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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

Staff / Elite: 5

Members: 27

Guests: 978

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	Iron Maiden 1975-	New wave of British heavy metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1975	-	5209
2	Opeth 1990-	Extreme progressive metal Progressive metal Progressive rock	Sweden	1990	-	4916
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	-	3702
5	Slayer 1981-2019	Thrash metal	USA	1981	2019	3493
6	Amon Amarth 1988-	Melodic death metal	Sweden	1988	-	3481
7	Death 1983-2001	Death metal Progressive death metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	1983	2001	3442
8	Black Sabbath 1968-2017	Doom metal Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1968	2017	2887
9	Dream Theater 1985-	Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	2771
10	Judas Priest 1969-	Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1969	-	2686
11	Nightwish 1996-	Symphonic power metal Symphonic metal	Finland	1996	-	2536
12	Children Of Bodom 1993-2019	Extreme power metal	Finland	1993	2019	2457
13	Blind Guardian 1984-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1984	-	2376
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	2251
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	-	2132
19	Behemoth 1991-	Black metal Blackened death metal	Poland	1991	-	2077
20	Ensiferum 1995-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1995	-	2075
21	Kreator 1982-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	2070
22	Arch Enemy 1996-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1996	-	2052
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	-	1917
28	Testament 1983-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1983	-	1859
29	Helloween 1978-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1978	-	1817
30	Gojira 1996-	Progressive death metal Alternative metal	France	1996	-	1815
31	Immortal 1990-	Death metal Black metal	Norway	1990	-	1731
32	Kamelot 1991-	Symphonic power metal	USA	1991	-	1711
33	Epica 2002-	Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	1686
34	Lamb Of God 1999-	Groove thrash metal	USA	1999	-	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	-	1610
37	Mastodon 1999-	Progressive sludge metal Progressive stoner metal	USA	1999	-	1571
38	Rammstein 1994-	Industrial metal	Germany	1994	-	1562
39	Symphony X 1994-	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	USA	1994	-	1539
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	-	1498
42	Enslaved 1991-	Viking black metal Progressive black metal	Norway	1991	-	1466
43	Be'lakor 2004-	Melodic death metal	Australia	2004	-	1457
44	Paradise Lost 1988-	Death doom metal Gothic metal Doom metal Death doom metal	United Kingdom	1988	-	1442
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	-	1395
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	-	1336