– New Steelcity, Hellyeah, and Tom Keifer from Cinderella
– Rare Hair from White Widdow and Kingdom Come
– Chart-Climbers by I Prevail and Five Finger Death Punch with Kenny Wayne Shepherd
– Hits & Deep Cuts from Steelheart, Whitesnake, Indianhead, Stryper, Every Mother’s Nightmare, Ugly Kid Joe, Crobot, Ratt, Motley Crue, and more
– The last Cruel Crue Summer in the Year of The Dirt
– A very unusual dedication
– New female-fronted Swedish metal
– A band called ugly, scary even by Heavy Metal standards
– Rare hair from Melbourne, Australia
– A band quietly getting on with being excellent
– A Cover Song of the Week of a song by an 18-time Grammy winner