Nemški high speed power metalci Sculforge so posneli besedilni videospot za pesem Glorious, ki je del prihajajočega albuma Intergalactic Battle Tunes, ki bo vseboval kar 26 pesmi:

Into The Never
Lost In The Warp
Forbidden Knowledge
For The Omnisavior
For Honor
Spacehull
Lost And Found
Dark Ruins
The Sovereign Protects
Secrets Unlocked
Slave To The Machine
The Extraction
Extermination
A New Hope
Castilla Stands
Glorious
Schwanengesang
The Escape
Epitaph
Kings Of The Battlefield
Reign Of Chaos
Follow Me
Into The Depths
Heart Of Darkness
The Sculforge Inn Incident
Sculforge Inn

Legendarni U.D.O. bodo avgusta izdali album Touchdown. To bo njihov 18. dolgometražec, vseboval pa bo trinajst pesmi:

Isolation Man
The Flood
The Double Dealer's Club
Fight For The Right
Forever Free
Punchline
Sad Man's Show
The Betrayer
Heroes Of Freedom
Better Start To Run
The Battle Understood
Living Hell
Touchdown

Na spodnji sliki lahko preverite datume prihajajočih evropskih nastopov velikih Nemcev.

23. junija bo izšel debitanski album nemške speed/power metal zasedbe Sculforge. Na Intergalactic Battle Tunes (...Stories from Behind The Dark Side Of The Moon To The Milky Way And Beyond) bo kar 26 komadov, kar naj bi skupno zneslo 70 minut predvajalnega časa.

Britanski heavy rockerji Wytch Hazel so posneli videospot za skladbo Angel of Light s prihajajočega albuma IV: Sacrament, ki bo 2. junija izšel pri Bad Omen Records. Plošček prinaša naslednje skladbe:

Stran A:
The Fire's Control
Angel of Light
Time and Doubt
Strong Heart
Deliver Us

Stran B:
A Thousand Years
Gold Light
Endless Battle
Future Is Gold
Digging Deeper

Heavy metalci Alcatrazz so predstavili svoj novi single Battlelines. Njihov prihajajoči album Take No Prisoners bo izšel 19. maja pri Silver Lining Music.

Britanska power metal zasedba Battle Born je podpisala z založbo Prosthetic Records. Plod te združitve moči že dobiva obliko, saj bo zasedba preko založbe izdala prvenec Blood, Fire, Magic and Steel. Pred izidom albuma, ki je načrtovan za 12. maja, pa band že predstavlja prvi single Blood and Fire, za katerega so fantje posneli tudi video.

Ameriški heavy metalci Alcatrazz in angleške heavy metalke Girlschool so skupaj posneli animirani video za pesem Don't Get Mad...Get Even, s katero Američani napovedujejo svoj naslednji album Take No Prisoners. Ta bo izšel 19. maja pri Silver Lining Music in bo vseboval deset komadov:

Little Viper
Don't Get Mad...Get Even (feat. Girlschool)
Battlelines
Strangers
Gates Of Destiny
Alcatrazz
Holy Roller (Love's Temple)
Power In Numbers
Salute The Colours
Bring On The Rawk

Švedske epic doom legende Candlemass so objavile besedilni video za skladbo Angel Battle. Skladba se nahaja na aktualnem albumu Sweet Evil Sun, ki je izšel lani novembra pri Napalm Records.

Vokalist Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, Lords of Black, Sunstorm, Ellegant Weapons ...) bo prihodnje leto izdal album priredb z naslovom Raised on Heavy Radio, ki prinaša naslednje skladbe:

The Battle Rages On (Deep Purple cover)
Metal Daze (Manowar cover)
Turbo Lover (feat. Nozomu Wakai) (Judas Priest cover)
Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden cover)
Fast As A Shark (Accept cover)
No More Tears (feat. Gus G.) (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
The Shining (feat. Chris Caffery) (Black Sabbath cover)
A Light In The Black (Rainbow cover)
Kind Hearted Light (feat. Roland Grapow) (Masterplan cover)
You Don’t Remember, I'll Never Forget (Yngwie Malmsteen cover)
The Four Horsemen (Metallica cover)
Turbo Lover (Alternate Solo Version) (Judas Priest cover)

