Featured bands

	Cryptworm Oozing Radioactive Vomition
	Ni Fol Naïs
	Future Static Liminality
	Swords Of Dis Melencolia
	Megaton Leviathan Magick Helmet
	Midnight Odyssey Biolume Part 3 - A Fullmoon Madness
	Venus Obscured Until Observed
	Cruciamentum Obsidian Refractions
	Helmet Left
	Gama Bomb Bats

09.12 - Getting Into: Tarot

07.12 - Abattoir's Concert Hunt - Alestorm (Live In Zagreb, 15.11.2023)

03.12 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #11 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

22.11 - Malevolence - 11.11.2023, London, UK

15.11 - Damnation Festival 2023

11.11 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - October 2023

09.11 - Thrash 'Til Death: Destruction - 24.10.2023, London, UK

04.11 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #10 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

Events Now online Today

29.03 - Czech Republic
Judas Priest: European Tour 2024 5

10.12 - Greece
Paradise Lost: Icon 30th Anniversary Tour 2023 3

18.04 - The Netherlands
Roadburn Festival 2024 3

17.05 - Germany
Rock Hard Festival 2024 3

24.07 - Slovenia
Tolminator 2024 3

13.12 - Israel
Orphaned Land: A Heaven You May Create - Live In Tel Aviv 2

24.01 - Poland
Glory And The Beast European Tour 2024 2

Staff / Elite: 4

Members: 20

Guests: 589

Musicians' birthdays:

46 - Alex Coelho Silva
47 - Allen "Al" Nunn
45 - Björn Friedrichsen
56 - Bror Jan Alfredo Marcolin
46 - Daniel Baker
32 - Daniel K.P. McCarthy
41 - Dariusz Sipiora
41 - Dave Lowes
45 - Dobber Beverly
65 - Endre Paksi
37 - Henrik Sunding
34 - Jack Welch
34 - Jack Welch (I)
56 - Jesper Haugaard
(1983-2021) - Jimi Theodoropoulos
45 - José Rubio Jiménez
58 - Joseph Mascis Jr.
50 - Kai Sattelkau
32 - Kevin Narowski
44 - Kimmo Miettinen
38 - Lassi Nuolivaara
32 - Liz Selfish
40 - Michael "Mike" Pesin
50 - Mike Pflüger
44 - Mike Young
42 - Nicole Ansperger
31 - P. (III)
47 - Palo Gablik
38 - Patricia Pons
37 - Paul "Dr. Fetus"
(1970-1997) - Piotr "Peter" Zubrzycki
63 - Reginal Gamble
34 - Riccardo Mazzini
50 - Roberto "Rob" Tiranti
57 - Rolf Munkes
32 - Shreyas Skandan
35 - Thomas Evensen
26 - Tom Neeskens
41 - Tony Gabriele
48 - Valentin Khramtsov
49 - Vlad Busca
39 - Vladimir Kaplin
64 - Wolf Hoffmann
44 - Zsolt Horváth

RIP:

2021 - Brent Thomas Weeks
2006 - Jérôme Semmartin
1984 - Mal Spooner
2015 - Richard de Jonge
1995 - Shawn Williams

Charts Top of 2023 Top 200

1.	Fires In The Distance Air Not Meant For Us
2.	Shylmagoghnar Convergence
3.	Ne Obliviscaris Exul
4.	Sworn A Journey Told Through Fire
5.	Cattle Decapitation Terrasite
6.	Hellripper Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
7.	Moonlight Sorcery Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
8.	Insomnium Anno 1696
9.	Blackbraid Blackbraid II
10.	Thy Catafalque Alföld

