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Brutal Assault 2024 11

28.06 - Finland
Tuska Festival 2024 6

31.07 - Romania
Rockstadt Extreme Festival 2024 4

17.05 - Germany
Rock Hard Festival 2024 3

24.05 - Serbia
Rammstein: European Stadium Tour 2024 2

05.06 - Poland
Mystic Festival 2024 2

09.06 - Portugal
NADA Fest 2024 2

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Members: 18

Guests: 816

Musicians' birthdays:

34 - Alexander Andersson
57 - Andrés Giménez
40 - Bruno Santos
34 - Bryan Boorsma
41 - Casey J. Hogan
51 - Charles Petter Andreason
25 - Chris Ward
54 - Coby Koch
68 - Douglas Pearce
45 - Francesco Bucci
(1945-2020) - Gordon Haskell
51 - Juuso Jalasmäki
47 - Kálmán Oláh
36 - Kenta Koie
36 - Kevin Grem
45 - Koen Romeijn
53 - Mårten Hagström
53 - Mauro "Tschibu" Casciero
43 - Michiel Van Der Plicht
28 - Mike Douglas Marques Miranda
48 - Mikko Korsbäck
33 - Nicoletta Rosellini
40 - Patrick Martin Stumph
73 - Paul Daniel Frehley
42 - Per Lengstedt
40 - Pierre Garcia
36 - Remi Johannesen
58 - Remo "Brögi" Broggi
(1977-2002) - Robert Charles "Rob" Lumbre
37 - Roman Borshchevsky
54 - Rusty Cooley
46 - Sami Hinkka
(1984-2010) - Sebastian "Sebbo" Gallinat
48 - Simon "Smerte" Petersen
29 - Stefano Viola
42 - Stevie Floyd
34 - Susanna Coltrè
40 - Tara McLeod
37 - Vitalis Kast
(1977-2006) - Yann Pacaud

RIP:

2022 - Erik Lund

Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

1.	Týr Battle Ballads
2.	My Dying Bride A Mortal Binding
3.	Ingested The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams
4.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
5.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
6.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
7.	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds
8.	Hamferð Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
9.	Belore Eastern Tales
10.	Benighted Ekbom

1.	Death Symbolic
2.	Megadeth Rust In Peace
3.	Judas Priest Painkiller
4.	Metallica Master Of Puppets
5.	Opeth Blackwater Park
6.	Metallica Ride The Lightning
7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
8.	Iron Maiden Powerslave
9.	Death The Sound Of Perseverance
10.	Agalloch The Mantle

1.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
2.	My Dying Bride A Mortal Binding
3.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
4.	In Vain Solemn
5.	Dödsrit Nocturnal Will
6.	Borknagar Fall
7.	Sgàile Traverse The Bealach
8.	Eternal Storm A Giant Bound To Fall
9.	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds
10.	Necrophobic In The Twilight Grey

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Saor 2013-	Atmospheric black metal Folk metal	United Kingdom	2013	-	299
2	Diabolical Masquerade 1993-2004	Avantgarde black metal Symphonic black metal	Sweden	1993	2004	128
3	Abigor 1993-	Black metal	Austria	1993	-	112
4	Nortt 1995-	Funeral doom metal Black metal	Denmark	1995	-	95
5	Nocturnal Depression 2004-	Depressive black metal	France	2004	-	84
6	Astarte 1995-2014	Black metal	Greece	1995	2014	78
7	Void Of Silence 1999-	Doom metal	Italy	1999	-	74
8	Moonlight Sorcery 2018-	Melodic black metal	Finland	2018	-	61
9	Dolorian 1997-	Black metal Doom metal	Finland	1997	-	60
10	Downfall Of Nur 2013-	Atmospheric black metal Folk metal	Argentina	2013	-	54
11	Before The Rain 1997-	Death doom metal	Portugal United Kingdom	1997	-	53
12	Progenie Terrestre Pura 2009-	Atmospheric black metal Industrial black metal	Italy	2009	-	53
13	Enisum 2006-	Ambient black metal Atmospheric black metal	Italy	2006	-	47
14	Ancient Wisdom 1992-	Atmospheric black metal	Sweden	1992	-	43
15	Sun Of The Blind 2006-	Avantgarde black metal	Switzerland	2006	-	35
16	Arcana Coelestia 2005-	Funeral doom metal Atmospheric black metal	Italy	2005	-	28
17	Sivyj Yar 2006-	Pagan black metal Atmospheric black metal	Russia	2006	-	24
18	Sur Austru 2018-	Black metal Folk metal	Romania	2018	-	24
19	Sgàile 2018-	Post-metal	United Kingdom	2018	-	22
20	Light Field Reverie 2020-	Gothic doom metal	Sweden	2020	-	21
21	Remina 2021-	Atmospheric doom metal	New Zealand	2021	-	20
22	Selvans 2014-	Atmospheric black metal Folk metal	Italy	2014	-	20
23	Ad Nauseam 2011-	Technical death metal	Italy	2011	-	19
24	Grá 2010-	Black metal	Sweden	2010	-	19
25	Malist 2017-	Atmospheric black metal	Russia Czech Republic	2017	-	18
26	Earth And Pillars 2014-	Atmospheric black metal	Italy	2014	-	17
27	Abysmal Grief 1995-	Gothic doom metal	Italy	1995	-	15
28	Cursebinder 2019-	Post black metal	Poland	2019	-	15
29	Nehëmah 1992-	Black metal	France	1992	-	15
30	Dzö-nga 2016-	Atmospheric black metal	USA	2016	-	14
31	Wode 2010-	Black metal	United Kingdom	2010	-	14
32	Ikarie 2019-	Post-metal Death doom metal Atmospheric sludge metal	Spain	2019	-	13
33	Thaw 2010-	Experimental black metal Ambient noise	Poland	2010	-	12
34	Névoa 2014-	Atmospheric black metal	Portugal	2014	-	11
35	Windfaerer 2006-	Atmospheric black metal Folk metal	USA	2006	-	11
36	Monumentum 1987-	Gothic doom metal Gothic metal Darkwave	Italy	1987	-	9
37	Aeon Winds 2007-	Atmospheric black metal Ambient	Slovak Republic	2007	-	8
38	Fifth To Infinity 1997-	Black metal Death metal	Sweden	1997	-	8
39	Beatrik 1998-	Black metal Doom metal	Italy	1998	-	7
40	Crust 2014-	Sludge metal Blackened doom metal	Russia	2014	-	7
41	Dystopia Nå! 2010-	Depressive black metal	Norway	2010	-	5
42	Amnis Nihili 2008-	Black metal	Greece	2008	-	4
43	Auriga 2009-	Ambient black metal	Lebanon	2009	-	4
44	Plateau Sigma 2010-	Doom metal	Italy	2010	-	4
45	Ringarë 2004-	Atmospheric black metal	USA	2004	-	4
46	Tome Of The Unreplenished 2012-	Atmospheric black metal	Cyprus	2012	-	4
47	Voidescent 2017-	Black metal	Spain	2017	-	4
48	A Pale December 2013-	Atmospheric black metal	Italy	2013	-	3
49	Amalekim 2020-	Melodic black metal	Italy	2020	-	3
50	Astral Path 2015-	Atmospheric black metal	Canada	2015	-	3