Ta teden so izšli naslednji albumi: LOSA: The Perfect Moment, THE RED CHORD: Clients in BEECHER: Breaking The Fourth Wall.

Living Loud, band bivših in trenutnih članov Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne, bodo izdali live album, ki so ga posneli 26. aprila 2004 v Sydneyu. Na njem bodo naslednje skladbe: Hideaway, Lonesome Traveller Blues, Blues With A Feeling, You Got Good Business, Green Onions, 24/7 Blues, Baby Please Last Chance, I Don't Know, Every Moment A Lifetime, Crazy Train, In The Name Of God, Flying High Again, Pushed Me Too Hard, Mr. Crowley, Tonight, Walk Away, Over The Mountain, Gimme Some Lovin', Good Times. Skupina za jesen napoveduje evropsko turnejo. /M.P./

17. junija bodo NWOBHM metalci Praying Mantis izdali The Best of Praying Mantis z naslednjo track listo: Cheated (live), Can't See The Angels, A Cry For The New World, Letting Go, Journeyman, Only The Children Cry, Turn The Table, Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, Best Years, Forever In Time, Nowhere ToHide, Naked, A Moment In Life. /M.P./

Track lista Damageplan prvenca New Found Power, ki izide 10. februarja, je naslednja: Wake Up, NFP (New Found Power), Pride, Blunt Force Trauma, Save Me, Explode, Fuck You, Cold Blooded, Reborn, Blink of An Eye, Breathing New Life, Crawl, Moment Of Truth, Soulbleed. /M.P./

Britanski progresivci Threshold so končali z delom za koncertni DVD in dvojni CD Critical Energy. Na DVDju bo celoten koncert posnet na Nizozemskem, 3 pesmi z nastopa na ProgPower USA 2002 festivalu, dokumentarec s turneje Critical Moments, foto galerija. Oboje izide januarja. /M.P./

8. decembra bo izšel Manowar DVD Hell On Earth III. Na dvojnem DVDju bo veliko zanimivega materiala za Manowar fane, od zakulisja, intervjujev, ritualov pred in po koncertih itd. V paketu bo tudi njihov lanskoletni nastop na PopKomm sejmu v Kölnu in vsi njihovi videospoti. Track lista je naslednja:

DVD1:
01. Introduction
02. Brazil
03. France
04. Spain
05. Czech Republic
06. Holland
07. Fighting The World
08. Austria
09. Switzerland
10. Sweden Part 1
11. Portugal
12. Heart Of Steel
13. Evil Eclipse
14. Germany
15. Belgium
16. Greece
17. Italy
18. Kings Of Metal
19. Duel Of The Titans
20. Hail And Kill
21. Nessun Dorma
22. Return Of The Warlord
23. Monsters Of The Millenium
24. Denmark
25. Sweden Part 2
26. Gates Of Valhalla
27. Finland
28. Estonia
29. Russia
30. Brothers Of Metal & Sisters Of Steel
31. Credits

BONUS
01. Black Wind Fire And Steel
02. Herz Aus Stahl
03. March For Revenge
04. Wheels Of Fire
05. Alexander The Great
06. France
07. Moments In Time
08. Friends
09. Moments Of Truth
10. Nessun Dorma – The Story
11. Wildlife

DVD 2
"Live In Germany – The Ringfest"
01. Introduction
02. Manowar
03. Kings Of Metal
04. Eric's Speech
05. Herz aus Stahl
06. Evil Eclipse
07. Warriors Of The World United
08. Kill With Power
09. House Of Death
10. Joey's Speech
11. Black, Wind, Fire And Steel
12. The Crown And The Ring

Video Collection
13. Gloves Of Metal
14. Blow Your Speakers
15. Metal Warriors - live
16. Return Of The Warlord
17. Courage - live
18. Warriors Of The World United
19. I Believe
20. Gloves Of Metal – special edition
21. Secrets Of Steel

BONUS
01. The Making Of 'Gloves Of Metal'
02. The Making Of 'Gloves Of Metal' – special edition
03. The Making Of 'Blow Your Speakers'
04. The Making Of 'Return Of The Warlord'
05. Fire, Ice & Gasoline (The Making Of 'Warriors Of The World United')
06. The Making Of 'I Believe'
07. The Warrior's Prayer
08. Ringfest Documentary
/M.P./

Destruction trenutno snemajo video spot za skladbo Desecrators (Of The New Age) s prihajajočega albuma Metal Discharge, ki izide 22. septembra. Limited edition verzija albuma bo vsebovala demo material, priredbe in neizdano verzijo njihove klasike Bestial Invasion. Track lista albuma pa je naslednja: The Ravenous Beast, Metal Discharge, Rippin' The Flesh Apart, Fear Of The Moment, Mortal Remains, Desecrators (Of The New Age), Historical Force Feed, Savage Symphony Of Terror, Made To Be Broken, Vendetta. /M.P./

Nemci End Of Green so koncali z delom za cetrti album Last Night On Earth, ki bo izšel 26. maja. Track lista je naslednja: Evergreen, Tormented Sundown, Demons, Dying In Moments, Queen Of My Dreams, Tragedy Insane, Highway 69, Melanchoholic, Emptiness/Lost Control. /M.P./

