Criminal so objavili track listo novega albuma Sicario, ki izide 5. septembra pri Metal Blade: Rise and Fall, Time Bomb, Walking Dead, The Root of All Evil, Shot in the Face, Sicario, The Land God Forgot, Preacher of Hate, Touch of Filth, From the Ashes, Por La Fuerza De La Razón, Self Destruction (re-recording; European bonus track). /M.P./

Znana je track lista novega James LaBrie solo albuma Elements of Persuasion: Crucify, Alone, Freak, Invisible, Lost, Undecided, Smashed, Pretender, Slightly Out Of Reach, Oblivious, In Too Deep, Drained. /M.P./

8. marca bo izšel prvi uradni Testament DVD z naslovom Seen Between The Lines. Zadeva je bila leta 1991 izdana kot videokaseta, DVD pa je remastiran s še dosti bonus materiala. Na njem bo koncert s turneje leta 1991, videospoti za Nobody's Fault, Practice What You Preach, Souls Of Black in The Legacy, redko videni intervjuji, »večerja s Testament«, posnetki z japonske turneje, diskografija, galerija in biografija. /M.P./

Edguy bodo 21. junija izdali drugi single s Hellfire Club albuma, Lavatory Love Machine. Naslovna skladba bo prisotna v treh verzijah, normalni, akustični, kot videospot, poleg tega pa bo na singlu še Europe priredba I'll Cry For You v akustični verziji in nova balada Reach Out. /M.P./

Znana je track lista Stryper best of kompilacije “7: The Best Of Stryper, ki izide konec marca: Something (nova pesem), For You (nova oesem), Shining Star, Lady, All For One, In God We Trust, Always There For You, To Hell With The Devil, Calling On You, Free, Honestly, The Way, Soldiers Under Command, Makes Me Wanna Sing, Reach Out, From Wrong To Right, Loving You, Believe. /M.P./

Nemci Powergod so za tri albume podaljšali pogodbo z Massacre Records in se že pripravljajo za snemanje prvega od njih. To bo album kultnih heavy metal priredb z naslovom titled Practice What You Preach — That's Metal Lesson 2. /M.P./

Skrivnosti ni več, znana je postava Whitesnake, ki se januarja odpravljajo na ameriško turnejo z The Scorpions in Dokken: David Coverdale – vokal, Tommy Aldridge (ex- Ozzy, Thin Lizzy) – bobni, Doug Aldrich (Dio) – kitara, Reb Reach (ex- Winger, Alice Cooper, Dokken) – kitara, Marco Mendoza (ex- Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy) – bass in Timothy Drury (Eagles, Don Henley) – klaviature. /M.P./

5. novembra bodo Iron Maiden izdali box set Eddie’s Archive, v katerem bodo trije dvojni CD-ji in še nekaj zanimivosti. Za ogrevanje naj bodo track liste CD-jev dovolj: CD 1 - BBC Archive, Disc 1: Friday Rock Show Session 1979: Iron Maiden, Running Free, Transylvania, Sanctuary; Reading Festival 1982: Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, 22 Acacia Avenue, Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden; Disc 2: Reading Festival 1980: Prowler, Remember Tomorrow, Killers, Running Free, Transylvania, Iron Maiden; Monsters Of Rock Festival Donington 1988: Moonchild, Wrathchild, Infinite Dreams, The Trooper, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, The Number Of The Beast, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Iron Maiden. CD2 - Beast Over Hammersmith: Disc 1: Murders In The Rue Morgue, Wrathchild, Run To The Hills, Children Of The Damned, The Number of The Beast, Another Life, Killers, 22 Acacia Avenue, Total Eclipse; Disc 2: Transylvania, The Prisoner, Hallowed Be Thy Name, Phantom Of The Opera, Iron Maiden, Sanctuary, Drifter, Running Free, Prowler. CD3 - Best Of The B'sides: Disc 1: Burning Ambition, Drifter (live), Invasion, Remember Tomorrow (live), I've Got The Fire, Cross-Eyed Mary, Rainbow's Gold, King Of Twilight, Reach Out, That Girl, Juanita, The Sheriff Of Huddersfield, Black Bart Blues, Prowler '88, Charlotte The Harlot '88; Disc 2: All In Your Mind, Kill Me Ce Soir, I'm a Mover, Communication Breakdown, Nodding Donkey Blues, Space Station No.5, I Can't See My Feelings, Roll Over Vic Vella, Justice of The Peace, Judgement Day, My Generation, Doctor Doctor, Blood On The Worlds Hands (live), The Aftermath (live), Futureal (live), Wasted Years '99 (live). /M.P./

Tracklista novega albuma Royal Hunt , The Mission, je naslednja: Take Off, The Mission, Exit Gravity, Surrender, Clean Sweep, Judgment Day, Metamorphosis, World Wide War, Dreamline, Out Of Reach, Fourth Dimension, Days Of No Trust in Total Recall. /M.P./

Nemški power metalci Stormhammer imajo novega pevca. To je Tommy Lion (-ex Drifter). Posneli so že nov album Cold Desert Moon. Tukaj je tracklista: Sinner's Soul, The Law, Breach Of Faith, Yells Of Rage, Misty Hills, Children Of The Dawn, Doomsday, Cold Desert Moon, A Dragon's Tear, Nobody's Child, Masquerade Of Life, Strength Of Wisdom (Outro). /M.P./

Reb Reach, kitarist Dokken, pripravlja svoj solo projekt.

Bivši pevec Iron Maiden (še prej je bil v skupini Wolfsbane) bo 22 maja izdal svojo solo ploščo. Na plošči z naslovom Sillicon messiah bodo naslednje skladbe: 'Ghost In Machine', 'Evolution', 'Silicon Messiah', 'Born As A Stranger', 'The Hunger', 'The Brave', 'Identity', 'Reach For The Horizon', 'The Launch' in 'Stare At The Sun'. /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