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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
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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.	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.	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	Arcturus 1990-	Avantgarde black metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	1990	-	710
2	Saturnus 1991-	Death metal Gothic doom metal	Denmark	1991	-	681
3	Empyrium 1994-	Doom metal Folk metal Neofolk	Germany	1994	-	603
4	Falkenbach 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Viking folk metal	Germany	1989	-	395
5	Novembers Doom 1989-	Death doom metal Melodic death metal	USA	1989	-	386
6	Negură Bunget 1995-2017	Black metal Folk metal	Romania	1995	2017	288
7	Antimatter 1998-	Atmospheric rock	United Kingdom	1998	-	285
8	Les Discrets 2003-	Black metal Shoegaze	France	2003	-	248
9	A Forest Of Stars 2007-	Atmospheric black metal	United Kingdom	2007	-	234
10	Disillusion 1994-	Extreme progressive metal Progressive metal	Germany	1994	-	213
11	Fen 2006-	Atmospheric black metal Post-rock	United Kingdom	2006	-	198
12	The Vision Bleak 2000-	Gothic metal	Germany	2000	-	179
13	Xasthur 1995-	Depressive black metal	USA	1995	-	171
14	Nachtmystium 2000-	Black metal Psychedelic black metal	USA	2000	-	154
15	Lifelover 2005-2015	Depressive black metal Post-punk	Sweden	2005	2015	129
16	Lantlôs 2005-	Atmospheric black metal Post-rock	Germany	2005	-	108
17	Austere 2007-	Depressive black metal	Australia	2007	-	107
18	Bethlehem 1991-	Black metal Gothic rock Black metal	Germany	1991	-	97
19	Dornenreich 1996-	Melodic black metal Acoustic rock Ambient Neofolk	Austria	1996	-	82
20	Secrets Of The Moon 1995-2022	Black metal Gothic metal	Germany	1995	2022	76
21	Sun Of The Sleepless 1999-	Ambient Black metal Doom metal	Germany	1999	-	66
22	Klimt 1918 1999-	Shoegaze Atmospheric rock	Italy	1999	-	63
23	Dark Suns 1997-	Progressive death metal Progressive metal Extreme progressive metal Progressive rock	Germany	1997	-	61
24	Sunset In The 12th House 2011-	Post-metal Post-rock Psychedelic rock	Romania	2011	-	54
25	Fortíð 2002-	Black metal	Iceland	2002	-	40
26	Noekk 2004-	Progressive doom metal	Germany	2004	-	38
27	Germ 2003-	Depressive black metal Electronica Shoegaze	Australia	2003	-	35
28	Todesbonden 2003-	Atmospheric doom metal Atmospheric gothic metal	USA	2003	-	30
29	Katla. 2015-	Post-metal	Iceland	2015	-	29
30	Arð 2019-	Doom metal	United Kingdom	2019	-	25
31	Farsot 1999-	Black metal	Germany	1999	-	25
32	Laster 2012-	Atmospheric black metal	The Netherlands	2012	-	17
33	Vemod 2000-	Black metal	Norway	2000	-	16
34	Kall 2012-	Depressive black metal	Sweden	2012	-	13
35	Khôrada 2016-2019	Post-metal	USA	2016	2019	13
36	Nhor 2009-	Atmospheric black metal Doom metal Ambient Folk	United Kingdom	2009	-	13
37	E-L-R 2016-	Post-metal	Switzerland	2016	-	12
38	Lotus Thief 2012-	Experimental rock Post-metal	USA	2012	-	12
39	Stille Volk 1994-	Medieval folk metal	France	1994	-	12
40	Nucleus Torn 1997-	Alternative metal Neofolk	Switzerland	1997	-	9
41	Aureole 2013-	Ambient black metal	USA	2013	-	8
42	Drown 2018-	Funeral doom metal	USA	2018	-	8
43	Eight Bells 2010-	Post-metal	USA	2010	-	8
44	Cavernous Gate 2019-	Atmospheric black metal Neofolk	Germany	2019	-	7
45	Völur 2013-	Atmospheric doom metal Folk metal	Canada	2013	-	6
46	Paragon Of Beauty 1994-	Gothic metal	Germany	1994	-	4
47	Gospelheim 2020-	Gothic metal	United Kingdom	2020	-	2
48	Tar Pond 2015-	Doom metal	Switzerland	2015	-	2
49	Perchta 2017-	Atmospheric black metal Folk metal	Austria	2017	-	1