Italijani Marco Garau's Magic Opera bodo konec januarja izdali drugi album. Battle of Ice prinaša naslednje komade:

The Black Sorcery
The Cursed Crown
The Legend of the Demon's Cry
Assault on the Castle
Ride Into the Sun
White Dragon
The Shadow Man
The Book of Evil
Under Siege
Battle of Ice

Nemški melodični death metalci Battlesword so posneli besedilni video za pesem Hound of Hades, ki je del njihovega prihajajočega četrtega celovečerca Towards the Unknown. Tracklista:

Departure    
The Awakening
To Become the Wolf
Terra Combusta
The Shores of I
Hounds of Hades
Backstabber
There Will Be Blood
Fire and Storm
The 13th Black Crusade

Antichrist Magazine je izdal digitalno kompilacijo A Tribute to Bathory, ki jo lahko v celoti preverite na YouTubu. Pri kompilaciji je sodelovalo 33 zasedb, vsaka pa je posnela priredbo ekskluzivno za to izdajo. Tracklista:

Reactorblast (Ger) - Hades
Hateful Agony (Ger) - Reaper
Orgrel (Ita) - Necromansy
Vephar (Pol) - Sacrifice
Nattmaran (Swe/ID) - In Conspirasy with Satan
Demonic-Eyed (Svk) - Raise the Dead
Myrholt (Nor) - War
Winterhearth (Can) - Born for Burning
Helvetestromb (Swe) - Sadist (Tormentor)
Gorguina (Spa) - The Return of the Darkness and Evil
Dominance (Pol) - Massacre
Nuclear Revenge (Spa) - Woman of Dark Desires
Zkarv (AUS) - Call from the Grave
Avtotheism (Ita) - Equimanthorn
Craven Idol (UK) - Chariots of Fire
Mystic Rites (Pol) - A Fine Day to Die
Luminous Veil (USA) - For All Those Who Died
Gorge of War (NL) - Dies Irae
Nemeta (UK) - Shores in Flames
Spiritual Deception (Ita) - Father to Son
Ardeat (Ita) - Home of Once Brave
Beltane (NZ) - One Rode to Asa Bay
Hymnodya (Ita) - Under the Runes
Ob Nixilis (USA) - Bond of Blood
Heathen Foray (AUT) - Man of Iron
Raving Panic (CHL) - The Stallion
Hellish War (Bra) - The Woodwoman
Brave (Bra) - Gods of Thunder of Wind and of Rain
Altar of the Witch (Ita) - Nordland
No Raza (Col) - Ring of Gold
Buaiteoir (Bra) - Foreverdark Woods
Battle Raven (Bra) - Mother Earth, Father Thunder
Maneihdag (Ita) - Vinland

Ameriški veterani Stryper bodo 21. oktobra pri založbi Frontiers Records izdali album z naslovom The Final Battle, ki prinaša naslednje komade:

Transgressor
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Same Old Story
Heart & Soul
Near
Out, Up & In
Rise To The Call
The Way, The Truth, The Life
No Rest For The Wicked
Til Death Do Us Part
Ashes To Ashes

Munroe's Thunder bodo novembra izdali prvenec z naslovom The Black Watch. Band vodi Ronny Munroe (Vicious Rumors, ex-Metal Church, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), družbo pa mu delajo David Mark Pearce (kitara, bas kitara), Justin Zych (kitara), BJ Zampa (bobni) in Oliver Wakeman (klaviature). Debitantski album prinaša naslednje komade:

Battle Cry
The Black Watch
Awaken The Fire
Gray Hall
Babbington Mary
Brace For The Night
Dead Man's War
Falkirk
Thirty Years War
Echoes Of The Dead
The Executioner

Nemški melodični death metalci Battlesword so razkrili prvi komad z albuma Towards The Unknown. To je Terra Combusta.