Serpent’s Embrace je naslov četrtega albuma Agathodaimon, ki izide 21. junija pri Nuclear Blast. Tu si lahko ogledate videospot za naslovno in poslušate izseke nekaterih drugih pesmi. /A.J./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: ARMORED SAINT: Armored Saint Magazine: Lessons Not Well Learned (DVD), SUFFOCATION: Souls To Deny, MOB RULES: Among The Gods, BEYOND THE EMBRACE: Insect Song, COLLAPSE 7: In Deep Silence, PLEASURE AND PAIN: Exit Gate, VOID OF SILENCE: Human Antithesis, HAGALAZ' RUNEDANCE: Frigga's Web, PERZONAL WAR: Faces, WHITE LION: Last Roar in single EPICA: Cry For The Moon.

Beyond The Embrace so končali z delom za nov album Insect Song, ki izide 17. maja pri Metal Blade. /M.P./

Serpent's Embrace je naslov novega albuma Agathodaimon, ki naj bi izšel 21. junija. Snemanje še poteka, miks je napovedan za konec marca. /M.P./

Insect Song je naslov drugega albuma Beyond The Embrace, ki naj bi izšel spomladi pri Metal Blade. Snemali bodo konec decembra in začetek januarja s producentom Kenom Susijem (Unearth). /M.P./

Kanadčani Into Eternity bodo 10. februarja izdali svoj tretji album Buried In Oblivion. Track lista je naslednja: Splintered Visions, Embraced By Desolation, Three Dimensional Aperture, Beginning Of The End, Point Of Uncertainty, Spiralling Into Depression, Isolation, Part I: Buried In Oblivion, Part II: Black Sea Of Agony, Morose Seclusion. /M.P./

Znana je vsebina prvega Primal Fear DVDja The History Of Fear, ki izide 29. septembra. Razdeljen je na pet delov.
1. Wacken Open Air 2001: Introduction, Angel In Black, Battalions Of Hate, Nuclear Fire, Chainbreaker, Eye Of An Eagle, Fight The Fire, Running In The Dust, Silver & Gold, Final Embrace, Angel In Black (Reprise).
2.- Black Sun Tour Stuttgart: Introduction, Chainbreaker, Black Sun, Church Of Blood, Mind Control, Under Your Spell, Fear, Tears Of Rage, Amageddon, Living For Metal, Medley: One With The World / Born To Rock / Metal Gods.
3. videospota Angel In Black, Armageddon.
4. Metal Warrior Report - Wacken 1999 intervju
5. Bootleg posnetki.

24. septembra bodo Cradle Of Filth izdali koncertni album Live Bait For The Dead. To bo dvojni CD, na prvem bodo posnetki iz koncerta 14. aprila v Nottinghamu, na drugem pa bo malo mešano – priredbe, mixi, demo, itd. Track lista – CD1: Intro - The Ceremony Opens, Lord Abortion, Ebony Dressed For Sunset, The Forest Whispers My Name, Cthulhu Dawn, Dusk And Her Embrace, The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh, Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids, Her Ghost In The Fog, Summer Dying Fast, Interlude - Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors, From The Cradle To Enslave, Queen Of Winter Throned. CD 2: Born In A Burial Gown - The Polished Coffin Mix, No Time To Cry - Sisters Of No Mercy Mix, Funeral In Carpathia - Soundcheck Recording, Deleted Scenes Of A Snuff Princess, Scorched Earth Erotica - Original Demo(n) Version, Nocturnal Supremacy - Soundcheck Recording, From The Cradle To Enslave - Under Martian Rule Mix, The Fire Still Burns, No Time To Cry - Sisters Of No Mercy – Video.

Ta teden so izšli naslednji novi albumi: SUSPERIA: Vindication, RED-AIM: Flesh For Fantasy in BEYOND EMBRACE: Against The Elements

30. aprila bodo Cradle Of Filth izdali DVD/VHS z naslovom Heavy, Left Handed And Candid, na katerem bo njihov razprodan koncert iz 14. aprila v Nottinghamu in še marsikaj zanimivega. Na koncertu so igrali naslednje komade: Lord Abortion; Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids, Ebony Dressed For Sunset, Her Ghost In The Fog, The Forest Whispers My Name, Summer Dying Fast, Cthulhu Dawn, From The Cradle To Enslave, Dusk & Her Embrace, Queen Of Winter Throned, The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: JAG PANZER: Mechanized Warfare, KRISIUN: Ageless Venomous, ELVENKING: Heathenreel, LUNAR AURORA: Ars Moriendi, DIABOLIC: Subterraneal Magnitude, EBONY TEARS: Evil As Hell, SIGH: Imaginary Sonicscape, EMBRACE; Endless Journey, BALANCE OF POWER: Perfect Balance, BEYOND TWILIGHT: The Devil’s Hall Of Fame.

Basist Daniel ter kitarist Geir Frode sta zapustila The Embraced. Vzrok je v pomanjkanju časa za resno delo. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: BEHEMOTH: Thelema 6, EMBRACED: Within ter ALCHEMIST: Organasm.