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Arcturus 1990-	Avantgarde black metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	1990	-	704
2	Celtic Frost 1984-2008	First wave of black metal Thrash metal Avantgarde metal	Switzerland	1984	2008	655
3	Avenged Sevenfold 1999-	Metalcore Alternative metal Heavy metal Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	USA	1999	-	601
4	Ihsahn 2005-	Extreme progressive metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	2005	-	596
5	Diablo Swing Orchestra 2003-	Avantgarde metal Symphonic metal	Sweden	2003	-	509
6	Deathspell Omega 1998-	Black metal Avantgarde metal	France	1998	-	436
7	Gorguts 1989-	Death metal Technical death metal Avantgarde metal	Canada	1989	-	388
8	Sigh 1989-	Death metal Black metal Thrash metal Avantgarde metal	Japan	1989	-	289
9	Unexpect 1996-2015	Extreme avantgarde metal	Canada	1996	2015	255
10	In The Woods... 1991-	Black metal Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	1991	-	184
11	Mr. Bungle 1985-	Avantgarde metal Thrash metal Thrash metal	USA	1985	-	147
12	Vulture Industries 1998-	Avantgarde metal Progressive metal	Norway	1998	-	144
13	Solefald 1995-	Progressive black metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	1995	-	130
14	Terra Tenebrosa 2009-	Avantgarde metal Ambient	Sweden	2009	-	109
15	Shining (NOR) 1999-	Jazz Experimental Jazz Avantgarde metal Alternative metal	Norway	1999	-	102
16	Madder Mortem 1993-	Gothic metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	1993	-	101
17	Mirrorthrone 2000-	Avantgarde metal	Switzerland	2000	-	84
18	Imperial Triumphant 2005-	Black metal Technical death metal Avantgarde metal	USA	2005	-	75
19	Ved Buens Ende 1993-	Black metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	1993	-	70
20	Alchemist 1987-2010	Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	Australia	1987	2010	64
21	Cadaveria 2001-	Avantgarde metal Symphonic metal	Italy	2001	-	63
22	Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 1999-	Avantgarde metal Avantgarde rock	USA	1999	-	63
23	Stolen Babies 1997-	Extreme avantgarde metal Dark cabaret	USA	1997	-	62
24	Winds 1998-	Avantgarde metal Progressive metal Symphonic metal	Norway	1998	-	62
25	Dreadnought 2012-	Black metal Avantgarde metal Progressive metal	USA	2012	-	61
26	Emptiness 1998-	Blackened death metal Avantgarde metal Darkwave	Belgium	1998	-	57
27	Todtgelichter 2002-	Black metal Avantgarde metal	Germany	2002	-	56
28	Ephel Duath 1998-2014	Progressive black metal Avantgarde metal	Italy	1998	2014	55
29	Fantômas 1998-	Avantgarde metal	USA	1998	-	54
30	Virus 2000-2018	Avantgarde metal	Norway	2000	2018	54
31	Akphaezya 2002-	Avantgarde metal	France	2002	-	53
32	Lux Occulta 1994-	Atmospheric black metal Avantgarde black metal Extreme avantgarde metal	Poland	1994	-	53
33	Transcending Bizarre? 2000-	Avantgarde metal Symphonic black metal	Greece	2000	-	53
34	Pan.thy.monium 1990-1996	Avantgarde metal Progressive death metal	Sweden	1990	1996	52
35	Manes 1993-	Black metal Electro avantgarde metal	Norway	1993	-	50
36	Peccatum 1998-2006	Avantgarde metal	Norway	1998	2006	50
37	Waltari 1986-	Progressive thrash metal Alternative metal Avantgarde metal Symphonic death metal Industrial metal	Finland	1986	-	45
38	Age Of Silence 2004-	Avantgarde metal	Norway	2004	-	44
39	Dissona 2005-	Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	USA	2005	-	42
40	Estradasphere 1998-	Avantgarde metal Fusion	USA	1998	-	39
41	Shaolin Death Squad 2001-	Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	USA	2001	-	37
42	Kekal 1995-	Black metal Avantgarde metal	Indonesia	1995	-	34
43	The Body 1999-	Sludge metal Industrial metal Avantgarde metal	USA	1999	-	33
44	Oceans Of Sadness 1995-2011	Extreme avantgarde metal Extreme progressive metal	Belgium	1995	2011	31
45	Ram-Zet 1998-	Extreme avantgarde metal	Norway	1998	-	31
46	Öxxö Xööx 2005-	Avantgarde metal Gothic metal	France	2005	-	26
47	Devilish Impressions 2000-	Black metal Avantgarde metal	Poland	2000	-	24
48	Amogh Symphony 2004-	Progressive death metal Avantgarde metal	India, Portugal	2004	-	22
49	Foscor 1997-	Black metal Avantgarde metal	Spain	1997	-	22
50	Chaos Echœs 2011-2019	Death doom metal Avantgarde metal	France	2011	2019	21