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31.07 - Romania
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20.07 - Germany
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17.05 - Germany
Rock Hard Festival 2024 3

12.10 - Austria
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Musicians' birthdays:

29 - Alex Joven
35 - Ali Richardson
45 - Andrea "Andy" Martongelli
47 - Andreas Bergh
42 - Andriy Kholod
65 - Anthony Charles "Tony" Wakeford
46 - Bruno Fernandes
44 - Charles Tremblay-Laroche
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41 - Dave Grant
43 - Dennis Otto
48 - Didier Roumen
33 - Fabian Jiru
51 - Frode Forsmo
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54 - Glenn Ljungström
49 - Glenn Morten Nordbø
53 - Hans Platz
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32 - Jake Dreyer
33 - James Benson
44 - Jarno Markus
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39 - Joni Koskinen
60 - Joseph "Joe" Comeau
32 - Kevin Alexander La Palerma
34 - Kevin Facella
43 - Leonardo Gacitúa
36 - Linda Toni Grahn
39 - Luciana Catananti
31 - Massimiliano Maxwell "Max" Foti
31 - Mateusz "Orlen" Szrama
60 - Michael "Mike" Gonzalez
41 - Niklas Olniansky
43 - Rina Satou
52 - Rui Duarte
38 - Sandra van Eldik
44 - Sebastián Pastor
49 - Sergi Sáez González
41 - Sergio Fernández Ribnikov
35 - Sergio González Fernández
47 - Seth van de Loo
37 - Stephen Daniel Mashburn
50 - Steve Shalaty
46 - Stian Lægreid
39 - Todor Krasimirov
36 - Travis Whiting
41 - Weronika Zbieg
51 - Yan Maillard
57 - Žanil Tataj

RIP:

2018 - Emanuele Antonini
1998 - Hideto Matsumoto
2013 - Jeffrey John "Jeff" Hanneman
2009 - Jonathan Matthew "Jon" Blank

Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

1.	My Dying Bride A Mortal Binding
2.	Accept Humanoid
3.	Týr Battle Ballads
4.	Ingested The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams
5.	Darkthrone It Beckons Us All......
6.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
7.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
8.	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds
9.	Necrot Lifeless Birth
10.	Blaze Of Perdition Upharsin

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
151	Lord Agheros 1999-	Extreme gothic metal	Italy	1999	-	4
152	Lord Elephant 2016-	Stoner metal	Italy	2016	-	1
153	Lord Vampyr 2004-	Black metal Gothic metal	Italy	2004	-	15
154	LoreWeaver 2008-2016	Progressive metal	Italy	2008	2016	1
155	Lorn 1999-	Black metal	Italy	1999	-	6
156	Luca Sellitto 2019-	Neoclassical power metal	Italy	2019	-	1
157	Luca Turilli 1999-2011	Symphonic power metal	Italy	1999	2011	219
158	Luca Turilli's Dreamquest 2005-2011	Electronic symphonic metal	Italy	2005	2011	60
159	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody 2011-	Symphonic power metal	Italy	2011	-	227
160	Lucio Manca 2012-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	Italy	2012	-	0
161	Lunarsea 2003-	Melodic death metal	Italy	2003	-	43
162	Lunocode 2004-	Power metal Progressive power metal	Italy	2004	-	0
163	LVA 2014-	Black metal	Italy	2014	-	1
164	Light Bringer 2005-	Power metal	Japan	2005	-	7
165	Lightning 2002-	Heavy metal Power metal	Japan	2002	-	1
166	Liv Moon 2009-	Symphonic metal	Japan	2009	-	19
167	Loudness 1981-	Hard rock Heavy metal	Japan	1981	-	81
168	Lovebites 2016-	Power metal	Japan	2016	-	37
169	Legend (JER) 1980-	New Wave Of British heavy metal Heavy metal	Jersey	1980	-	3
170	Legacy ID 2012-	Progressive metal	Latvia	2012	-	1
171	Līvi 1976-	Hard rock Heavy metal Progressive rock	Latvia	1976	-	7
172	Lureaway 2015-	Symphonic metal	Latvia	2015	-	2
173	Luctus 2001-	Black metal Thrash metal	Lithuania	2001	-	10
174	Le Grand Guignol 1996-	Symphonic black metal Avantgarde black metal	Luxembourg	1996	-	39
175	Lysithea 2010-	Melodic doom metal	New Zealand	2010	-	4
176	Lamented Souls 1991-	Doom metal	Norway	1991	-	22
177	Legacy Of Emptiness 2010-	Symphonic black metal	Norway	2010	-	4
178	Leprous 2001-	Progressive metal	Norway	2001	-	693
179	Liklukt 1994-	Death metal	Norway	1994	-	0
180	Limbonic Art 1993-	Symphonic black metal Black metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1993	-	202
181	Lonely Kamel 2005-	Stoner rock	Norway	2005	-	2
182	Lumsk 2000-	Viking folk metal	Norway	2000	-	80
183	Lunaris 1998-	Progressive black metal	Norway	1998	-	12
184	LaNinia 2018-	Metalcore Groove metal	Poland	2018	-	0
185	Licho 2011-	Experimental black metal	Poland	2011	-	1
186	Lifeless Gaze 2017-	Funeral doom metal Blackened doom metal	Poland	2017	-	1
187	Lost Soul 1990-	Technical death metal	Poland	1990	-	60
188	Luminaria 2002-2007	Gothic doom metal	Poland	2002	2007	4
189	Luna Ad Noctum 1998-	Symphonic black metal	Poland	1998	-	16
190	Lux Occulta 1994-	Atmospheric black metal Avantgarde black metal Extreme avantgarde metal	Poland	1994	-	53
191	Lyrre 2022-	Medieval folk metal	Poland	2022	-	2
192	Lacrau 2019-	Blackened doom metal Depressive black metal	Portugal	2019	-	1
193	Lightborn 2016-2019	Progressive power metal	Portugal	2016	2019	0
194	Lord Of Confusion 2018-	Psychedelic doom metal Stoner metal	Portugal	2018	-	1
195	Lost Kingdom 2016-	Industrial metal	Portugal	2016	-	0
196	Last Performance 2008-	Symphonic metal	Russia	2008	-	1
197	Louna 2008-	Nu metal Alternative rock	Russia	2008	-	8
198	Lunar Pocket 2009-	Progressive doom metal	Serbia	2009	-	0
199	Lamentations 2013-	Progressive death metal	Singapore USA	2013	-	9
200	Lunatic Gods 1993-	Atmospheric black metal Death doom metal	Slovak Republic	1993	-	19