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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	Dream Theater 1985-	Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	2771
2	Riverside 2001-	Progressive metal	Poland	2001	-	882
3	Pain Of Salvation 1984-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	Sweden	1984	-	721
4	Leprous 2001-	Progressive metal	Norway	2001	-	687
5	Haken 2007-	Progressive metal	United Kingdom	2007	-	460
6	Star One 2002-	Progressive metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	200
7	Liquid Tension Experiment 1998-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	1998	-	184
8	Shadow Gallery 1985-	Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	181
9	Caligula's Horse 2011-	Alternative metal Progressive metal	Australia	2011	-	157
10	Spiritual Beggars 1992-	Heavy metal Stoner metal	Sweden	1992	-	147
11	Nightingale 1994-	Gothic metal Progressive metal	Sweden	1994	-	145
12	James LaBrie 2005-	Progressive metal	Canada	2005	-	128
13	Psychotic Waltz 1985-	Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	124
14	The Gentle Storm 2014-	Symphonic progressive metal Acoustic Folk	The Netherlands	2014	-	81
15	Planet X 1999-	Progressive metal Fusion	USA	1999	-	61
16	Toundra 2007-	Instrumental post-metal	Spain	2007	-	61
17	Arjen Anthony Lucassen 1980-	Progressive rock	The Netherlands	1980	-	59
18	Sons Of Apollo 2017-	Progressive metal	USA	2017	-	57
19	Michael Romeo 1992-	Progressive metal	USA	1992	-	54
20	Jolly 2008-	Progressive metal	USA	2008	-	43
21	King's X 1980-	Progressive rock Progressive metal	USA	1980	-	39
22	Derek Sherinian 1996-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	USA	1996	-	34
23	Vuur 2016-	Progressive metal	The Netherlands	2016	-	34
24	Headspace 2006-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	United Kingdom	2006	-	27
25	Enchant 1989-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	USA	1989	-	22
26	Dominici 2004-	Progressive metal	USA	2004	-	14
27	Poverty's No Crime 1991-	Progressive metal	Germany	1991	-	11
28	The Safety Fire 2006-2015	Progressive metal	United Kingdom	2006	2015	11
29	D.C. Cooper 1998-	Progressive metal	USA	1998	-	8
30	Ephrat 2005-	Progressive metal	Israel	2005	-	6
31	Next To None 2013-	Progressive metal	USA	2013	-	5
32	Ray Alder 2019-	Progressive rock	USA	2019	-	3