Kitarist Perry Grayson je zapustil skupino. Skupina sedaj išče ustrezno zamenjavo. /P.G./

2/28 -- Desecration - Inhuman2/28 -- Stratovarius - Infinite2/28 -- Napalm Death - The Radio 1 Sessions2/29 -- December - Praying, Hoping, Nothing2/29 -- Breach - Venom2/29 -- Deceased - Supernatural Addiction2/29 -- AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip2/29 -- Dismember - Hate Campaign3/03 -- Glassjaw - Heroin3/06 -- Entombed - Uprising3/07 -- Steel Prophet - Messiah3/07 -- Krisiun - Conquerors Of Armageddon3/07 -- Therion - Deggial3/07 -- Soulreaper - Written in Blood3/07 -- Misery Loves Co. - Your Vision Was Never Mine To Share3/07 -- Niacin - Deep3/07 -- Armored Saint - Revelation3/07 -- In Extremo - Verehrt Und Angespien3/07 -- Various Artists - Catch The Rainbow (tribute)3/07 -- Transport League - Satanic Panic3/10 -- Throes Of Dawn - Binding of the Spirit3/13 -- Einherjer - Norwegian Native Art3/14 -- Gorgoroth - Incipit Sathanas3/14 -- Joe Satriani - Engines Of Creation3/14 -- Triumphator - Wings of Antichrist3/14 -- Diabolique - Butterflies ep3/14 -- Impaled - The Dead Shall Dead Remain3/14 -- Nocturnus - Ethereal Tomb3/20 -- W.A.S.P. - The Best Of The Best - 1984-20003/20 -- Under The Sun3/20 -- Axxis - Back To The Kingdom3/20 -- Decapitated - Winds Of Creation3/21 -- Running Wild - Victory3/21 -- Altar - In The Name Of The Father3/21 -- Dio - Magica3/21 -- Crowbar - Equilibrium3/21 -- Old Man's Child - Revelation 6663/21 -- Pantera - Revinventing The Steel3/21 -- Clawfinger - Two Sides

Legendarna kompilacija Metal for muthas bo izšla na CD-ju. Izdala jo bo založba Sanctuary records, ki je izdala že original leta 1980.
Kompilacija bo na dveh ploščkih:
CD 1:
Iron Maiden - Sanctaury
Sledgehammer - Sledgehammer
E.F. Band - Fighting For Rock And Roll
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Blues In A
Praying Mantis - Captured City
Ethel The Frog - Fight Back
Angelwitch - Baphomet
Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
Samson - Tomorrow Or Yesterday
Nutz - Bootliggers

CD 2:
Trespass - One Of These Days
Eeazy Money - Telephone Man
Xero - Cutting Loose
White Spirit - High Upon High
Dark Star - Lady Of Mars
Horsepower - You Give Me Candy
Red Alert - Open Heart
Chevy - Chevy
The Raid - Hard Lines
Tresspass - Storm Child

Kai Hansen, kitarist in vokalist skupine Gamma ray je napisal dve skladbi, ki bosta izšli na albumu Greatest hits skupaj z ostalimi, ki so jih izglasovali fani skupine. Stare pesmi so posnete na novo, album pa naj bi izšel jeseni. /P.G./

25. januarja bo založba Metal Blade Records izdala DVD kompilacijo z naslovom Metalmeister. Posnetkov je za dobro uro in pol, na disku pa bo 19 spotov iz 19-letne zgodovine založbe, diskografija skupin, slike in intervjuji. Na DVDju boste našli: SIX FEET UNDER - 'Victim Of The Paranoid', ARMORED SAINT - 'Reign Of Fire', FATES WARNING - 'Point Of View', GALACTIC COWBOYS - 'Nothing To Say', CANNIBAL CORPSE - 'Sentenced to Burn', GWAR - 'Gor Gor', MERCYFUL FATE - 'The Uninvited Guest', GRIP INC. - 'Ostracized', KING'S X - 'Fade', Fates Warning - 'A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Part 1' (live), Armored Saint - 'March Of The Saint' (live), Lizzy Borden - 'Psychopath' (live), TROUBLE - 'Run To The Light', SACRED REICH - 'Low', FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - 'Monster', MERCYFUL FATE - 'Witches Dance', GWAR - 'Sick Of You', Lizzy Borden intervju iz leta 1990... /P.G./

Nemška skupina Iron savior je sporočila ime svojega novega bobnarja. To je Thomas Nack, bivši član skupine Gamma ray. Slednja je potrdila prisotnost na 11. festivalu Wacken Open Air. /P.G./