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Members: 8

Guests: 981

Musicians' birthdays:

34 - Alexander Andersson
57 - Andrés Giménez
40 - Bruno Santos
34 - Bryan Boorsma
41 - Casey J. Hogan
51 - Charles Petter Andreason
25 - Chris Ward
54 - Coby Koch
68 - Douglas Pearce
45 - Francesco Bucci
(1945-2020) - Gordon Haskell
51 - Juuso Jalasmäki
47 - Kálmán Oláh
36 - Kenta Koie
36 - Kevin Grem
45 - Koen Romeijn
53 - Mårten Hagström
53 - Mauro "Tschibu" Casciero
43 - Michiel Van Der Plicht
28 - Mike Douglas Marques Miranda
48 - Mikko Korsbäck
33 - Nicoletta Rosellini
40 - Patrick Martin Stumph
73 - Paul Daniel Frehley
42 - Per Lengstedt
40 - Pierre Garcia
36 - Remi Johannesen
58 - Remo "Brögi" Broggi
(1977-2002) - Robert Charles "Rob" Lumbre
37 - Roman Borshchevsky
54 - Rusty Cooley
46 - Sami Hinkka
(1984-2010) - Sebastian "Sebbo" Gallinat
48 - Simon "Smerte" Petersen
29 - Stefano Viola
42 - Stevie Floyd
34 - Susanna Coltrè
40 - Tara McLeod
37 - Vitalis Kast
(1977-2006) - Yann Pacaud

RIP:

2022 - Erik Lund

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.	Deicide Banished By Sin

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.	In Vain Solemn
5.	Dödsrit Nocturnal Will
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	Slayer 1981-	Thrash metal	USA	1981	-	3551
2	Nightwish 1996-	Symphonic power metal Symphonic metal	Finland	1996	-	2561
3	Children Of Bodom 1993-2019	Extreme power metal	Finland	1993	2019	2494
4	Blind Guardian 1984-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1984	-	2409
5	In Flames 1990-	Gothenburg metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1990	-	2274
6	Behemoth 1991-	Black metal Blackened death metal	Poland	1991	-	2105
7	Kreator 1982-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	2096
8	Dimmu Borgir 1993-	Black metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1993	-	1999
9	Wintersun 2004-	Extreme power metal	Finland	2004	-	1945
10	Testament 1983-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1983	-	1893
11	Immortal 1990-	Death metal Black metal	Norway	1990	-	1761
12	Epica 2002-	Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	1706
13	Lamb Of God 1999-	Groove thrash metal	USA	1999	-	1698
14	Symphony X 1994-	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	USA	1994	-	1552
15	Sepultura 1984-	Death metal Thrash metal Groove thrash metal Alternative metal	Brazil	1984	-	1531
16	Eluveitie 2002-	Celtic folk metal Gothenburg metal	Switzerland	2002	-	1521
17	Enslaved 1991-	Viking black metal Progressive black metal	Norway	1991	-	1490
18	Paradise Lost 1988-	Death doom metal Gothic metal Doom metal Death doom metal	United Kingdom	1988	-	1475
19	Septicflesh 1990-	Atmospheric death metal Symphonic death metal	Greece	1990	-	1344
20	My Dying Bride 1990-	Death doom metal Gothic doom metal Death doom metal	United Kingdom	1990	-	1315
21	Carcass 1985-	Grindcore Melodic death metal	United Kingdom	1985	-	1286
22	Exodus 1980-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1980	-	1172
23	Hypocrisy 1990-	Death metal Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1990	-	1078
24	Alcest 2000-	Atmospheric black metal Shoegaze	France	2000	-	1025
25	Overkill 1980-	Thrash metal	USA	1980	-	1012
26	Sabaton 1999-	Power metal	Sweden	1999	-	1010
27	HammerFall 1993-	Power metal	Sweden	1993	-	1008
28	Vader 1983-	Death metal	Poland	1983	-	990
29	Avantasia 1999-	Symphonic power metal	Germany	1999	-	984
30	Korpiklaani 2003-	Folk metal	Finland	2003	-	933
31	Soilwork 1995-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1995	-	860
32	Edguy 1992-	Power metal	Germany	1992	-	811
33	Equilibrium 2001-	Viking folk metal Gothenburg metal	Germany	2001	-	810
34	Fleshgod Apocalypse 2007-	Symphonic death metal	Italy	2007	-	744
35	Decapitated 1996-	Technical death metal Death metal Groove metal	Poland	1996	-	722
36	Fear Factory 1989-	Death metal Industrial metal	USA	1989	-	720
37	Obscura 2002-	Progressive death metal Technical death metal	Germany	2002	-	692
38	Scar Symmetry 2004-	Melodic death metal Progressive power metal	Sweden	2004	-	660
39	Suffocation 1990-	Brutal death metal	USA	1990	-	639
40	Death Angel 1982-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1982	-	602
41	Kataklysm 1991-	Death metal	Canada	1991	-	594
42	Immolation 1986-	Death metal	USA	1986	-	593
43	As I Lay Dying 2001-	Melodic metalcore	USA	2001	-	513
44	Watain 1998-	Black metal	Sweden	1998	-	488
45	Belphegor 1991-	Black metal Death metal	Austria	1991	-	442
46	Cryptopsy 1988-	Death metal Brutal death metal Technical death metal	Canada	1988	-	428
47	Melechesh 1993-	Melodic black metal Oriental folk metal	Israel The Netherlands	1993	-	389
48	Dismember 1988-	Death metal	Sweden	1988	-	371
49	Sylosis 2000-	Melodic death metal Progressive thrash metal	United Kingdom	2000	-	360
50	Metal Church 1980-	Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1980	-	353