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	La Torture Des Ténèbres V
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	Acid Mammoth Supersonic Megafauna Collision
	Iron Monkey Spleen & Goad
	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

Members: 6

Guests: 981

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Dark Tranquillity 1989-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1989	-	2327
2	In Flames 1990-	Gothenburg metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1990	-	2272
3	Arch Enemy 1996-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1996	-	2079
4	Eluveitie 2002-	Celtic folk metal Gothenburg metal	Switzerland	2002	-	1521
5	Hypocrisy 1990-	Death metal Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1990	-	1076
6	At The Gates 1990-	Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1990	-	1065
7	Soilwork 1995-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1995	-	860
8	Equilibrium 2001-	Viking folk metal Gothenburg metal	Germany	2001	-	810
9	Mors Principium Est 1999-	Gothenburg metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1999	-	565
10	Mercenary 1991-	Melodic death metal Thrash metal Gothenburg metal Heavy metal	Denmark	1991	-	289
11	Disarmonia Mundi 2000-	Gothenburg metal	Italy	2000	-	190
12	Sonic Syndicate 2002-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	Sweden	2002	-	139
13	MyGrain 2004-	Gothenburg metal	Finland	2004	-	107
14	Dark Age 1994-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	Germany	1994	-	68
15	Dimension Zero 1995-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1995	-	61
16	Engel 2004-	Modern gothenburg metal	Sweden	2004	-	49
17	Universum 2006-	Gothenburg metal	Australia	2006	-	45
18	Degradead 2006-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2006	-	44
19	Deals Death 2008-2016	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2008	2016	32
20	Callenish Circle 1992-2007	Gothenburg metal	The Netherlands	1992	2007	30
21	Ceremonial Oath 1988-	Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1988	-	30
22	Ultra Vomit 1999-	Grindcore Hard rock Heavy metal Gothenburg metal	France	1999	-	30
23	Faithful Darkness 2004-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2004	-	28
24	Amaran 2000-2005	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2000	2005	25
25	Infinite Tales 2007-2015	Gothenburg metal	Ukraine	2007	2015	21
26	Descending 2007-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	Greece	2007	-	20
27	Grailknights 2002-	Gothenburg metal Power metal	Germany	2002	-	19
28	Eventide 1998-	Gothenburg metal Progressive metal	Sweden	1998	-	17
29	The Blinded 2000-	Gothenburg metal Melodic metalcore	Sweden	2000	-	17
30	Tystnaden 1998-	Gothic metal Gothenburg metal	Italy	1998	-	17
31	Synestesia 2001-2012	Gothenburg metal	Finland	2001	2012	15
32	The Lurking Fear 2016-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2016	-	15
33	Fall Of Serenity 1998-	Gothenburg metal Death metal	Germany	1998	-	12
34	Shadowsphere 2000-	Gothenburg metal	Portugal	2000	-	12
35	Enforsaken 1998-2006	Gothenburg metal	USA	1998	2006	11
36	Kambrium 2005-	Gothenburg metal Symphonic power metal	Germany	2005	-	10
37	Sight Of Emptiness 2005-	Gothenburg metal	Costa Rica	2005	-	10
38	Black Earth 2016-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2016	-	8
39	The Bereaved 1998-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1998	-	8
40	Yorblind 2002-	Gothenburg metal	France	2002	-	7
41	Behind The Scenery 1996-	Gothenburg metal Progressive metal	Germany	1996	-	6
42	Crimson Death 1994-	Gothenburg metal	Peru	1994	-	6
43	Jarell 2006-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	France	2006	-	4
44	After Earth 2017-	Gothenburg metal Melodic death metal	Sweden	2017	-	2
45	Prevail In Darkness 2015-	Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2015	-	2
46	Across Silence 2010-2020	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2010	2020	1
47	Fearwell 2020-	Gothenburg metal Symphonic power metal	The Netherlands	2020	-	0
48	Hellfox 2019-	Gothic metal Gothenburg metal	Italy	2019	-	0