- Mini MOTÖRHEAD museum serving beer and ‘Lemmy Lemonade’ opens in U.K.
- AT THE GATES lands first-ever no. 1 album in Sweden
- Ex-METALLICA bassist JASON NEWSTED opens up about throat cancer diagnosis
- OBSCURA shares video for new single ‘The Sun Eater’
- NUNSLAUGHTER shares video for “Rotten Messiah”
- AUTOPSY to record new album later this year
- GHOST wins Swedish GRAMMIS ‘Best Hard Rock/Metal’ award for ‘Skeletá’
- Mother company DEAN GUITARS wins lawsuit against Dimebag Darrell’s estate
- SLAYER’s TOM ARAYA named Grand Marshal for ‘Würth 400’ at Texas Motor Speedway
- PEAVEY announces the PBK™12BT and PBK 15BT powered speaker systems
- Vansind – Hævnen
- Pro-Pain – Stone Cold Anger
- Tabernis – Seasons Of The Dark Hive
- Hokka – Via Miseria IV
- Lovebites – Outstanding Power
- Cnoc An Tursa – A Cry For The Slain
- Lantlôs – Nowhere In Between Forever
- The Quill – Master Of The Skies
- Venom – Into Oblivion
- Hardline – Shout
