Featured bands

	Obsidian Tide The Grand Crescendo
	Dwaal Never Enough
	Capra Errors
	Tomb Mold The Enduring Spirit
	Kadaverficker Superkiller (A Musical Journey Between Life And Death)
	Alice Cooper Road
	Thy Art Is Murder Godlike
	Mercenary Soundtrack For The End Times
	Primordial How It Ends
	Wormhole Almost Human

01.10 - Sunn O))) - Europe Tour 2023

15.09 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2023

03.09 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #8 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

30.08 - ArcTanGent 2023

28.08 - Abattoir's Concert Hunt - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Live In Vienna); Måneskin (Live In Trieste)

23.08 - Bloodstock 2023

17.08 - Rockstadt Extreme Festival 2023

13.08 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2023

Events Now online Today

15.10 - The Netherlands
Ultima Ratio Fest 2023 5

06.10 - Czech Republic
Ultima Ratio Fest 2023 3

13.10 - The Netherlands
Soulcrusher Festival 2023 3

18.10 - Czech Republic
Saturnus & In The Woods...: European Tour 2023 2

06.10 - The Netherlands
ProgPower Europe 2023 2

27.10 - Czech Republic
Prague Death Mass IV 2

09.10 - The Netherlands
The Ocean & This Will Destroy You: European Tour 2023 2

Musicians' birthdays:

37 - Aldo Musacco
37 - Barak Paryente
48 - Chris Kerns (I)
52 - Chris McCarvill
35 - Christian Balslev Strøjer
30 - Cynthia Fernández García
57 - Damon Maddison
59 - Denis Cossette
38 - Edu Simões
28 - Elias Hugenschmidt
42 - Fabio Privitera
52 - Hans-Peter Rapp
47 - Herman Li
31 - James Hallenbeck
66 - Jaroslav Barton
53 - Jason Hook
45 - Jorge Sáez
41 - Josh Hall
27 - Jozef "Joey" Radziwill
42 - Jut Tabor
50 - Kari Rueslåtten
54 - Karlos Medina
50 - Kentha Philipson
31 - Kyle Bishop
51 - Lajon Witherspoon
34 - Lorenzo "Eddy" Masiero
29 - Lucas Nolan Synnott
40 - Marcello Del Monte
44 - Mario Giannini
37 - Matt Grosse
49 - Maxime Beaulieu (I)
41 - Miri Milman
52 - Paulo Mariz
41 - Philip Kyle Hall
50 - Renato Cezar Matos Farias
33 - Roman Johnson
48 - Roman Kravchenko
38 - Sergey Gritsai
36 - Stelios Katrakis
36 - Stephan Dietrich
38 - Thibault Faucher
61 - Thomas Lee Bass

RIP:

2002 - Darryl James DeLoach
2011 - Donald Jay Adams
2016 - Hervé "Marquis" Tasson
2003 - J.D. Kimball
2011 - Mikko Laine

Charts Top of 2023 Top 200

1.	Fires In The Distance Air Not Meant For Us
2.	Moonlight Sorcery Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
3.	Cattle Decapitation Terrasite
4.	Sworn A Journey Told Through Fire
5.	Ne Obliviscaris Exul
6.	Insomnium Anno 1696
7.	Hellripper Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
8.	Thy Catafalque Alföld
9.	Blackbraid Blackbraid II
10.	Saturnus The Storm Within

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Iron Maiden 1975-	New wave of British heavy metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1975	-	5212
2	Opeth 1990-	Extreme progressive metal Progressive metal Progressive rock	Sweden	1990	-	4917
3	Metallica 1981-	Bay Area thrash metal Heavy metal	USA	1981	-	4450
4	Megadeth 1983-	Thrash metal Heavy metal Hard rock Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1983	-	3704
5	Slayer 1981-2019	Thrash metal	USA	1981	2019	3495
6	Amon Amarth 1988-	Melodic death metal	Sweden	1988	-	3483
7	Death 1983-2001	Death metal Progressive death metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	1983	2001	3449
8	Black Sabbath 1968-2017	Doom metal Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1968	2017	2894
9	Dream Theater 1985-	Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	2772
10	Judas Priest 1969-	Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1969	-	2689
11	Nightwish 1996-	Symphonic power metal Symphonic metal	Finland	1996	-	2536
12	Children Of Bodom 1993-2019	Extreme power metal	Finland	1993	2019	2459
13	Blind Guardian 1984-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1984	-	2382
14	Agalloch 1995-2016	Atmospheric black metal Neofolk	USA	1995	2016	2303
15	Dark Tranquillity 1989-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1989	-	2287
16	Pantera 1981-2003	Heavy metal Groove thrash metal Groove metal	USA	1981	2003	2253
17	In Flames 1990-	Gothenburg metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1990	-	2236
18	Katatonia 1991-	Blackened doom metal Death doom metal Alternative rock Gothic doom metal	Sweden	1991	-	2134
19	Behemoth 1991-	Black metal Blackened death metal	Poland	1991	-	2079
20	Ensiferum 1995-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1995	-	2077
21	Kreator 1982-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	2073
22	Arch Enemy 1996-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1996	-	2054
23	Insomnium 1997-	Melodic death metal	Finland	1997	-	2043
24	Amorphis 1990-	Death metal Folk metal Progressive metal Melodic death metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1990	-	2037
25	Dimmu Borgir 1993-	Black metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1993	-	1974
26	Tool 1988-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	USA	1988	-	1920
27	Wintersun 2004-	Extreme power metal	Finland	2004	-	1919
28	Testament 1983-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1983	-	1862
29	Helloween 1978-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1978	-	1816
30	Gojira 1996-	Progressive death metal Alternative metal	France	1996	-	1815
31	Immortal 1990-	Death metal Black metal	Norway	1990	-	1731
32	Kamelot 1991-	Symphonic power metal	USA	1991	-	1713
33	Epica 2002-	Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	1686
34	Lamb Of God 1999-	Groove thrash metal	USA	1999	-	1686
35	Anathema 1990-	Death doom metal Doom metal Atmospheric rock	United Kingdom	1990	-	1621
36	Iced Earth 1985-	Heavy metal US power metal	USA	1985	-	1610
37	Mastodon 1999-	Progressive sludge metal Progressive stoner metal	USA	1999	-	1571
38	Rammstein 1994-	Industrial metal	Germany	1994	-	1563
39	Symphony X 1994-	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	USA	1994	-	1539
40	Eluveitie 2002-	Celtic folk metal Gothenburg metal	Switzerland	2002	-	1509
41	Sepultura 1984-	Death metal Thrash metal Groove thrash metal Alternative metal	Brazil	1984	-	1499
42	Enslaved 1991-	Viking black metal Progressive black metal	Norway	1991	-	1468
43	Be'lakor 2004-	Melodic death metal	Australia	2004	-	1457
44	Paradise Lost 1988-	Death doom metal Gothic metal Doom metal Death doom metal	United Kingdom	1988	-	1443
45	Emperor 1991-	Black metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1991	-	1426
46	Moonspell 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Gothic black metal Gothic metal Symphonic black metal	Portugal	1989	-	1404
47	Cannibal Corpse 1988-	Death metal	USA	1988	-	1398
48	Nile 1993-	Brutal death metal Technical death metal	USA	1993	-	1356
49	Cradle Of Filth 1991-	Death metal Symphonic black metal Extreme gothic metal Symphonic metal	United Kingdom	1991	-	1342
50	Sonata Arctica 1996-	Power metal	Finland	1996	-	1338