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my experience with them has been somewhat poisoned, much as I love IE, much as I love Schaffer as a musician. Seems like he might have his conviction thrown out pretty soon, but the damage has already been done.

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	Arð Untouched By Fire
	Nocturna Of Sorcery And Darkness
	Dvne Voidkind
	La Torture Des Ténèbres V
	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
	Attic Return Of The Witchfinder
	Acid Mammoth Supersonic Megafauna Collision
	Iron Monkey Spleen & Goad
	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
	Darkestrah Nomad

	Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! March 2024
	Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #3 Awesome New Demos and EPs
	Emperor Glasgow, Scotland, 22nd March 2024
	Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! February 2024
	Celestial Darkness Festival 2024
	MS Awards 2023 Staff Picks!!
	Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #2 Awesome New Demos and EPs
	Shattering Xpectations Xentrix Live In Reading

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07.08 - Czech Republic
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

11.05 - Serbia
Wolfheart: King Of The North Over Balkans / Eastern Europe Tour 2024 2

24.05 - Serbia
Rammstein: European Stadium Tour 2024 2

05.06 - Poland
Mystic Festival 2024 2

Staff / Elite: 4

Members: 16

Guests: 973

Musicians' birthdays:

49 - Adam Buszko
(1977-2017) - Alan Michael Slayton
33 - Albert Reguena
30 - Alexander Nagel
49 - Alvaro Donoso
33 - Artyom Prishchepov
(1958-2008) - Ben Munkirs
34 - Carles Soler Gozalbo
34 - Carlos Andrés
42 - Dann Hoyos
34 - Diana Selnicean
48 - Errapel Kepa
49 - Ferry Guns
36 - Gerardo "Jerry" De Feo
52 - Guido Holstein
(1976-2014) - Jason McCash
38 - Jón Aldará
54 - Jon Dette
45 - Jonathan Rushforth
53 - Junichi Satoh
(1968-1995) - Ken Springer
35 - Lefteris Moros
31 - Leon Roškar
42 - Leonardo Camacho
46 - Markus Eurén
37 - Michael Kolar
58 - Mike Kaufmann
(1992-2016) - Nathaniel Jordan "Nate" Dickinson
67 - Pamela Ann Barlow
68 - Paul Mario Day
31 - Phil Glenn
33 - Rhys King
32 - Ricky Fregosi
70 - Robert "Bob" Rock (I)
48 - Rudolf "Ruud" Adrianus Jolie
34 - Stephen "Steve" Poff
24 - Thalia Bellazecca
53 - Thomas Hansen
39 - Tina Stabel
67 - Tony Martin Harford
42 - Ulf "Uffe" Nylin
36 - Vinicius Sosa
41 - Vittorio
49 - Yorick Dolfing
61 - Youichi Hirose
36 - Yuriy Garnaev

RIP:

2005 - Bryan Ottoson
1997 - Dan Van den Plas
1992 - Rob Clayton

Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

1.	Hamferð Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
2.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
3.	Dödsrit Nocturnal Will
4.	Týr Battle Ballads
5.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
6.	Hideous Divinity Unextinct
7.	Ingested The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams
8.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
9.	Benighted Ekbom
10.	Brodequin Harbinger Of Woe

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
51	Seth 1995-	Black metal	France	1995	-	38
52	Esoctrilihum 2016-	Black metal	France	2016	-	37
53	Massacra 1986-1997	Death metal Thrash metal Groove thrash metal Heavy metal	France	1986	1997	37
54	Necrowretch 2008-	Death metal Black metal	France	2008	-	36
55	Whyzdom 2007-	Symphonic metal	France	2007	-	36
56	Loudblast 1985-	Death metal Thrash metal	France	1985	-	33
57	Angellore 2007-	Atmospheric doom metal Gothic doom metal	France	2007	-	32
58	Betraying The Martyrs 2008-	Progressive deathcore Symphonic death metal	France	2008	-	32
59	Murmuüre 2006-	Ambient black metal	France	2006	-	32
60	Misanthrope 1988-	Melodic death metal	France	1988	-	30
61	Mütiilation 1991-	Black metal	France	1991	-	30
62	Ultra Vomit 1999-	Grindcore Hard rock Heavy metal Gothenburg metal	France	1999	-	30
63	Scarve 1994-	Technical death metal	France	1994	-	29
64	Carcariass 1991-	Technical death metal	France	1991	-	27
65	Öxxö Xööx 2005-	Avantgarde metal Gothic metal	France	2005	-	26
66	Yyrkoon 1995-2007	Death metal	France	1995	2007	26
67	Spheric Universe Experience 1999-	Progressive metal	France	1999	-	24
68	P.H.O.B.O.S. 2000-	Industrial doom metal	France	2000	-	23
69	Agressor 1986-	Death metal Thrash metal	France	1986	-	22
70	Demians 2007-	Alternative rock Progressive metal	France	2007	-	22
71	Heol Telwen 1999-	Celtic black metal Celtic folk metal	France	1999	-	22
72	Psygnosis 2009-	Extreme progressive metal	France	2009	-	22
73	Aes Dana 1994-	Atmospheric black metal Celtic black metal	France	1994	-	21
74	Aluk Todolo 2004-	Black metal Krautrock	France	2004	-	21
75	Bran Barr 1995-	Celtic folk metal	France	1995	-	21
76	Chaos Echœs 2011-2019	Death doom metal Avantgarde metal	France	2011	2019	21
77	Exocrine 2013-	Progressive death metal Technical death metal	France	2013	-	21
78	Lonewolf 1992-	Heavy metal Power metal	France	1992	-	21
79	Netra 2003-	Black metal Trip-Hop Ambient	France New Zealand	2003	-	21
80	Pitbulls In The Nursery 1996-	Technical death metal Progressive metal	France	1996	-	21
81	Sortilège 1981-	Heavy metal	France	1981	-	21
82	Wormfood 2001-	Industrial thrash metal Gothic metal Avantgarde metal	France	2001	-	21
83	Temple Of Baal 1998-	Black metal	France	1998	-	20
84	What Mad Universe 2008-	Post-Rock Atmospheric sludge metal	France	2008	-	20
85	Eibon 2005-	Black metal Doom metal Sludge metal	France	2005	-	19
86	Mortifera 2001-	Black metal	France	2001	-	19
87	Plebeian Grandstand 2005-	Avantgarde black metal Mathcore	France	2005	-	19
88	Manigance 1995-	Heavy metal	France	1995	-	18
89	Pryapisme 2000-	Avantgarde metal	France	2000	-	18
90	Belore 2019-	Atmospheric black metal	France	2019	-	17
91	Otargos 2001-	Black metal Death metal	France	2001	-	17
92	Reverence 1998-	Black metal Industrial metal	France	1998	-	16
93	Véhémence 2013-	Black metal Folk metal	France	2013	-	16
94	Acyl 2006-	Progressive metal Oriental folk metal	France	2006	-	15
95	Fractal Universe 2014-	Technical death metal	France	2014	-	15
96	Kells 2001-2015	Symphonic gothic metal Alternative metal	France	2001	2015	15
97	Melted Space 2007-	Ambient Neoclassical Symphonic metal	France	2007	-	15
98	Nehëmah 1992-	Black metal	France	1992	-	15
99	No Return 1989-	Death metal Thrash metal	France	1989	-	15
100	Hangman's Chair 2005-	Doom metal Stoner metal Gothic doom metal	France	2005	-	14