Necrophagia so podpisali z Moonfog Records, kjer bodo izdali naslednji album Harvest Ritual. /M.P./

Aprila in maja bodo v Finnvox studiu v Helsinkih svoj peti album posneli Portugalci Moonspell. Album bo nosil naslov Darkness And Hope. /M.P./

Norvežani Khold bodo pri Moonfog izdali svoj prvenec MasterPiss Of Pain. /M.P./

Italijani Monumentum so podpisali z založbo Moonfog, kjer bodo kasneje letos izdali nov album. /M.P./

Novemu albumu L.A. Guns je naslov Man In The Moon, izšel pa bo sredi aprila. /M.P./

Italijani Monumentum so podpisali za založbo Moonfog.

Danes izidejo naslednji albumi: CREMATORY: Believe, DORO: Calling The Wind, VIRUS 7: Sick In The Head, ORATORY: Illusion Dimensions, EINHERJER: Norvegian Native Art, NILE: Black Seeds Of Vengeance, NYCTOPHOBIC: Insects, HAEMORRHAGE: Loathesongs, HYPNOS: In Blood We Trust, GARDEN OF SHADOWS: Oracle Moon, SEPTIC CEMETARY: Shattered, SUPERSHINE: Supershine ter singla ATROCITY: Taste Of Sin in WIZZARD: Tormentor.

Sonata Arctica bodo 23.10. izdali EP Successor, na katerem bosta dve novi skladbi San Sebastian in Shy, Full Moon edit, priredbi Still Loving You (Scorpions), I Want Out (Helloween) ter mogoče še dve koncertni skladbi. /M.P./

Mötley Crüe že snemajo novi album z nalsovom New Tatoo. Album naj bi se zgledoval po njihovih starejših izdajah: bas v stilu prvenca, kitarski deli in teksti v stilu Dr. Feelgod,… Izid je predviden za 20. junij, znani pa so tudi naslovi komadov: New Tattoo, First Band On The Moon, God Drives A UFO, Crash-O Matic, Treat Me Like The Dog That I Am, Hollywood Ending, Penthouse 57, Time Bomb, Dragstrip Superstar, Hell On High Heels, American Zero, Punched In The Teeth By Love, Whoreable, and Porno Star. /M.P./

3/21 -- Vermin - Millennium Ride3/21 -- Cradle Of Filth From The Cradle To Enslave EP3/26 -- Spiritual Beggars - Astra3/27 -- Sinner - The End of Sanctuary3/27 -- Moonfog compilation - A New Perspective3/27 -- Sheavy - Celestial Hi-Fi4/01 -- Darkseed - Diving Into Darkness4/04 -- Various Artists - Inhale - The Stoner Rock Compilation4/04 -- Grave Digger - Excalibur4/04 -- CJSS - Kings Of The World4/04 -- TNT - Big Bang Anthology4/10 -- Peccatum - Oh My Regrets4/10 -- Immortal - Damned In Black4/11 -- Savatage - Ghost In The Ruins4/11 -- Thornspawn - Blood Of The Holy, Taint Thy Steel4/11 -- Summon - Baptized By Fire4/11 -- Viking Crown - Innocence From Hell4/11 -- Usurper - Visions From The Gods4/11 -- Fleshcrawl - As Blood Rains From The Sky...4/14 -- Ordained - The Second Coming /M.G./

Norveška skupina Kovenant, bivši Covenant je že drugo leto zapovrstjo prejela Grammy-a za najboljši hard rock band na Norveškem. Skupina bo aprila imela turnejo skupaj z Amorphis in Moonspell. Na žalost bo ta turneja le v ZDA. /M.G./