Saxon frontman Biff Byford bo skupaj z glasbenim kritikom in fotografom Johnom Tuckerjem pri I.P. Publishing aprila izdal avtobiografijo o Saxon, Saxon - Never Surrender (Or Nearly Good Looking): An Autobiography By Biff Byford And John Tucker. /M.P./

Spet aktivni Angleži Atomkraft, kjer za vokal in bass skrbi Tony Dolan (Venom), so izdali single Are You Looking At Me?, s komadi Dead Again! Kristalnacht, Cold Sweat in Gripped. /S.P./

Prong so objavili nov demo komad Looking for Them. Poslušate si ga lahko tukaj. /S.P./

Konec junija zide Michael Schenker Group live DVD, Live In Tokyo 1997. Track lista je naslednja: The Michael Schenker Story Live (Tokyo, 19.3.1997): 1. In the Search of the Peace of Mind, 2. Doctor Doctor, 3. Let it Roll, 4. Natural Thing, 5. Lights Out, 6. Only You Can Rock Me, 7. Another Piece of Meat, 8. Into the Arena, 9. Are You Ready to Rock, 10. Assault Attack, 11. Captain Nemo, 12. No Time for Losers, 13. Save Yourself, 14. All the Way from Memphis, 15. Pushed to the Limit, 16. Written in the Sand, 17. Back to Life, 18. Love Never Dies, 19. Essence, 20. Never Ending Nightmare, 21. Bijou Pleasurette, 22. Positive Forward, 23. Lost Horizon, 24. Too Hot to Handle, 25. Attack of the Mad Axeman, 26. Love to Love, 27. On and On, 28. Armed and Ready,29. Feels Like a Good Thing, 30. Rock Bottom.
Bonus video: The Unforgiven World Tour, Japan 2000 (bootleg): 1. Cry for the Nations, 2. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie,3. Rock My Nights Away, 4. 3 Fish Dancing, 5. Pilot of Your Soul, 6. In and Out of Time, 7. The Mess I've Made, 8. Hello Angel, 9. Fat City, 10. Looking for Love.
Band sta drugače pred kratkim zapustila basist Rev Jones in bobnar Pete Holmes. /A.J./

Ponekod po Nemčiji bodo v kinematografih prikazali Blind Guardian DVD Imaginations Through The Looking Glass pred njegovim izidom, ki naj bi bil 14. junija. V Münchnu ga bodo zavrteli 7. junija v Mathäser Filmpalast. /M.P./

Za 14. junij je napovedan izid Blind Guardian DVDja Imaginations Through The Looking Glass. Njegova vsebina je naslednja. Na prvem DVDju bodo posnetki z Blind Guardian Open Air festivala: War of Wrath, Time Stands Still, Banish from Sanctuary, Nightfall, The Script for my Requiem, Valhalla, A Past and Future Secret, Punishment Divine, Mordred's Song, The Last Candle, Bright Eyes, Lord of the Rings, I'm Alive, Another Holy War, And then there was Silence, Somewhere far Beyond, The Bard's Song (in the Forest), Imaginations from the other Side, And the Story Ends, Mirror Mirror. Na drugem DVDju bo intervju z bandom, backstage posnetki z A Night At The Opera Tour 2002 in pripravljanje festivala, na katerem je bil posnet 1. DVD. Kot bonus pa bodo še live verzije pesmi Into the Storm, Welcome to Dying, Lost in the Twilight Hall, Majesty. Prve tri so posnete v Stuttgartu, zadnja pa na Wacken Open Air festivalu. /M.P./

Remastirana in remiksana verzija Megadeth prvenca Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good! bo z novo naslovnico izšla 5. februarja, na njej pa bodo naslednji komadi: Last Rites/Loved To Death, Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good!, Skull Beneath The Skin, Rattlehead, Chosen Ones, Looking Down The Cross, Mechanix, Last Rites/Loved To Death (demo), Skull Beneath The Skin (demo), Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good! (demo) in Mechanix (demo). /M.P./

Oktobra končno izide Symphony X koncertni album Live In Europe. To bo 2CD, tu pa je njegova track lista: CD1 - Intro, Evolution (The Grand Design), Fallen, Transcendence, Communion & The Oracle, The Bird-Serpent War/Cataclysm, On The Breath Of Poseidon, Egypt, The Death Of Balance/Candlelight Fantasia in The Eyes Of Medusa. CD2 - Smoke And Mirrors, Church Of The Machine, Through The Looking Glass, Of Sins And Shadows, Sea Of Lies in The Divine Wings Of Tragedy. /M.P./