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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
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47 - Kálmán Oláh
36 - Kenta Koie
36 - Kevin Grem
45 - Koen Romeijn
53 - Mårten Hagström
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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	Black Sabbath 1968-2017	Doom metal Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1968	2017	2948
2	Blind Guardian 1984-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1984	-	2409
3	Behemoth 1991-	Black metal Blackened death metal	Poland	1991	-	2105
4	Be'lakor 2004-	Melodic death metal	Australia	2004	-	1490
5	Bathory 1983-2004	First wave of black metal Viking black metal	Sweden	1983	2004	1260
6	Burzum 1989-	Black metal Dark Ambient Black metal Ambient	Norway France	1989	-	1152
7	Bloodbath 1998-	Death metal	Sweden	1998	-	1037
8	Bolt Thrower 1986-2016	Grindcore Death metal	United Kingdom	1986	2016	777
9	Borknagar 1995-	Melodic black metal Progressive black metal	Norway	1995	-	628
10	Between The Buried And Me 2000-	Progressive metalcore	USA	2000	-	581
11	Black Label Society 1998-	Heavy metal	USA	1998	-	493
12	Belphegor 1991-	Black metal Death metal	Austria	1991	-	442
13	Bullet For My Valentine 1998-	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	1998	-	433
14	Blut Aus Nord 1994-	Atmospheric black metal Industrial metal	France	1994	-	425
15	Before The Dawn 1999-	Melodic death metal Gothic metal	Finland	1999	-	422
16	Bruce Dickinson 1989-	Hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1989	-	415
17	Baroness 2003-	Sludge metal Stoner rock Progressive rock	USA	2003	-	412
18	Beyond Creation 2005-	Technical death metal Progressive death metal	Canada	2005	-	317
19	Barren Earth 2007-	Melodic death metal Progressive metal	Finland	2007	-	311
20	Benighted 1998-	Blackened death metal Brutal death metal Grindcore	France	1998	-	241
21	Batushka 2015-2018	Black metal	Poland	2015	2018	221
22	Brymir 2006-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	2006	-	212
23	Battle Beast 2008-	Heavy metal Power metal Pop rock	Finland	2008	-	211
24	Born Of Osiris 2003-	Progressive deathcore	USA	2003	-	198
25	Benediction 1989-	Death metal	United Kingdom	1989	-	191
26	Beast In Black 2015-	Heavy metal Power metal Pop rock	Finland	2015	-	185
27	Battlelore 1999-	Folk metal Power metal	Finland	1999	-	181
28	Black Sun Aeon 2008-2013	Melodic death metal Doom metal	Finland	2008	2013	180
29	Blue Öyster Cult 1967-	Hard rock	USA	1967	-	167
30	Bal-Sagoth 1989-	Symphonic black metal Power metal	United Kingdom	1989	-	165
31	Blackfield 2000-	Progressive rock Pop rock	Israel	2000	-	157
32	Blotted Science 2005-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2005	-	156
33	Bring Me The Horizon 2004-	Deathcore Melodic metalcore Post-hardcore Alternative rock Electronic	United Kingdom	2004	-	156
34	Blood Red Throne 1998-	Death metal	Norway	1998	-	144
35	Black Crown Initiate 2013-	Progressive death metal	USA	2013	-	141
36	Brainstorm 1989-	Power metal	Germany	1989	-	139
37	Bell Witch 2010-	Funeral doom metal	USA	2010	-	132
38	Beherit 1989-	Black metal Ambient	Finland	1989	-	128
39	Blackmore's Night 1997-	Folk rock	United Kingdom	1997	-	127
40	Blood Stain Child 2000-	Extreme power metal Trancecore Melodic death metal	Japan	2000	-	122
41	Brujeria 1989-	Grindcore Death metal	Mexico	1989	-	120
42	Babymetal 2010-	J-Pop Melodic death metal	Japan	2010	-	118
43	Bloodbound 2004-	Power metal	Sweden	2004	-	115
44	Behexen 1994-	Black metal	Finland	1994	-	110
45	Belzebubs 2002-	Melodic black metal Melodic death metal	Finland	2002	-	108
46	Blood Incantation 2011-	Death metal	USA	2011	-	108
47	Bilocate 2003-	Death doom metal Blackened death metal Extreme progressive metal	Jordan	2003	-	107
48	Beseech 1992-	Gothic metal	Sweden	1992	-	105
49	Boris 1992-	Drone doom metal Psychedelic stoner metal	Japan	1992	-	98
50	Bethlehem 1991-	Black metal Gothic rock Black metal	Germany	1991	-	97