - Watching In Silence
Crystal Viper - Night Of The Sin
Oz - Dominator
At Vance - The Evil In You
Jon Oliva's Pain - The Evil Beside You
Sinner - Back On Trail
Mob Rules - Astral Hand [edit]
Heavenly - Lost In Your Eyes
Bloodbound - Drop The Bomb
Squealer - My Last Goodbye

Disk 2:
Doro feat. Biff/Saxon - Celebrate
Voodoo Circle - No Solution Blues
Edguy - Vain Glory Opera
Eden's Curse - Trinity
The New Black - Batteries & Rust
A Life Divided - Heart On Fire
Dark Age - Devote Yourself To Nothing
Epysode - Obsessions
Stahlmann - Stahlwittchen [single version]
Lyriel - The Regret
Danzig - On A Wicked Night
Orden Ogan - Farewell
Elvenking - The Divided Heart
Shakra - B True B You
Triosphere - Human Condition
Magica - Hold On Tight
Theatre Of Tragedy - Storm
Eisbrecher - Böse Mädchen

Disk 3:
Onslaught - Godhead
Solution .45 - Bladed Vaults
Fear Factory - Powershifter
Ektomorf - Redemption
Tankard - Rectifier
Black Messiah - The Vanir Tribe
Suidakra - Dowth 2059
Debauchery - Zombie Blitzkrieg
Byfrost - Buried Alive
Korzus - Raise Your Soul
Lake Of Tears - Midnight Madness
Rev 16:8 - Ashlands
Destruction - Soul Collector
Paradox - Collision Course
Ill Niño - God Is For The Dead
Betzefer - Bestseller
Athorn - Angel Of The Fall
Buried In Black - The Bait
/B.B./

Založba Victory Records je objavila teaser za nove studijske izdelke svojih varovancev Close Your Eyes (Empty Hands And Heavy Hearts), Carnifex (Until I Feel Nothing), Aiden (Some Kind Of Hate) in Counterparts (The Current Will Carry Us), ki izidejo 25. oktobra. /B.B./

Xtreme Zine je objavil novo kompilacijo, na kateri je zbranih 40 najrazličnejših skupin iz vseh koncev sveta, slovenske barve pa tokrat zastopajo black metalci Nephrolith. Brezplačno kompilacijo lahko naložite s te lokacije, tracklista pa je sledeča:
01. Lost Another - Perang Suci (Indonesia)
02. Havenside - Havenside (USA)
03. Authority - Corpse Of Bucthery (Indonesia)
04. Road to Ransome - Blinding Lights (Australia)
05. Dead People Dance - Dansa Manusia Suci (Indonesia)
06. Shock Therapy - Sparrows (India)
07. Anachronaeon - Wasting Love (Sweden)
08. The Last Outlaw - Fast Animal Slow Children (Australia)
09. Eyecult - Skuld (Sweden)
10. Trophy Knife - Gun Knife Snake (Australia)
11. Satanized - Terror Prophecies (Turkey)
12. Death Remains - Laid To Waste (UK)
13. Blood Stained Host - Hatred (Italy)
14. Aegnor - Aegnor (Turkey)
15. Damned Spring Fragrantia - Breathe (Italy)
16. Define Our Fate - The Truth (USA)
17. Zora - Hipocrisy (Italy)
18. Nightred - When We Collide (UK)
19. Last Vigil - Soaking Intestines Fluids of the Dead (Philippines)
20. The Unanswered - Two Face (UK)
21. Phlegmatic - Conscientious Outcast (India)
22. The Obscene - The Final Silence (UK)
23. Exaleips - Putrefaction Of Insane (Indonesia)
24. Hollow Demise - Darkness Turns The Faithful Blind (UK)
25. Blemish Gore - Bloody Human Tortured (Indonesia)
26. Escape Through Decades - L.O.V.E (Italy)
27. Putrified J - Contagium (Canada)
28. Rebirth Of Triumph - Lamia (Indonesia)
29. Raped By Pigs - Let Me Penetration You (Peru)
30. Descend the Gods - Etheric Impregnation (USA)
31. Vortex Of Clutter - The Land Without Sunshine (Turkey)
32. A Catalyst For Destruction - Waking Lucaya (USA)
33. Requiem For A Nightmare - Gorrila's Dont Exist (USA)
34. Deprive The Deceased - Full Moon Bloodthirst (USA)
35. Tortured - Oyagna Bumi Ku Dosa Sia (Indonesia)
36. Nephrolith - Abandoned Essence Part II (Slovenia)
37. Rusuah - Sinner (Indonesia)
38. Decrepancy - Silent Armageddon (Serbia)
39. Praying For Suicide Tragedy - Incest (Indonesia)
40. Reflections - Advance Upon Me Brethren (USA)
/B.B./

