26. aprila se bo v mariborski Pekarni zgodil Metal Attack No. 13. V prvem delu bodo nastopili Voice Of The Soul, Chuck/Dimebag tribute band, ki bodo igrali zimzelene popevke Pantere in Death, v nadaljevanju pa bosta vajeti v svoje roke prevzela DJja Destroyer & Fox_M. Prvi bo iz vseh oddaljenih kotičkov metala privlekel na plano najbolj brutalne viže, drugi pa bo zraven (pa ne s sekiro) poskrbel, da bodo čupe letele po zraku! /M.P./

10. aprila bo pri Nocturnal Art Productions izšel prvenec norveških ekstremnih thrasherjev She Said Destroy z naslovom Time like Vines. /M.P./

22. avgusta izide My Dying Bride DVD Sinamorata. Na njem bo dvanajst live posnetkov s koncerta v Antwerpnu novembra 2003, videospoti, backsatge posnetki in foto galerija. Track lista: A Sea to Suffer In, The Raven and the Rose, Under Your Wings and into Your Arms, The Prize of Beauty, The Cry of Mankind, A Kiss to Remember, Catherine Blake, She Is the Dark, My Hope the Destroyer, The Wreckage of My Flesh, Sear Me, The Fever Sea. /A.J./

Izid Twisted Sister DVDja Live At Wacken je prestavljen na 27. junij. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Intro: What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You), In The Beginning, The Final Show… 1987 (Interviews), The Kids Are Back, Stay Hungry, The Speaks Reunion (Interviews), A Night For Jason (Interviews), Destroyer, Like A Knife In The Back, VH1 Behind The Music (Interviews), The New York Steel Benefi t (Interviews), Under The Blade, Old School Returns (Interviews), You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Fire Still Burns, The U.S.O. Tour Of South Korea April 2003 (Interviews), Shoot ‘Em Down, We’re Not Gonna Take It, Festivals (Interviews), The Price, Reflections (Interviews), Burn In Hell, I Wanna Rock, Intro Of Band S.M.F., Credits.
Audio del: Detroit, Portchester, NY May 1980: Bad Boys Of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Born To Be Wild, I’ll Never Grow Up, Now!, You Know I Cry
Marquee, London, UK December 1982: You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll
Wacken Open Air, Germany, August 2nd 2003: What You Don’t Know (Sure Can Hurt You), The Kids Are Back, Stay Hungry, Like A Knife In The Back, I Am, I’m Me, The Fire Still Burns.
/M.P./

Znana je track lista novega Centinex albuma World Declension, ki izide kasneje letos pri Cold/Regain Records: Victorious Dawn Rising, Purgatorial Overdrive, The Destroyer, As Legions Come, Sworn, Synthetic Sin Zero, Flesh Is Fragile, Wretched Cut, Deconstruction Macabre. /M.P./

23. maja pri Snapper Music/Peaceville Records izide My Dying Bride box set z naslovom Anti-Diluvian Chronicles. Na njem bodo trije CD-ji s skladbami vseh dosedanjih albumov, live komadi in trije novi remiksi skladb The Wreckage of My Flesh, My Wine In Silence in The Raven and the Rose. Track lista je naslednja:
CD1: Catherine Blake, My Wine In Silence, A Doomed Lover, The Blue Lotus, The Dreadful Hours, My Hope, the Destroyer, The Deepest of all Hearts, She is the Dark (live), The Light at the End of the World, The Fever Sea (live).
CD2: The Raven and the Rose, Sear Me III, The Whore, the Cook and the Mother, Der Uberlebende, Under Your Wings and into Your Arms, Like Gods of the Sun, Here in the Throat, For My Fallen Angel, The Cry of Mankind, From Darkest Skies.
CD3: The Wreckage of My Flesh, Turn Loose the Swans, Black God, Sear Me, The Forever People, The Bitterness & the Bereavement, Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium, God Is Alone, The Thrash of Naked Limbs, The Sexuality of Bereavement.
/M.P./

Twisted Sister bodo v začetku prihodnjega leta izdali DVD Still Hungry - Live at Wacken Open Air, na katerem bo njihov lanskoletni nastop v Wacknu. Track lista bo naslednja: What You Don't Know (Sure Can Hurt You), The Kids Are Back, Stay Hungry, Destroyer, Knife In The Back, Under The Blade, You Cant Stop Rock And Roll, I Am, I'm Me, The Fire Still Burns, Ride To Live, Live To Ride, Shoot 'Em Down, We're Not Gonna Take It, The Price, Burn In Hell, I Wanna Rock, Come Out And Play, S.M.F. Na DVDju naj bi bil tudi njihov prvi »skriven« koncert po reunionu. /M.P./

23. avgusta izide ponovno posnet Twisted Sister album Stay Hungry, ki bo tokrat izšel pod naslovom Still Hungry. Na njem bo še pet bonus skladb: Heroes Are Hard To Find, Plastic Money, Come Back, You Know I Cry, Rock N Roll Saviors. 18. oktobra pa bo izšel live DVD Still Hungry - Live at Wacken Open Air, ki je bil posnet lani v Wacknu. Track lista DVD-ja je naslednja: What You Don't Know (Sure Can Hurt You), The Kids Are Back, Stay Hungry, Destroyer, Knife In The Back, Under The Blade, You Cant Stop Rock And Roll, I Am, I'm Me, The Fire Still Burns, Ride To Live, Live To Ride, Shoot 'Em Down, We're Not Gonna Take It, The Price, Burn In Hell, I Wanna Rock, Come Out And Play, S.M.F.. Na DVD-ju pa bodo tudi posnetki prvih »skrivnih« koncertov pred uradno vrnitvijo. /M.P./

14. aprila izide nov, še neimenovan Lordi album. Za prvi single Blood Red Sandman je skupina prejšnji teden posnela videospot. CD je produciral Hilli Hiilesmaa, na njem pa bodo naslednje skladbe: Blood Red Sandman, Pet The Destroyer, ...My Heaven Is Your Hell, Wake The Snake, The Children Of The Night, Fire In The Hole, Haunted Town, Forsaken Fashion Dolls, Shotgun Divorce, Kalmageddon, Bring It On. /M.P./

Shadows Fall bodo 16. februarja posneli video spot za pesem Destroyer Of Senses. /M.P./

Destroyed By Anger, band, kjer poje Suffocation manager Jason Fligman, so se razšli z bobnarjem Tomom Wilburjem. /M.P./

Deicide, Behemoth, Destroyer 666, Diabolic, Antaeus in Centinex se bodo novembra skupaj odpravili na evropsko turnejo. Za sedaj so znani termini za dva koncerta v Nemčiji, dva v Franciji in enega v Belgiji. /M.P./

15. junija bo v klubu The Dynamo festival, na katerem bodo nastopili Skyclad, Doro, Helstar, Sinister, Rompeprop, Dew-Scented in Deströyer 666. V tem klubu se je pričel znameniti Dynamo Festival, v njem pa so prve korake k slavi naredili bandi kot Slayer, Exodus, Laaz Rockit, Trouble, King Diamond, Candlemass, Testament, Metal Church... Žal bo to poslednji metal koncert v tem klubu. Poleti ga namreč rušijo. /M.P./

Deströyer 666 bodo 22. aprila izdali nov album z naslovom Cold Steel For An Iron Cage. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: THERION: Secret Of The Runes, ALICE COOPER: Dragontown, BATHORY: Destroyer Of Worlds, TRANSATLANTIC: Bridge Across Forever, ARTROSIS: Fetish, TURBO: Awatar, ABOMINATOR: Subversive For Luzifer in NIGHTMARE: Cosmovision.