Metallica je objavila nov videospot za pesem The Unnamed Feeling . Drugače pa Metallica za prihodnje poletje napoveduje stadionske koncerte po Evropi. V Münchnu je že potrjen (glej Koncerti). /M.P./

Terje Haroy je novi pevec pri norveških power metalcih Memorized Dreams, ki trenutno v Skansen Lydstudio snemajo prvenec Theater Of Life, ki izide v začetku prihodnjega leta pri Sound Riot Records. Pri snemanju bo gostoval tudi Olaf Hayer (Dionysus, Luca Turilli). /M.P./

Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Korn, Sepultura, Slayer) bo v začetku decembra začel miksati Velvet Revolver prvenec, ki naj bi izšel marca. /M.P./

Pegazus koncertni album PEGAZUS – LIVE! Thunder Down Under je pripravljen na izid, kar se bo zgodilo zelo kmalu. Vendar album v Evropi ne bo izšel pri Nuclear Blast, kot vsi zadnji trije studijski. Avstralci ga zaenkrat nameravajo izdati le preko svoje neodvisne založbe Black Leather Records, ker pa so znane založbe pokazale zanimanje za izid albuma, je še marsikaj odprtega. Prva naklada bo limited edition dvojni CD. Track lista je naslednja: Intro, Cry Out, A Call to Arms, The Patriot, Braveheart, Metal Forever, Spread Your Wings / Forever Chasing Rainbows, Nightstalker, Dragonslayer, The Crusade, Enchanted World, Horseman Intro, The Headless Horseman, Wrathchild, Wings Of Steel. Na drugem CDju limited edition verzije bo 6 demo skladb albuma The Headless Horseman in obsežen multimedijski del z videospotom za The Headless Horseman, biografijo in foto galerijo. /M.P./

8. decembra bo izšel Manowar DVD Hell On Earth III. Na dvojnem DVDju bo veliko zanimivega materiala za Manowar fane, od zakulisja, intervjujev, ritualov pred in po koncertih itd. V paketu bo tudi njihov lanskoletni nastop na PopKomm sejmu v Kölnu in vsi njihovi videospoti. Track lista je naslednja:

DVD1:
01. Introduction
02. Brazil
03. France
04. Spain
05. Czech Republic
06. Holland
07. Fighting The World
08. Austria
09. Switzerland
10. Sweden Part 1
11. Portugal
12. Heart Of Steel
13. Evil Eclipse
14. Germany
15. Belgium
16. Greece
17. Italy
18. Kings Of Metal
19. Duel Of The Titans
20. Hail And Kill
21. Nessun Dorma
22. Return Of The Warlord
23. Monsters Of The Millenium
24. Denmark
25. Sweden Part 2
26. Gates Of Valhalla
27. Finland
28. Estonia
29. Russia
30. Brothers Of Metal & Sisters Of Steel
31. Credits

BONUS
01. Black Wind Fire And Steel
02. Herz Aus Stahl
03. March For Revenge
04. Wheels Of Fire
05. Alexander The Great
06. France
07. Moments In Time
08. Friends
09. Moments Of Truth
10. Nessun Dorma – The Story
11. Wildlife

DVD 2
"Live In Germany – The Ringfest"
01. Introduction
02. Manowar
03. Kings Of Metal
04. Eric's Speech
05. Herz aus Stahl
06. Evil Eclipse
07. Warriors Of The World United
08. Kill With Power
09. House Of Death
10. Joey's Speech
11. Black, Wind, Fire And Steel
12. The Crown And The Ring

Video Collection
13. Gloves Of Metal
14. Blow Your Speakers
15. Metal Warriors - live
16. Return Of The Warlord
17. Courage - live
18. Warriors Of The World United
19. I Believe
20. Gloves Of Metal – special edition
21. Secrets Of Steel

BONUS
01. The Making Of 'Gloves Of Metal'
02. The Making Of 'Gloves Of Metal' – special edition
03. The Making Of 'Blow Your Speakers'
04. The Making Of 'Return Of The Warlord'
05. Fire, Ice & Gasoline (The Making Of 'Warriors Of The World United')
06. The Making Of 'I Believe'
07. The Warrior's Prayer
08. Ringfest Documentary
/M.P./

Znana je track lista Slayer boxa Soundtrack To The Apocalypse, ki izide 25. novembra. CD1: Angel Of Death, Criminally Insane (Remix), Postmortem, Raining Blood, Aggressive Perfector, South Of Heaven, Silent Scream, Live Undead, Mandatory Suicide, Spill The Blood, War Ensemble, Dead Skin Mask, Hallowed Point, Born Of Fire, Seasons In The Abyss, Hell Awaits, The Antichrist, Chemical Warfare.
CD2: Sex. Murder. Art., Dittohead, Divine Intervention, Serenity In Murder, 213, Can't Stand You, D.D.A.M.M., Gemini, Bitter Peace, Death's Hand, Stain Of Mind, Disciple, God Send Death, New Faith, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Disorder (Feat. Ice-T), Memories Of Tomorrow, Human Disease, Unguarded Instinct, Wicked, Addict, Scarstruck.
CD3: Ice Titan (Live in California 3/83), The Antichrist (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Fight Till Death (Rehearsal In Tom's Garage 12/82), Necrophiliac (Live In California, 9/85), Piece By Piece (Studio Rough Mix/Outtake), Raining Blood (Live In Canada 11/86), Angel Of Death (Live In Canada 11/86), Raining Blood (Jeff Hanneman Home Recordings), South Of Heaven (Jeff Hannemann Home Recordings), Seasons In The Abyss (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mandatory Suicide (Live In Michigan, 6/91), Mind Control (Live in Brazil, 1994), No Remorse (I Wanna Die) (Feat. Atari Teenage Riot), Dittohead (Live In California, 5/98), Sex. Murder. Art. (Live In California, 5/98), Bloodline (Live In Sweden, 2002), Payback (Live In Sweden, 2002).
DVD: Die By The Sword (Live In California, 3/83), Aggressive Perfector (Live In California, 1983), Praise Of Death (Live In California, 1984), Haunting The Chapel (Live In Sweden 5/95), Necrophobic (Live In New York, 1986), Reborn (Live In New York, 1986), Jesus Saves (Live In New York, 1986), War Ensemble (Live In Michigan, 1991), South Of Heaven (Live In Michigan, 1991), Dead Skin Mask (Live In Michigan, 1991), Gemini (Live In California, 8/96), Heaviest Band Award - Kerrang! Magazine Award 1996 (Slayer Home Footage), EPK For "Diabolus In Musica", Stain Of Mind (Live In Japan, 7/98), Bloodline (Live On ESPN, 7/02), Disciple (Live In France, 7/03), God Send Death (Live In France, 7/03).
CD 5 (samo deluxe verzija): Live At The Grove In Anaheim, 2002. /M.P./

