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I got into it through Underoath, Maylene and A7X mostly, but then I was given a metal hammer sampler cd in 8th grade and it had a lot of good stuff I still listen to

20:48 - Boxcar Willy

My intro to metal was Shadows Fall

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	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
	Kólga Black Tides
	Verberis The Apophatic Wilderness
	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds

	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

18.04 - The Netherlands
Roadburn Festival 2024 3

17.05 - Germany
Rock Hard Festival 2024 3

24.05 - Serbia
Rammstein: European Stadium Tour 2024 2

23.05 - USA
Maryland Deathfest XIX 2

Staff / Elite: 2

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Members: 19

Guests: 522

Musicians' birthdays:

28 - Alessandro De Rocco
56 - Boudewijn Bonebakker
(1963-2018) - Bret Alan Hern
45 - César Passos
60 - David Anthony "Dave" Pirner
57 - Eliecer Delgado
39 - Federico Paulovich
62 - Ian MacKaye
40 - Ivan Demichev
41 - Jan Kovar
45 - Jeroen Martin Pomper
39 - Joe Waller
32 - Jonathan Glenn Rubio
55 - Jörg Springub
58 - José "Pepe" Bao
(1986-2010) - Juan Sebatián Tamayo
30 - Juho Patinen
77 - Lee Kerslake
31 - Luca Basile
41 - Luca Cabri
42 - Luis Montesi
66 - Mark Zonder
54 - Markus Keller
49 - Martin Brändström
32 - Maxime Maréchal
30 - Michael Chavez
34 - Nicholas "Nick" Albert
(1957-2013) - Paul Ervin Eiler
34 - Rudi Golimo
54 - Stephan Musiol
38 - Stéphane Paut
50 - Ted Lundström
30 - Thimo Franssen
36 - Yu Umehara

RIP:

2013 - Paul Ervin Eiler
2016 - Thierry "Terry" Del Cane

Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

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

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
201	DevilDriver 2002-	Groove thrash metal Nu metal Melodic death metal	USA	2002	-	480
202	Steven Wilson 2000-	Progressive rock	United Kingdom	2000	-	480
203	Cult Of Luna 1998-	Post-metal Sludge metal	Sweden	1998	-	476
204	Wolves In The Throne Room 2004-	Atmospheric black metal	USA	2004	-	476
205	Queensrÿche 1981-	Heavy metal Progressive heavy metal Progressive rock	USA	1981	-	475
206	Haken 2007-	Progressive metal	United Kingdom	2007	-	472
207	KISS 1972-	Hard rock Symphonic rock Glam metal Heavy metal	USA	1972	-	470
208	Alice Cooper 1964-	Hard rock Glam rock New Wave Heavy metal	USA	1964	-	460
209	Xandria 1994-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Germany	1994	-	456
210	Persefone 2001-	Melodic death metal Progressive metal	Andorra	2001	-	455
211	Running Wild 1976-	Heavy metal Speed metal	Germany	1976	-	451
212	Faith No More 1981-	Alternative metal	USA	1981	-	450
213	Rage Against The Machine 1991-2024	Alternative metal Nu metal	USA	1991	2024	450
214	Deathspell Omega 1998-	Black metal Avantgarde metal	France	1998	-	449
215	King Crimson 1969-	Progressive rock	United Kingdom	1969	-	448
216	Ghost Brigade 2005-2020	Post-metal Alternative metal	Finland	2005	2020	447
217	Primal Fear 1997-	Power metal	Germany	1997	-	445
218	Nine Inch Nails 1988-	Industrial rock Industrial metal	USA	1988	-	444
219	Belphegor 1991-	Black metal Death metal	Austria	1991	-	442
220	The Ocean 2000-	Post-metal Atmospheric sludge metal Hardcore Progressive metal	Germany	2000	-	441
221	Animals As Leaders 2007-	Progressive metal Djent Instrumental	USA	2007	-	439
222	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001-	Melodic death metal Metalcore	USA	2001	-	437
223	Bullet For My Valentine 1998-	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	1998	-	433
224	Theatre Of Tragedy 1993-2010	Gothic metal Gothic industrial metal	Norway	1993	2010	433
225	Firewind 1998-	Power metal Heavy metal	Greece	1998	-	431
226	Sólstafir 1995-	Atmospheric black metal Post-rock	Iceland	1995	-	431
227	Grave Digger 1980-	Heavy metal	Germany	1980	-	429
228	Coroner 1985-	Technical thrash metal	Switzerland	1985	-	427
229	Cryptopsy 1988-	Death metal Brutal death metal Technical death metal	Canada	1988	-	427
230	Electric Wizard 1993-	Doom metal Stoner metal	United Kingdom	1993	-	426
231	Blut Aus Nord 1994-	Atmospheric black metal Industrial metal	France	1994	-	425
232	Before The Dawn 1999-	Melodic death metal Gothic metal	Finland	1999	-	422
233	Carach Angren 2003-	Symphonic black metal	The Netherlands	2003	-	422
234	Neurosis 1985-	Post-hardcore Atmospheric sludge metal Post-metal	USA	1985	-	419
235	Cattle Decapitation 1996-	Deathgrind Death metal Grindcore Goregrind	USA	1996	-	417
236	Bruce Dickinson 1989-	Hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1989	-	415
237	Baroness 2003-	Sludge metal Stoner rock Progressive rock	USA	2003	-	412
238	The Faceless 2004-	Deathcore Progressive death metal Technical death metal	USA	2004	-	410
239	Skeletonwitch 2003-	Blackened thrash metal	USA	2003	-	409
240	Ahab 2004-	Funeral doom metal	Germany	2004	-	406
241	Havok 2004-	Thrash metal	USA	2004	-	403
242	Down 1991-	Heavy metal Sludge metal Stoner metal	USA	1991	-	402
243	Shape Of Despair 1995-	Funeral doom metal	Finland	1995	-	401
244	Taake 1993-	Black metal	Norway	1993	-	400
245	Five Finger Death Punch 2005-	Groove metal	USA	2005	-	397
246	Demons & Wizards 1999-	Heavy metal Power metal	USA	1999	-	395
247	Falkenbach 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Viking folk metal	Germany	1989	-	395
248	Gorguts 1989-	Death metal Technical death metal Avantgarde metal	Canada	1989	-	393
249	Marilyn Manson 1989-	Industrial rock Alternative metal Industrial metal Glam rock Industrial metal Alternative rock	USA	1989	-	391
250	Melechesh 1993-	Melodic black metal Oriental folk metal	Israel The Netherlands	1993	-	388