Featured bands

	Heart Of A Coward This Place Only Brings Death
	Grymheart Hellish Hunt
	Subsignal A Poetry Of Rain
	Morokh Insomnia
	By Fire And Sword Glory
	Finsterforst Jenseits [EP]
	Night Verses Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1
	Deitus Irreversible
	Fossilization Leprous Daylight
	1476 In Exile

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

06.10 - The Netherlands
ProgPower Europe 2023 2

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

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

30.09 - Finland
Hexvessel 2

28.09 - Canada
Cannibal Corpse & Mayhem: North American Tour 2023 2

Musicians' birthdays:

34 - Adriano Crasnich
58 - Albert Kuvezin
36 - Alexey Hobbit Saprikin
41 - Ariel Perchuk
61 - Atsushi Yokozeki
52 - Carlo Andrea Magnani
58 - Chris Grillo
40 - Dmitriy Safronov
33 - Erik Bartow
34 - Fabio Gatto
58 - Gábor Vörös
49 - Jack Tyger
47 - Jérôme Thomas
41 - Jon King
34 - Josenílton Silva
52 - Kári Streymoy
56 - Mikhail Svetlov
37 - Monique Hernandez
42 - Mynni Luukkainen
49 - Nicolas Dimitri Jungi
42 - Ola Englund
41 - Osvald "Vald" Egeland
51 - Philip Von Segebaden
43 - Raimundo Correa
28 - Ronnie Cabascango
51 - Salvatore "Chicco" Parisi
40 - Shannon Lucas
32 - Spyros Lafias
35 - Stanimir Petrov
54 - Todd Michael Hall
37 - Tymoteusz "Tymek" Jędrzejczyk
48 - Vadim Pashutin
38 - Vladimir Dedović
44 - Youri Raymond

RIP:

1996 - Andy Waitkus
1986 - Clifford Lee Burton
2016 - Mike "Taffy" Taylor
2007 - Mikey Donaldson
2012 - Simon Oberender

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.	Hellripper Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
7.	Blackbraid Blackbraid II
8.	Thy Catafalque Alföld
9.	Dying Fetus Make Them Beg For Death
10.	Saturnus The Storm Within

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Iron Maiden 1975-	New wave of British heavy metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1975	-	5211
2	Opeth 1990-	Extreme progressive metal Progressive metal Progressive rock	Sweden	1990	-	4919
3	Metallica 1981-	Bay Area thrash metal Heavy metal	USA	1981	-	4450
4	Megadeth 1983-	Thrash metal Heavy metal Hard rock Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1983	-	3703
5	Slayer 1981-2019	Thrash metal	USA	1981	2019	3494
6	Amon Amarth 1988-	Melodic death metal	Sweden	1988	-	3483
7	Death 1983-2001	Death metal Progressive death metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	1983	2001	3448
8	Black Sabbath 1968-2017	Doom metal Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1968	2017	2889
9	Dream Theater 1985-	Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	2773
10	Judas Priest 1969-	Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1969	-	2688
11	Nightwish 1996-	Symphonic power metal Symphonic metal	Finland	1996	-	2536
12	Children Of Bodom 1993-2019	Extreme power metal	Finland	1993	2019	2459
13	Blind Guardian 1984-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1984	-	2380
14	Agalloch 1995-2016	Atmospheric black metal Neofolk	USA	1995	2016	2304
15	Dark Tranquillity 1989-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1989	-	2286
16	Pantera 1981-2003	Heavy metal Groove thrash metal Groove metal	USA	1981	2003	2252
17	In Flames 1990-	Gothenburg metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1990	-	2234
18	Katatonia 1991-	Blackened doom metal Death doom metal Alternative rock Gothic doom metal	Sweden	1991	-	2134
19	Behemoth 1991-	Black metal Blackened death metal	Poland	1991	-	2079
20	Ensiferum 1995-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1995	-	2075
21	Kreator 1982-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	2071
22	Arch Enemy 1996-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1996	-	2053
23	Insomnium 1997-	Melodic death metal	Finland	1997	-	2043
24	Amorphis 1990-	Death metal Folk metal Progressive metal Melodic death metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1990	-	2037
25	Dimmu Borgir 1993-	Black metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1993	-	1973
26	Tool 1988-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	USA	1988	-	1920
27	Wintersun 2004-	Extreme power metal	Finland	2004	-	1918
28	Testament 1983-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1983	-	1860
29	Helloween 1978-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1978	-	1817
30	Gojira 1996-	Progressive death metal Alternative metal	France	1996	-	1816
31	Immortal 1990-	Death metal Black metal	Norway	1990	-	1731
32	Kamelot 1991-	Symphonic power metal	USA	1991	-	1712
33	Lamb Of God 1999-	Groove thrash metal	USA	1999	-	1687
34	Epica 2002-	Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	1686
35	Anathema 1990-	Death doom metal Doom metal Atmospheric rock	United Kingdom	1990	-	1621
36	Iced Earth 1985-	Heavy metal US power metal	USA	1985	-	1611
37	Mastodon 1999-	Progressive sludge metal Progressive stoner metal	USA	1999	-	1571
38	Rammstein 1994-	Industrial metal	Germany	1994	-	1563
39	Symphony X 1994-	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	USA	1994	-	1540
40	Eluveitie 2002-	Celtic folk metal Gothenburg metal	Switzerland	2002	-	1508
41	Sepultura 1984-	Death metal Thrash metal Groove thrash metal Alternative metal	Brazil	1984	-	1499
42	Enslaved 1991-	Viking black metal Progressive black metal	Norway	1991	-	1467
43	Be'lakor 2004-	Melodic death metal	Australia	2004	-	1458
44	Paradise Lost 1988-	Death doom metal Gothic metal Doom metal Death doom metal	United Kingdom	1988	-	1444
45	Emperor 1991-	Black metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1991	-	1426
46	Moonspell 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Gothic black metal Gothic metal Symphonic black metal	Portugal	1989	-	1405
47	Cannibal Corpse 1988-	Death metal	USA	1988	-	1398
48	Nile 1993-	Brutal death metal Technical death metal	USA	1993	-	1356
49	Cradle Of Filth 1991-	Death metal Symphonic black metal Extreme gothic metal Symphonic metal	United Kingdom	1991	-	1342
50	Sonata Arctica 1996-	Power metal	Finland	1996	-	1338