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	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
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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: 3

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Members: 12

Guests: 653

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
51	Nanowar Of Steel 2006-	Heavy metal Power metal	Italy	2006	-	45
52	Nightmare 1979-	Heavy metal Symphonic power metal Power metal Heavy metal	France	1979	-	45
53	Nyktalgia 2001-2008	Depressive black metal	Germany	2001	2008	44
54	Night Crowned 2016-	Melodic black metal	Sweden	2016	-	43
55	Netherbird 2004-	Melodic black metal	Sweden	2004	-	42
56	Native Construct 2011-2019	Progressive metal	USA	2011	2019	41
57	Nomans Land 1996-	Doom metal Viking folk metal Viking black metal	Russia	1996	-	41
58	Night Verses 2012-	Progressive metalcore	USA	2012	-	39
59	Necrodeath 1984-	Blackened thrash metal	Italy	1984	-	38
60	Noekk 2004-	Progressive doom metal	Germany	2004	-	38
61	Nader Sadek 2011-	Death metal	USA	2011	-	37
62	Narnia 1996-	Power metal	Sweden	1996	-	37
63	Negator 2003-2021	Black metal	Germany	2003	2021	37
64	Nox Aurea 2005-	Melodic death metal Doom metal	Sweden	2005	-	37
65	Necrowretch 2008-	Death metal Black metal	France	2008	-	36
66	Negative 1997-	Suomi metal Glam metal	Finland	1997	-	35
67	Norma Jean 2001-	Metalcore	USA	2001	-	35
68	Nirvana 2002 1988-2012	Death metal	Sweden	1988	2012	34
69	Northlane 2009-	Progressive metalcore	Australia	2009	-	32
70	Nahemah 1997-2012	Symphonic black metal Progressive death metal Post-metal	Spain	1997	2012	31
71	Netherion 2010-	Death metal	Syria	2010	-	30
72	Nachtblut 2005-	Melodic black metal	Germany	2005	-	28
73	Necrot 2011-	Death metal	USA	2011	-	28
74	Nostradameus 1998-	Power metal Thrash metal	Sweden	1998	-	27
75	Nothingface 1994-2009	Nu metal Alternative metal Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	1994	2009	27
76	Nasty Savage 1983-	Thrash metal US power metal	USA	1983	-	26
77	Necronomicon 1983-	Thrash metal	Germany	1983	-	26
78	Naildown 2003-	Melodic death metal	Finland	2003	-	25
79	Nasheim 2001-	Black metal	Sweden	2001	-	25
80	Night In Gales 1995-	Melodic death metal	Germany	1995	-	25
81	Nazxul 1993-	Black metal	Australia	1993	-	24
82	Nekromantheon 2005-	Thrash metal	Norway	2005	-	24
83	Night Demon 2011-	Heavy metal	USA	2011	-	24
84	Nechochwen 2005-	Neofolk Black metal	USA	2005	-	23
85	Necros Christos 2001-2021	Black metal Death metal	Germany	2001	2021	23
86	Narjahanam 2004-	Oriental death metal Oriental black metal	Bahrain	2004	-	22
87	Need 2003-	Progressive metal	Greece	2003	-	22
88	Nero Di Marte 2007-	Progressive death metal Extreme progressive metal Alternative metal	Italy	2007	-	22
89	Nevid 2004-	Pagan folk metal	Russia	2004	-	22
90	New Keepers Of The Water Towers 2009-	Doom metal Stoner metal Progressive rock	Sweden	2009	-	22
91	Netra 2003-	Black metal Trip-Hop Ambient	France New Zealand	2003	-	21
92	Nocturna 2021-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Italy	2021	-	21
93	Naxatras 2012-	Stoner metal Psychedelic rock	Greece	2012	-	20
94	Non Est Deus 2017-	Black metal	Germany	2017	-	20
95	November-7 2005-	Heavy metal Symphonic metal Industrial metal	Switzerland	2005	-	20
96	Noble Beast 2007-	Power metal	USA	2007	-	19
97	Nazgûl 1996-	Black metal Folk metal	Italy	1996	-	17
98	Nidingr 1992-	Black metal	Norway	1992	-	17
99	Noctiferia 1992-	Black metal Death metal Industrial metal	Slovenia	1992	-	17
100	Nuclear Power Trio 2017-	Progressive metal Instrumental Jazz fusion	USA	2017	-	17