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ARIA nominations for hard rock/metal album Amity Affliction, Parkway Drive and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, who also have a rock album nomination

08:25 - Bad English

France send Namibia to the school bank [link]

07:04 - Lord Slothrop

I'm currently reading book 7 of the Wheel of Time series. I don't read fantasy much anymore, but I've been enjoying them. Obviously.

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	Tideless Eye Of Water
	Taine Chaos & Contemplation
	Torpor Abscission
	Primal Tyrant Saharan Gods
	TesseracT War Of Being
	Slomatics Strontium Fields
	Baroness Stone
	Cannibal Corpse Chaos Horrific
	Sylosis A Sign Of Things To Come
	Shining Shining

15.09 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2023

03.09 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #8 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

30.08 - ArcTanGent 2023

28.08 - Abattoir's Concert Hunt - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Live In Vienna); Måneskin (Live In Trieste)

23.08 - Bloodstock 2023

17.08 - Rockstadt Extreme Festival 2023

13.08 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2023

10.08 - ArtMania Festival 2023

Events Now online Today

15.10 - The Netherlands
Ultima Ratio Fest 2023 5

13.10 - The Netherlands
Soulcrusher Festival 2023 3

25.09 - Czech Republic
The Ocean & This Will Destroy You: European Tour 2023 3

29.09 - Greece
God Is An Astronaut: The Beginning Of The End Euro Tour 2023 2

06.10 - The Netherlands
ProgPower Europe 2023 2

09.10 - The Netherlands
The Ocean & This Will Destroy You: European Tour 2023 2

06.10 - Czech Republic
Ultima Ratio Fest 2023 2

Musicians' birthdays:

28 - Adrian Lenhart
41 - Alex Gindu
34 - Aliya Latypova
43 - Ben Sotto
(1958-2009) - Clarence Jenkins
49 - Cristian Giurgiu
72 - David Coverdale
37 - Dean Sykes
53 - Fabien Cortiana
39 - Francesco Paoli
52 - Freeway Migliore
38 - Fursy Teyssier
(1952-1985) - Gary Holton
42 - Giorgio "Giorgioni" Cifuni
46 - Jeremiah Riley
(1950-2007) - Kirill Babitzin
29 - Luke D. Couto
38 - Mark Kwint
45 - Moti "Butchered" Daniel
31 - Nathan Harvey
66 - Nick Cave
53 - Ole-Petter Andreassen
30 - Portia Valis Volkova
(1956-1994) - Rhett Forrester
23 - Thijs Van Der Sluijs
40 - Tim Joyce
21 - Tuure Suomalainen

RIP:

2012 - Ernani Henrique
2022 - Gord Kirchin
2019 - Nate Winger

Charts Top of 2023 Top 200

1.	Fires In The Distance Air Not Meant For Us
2.	Sworn A Journey Told Through Fire
3.	Cattle Decapitation Terrasite
4.	Ne Obliviscaris Exul
5.	Insomnium Anno 1696
6.	Thy Catafalque Alföld
7.	Hellripper Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
8.	Blackbraid Blackbraid II
9.	Saturnus The Storm Within
10.	Dying Fetus Make Them Beg For Death

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Tool 1988-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	USA	1988	-	1920
2	Testament 1983-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1983	-	1859
3	Therion 1987-	Death metal Symphonic metal	Sweden	1987	-	1336
4	Trivium 2000-	Metalcore Thrash metal Alternative metal	USA	2000	-	894
5	Turisas 1997-	Folk metal	Finland	1997	-	713
6	Type O Negative 1989-2010	Gothic metal Doom metal	USA	1989	2010	690
7	Tristania 1996-2022	Symphonic gothic metal Gothic metal	Norway	1996	2022	673
8	Tiamat 1988-	Death metal Atmospheric gothic metal	Sweden	1988	-	656
9	Týr 1998-	Folk metal	Faroe Islands	1998	-	592
10	The Gathering 1989-	Death doom metal Doom metal Atmospheric gothic metal Experimental rock	The Netherlands	1989	-	522
11	The Ocean 2000-	Post-metal Atmospheric sludge metal Hardcore Progressive metal	Germany	2000	-	431
12	Theatre Of Tragedy 1993-2010	Gothic metal Gothic industrial metal	Norway	1993	2010	430
13	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001-	Melodic death metal Metalcore	USA	2001	-	424
14	The Faceless 2004-	Deathcore Progressive death metal Technical death metal	USA	2004	-	410
15	Taake 1993-	Black metal	Norway	1993	-	394
16	TesseracT 2003-	Progressive math metal Djent	United Kingdom	2003	-	363
17	Tarja 2004-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2004	-	349
18	Thy Catafalque 1998-	Avantgarde black metal	Hungary, United Kingdom	1998	-	345
19	Triptykon 2008-	Doom metal Gothic metal	Switzerland	2008	-	345
20	The Haunted 1996-	Thrash metal Melodic death metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1996	-	323
21	Tankard 1982-	Thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	297
22	Threshold 1988-	Progressive metal	United Kingdom	1988	-	283
23	Toxic Holocaust 1999-	Blackened thrash metal Crossover thrash metal	USA	1999	-	278
24	The Agonist 2004-2023	Metalcore Melodic death metal	Canada	2004	2023	276
25	Tribulation 2001-	Thrash metal Death metal Black metal Gothic metal	Sweden	2001	-	260
26	The Dillinger Escape Plan 1997-2017	Math metal Metalcore	USA	1997	2017	239
27	Thyrfing 1995-	Viking black metal	Sweden	1995	-	234
28	Twisted Sister 1972-	Hard rock Glam metal	USA	1972	-	233
29	Textures 2001-2017	Progressive math metal	The Netherlands	2001	2017	228
30	The Foreshadowing 1999-	Doom metal Gothic metal	Italy	1999	-	223
31	The Sword 2003-2022	Doom metal Stoner metal	USA	2003	2022	202
32	Thin Lizzy 1969-	Hard rock Heavy metal	Ireland	1969	-	201
33	Trees Of Eternity 2008-2016	Gothic doom metal	Finland	2008	2016	192
34	The Ruins Of Beverast 2003-	Black metal Doom metal	Germany	2003	-	189
35	The 69 Eyes 1990-	Glam rock Punk rock Gothic metal Gothic rock	Finland	1990	-	188
36	The Sins Of Thy Beloved 1996-	Symphonic gothic metal	Norway	1996	-	185
37	The Vision Bleak 2000-	Gothic metal	Germany	2000	-	176
38	Tarot 1985-	Power metal Heavy metal	Finland	1985	-	166
39	The Crown 1998-	Death metal Thrash metal	Sweden	1998	-	157
40	The Halo Effect 2021-	Melodic death metal	Sweden	2021	-	155
41	Trail Of Tears 1996-	Gothic metal	Norway	1996	-	150
42	Terrorizer 1986-	Grindcore Death metal	USA	1986	-	142
43	Toxik 1985-	Technical thrash metal	USA	1985	-	139
44	The Kovenant 1998-	Industrial metal	Norway	1998	-	133
45	Tsjuder 1993-	Black metal	Norway	1993	-	130
46	Theocracy 2002-	Progressive power metal	USA	2002	-	127
47	Thulcandra 2003-	Melodic black metal Melodic death metal	Germany	2003	-	127
48	Thurisaz 1997-	Death doom metal Atmospheric black metal	Belgium	1997	-	127
49	Thy Art Is Murder 2006-	Technical deathcore	Australia	2006	-	126
50	Thy Light 2005-	Depressive black metal	Brazil, United Kingdom	2005	-	122