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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	In Flames 1990-	Gothenburg metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1990	-	2234
2	Tool 1988-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	USA	1988	-	1920
3	Gojira 1996-	Progressive death metal Alternative metal	France	1996	-	1815
4	Sepultura 1984-	Death metal Thrash metal Groove thrash metal Alternative metal	Brazil	1984	-	1498
5	System Of A Down 1995-	Alternative metal	USA	1995	-	1206
6	Slipknot 1995-	Alternative metal Nu metal	USA	1995	-	1194
7	Machine Head 1992-	Groove thrash metal Alternative metal Progressive thrash metal Alternative metal	USA	1992	-	1127
8	Within Temptation 1996-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal Alternative metal	The Netherlands	1996	-	1092
9	Trivium 2000-	Metalcore Thrash metal Alternative metal	USA	2000	-	894
10	Disturbed 1996-	Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	1996	-	711
11	Lacuna Coil 1994-	Gothic metal Alternative metal	Italy	1994	-	710
12	Korn 1993-	Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	1993	-	683
13	Avenged Sevenfold 1999-	Metalcore Alternative metal Heavy metal Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	USA	1999	-	600
14	Soen 2004-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	Sweden	2004	-	529
15	Deftones 1988-	Alternative metal Nu metal	USA	1988	-	483
16	Ghost Brigade 2005-2020	Post-metal Alternative metal	Finland	2005	2020	446
17	Rage Against The Machine 1991-	Alternative metal Nu metal	USA	1991	-	438
18	Faith No More 1981-	Alternative metal	USA	1981	-	435
19	Marilyn Manson 1989-	Industrial rock Alternative metal Industrial metal Glam rock Industrial metal Alternative rock	USA	1989	-	381
20	Rob Zombie 1998-	Alternative metal Industrial metal	USA	1998	-	379
21	Amaranthe 2008-	Heavy metal Alternative metal	Sweden	2008	-	333
22	Godsmack 1995-	Alternative metal Hard rock	USA	1995	-	326
23	The Haunted 1996-	Thrash metal Melodic death metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1996	-	323
24	Mudvayne 1996-	Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	1996	-	267
25	Stone Sour 1992-	Hard rock Alternative metal	USA	1992	-	260
26	White Zombie 1985-1998	Noise rock Thrash metal Alternative metal Industrial metal	USA	1985	1998	201
27	Static-X 1994-	Industrial metal Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	1994	-	183
28	A Perfect Circle 1999-	Alternative metal	USA	1999	-	176
29	Primus 1984-	Alternative metal Experimental rock	USA	1984	-	176
30	Serj Tankian 2007-	Alternative metal Hard rock	USA	2007	-	164
31	In This Moment 2005-	Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	USA	2005	-	159
32	Caligula's Horse 2011-	Alternative metal Progressive metal	Australia	2011	-	157
33	Karnivool 1996-	Alternative metal Progressive metal	Australia	1996	-	144
34	Gwar 1985-	Alternative metal Thrash metal Hardcore Punk	USA	1985	-	143
35	Atreyu 1998-	Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	USA	1998	-	139
36	Drowning Pool 1996-	Alternative metal	USA	1996	-	128
37	Otep 2000-	Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	2000	-	127
38	Dir En Grey 1997-	Alternative metal	Japan	1997	-	116
39	Mushroomhead 1993-	Alternative metal Industrial metal Nu metal	USA	1993	-	110
40	Deadlock 1997-	Melodic death metal Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	Germany	1997	-	103
41	Shining (NOR) 1999-	Jazz Experimental Jazz Avantgarde metal Alternative metal	Norway	1999	-	102
42	Kittie 1996-	Nu metal Alternative metal	Canada	1996	-	99
43	Stam1na 1996-	Thrash metal Alternative metal Progressive metal	Finland	1996	-	88
44	Sevendust 1994-	Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	1994	-	85
45	Fair To Midland 1998-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	USA	1998	-	83
46	Limp Bizkit 1994-	Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	1994	-	80
47	Scars On Broadway 2005-	Alternative metal Hard rock	USA	2005	-	77
48	Klone 1999-	Alternative metal Progressive metal	France	1999	-	69
49	Hacride 2001-	Progressive death metal Alternative metal Progressive metal	France	2001	-	68
50	Chevelle 1995-	Alternative metal Hard rock	USA	1995	-	63