Featured bands

	Downfall Of Gaia Silhouettes Of Disgust
	TDK Nemesta
	Eyes Congratulations
	Transgressive Extreme Transgression
	Gorod The Orb
	Vitriolic Sage 梦路
	Kamelot The Awakening
	Ikarie Arde
	Entropia Total
	Fredlös Fredlös

17.03 - E-an-na - Alveolar Release Party, Bucharest, Romania, 16.03.2023

12.03 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2023

05.03 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #2 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

15.02 - Leprous & Monuments - Aphelion European Tour, O2 Empire Shepherd's Bush, London, UK, 07.02.2023

11.02 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - January 2023

08.02 - Katatonia - Helitehas, Tallinn, Estonia, 22.01.2023

04.02 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #1 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

29.01 - A Year In Metal - 2022: Highlights Through The Eyes Of The MS Staff And Official Contributors

Events Now online Today

09.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2023 8

21.04 - Serbia
Soilwork & Kataklysm: European Tour 2023 7

02.08 - Romania
Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2023 4

21.04 - Spain
Draconian & Swallow The Sun: European Tour 2023 4

20.04 - The Netherlands
Roadburn Festival 2023 3

06.04 - The Netherlands
Draconian & Swallow The Sun: European Tour 2023 3

29.03 - Czech Republic
Cult Of Luna & Russian Circles: European Tour 2023 3

Staff / Elite: 1

Starvynth

Members: 19

Guests: 758

Musicians' birthdays:

42 - Amaury
44 - Ana Lara
71 - Andrew Maynard "Andy" Parker
51 - Andy Galeon
42 - Arturo Vargas
61 - Christian Logue
36 - Cláudio Melo
40 - Damjan Deurić
60 - Doru "Boro" Borobeică
34 - Flora Capello
43 - Grzegorz "Celej" Celejewski
38 - Helen Cox
79 - Hideki Ishima
34 - Jan "Słoma" Słomski
37 - Juan Carlos Chávez Stopol
36 - Juan Sebastian Garces
49 - Jussi Koponen
50 - Knut Egil Tøftum
28 - Lewis Rimmer
45 - Marko Tarvonen
32 - Max Warnby
34 - Nikolaus Lambrecht
64 - Nobuo Uematsu
63 - Robert Lee Sweet
55 - Robert Soeterboek
(1963-2003) - Shawn Lane
62 - Toshihiro Takeuchi

RIP:

2017 - Gabriel Mafa
2008 - John Fowler

Charts Top of 2023 Top 200

1.	Insomnium Anno 1696
2.	Enslaved Heimdal
3.	Hellripper Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
4.	Riverside ID.Entity
5.	Suotana Ounas I
6.	...And Oceans As In Gardens, So In Tombs
7.	Kauan ATM Revised

1.	Death Symbolic
2.	Megadeth Rust In Peace
3.	Judas Priest Painkiller
4.	Metallica Ride The Lightning
5.	Metallica Master Of Puppets
6.	Opeth Blackwater Park
7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
8.	Iron Maiden Powerslave
9.	Death The Sound Of Perseverance
10.	Agalloch The Mantle

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Dark Tranquillity 1989-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1989	-	2273
2	In Flames 1990-	Gothenburg metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1990	-	2221
3	Arch Enemy 1996-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1996	-	2040
4	Eluveitie 2002-	Celtic folk metal Gothenburg metal	Switzerland	2002	-	1505
5	Hypocrisy 1990-	Death metal Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1990	-	1057
6	At The Gates 1990-	Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1990	-	1044
7	Soilwork 1995-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1995	-	844
8	Equilibrium 2001-	Viking folk metal Gothenburg metal	Germany	2001	-	808
9	Mors Principium Est 1999-	Gothenburg metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1999	-	550
10	Mercenary 1991-	Melodic death metal Thrash metal Gothenburg metal Heavy metal	Denmark	1991	-	281
11	Disarmonia Mundi 2000-	Gothenburg metal	Italy	2000	-	189
12	Sonic Syndicate 2002-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	Sweden	2002	-	136
13	MyGrain 2004-	Gothenburg metal	Finland	2004	-	108
14	Dark Age 1994-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	Germany	1994	-	66
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	-	43
19	Deals Death 2008-2016	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2008	2016	31
20	Ceremonial Oath 1988-	Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1988	-	30
21	Ultra Vomit 1999-	Grindcore Hard rock Heavy metal Gothenburg metal	France	1999	-	30
22	Callenish Circle 1992-2007	Gothenburg metal	The Netherlands	1992	2007	28
23	Faithful Darkness 2004-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2004	-	27
24	Amaran 2000-2005	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2000	2005	25
25	Descending 2007-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	Greece	2007	-	21
26	Infinite Tales 2007-2015	Gothenburg metal	Ukraine	2007	2015	21
27	Grailknights 2002-	Gothenburg metal Power metal	Germany	2002	-	19
28	The Blinded 2000-	Gothenburg metal Melodic metalcore	Sweden	2000	-	17
29	Tystnaden 1998-	Gothic metal Gothenburg metal	Italy	1998	-	17
30	Eventide 1998-	Gothenburg metal Progressive metal	Sweden	1998	-	16
31	Synestesia 2001-2012	Gothenburg metal	Finland	2001	2012	15
32	The Lurking Fear 2016-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2016	-	13
33	Fall Of Serenity 1998-	Gothenburg metal Death metal	Germany	1998	-	11
34	Shadowsphere 2000-	Gothenburg metal	Portugal	2000	-	11
35	Enforsaken 1998-2006	Gothenburg metal	USA	1998	2006	10
36	Sight Of Emptiness 2005-	Gothenburg metal	Costa Rica	2005	-	10
37	Kambrium 2005-	Gothenburg metal Symphonic power metal	Germany	2005	-	9
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	Across Silence 2010-2020	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2010	2020	0
45	Fearwell 2020-	Gothenburg metal Symphonic power metal	The Netherlands	2020	-	0
46	Hellfox 2019-	Gothic metal Gothenburg metal	Italy	2019	-	0
47	Prevail In Darkness 2015-	Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	2015	-	0