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That's really great, and we're just halfway through the year! A message to all the people saying metal isn't good anymore.

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I just realise that this year's top 20 already look as strong as the 2023 one, with a top album around 8.5, and the 20th at 7.98.

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	Portrait The Host
	Inherits The Void Scars Of Yesteryears
	Wraith Fueled By Fear
	Dödsrit Nocturnal Will
	Julie Christmas Ridiculous And Full Of Blood
	Rezn Burden
	Apes Penitence
	Kvaen The Formless Fires
	Oubliette Eternity Whispers
	Crypt Sermon The Stygian Rose

	Abattoir's Concert Hunt Seventh Station (19.05-2024)
	Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! May 2024
	Abattoir's Concert Hunt The April Unpredictability (2024)
	The Road Goes Ever On My Metal Journey So Far (Part 2)
	Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #5 Awesome New Demos and EPs
	Desertfest 2024
	Abattoir's Concert Hunt The March Madness (2024)
	Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! April 2024

Events Now online Today

06.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2024 14

30.07 - Romania
Rockstadt Extreme Festival 2024 6

12.10 - Austria
Vienna Metal Meeting 2024 4

20.07 - Germany
Klash Of The Ruhrpott Festival 2024 3

26.07 - Romania
ARTmania Festival 2024 3

05.07 - Poland
Metallica: M72 World Tour 2023/24 3

03.07 - Greece
Rockwave Festival 2024 3

Musicians' birthdays:

41 - Adrien Gustin
45 - Alexander Timonin
33 - Andy Hunziker
46 - Antonio Acuña
58 - Buddy Howard Lackey
43 - Christian Lundgren
53 - Christopher "Chris" Pellow
56 - Damiano Porciani
42 - Daniel Campos
49 - Daniel Loughry
37 - Daniel Luces
53 - Demian Heftel
40 - Donald "Don" Evans
59 - Garry King
44 - Hugo Leal
53 - Jan-Erik Persson
41 - Jared Lubawski
43 - Jean Saad
62 - Joe Amore
50 - Jonas Kimbrell
42 - Josep Tordera Soler
(1964-2002) - Kevin Lum
47 - Linus Nirbrant
30 - Ludvig Andersson
52 - Michał Jasiński
45 -
58 - Ralf Gyllenhammar
52 - Robert C. "Bobby" Ferry
61 - Roddy Bottum
63 - Rolf Kasparek
39 - Rosalía Sairem
51 - Sergey Galushko
31 - Teresa Wallace
56 - Tony Jelencovich
46 - Viktor Erdős

RIP:

2017 - Eddy Groß
1995 - Maho Šiljedić
2011 - Naima J. Katechis Rey

Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

1.	Alcest Les Chants De L'Aurore
2.	Ulcerate Cutting The Throat Of God
3.	Evergrey Theories Of Emptiness
4.	Kvaen The Formless Fires
5.	Crypt Sermon The Stygian Rose
6.	Seven Spires A Fortress Called Home
7.	Sear Bliss Heavenly Down
8.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
9.	Cavalera Conspiracy Schizophrenia (Re-Recorded)
10.	Hail Spirit Noir Fossil Gardens

1.	Megadeth Rust In Peace
2.	Death Symbolic
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.	Ulcerate Cutting The Throat Of God
3.	Wormwood The Star
4.	Cavalera Conspiracy Schizophrenia (Re-Recorded)
5.	Sgàile Traverse The Bealach
6.	Hail Spirit Noir Fossil Gardens
7.	Alcest Les Chants De L'Aurore
8.	In Vain Solemn
9.	Sear Bliss Heavenly Down
10.	Dödsrit Nocturnal Will

	Band - Album	Year	Type	Style	Rating	Votes	Rev.
94291	Bong - Bong At Tyneside Cinema June 12th 2009 Live Psychedelic doom	2009	Live	Psychedelic doom
94292	Abaxial - Calibre Demo Thrash	1996	Demo
94293	VA - Scandinavian Metal Attack VA First wave of black	1984	VA	First wave of black	8 (1)	1
94294	Witherfall - They Will Let You Down Single Progressive power	2024	Single	Progressive power
94295	Shores Of Null - Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying) Blackened doom	2020	Studio	Blackened doom	8 (44)	44	1
94296	Scythe (USA-IL) - Beware The Scythe Blackened thrash	2012	Studio	Blackened thrash
94297	Invincible Force - Hell's Damnation Split Thrash, Black, Death	2015	Split
94298	Ambivalence - A Land Of Myth & Magic Death doom	2015	Studio	Death doom
94299	Hybreed Chaos - Subliminal Abyssal Carnage Brutal death	2024	Studio	Brutal death	5.2 (6)	6
94300	Danzig - Mother '93 Single Hard rock	1993	Single		8.5 (6)	6
94301	Warlord - From The Ashes To The Archives - The Hot Pursuit Continues Heavy, Power	2024	Studio
94302	Helix - Rockin' In My Outer Space Hard rock, Heavy	2004	Studio		6 (2)	2
94303	The Plot In You - Left Behind Single Metalcore	2023	Single
94304	Skelethal - Morbid Ovation Demo Death	2012	Demo		9 (1)	1
94305	Manzer - Orgy And Profanity EP Black, Thrash	2011	EP
94306	Blazon Stone - Return To Port Royal: Definite Edition Speed, Heavy	2020	Studio		7.8 (15)	15
94307	Black Sabbath - Blackest Sabbath/Black Sabbath 1970-1987 Compilation Heavy, Hard rock	1989	Comp		8 (3)	3
94308	Divlje Jagode - The Love Collection Comp Heavy, Hard rock	2011	Comp
94309	Dira Mortis - Psalms Of Morbid Existence Death	2015	Studio		7 (2)	2
94310	The Accüsed - Paint It Red Single Crossover thrash	2002	Single	Crossover thrash
94311	Tyrant Of Death - Generation Bliss Extreme industrial	2011	Studio	Extreme industrial	7 (2)	2
94312	Moon (POL) - Devil's Return Comp Black, Death	2010	Comp		7.5 (2)	2
94313	The Rain I Bleed - Narcissist Progressive symphonic	2011	Studio	Progressive symphonic	7.6 (13)	13
94314	Converge - Downpour/Serial Killer EP Metalcore, Mathcore	1997	EP	Mathcore	7 (1)	1
94315	Caedes Cruenta - Σκιές Δαιμόνων Black	2010	Studio		7.5 (2)	2
94316	Phantom Druid - Stages Of Twilight Doom	2021	Studio		6.5 (4)	4
94317	Gun Barrel - Brace For Impact Heavy, Power	2012	Studio		7.1 (7)	7
94318	The Iniquity Descent - The Human Apheresis Black	2012	Studio		8.6 (5)	5
94319	Carnal Savagery - Fiendish Death	2021	Studio		7.3 (19)	19
94320	Cara Neir - Phase Out: Original Game Soundtrack EP Experimental black	2021	EP	Experimental black	5.5 (2)	2