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Musicians' birthdays:

52 - Adrian Lambert
47 - Aleksander Shelepenkin
30 - Andre De La Tejera
44 - Andrea Taddei
(1982-2018) - Andrii Kopylchak
36 - Anthony Guern
52 - Christian Vidal
47 - Daniel Hans Johan Rostén
34 - Daniel Kenneth Rego
31 - Dayan Weller
21 - Ezra Chaim Pye Blumenfeld
38 - Federica Lanna
48 - Fernando Errazquin
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31 - Hunter McCarty
45 - Ian Samuel Totman
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40 - Justin Gonzales
38 - Luke Vinken
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40 - Matteo Rostirolla
45 - Melissa Ferlaak Koch
40 - Michał "Thor" Pasternak
32 - Miguel Esparza
43 - Mike Martinez
32 - Mood Yassin
(1975-2021) - Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison
31 - Nur Ismail
35 - Panos Spanos
50 - Peter Bjärgö
26 - Ramón Garcia
64 - Rich C. Berends
29 - Rik Ritzen
(1994-2020) - Robert Cotoros
50 - Roger Heim
33 - Ryan Strecker
50 - Sami Kukkohovi
(1977-2018) - Stephen J. Corridean Jr.
48 - Torsten Röhre
48 - Will Kuberski

RIP:

2000 - Alan Kalm
2011 - Brian Petrowsky
2020 - Didier Lohezic
2020 - Etsuo Nagura
2004 - James Scott Williams
2008 - K. Angylus
2022 - Randall Schuchart

Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

1.	Týr Battle Ballads
2.	My Dying Bride A Mortal Binding
3.	Ingested The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams
4.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
5.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
6.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
7.	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds
8.	Hamferð Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
9.	Belore Eastern Tales
10.	Benighted Ekbom

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Children Of Bodom 1993-2019	Extreme power metal	Finland	1993	2019	2494
2	Cannibal Corpse 1988-	Death metal	USA	1988	-	1425
3	Cradle Of Filth 1991-	Death metal Symphonic black metal Extreme gothic metal Symphonic metal	United Kingdom	1991	-	1366
4	Carcass 1985-	Grindcore Melodic death metal	United Kingdom	1985	-	1286
5	Candlemass 1984-	Epic doom metal	Sweden	1984	-	807
6	Cynic 1987-	Progressive death metal Progressive metal	USA	1987	-	670
7	Celtic Frost 1984-2008	First wave of black metal Thrash metal Avantgarde metal	Switzerland	1984	2008	665
8	Cult Of Luna 1998-	Post-metal Sludge metal	Sweden	1998	-	476
9	Cryptopsy 1988-	Death metal Brutal death metal Technical death metal	Canada	1988	-	428
10	Coroner 1985-	Technical thrash metal	Switzerland	1985	-	427
11	Carach Angren 2003-	Symphonic black metal	The Netherlands	2003	-	422
12	Cattle Decapitation 1996-	Deathgrind Death metal Grindcore Goregrind	USA	1996	-	420
13	Chimaira 1998-2014	Groove thrash metal	USA	1998	2014	318
14	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007-	Thrash metal	USA	2007	-	315
15	Carpathian Forest 1990-	Black metal	Norway	1990	-	312
16	Circus Maximus 2000-	Progressive metal	Norway	2000	-	289
17	Control Denied 1995-2001	Progressive metal	USA	1995	2001	281
18	Caladan Brood 2008-	Atmospheric black metal Folk metal	USA	2008	-	275
19	Clutch 1990-	Hard rock Stoner rock	USA	1990	-	258
20	Crematory 1991-	Gothic metal Death metal	Germany	1991	-	246
21	Catamenia 1995-	Melodic black metal Melodic death metal Heavy metal	Finland	1995	-	234
22	Converge 1990-	Metalcore Post-hardcore Mathcore	USA	1990	-	233
23	Cathedral 1989-2013	Doom metal Stoner metal	United Kingdom	1989	2013	226
24	Chthonic 1995-	Folk metal Melodic black metal Extreme power metal	Taiwan	1995	-	219
25	Cain's Offering 2005-	Power metal	Finland	2005	-	198
26	Crowbar 1989-	Sludge metal	USA	1989	-	188
27	Charon 1992-2011	Death metal Suomi metal	Finland	1992	2011	187
28	Corrosion Of Conformity 1982-	Crossover thrash metal Hardcore Stoner metal	USA	1982	-	181
29	Caligula's Horse 2011-	Alternative metal Progressive metal	Australia	2011	-	175
30	Crimson Glory 1982-	Progressive heavy metal	USA	1982	-	169
31	Cruachan 1992-	Celtic folk metal	Ireland	1992	-	145
32	Communic 2003-	Progressive heavy metal	Norway	2003	-	137
33	ColdWorld 2005-	Ambient black metal	Germany	2005	-	134
34	Conception 1989-	Thrash metal Progressive metal Power metal	Norway	1989	-	134
35	Chelsea Wolfe 2006-	Experimental rock Neofolk	USA	2006	-	132
36	Carnifex 2005-	Deathcore	USA	2005	-	130
37	Clouds 2013-	Atmospheric doom metal	United Kingdom Romania	2013	-	127
38	Caliban 1997-	Metalcore	Germany	1997	-	124
39	Celesty 1998-	Power metal	Finland	1998	-	119
40	Cephalic Carnage 1992-	Grindcore	USA	1992	-	117
41	Cobalt 2003-	Black metal	USA	2003	-	107
42	Cult Of Fire 2010-	Black metal	Czech Republic	2010	-	98
43	Cirith Ungol 1972-	Heavy metal Doom metal	USA	1972	-	97
44	Civil War 2012-	Heavy metal Power metal	Sweden	2012	-	97
45	Cellar Darling 2016-	Folk rock Folk metal Progressive metal	Switzerland	2016	-	95
46	Cinderella 1982-2014	Glam metal	USA	1982	2014	91
47	Cormorant 2007-	Melodic death metal Progressive metal	USA	2007	-	90
48	Countless Skies 2009-	Melodic death metal	United Kingdom	2009	-	88
49	Coal Chamber 1994-	Nu metal	USA	1994	-	87
50	Crimfall 2007-2018	Symphonic folk metal	Finland	2007	2018	87