Ayreon trenutno snemajo svoj šesti album, ki bo izšel v začetku prihodnjega leta pri Transmission Records. Med gostujočimi vokalisti bodo tokrat naslednji: Devon Graves (Dead Soul Tribe), Magnus Ekwall (The Quill), Heather Findlay (Mostly Autumn), Eric Clayton (Saviour Machine), Mike Baker (Shadow Gallery). /M.P./

Steve Vai bo 18. novembra izdal dvojni live DVD Live at the Astoria London, ki je bil posnet 6. in 7. decembra v Londonu. V njegovem all-star spremljevalnem bandu so takrat bili Billy Sheehan (bass), Virgil Donati (bobni), Tony MacAlpine (kitara, klaviature) in Dave Weiner (kitara). Track lista je naslednja: Shyboy, Giant Balls of Gold, Erotic Nightmares, Blood & Glory, Dave's Party Piece, Blue Powder, Crying Machine, The Animal, Bangkok, Tony's Solo, Bad Horsie, Chameleon, Down Deep Into the Pain, Fire, Little Wing, Whispering a Prayer, Incantation, Jibboom, For the Love of God, Liberty, The Attitude Song. /M.P./

Norveški power metalci Memorized Dreams bodo 31. oktobra v Skansen Lydstudio s producentom Steinom Bratlandom začeli s snemanjem prvenca Theater Of Life. Kot gost bo pri naslovni skladbi pel Olaf Hayer (Dionysus, Luca Turilli). /M.P./

Izid Slayer box seta The Soundtrack To The Apocalypse je sedaj napovedan za 25. november. /M.P./

24. novembra bodo Italijani Cadaveria pri Scarlet Records izdali nov album z naslovom Far Away From Conformity. Snemali in miksali so med majem in julijem, na albumu pa obljubljajo čistejši zvok kot na predhodniku The Shadows Madame. Še track lista: Blood And Confusion, Eleven Three O Three, Irreverent Elegy, The Divine Rapture, Omen Of Delirium, Call Me, Out Body Experience, Prayer Of Sorrow, Vox Of Anti-Time. /M.P./

Znana je vsebina Nightwish DVDja End Of Innocence: 1. End Of Innocence dokumentarec; 2. Live posnetki s koncerta 4.7.2003 na Norveškem; 3. Live posnetki s Summer Breeze 2002 nastopa: End Of All Hope, Dead To The World, 10th Man Down, Slaying The Dreamer, Over The Hills And Far Away, Sleeping Sun; 4. videospoti: End Of All Hope, Over The Hills And Far Away; 5. intervju za MTV Brazil; 6. Foto galerija. K limited edition verziji bo dodan še audio CD Nightwish: Live At Summer Breeze 2002: End Of All Hope, Dead To The World, 10th Man Down, Slaying The Dreamer, Over The Hills And Far Away, Sleeping Sun, The Kinslayer, Come Cover Me. /M.P./

Days Of Rising Room je naslov metal opere projekta Aina, ki izide novembra pri Transmission Records. Glavni člani projekta so Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Amanda Somerville, Miro in Sascha Paeth. Kot gostje pa so pri snemanju sodelovali še: Glenn Hughes, Candice Night, Tobias Sammet, Marko Hietala, Michael Kiske, Andre Matos, Jens Johansson, Thomas Rettke, Olaf Hayer, Damian Wilson, Simone Simons, Emppu Vuorinen, Thomas Youngblood, T.M. Stevens, Derek Sherinian, Erik Norlander. Album bo izšel kot dvojni CD z DVDjem. Prvi CD je opera Days Of Rising Doom, drugi je The Story of Aina, na DVDju pa se bo videlo nastajanje projekta, polno fotografij in videospot za pesem The Beast Within. /M.P./

W.A.S.P. ne bodo novega albuma izdali decembra, kot je bilo sprva napovedano, ampak februarja prihodnje leto. Konec aprila ali v začetku maja pa bo sledil že naslednji. Šlo bo za dve metal operi, govori se, da bo prvi naslov The Neon God, producent pa bo Bill Metoyer (Slayer, Fates Warning, Sacred Reich). /M.P./

Slayer iščejo redke fotografije, zgodbe, risbe, karkoli, kar bi ima zveze s Slayer. Če ste hardcore Slayer fan in mislite, da imate doma zanimive stvari, jih lahko pošljete na naslov:
ATTN: SLAYER Fan Memorabilia
Sanctuary Artist Management
301 Arizona Ave. #200
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Še prej si preberite zahtevane pogoje /M.P./