Novoletno vzdušje je zajelo tudi ekipo Paranoida, zato ta za nekaj dni zapira »štacuno«. Medtem ko vi v rubriki »Nagradne igre« lahko še naprej glasujete za »Naj 2002«, smo to izbrali tudi mi.
Želimo vam čimbolj metalsko leto 2003. /Uredništvo/

Ajda:

Albumi:
DREAM THEATER – Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
RAGE – Unity
SENTENCED – The Cold White Light
SEVEN WITCHES – Xiled To Infinity And One
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
SOUTHERN STORM – 1999
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA – Beethoven's Last Night

Koncerti:
NEVERMORE – Bang Your Head
SAVATAGE – povsod
SENTENCED – Salzburg
THE 69 EYES – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM, NEGLIGENCE – Ljubljana

Matjaž:

Albumi:
AVANTASIA – Metal Opera Part 2
BLIND GUARDIAN – A Night At The Opera
ENGINE – Superholic
IRON MAIDEN – Eddie's Archive
PAIN OF SALVATION – Remedy Lane
PARADISE LOST – Symbol Of Life
PROSPECT – Moments
SYMPHORCE – PhorcefulAhead
TAD MOROSE – Matters Of The Dark
TERROR 2000 – Faster Disaster

Koncerti:
BRUCE DICKINSON, SAVATAGE – Wacken
SAXON, CANDLEMASS – Bang Your Head
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana

Matija:

Albumi:
HYPOCRISY – Catch 22
GIRLSCHOOL – Not That Innocent
AMON AMARTH – Versus The World
PAIN – Nothing Remains The Same
DORO – Fight
THE CROWN – Crowned In Terror
KATAKLYSM – Shadows And Dust
TIAMAT – Judas Christ
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer

Koncerti:
ALICE COOPER – Munchen
JUDAS PRIEST – Graz
DIO – Graz
KREATOR – Wacken
SAXON – Bang Your Head
UNLEASHED – Wacken

Peter:

Albumi:
DREAM EVIL – Dragonslayer
GRAVE DIGGER – Tunes Of Wacken
KING DIAMOND – Abigail II – The Revenge
REBELLION – Shakespeare's Macbeth
SARCASM – Igra Narave
SCANNER – Scantropolis
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side
STORMWITCH – Dance With The Witches
WARLORD – Rising Out Of The Ashes
W.A.S.P. – Dying For The World

Koncerti:
SOUTHERN STORM – Ljubljana
BLIND GUARDIAN – Dunaj

Znana je track lista novega The Defaced albuma Karma In Black, ki izide v začetku prihodnjega leta: Fumes From The Swamp, Once In Between, 10 Vs 9, Exit Body On Mass, Beneath My Swirl, A Moment Of Clarity, The Fading Suns, Soulsides, Forever Winding, Karma In Black, World Wide Hysteria 5.1 (japonski bonus), Keep It Up And Stay True. /M.P./

Naslednji metal večer v klubu Hound Dog bo 15. novembra. Prospect bodo imeli promocijo novega albuma Moments, poleg njih pa bodo nastopili še Giljotina in Sweet Sorrow. Zraven pa, kot vedno, striptease, metal market in DJ program do jutra.

Izid tretjega Trans Siberian Orchestra albuma Beethovens Last Night je prestavljen na 22. april. Na jesen so prestavljeni tudi prvi načrtovani evropski koncerti. Track lista albuma je: Overture, Midnight, Fate, What Good This Deafness, Mephistopheles, What Is Eternal, The Moment, Vienna, Mozart, The Dreams Of Candlelight, Requiem, I'll Keep Your Secrets, The Dark, Für Elise, After The Fall, A Last Illusion, This Is Who You Are, Beethoven, Mephistopheles' Return, Misery, Who Is This Child in A Final Dream. /M.P./

Izid tretjega Trans Siberian Orchestra albuma Beethovens Last Night je prestavljen na 22. april. Na jesen so prestavljeni tudi prvi načrtovani evropski koncerti. Track lista albuma je: Overture, Midnight, Fate, What Good This Deafness, Mephistopheles, What Is Eternal, The Moment, Vienna, Mozart, The Dreams Of Candlelight, Requiem, I'll Keep Your Secrets, The Dark, Für Elise, After The Fall, A Last Illusion, This Is Who You Are, Beethoven, Mephistopheles' Return, Misery, Who Is This Child in A Final Dream. /M.P./

The Storyteller so nov album Crossroad posneli aprila in maja v Studio Fredman. Miks in mastering sta opravila Fredrik Nordstrom in Hakan Akesson. Nekaj naslovov komadov: A Passage Through The Mountain, The Unknown, The Moment Of Truth. Album izide 18.februarja. /M.P./

Ta teden so izšle naslednje plošče: NARNIA: Desert Land, GRAVEWORM: Scourge Of Malice, GANDALF: Rock In Hell, MORGANA: Angel, BONECRUSHER: World Of Pain, PAGAN`S MIND: Infinity Divine, PHOENIX RIZING: Eternal Crusade, RAWHEAD REXX: Rawhead Rexx, ROOSTER: Momentous, WICKED MYSTIC: The Paramount Question in ZYKLON: World Ov Worms.