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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

Members: 3

Guests: 909

Musicians' birthdays:

35 - Alessandro Chenetti
27 - Andreas Truelsen
42 - Anis Jouini
39 - Artyom
40 - Brian Holmes
46 - Brian Wood
40 - Dani Wang
36 - Davidavi "Vidi" Dolev
34 - Emil "Lemmel" Skelvig
34 - Eric Rhodes
54 - Eugene Simone
54 - Gregory Michael Minier
42 - Jacqueline Govaert
37 - Jamie Smith
44 - Jasmin Wagner
29 - Jeremy Lambert
35 - Joaquín Gomez
33 - Keith Wampler
45 - Kenneth Kapstad
29 - Kiss Szabolcs
41 - Kristofer von Wachenfeldt
(1954-2020) - Louie "L.A." Kouvaris
45 - Luke Cook
42 - Maciej Surowiec
29 - Mateja ''Dekapitator'' Cvetičanin
56 - Matt Fillmore
37 - Michael Joseph "Mike" Leon
57 - Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy
41 - Miguel Trapezaris
32 - Mitchell Scheerder
32 - Patrick Grønbæch Christensen
37 - Ralph Salati
26 - Raphael Dantas (I)
47 - Richard "Ricardo" Chuat
34 - Robert Morey
30 - Ruslan Kharchevnikov
(1968-2004) - Stacey Horne
48 - Sven Varkel
29 - Valentin "Valle" Papp
39 - Víctor Manuel De La Chica Cañas

RIP:

2017 - Bill Tolley
2010 - Eric Duvall Cargile
2017 - Martin Funderud
2011 - Matt LaPorte
2023 - Robert "Dr. Fe" Krčmář

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
101	Civil War 2012-	Heavy metal Power metal	Sweden	2012	-	95
102	Aria 1985-	Heavy metal	Russia	1985	-	91
103	Ark 1990-2011	Heavy metal Progressive metal	Norway	1990	2011	90
104	At Vance 1998-	Heavy metal Power metal	Germany	1998	-	90
105	Holy Grail 2008-	Heavy metal Power metal	USA	2008	-	88
106	Iron Fire 1995-	Power metal Heavy metal	Denmark	1995	-	88
107	Almah 2006-	Heavy metal Power metal	Brazil	2006	-	87
108	Tierra Santa 1997-	Heavy metal Power metal	Spain	1997	-	87
109	Raven 1974-	New wave of British heavy metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom USA	1974	-	85
110	Stryper 1982-	Glam metal Heavy metal	USA	1982	-	85
111	Astral Doors 2002-	Heavy metal	Sweden	2002	-	82
112	Gary Moore 1970-2011	Hard rock Heavy metal Blues rock	Ireland	1970	2011	81
113	In Solitude 2002-2015	Heavy metal	Sweden	2002	2015	81
114	Loudness 1981-	Hard rock Heavy metal	Japan	1981	-	81
115	Adrenaline Mob 2011-	Heavy metal	USA	2011	-	78
116	Avalanch 1993-	Heavy metal Progressive power metal	Spain	1993	-	77
117	Jason Becker 1988-	Neoclassical heavy metal Progressive metal	USA	1988	-	77
118	Visigoth 2010-	Heavy metal Power metal	USA	2010	-	77
119	Hibria 1996-	Heavy metal	Brazil	1996	-	76
120	Rebellion 2001-	Heavy metal Power metal	Germany	2001	-	76
121	Royal Thunder 2006-	Heavy metal Stoner metal	USA	2006	-	76
122	Wolf 1995-	Heavy metal	Sweden	1995	-	75
123	The Lord Weird Slough Feg 1990-	Heavy metal	USA	1990	-	74
124	Circle II Circle 2001-	Progressive power metal Progressive heavy metal	USA	2001	-	72
125	Twilightning 1998-2009	Power metal Heavy metal Hard rock	Finland	1998	2009	72
126	Unto Others	Heavy metal Gothic rock	USA	-	-	72
127	Kingcrow 1996-	Heavy metal Progressive metal	Italy	1996	-	71
128	Quiet Riot 1973-	Hard rock Glam metal Heavy metal	USA	1973	-	71
129	Newsted 2012-	Heavy metal	USA	2012	-	70
130	Racer X 1985-	Heavy metal	USA	1985	-	70
131	Tank 1980-	New wave of British heavy metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1980	-	70
132	Warlord 1980-	Heavy metal Power metal	USA	1980	-	70
133	Kronos 1994-	Heavy metal Thrash metal Death metal	France	1994	-	69
134	Savage Messiah 2007-	Thrash metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	2007	-	68
135	Wizard 1989-	Power metal Heavy metal	Germany	1989	-	68
136	Skull Fist 2006-	Heavy metal Speed metal	Canada	2006	-	67
137	Witchfinder General 1979-	Doom metal New wave of British heavy metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1979	-	67
138	Chapel Of Disease 2008-	Death metal Melodic death metal Heavy metal Progressive rock	Germany	2008	-	66
139	Revolution Renaissance 2008-2010	Heavy metal Power metal	Finland	2008	2010	66
140	Saratoga 1992-	Heavy metal Power metal	Spain	1992	-	66
141	Budgie 1967-2010	Hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1967	2010	65
142	Impellitteri 1987-	Heavy metal	USA	1987	-	64
143	Black Tide 2004-	Heavy metal	USA	2004	-	63
144	White Wizzard 2007-	Heavy metal	USA	2007	-	63
145	Tygers Of Pan Tang 1978-	New wave of British heavy metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1978	-	61
146	Striker 2007-	Thrash metal Speed metal Heavy metal	Canada	2007	-	60
147	Subway To Sally 1992-	Medieval folk metal Industrial heavy metal Medieval folk metal	Germany	1992	-	60
148	Omen 1983-	Heavy metal US power metal	USA	1983	-	59
149	Deceased 1985-	Death metal Thrash metal Heavy metal	USA	1985	-	58
150	Heavens Gate 1987-1999	Heavy metal	Germany	1987	1999	57