Featured bands

	Wormhole Almost Human
	Stone Of Duna Moonsplitter
	Rorcal Silence
	Heart Of A Coward This Place Only Brings Death
	Grymheart Hellish Hunt
	Subsignal A Poetry Of Rain
	Morokh Insomnia
	By Fire And Sword Glory
	Finsterforst Jenseits [EP]
	Night Verses Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1

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

10.08 - ArtMania Festival 2023

Events Now online Today

15.10 - The Netherlands
Ultima Ratio Fest 2023 5

13.10 - The Netherlands
Soulcrusher Festival 2023 3

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

06.10 - Czech Republic
Ultima Ratio Fest 2023 2

06.10 - The Netherlands
ProgPower Europe 2023 2

29.09 - Greece
God Is An Astronaut: The Beginning Of The End Euro Tour 2023 2

30.09 - Finland
Hexvessel 2

Musicians' birthdays:

61 - Al Pitrelli
44 - Alessandro Comerio
55 - Alex Skolnick
53 - Alexandre Da Cunha
50 - Alexey Bykov
45 - Andrea Murgia
46 - Ángel Rubín Revuelta
29 - Ashley Nicolette Frangipane
59 - Chris Notaro
48 - Christian Jost
30 - Christoffer Bråthen
40 - Felipe Plaza Kutzbach
46 - Gustav Schoerner
48 - Henrik Ohlsson
(1946-2007) - Ian Wallace
36 - Jackson "Jack" Blackburn
48 - João David
30 - Joeri Trescinski
60 - Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool
26 - Lucas "Luc" Chereault
46 - Marcus Sunesson
34 - Michael "Mike" O'Hara
14 - Patrik Mårtensson
40 - Piotr "Peter" Odrobina
27 - Ramón Valero
37 - Riccardo Grechi
(1969-2023) - Scott Joseph Franks
63 - Scott Weinrich
34 - Stelios Varotsakis
59 - Taime Downe
32 - Tobias Arvidsson
45 - Toby Driver
48 - Vitor Esteves
35 - Vladimir Nestorović
54 - Yasuharu Tanaka

RIP:

2019 - Aaron Zimpel

Charts Top of 2023 Top 200

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
251	Marilyn Manson 1989-	Industrial rock Alternative metal Industrial metal Glam rock Industrial metal Alternative rock	USA	1989	-	381
252	Dethklok 2006-	Melodic death metal	USA	2006	-	379
253	Rob Zombie 1998-	Alternative metal Industrial metal	USA	1998	-	379
254	Warbringer 2004-	Thrash metal	USA	2004	-	375
255	Allegaeon 2005-	Technical death metal Melodic death metal	USA	2005	-	373
256	Lacrimosa 1990-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Germany	1990	-	368
257	Green Carnation 1990-	Death metal Gothic metal Progressive metal	Norway	1990	-	367
258	Woods Of Ypres 2002-2011	Melodic black metal Doom metal Gothic doom metal	Canada	2002	2011	367
259	Graveworm 1992-	Symphonic black metal Gothic metal	Italy	1992	-	366
260	Dismember 1988-	Death metal	Sweden	1988	-	363
261	TesseracT 2003-	Progressive math metal Djent	United Kingdom	2003	-	363
262	Myrath 2001-	Progressive metal Oriental folk metal	Tunisia, France	2001	-	362
263	Sylosis 2000-	Melodic death metal Progressive thrash metal	United Kingdom	2000	-	358
264	Yngwie Malmsteen 1978-	Neoclassical power metal	Sweden, USA	1978	-	355
265	Kyuss 1988-1995	Stoner metal Stoner rock	USA	1988	1995	354
266	Rage 1986-	Heavy metal	Germany	1986	-	354
267	Voivod 1982-	Thrash metal Progressive metal	Canada	1982	-	354
268	Dark Moor 1994-	Symphonic power metal	Spain	1994	-	353
269	HIM 1991-2017	Suomi metal	Finland	1991	2017	350
270	Tarja 2004-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2004	-	349
271	Metal Church 1980-	Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1980	-	348
272	Thy Catafalque 1998-	Avantgarde black metal	Hungary, United Kingdom	1998	-	347
273	Triptykon 2008-	Doom metal Gothic metal	Switzerland	2008	-	346
274	Masterplan 2001-	Power metal	Germany	2001	-	343
275	Pestilence 1986-	Thrash metal Death metal Progressive death metal Technical death metal	The Netherlands	1986	-	342
276	High On Fire 1998-	Stoner metal Sludge metal	USA	1998	-	339
277	Heaven Shall Burn 1996-	Melodic death metal Metalcore	Germany	1996	-	338
278	Unleashed 1989-	Death metal	Sweden	1989	-	337
279	Danzig 1987-	Hard rock	USA	1987	-	336
280	Aborted 1995-	Brutal death metal	Belgium	1995	-	335
281	Amaranthe 2008-	Heavy metal Alternative metal	Sweden	2008	-	333
282	Old Man's Child 1989-	Thrash metal Death metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1989	-	332
283	Elvenking 1997-	Folk metal Power metal	Italy	1997	-	330
284	Evile 2004-	Thrash metal	United Kingdom	2004	-	330
285	Fates Warning 1982-	US power metal Progressive metal	USA	1982	-	329
286	Van Halen 1972-2020	Hard rock Heavy metal	USA	1972	2020	329
287	Dark Fortress 1994-2023	Melodic black metal	Germany	1994	2023	328
288	Volbeat 2001-	Heavy metal Hard rock	Denmark	2001	-	327
289	Godsmack 1995-	Alternative metal Hard rock	USA	1995	-	326
290	All That Remains 1998-	Melodic metalcore	USA	1998	-	325
291	Possessed 1983-	Death metal Thrash metal	USA	1983	-	325
292	Municipal Waste 2000-	Crossover thrash metal	USA	2000	-	324
293	Wolfheart 2013-	Melodic death metal	Finland	2013	-	324
294	The Haunted 1996-	Thrash metal Melodic death metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1996	-	323
295	Leaves' Eyes 2003-	Symphonic metal	Germany	2003	-	321
296	Suidakra 1994-	Melodic death metal Folk metal	Germany	1994	-	319
297	Novembre 1990-	Death doom metal Extreme progressive metal	Italy	1990	-	318
298	Freedom Call 1998-	Power metal	Germany	1998	-	316
299	Chimaira 1998-2014	Groove thrash metal	USA	1998	2014	315
300	Revocation 2006-	Technical death metal Thrash metal	USA	2006	-	315