Bobnar Uli Kusch je zaradi zdravstvenih razlogov zapustil skupino Symfonia. Začasno ga bo zamenjal Alex Landenburg (At Vance, Mekong Delta, Axxis, ...). /P.G./

Bobnar Alex Landenburg (At Vance, Axxis, Mekong Delta, ...) bo nastopil s skupino Stratovarius na prihajajoči turneji s Helloween, saj so Jörgu Michaelu pred kratkim odkrili raka. /P.G./

Krux bodo jeseni posneli tretji album, ki bo izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta. Band sestavljajo Leif Edling (bass, Candlemass), Mats Levén (vokal, ex Therion, ex Yngwie Malmsteen, At Vance), Peter Stjärnvind (bobni, ex- Entombed), Jörgen Sandström (kitara, The Project Hate, ex- Entombed/Grave), Fredrik Åkesson (kitara, Opeth, ex Arch Enemy) in Pär Wiberg (klaviature, Opeth). /P.G./

At Vance pripravljajo dvojni best of album z naslovom Decade. /P.G./

V današnji oddaji Metal detektor bomo poslušali nove albume bandov At Vance, Terrorgod, Torment, Havok, Ramming Speed, Arkaea, The Black Dahlia Murder, Dying Fetus, Syrach, Darzamat, Nastrandir in Malfeitor. Metal detektor je na sporedu vsak ponedeljek ob 22.00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3 MHz ali www.radiostudent.si. /M.P.C./

At Vance bodo septembra pri založbi AFM Records izdali nov album z naslovom Ride The Sky, na katerem bodo naslednje skladbe: Ride The Sky, Torn - Burning Like Fire, Last In Line, Wishing Well, Salvation Day, Vivaldi,Summer 2nd Set, Power, You And I, End Of Days, Falling in Farewell. /P.G./

At Vance bodo septembra izdali album z naslovom Ride The Sky. /P.G./

Tokratni Metal Up Your Ass!!! večer, ki se bo zgodil 28.02.2008 v kranjskem Rock Baru DownTown, bo posvečen pregledu slovenske metal scene. DJ HellFucker bo za to priložnost iz svojih arhivov izbrskal posnetke nekaterih legendarnih domačih skupin, kot so Epidemic Zone, Game Over, Želetobeton, Xenophobia, Weeping Willow, Obscurity, Skytower, In A Spleen ali Pragwald, seveda pa ne bo šlo brez novih izdelkov skupin, kot so naprimer Burning Legion, Negligence, Brutart, LastDayHere, Metalsteel in še mnogo drugih. Pred tem pa bo še predstavitev filma »The Deliverance Of The Fall« ljubljanske zasedbe Dekadent, ki jo bo pospremil tudi zanimiv pogovor o samem ustvarjanju tega projekta. To pa seveda še ni vse, saj se bo predstavila tudi nadvse aktivna slovenska metal založba On Parole Productions, pri kateri bo možno kupiti vse izdelke njihovih varovancev, kot so Sarcasm, Vulvathrone, Obnounce, Brutart, … ter kompilaciji New Order Volume 1 in 2.

Nemcem At Vance sta se pridružila basist Manuel Walther in bobnar Alex Landenburg. /S.P./