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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: 4

Guests: 937

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	Nightwish 1996-	Symphonic power metal Symphonic metal	Finland	1996	-	2559
2	Nile 1993-	Brutal death metal Technical death metal	USA	1993	-	1368
3	Nevermore 1991-2011	Heavy metal Progressive metal Thrash metal	USA	1991	2011	1243
4	Ne Obliviscaris 2003-	Extreme progressive metal	Australia	2003	-	803
5	Necrophagist 1992-	Technical death metal	Germany	1992	-	696
6	Napalm Death 1981-	Hardcore Punk Grindcore	United Kingdom	1981	-	657
7	Norther 1996-2012	Extreme power metal	Finland	1996	2012	517
8	Nine Inch Nails 1988-	Industrial rock Industrial metal	USA	1988	-	444
9	Neurosis 1985-	Post-hardcore Atmospheric sludge metal Post-metal	USA	1985	-	419
10	Novembers Doom 1989-	Death doom metal Melodic death metal	USA	1989	-	386
11	Novembre 1990-	Death doom metal Extreme progressive metal	Italy	1990	-	322
12	Negură Bunget 1995-2017	Black metal Folk metal	Romania	1995	2017	288
13	Necrophobic 1989-	Melodic death metal Melodic black metal	Sweden	1989	-	268
14	Naglfar 1992-	Melodic black metal	Sweden	1992	-	243
15	Nuclear Assault 1984-	Thrash metal	USA	1984	-	239
16	Nocturnal Rites 1990-	Death metal Power metal	Sweden	1990	-	195
17	Noumena 1998-	Melodic death metal	Finland	1998	-	182
18	Nargaroth 1996-	Black metal	Germany	1996	-	166
19	Nightrage 2000-	Melodic death metal	Greece Sweden	2000	-	157
20	Nachtmystium 2000-	Black metal Psychedelic black metal	USA	2000	-	153
21	Nightingale 1994-	Gothic metal Progressive metal	Sweden	1994	-	146
22	Nocturnus 1987-2002	Atmospheric death metal	USA	1987	2002	125
23	Nasum 1993-2005	Grindcore	Sweden	1993	2005	122
24	Neurotech 2007-	Industrial metal Symphonic metal	Slovenia	2007	-	122
25	Nortt 1995-	Funeral doom metal Black metal	Denmark	1995	-	95
26	Nails 2007-	Grindcore Hardcore Punk	USA	2007	-	91
27	Nervosa 2010-	Thrash metal	Brazil	2010	-	91
28	Northern Kings 2007-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2007	-	90
29	Neuraxis 1994-	Technical death metal	Canada	1994	-	87
30	Nocturnal Depression 2004-	Depressive black metal	France	2004	-	84
31	Nervecell 2000-	Hardcore Death metal	UAE	2000	-	78
32	Nightfall 1991-	Melodic death metal	Greece	1991	-	77
33	Nemesea 2002-	Symphonic gothic metal Gothic rock	The Netherlands	2002	-	76
34	Newsted 2012-	Heavy metal	USA	2012	-	70
35	Numenorean 2011-2021	Post-metal Black metal	Canada	2011	2021	70
36	Nekrogoblikon 2006-	Extreme folk metal Extreme power metal Melodic death metal	USA	2006	-	69
37	Nifelheim 1990-	Black metal Speed metal	Sweden	1990	-	67
38	Neaera 2003-	Melodic death metal Metalcore	Germany	2003	-	66
39	Nocte Obducta 1995-	Black metal Progressive black metal Avantgarde black metal	Germany	1995	-	62
40	Nagelfar 1993-2002	Black metal	Germany	1993	2002	61
41	Northland 2004-	Melodic death metal Extreme folk metal	Spain	2004	-	59
42	Necrophagia 1983-	Death metal	USA	1983	-	58
43	Noctem 2001-	Death metal Melodic black metal	Spain	2001	-	53
44	Nordjevel 2015-	Black metal	Norway	2015	-	53
45	Nailbomb 1994-1995	Industrial thrash metal	Brazil	1994	1995	51
46	Nocturnus AD 1999-	Atmospheric death metal Technical death metal	USA	1999	-	50
47	Nailed To Obscurity 2005-	Death doom metal	Germany	2005	-	49
48	Nightbringer 1999-	Black metal	USA	1999	-	49
49	Nadja 2002-	Ambient Drone Doom metal	Canada	2002	-	48
50	Nothgard 2008-	Melodic death metal Pagan black metal	Germany	2008	-	46