Track lista novega Vomitory albuma Blood Rapture, ki izide 25. marca, je naslednja: Chaos Fury, Hollow Retribution, Blessed And Forsaken, Madness Prevails, Redeemed In Flames, Nailed Quarted Consumed, Eternity Appears, Rotting Hill in Blood Rapture. /M.P./

11. marca bodo Iron Maiden izdali single Run To The Hills, katerega izkupiček bo namenjen skladu Clive Burr Multiple Sclerosis Fund. Izšel bo v treh verzijah: CD1 - Run To The Hills (live, Rock In Rio), Children Of The Damned (live, Hammersmith Odeon 1982), Total Eclipse (live, Hammersmith Odeon 1982), Run To The Hills (video – live, Rock In Rio). CD2 - Run To The Hills (original single verzija), 22 Acacia Avenue (live, Reading Festival 1982), The Prisoner (live, Reading Festival 1982), Run To The Hills (video - Camp Chaos verzija), 7" Red Vinyl - Run To The Hills (original single verzija), Total Eclipse (original album verzija). Ker sta bila oba koncerta v Brixton Academy razprodana v manj kot enem dnevu, so se odločili še za tretjega, 19. Marca. Izkupiček koncertov gre seveda tudi v sklad obolelega bivšega bobnarja Cliva Burra. /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Soilwork albuma Natural Born Chaos, ki izide marca: Follow The Hollow, As We Speak, The Flameout, Natural Born Chaos, Mindfields, The Bringer, Black Star Deciever, Mercury Shadow (po vsej verjetnosti bonus komad na japonski verziji), No More Angels in Soilworker’s Song Of The Damned. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: BOLT THROWER: Honour-Valour-Pride, PUNGENT STENCH: Masters Of Moral – Servants Of Sin, EDENBRIDGE: Arcana, SILENT FORCE: Infatuator, SINISTER: Creative Killings, ENSLAVED: Monumension, TIDFALL: Instinct Gate, STORMLORD: At The Gates Of Utopia, AETERNUS: Ascension Of Terror, MÖRK GRYNING: Maelstrom Chaos, KING KOBRA: Hollywood Trash, BLOOD RED THRONE: Monument Of Death in VARIOUS ARTISTS: Century Media – 10 Years Anniversary.

Track lista novega Loudness albuma je naslednja: Ya stepped on a mine, Bloody Doom, The Pandemonium, What's the truth, Suicide Doll, Chaos, The Candidate, Real man, Inflame in SnakeVenom. /M.P./

Throne Of Chaos januarja začnejo s snemanjem druge plošče z naslovom Menace And Prayer. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: GAMMA RAY – No World Order, SLAYER – God Hates Us All, BENEDICTION – Organized Chaos, JAMES LABRIE - James LaBrie's MullMuzzler 2, CIRITH UNGOL - Servants Of Chaos, CRIMINAL – Cancer, MURDER CORPORATION – Tagged And Bagged, ULVER – Silence Teaches You How To Sing EP, GUARDIANS OF TIME – Edge Of Tomorrow ter V.A. – Metal Attack.

16. septembra bo v mestu North Woodbridge koncert posvečen Chucku Schuldinerju, na katerem bodo nastopili naslednji bandi: Deceased, October 31st, Malamor, Vyndykator, Overlorde, Hatred, Weapon X, Zandelle, Heidnik in Chaos Theory. /M.P./

Shadowkeep bodo v prvem delu prihodnjega leta izdali konceptualni album A Chaos Theory. Bandu sta se priključila nova člana, in sicer sta to basist Steve Scott (-ex Dragonheart) in bobnar Scott Higham (-ex Angel Witch). /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: SIX FEET UNDER: True Carnage, IN FLAMES: The Tokyo Showdown – Live In Japan 2000, DECEASED: Behind The Mourner’s Veil, KARABOUDJAN: Sbrodj ter THRONEAEON: Neither Of Gods,
prejšnji teden pa: APOCALYPTICA: Live (DVD), CREMATORY: Remind, HYPOCRISY: 10 Years Of Chaos And Confusion, TORMENT: Not Dead Yet, SUPREME MAJESTY: Tales Of A Tragic Kingdom, DRAGONHAMMER: The Blood Of A Dragon ter FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM: From Gehenna To Here.

Datum izida Organised Chaos, novega albuma Benediction, je zopet prestavljen. Tokrat na 10. september. /M.P./

Po treh letih mirovanja so se vrnili Švedi Mörk Gryning, ki že majo svoj tretji album Maelstrom Chaos, ki bo izšel avgusta. /M.P./

Izdaja novega albuma Benediction Organised Chaos je prestavljen na 28. maj. /M.P./

Zaradi problemov s produkcijo bo treba no novi album Benediction z naslovom Organized Chaos še malo počakati. /M.P./

Organized Chaos, novi album Benediction, ne bo posnet v predvidenem času (izdaja je bila napovedana za april), saj je želeni producent trenutno preveč zaposlen. /M.P./