Featured bands

	Oak Pantheon The Absence
	Tribunal The Weight Of Remembrance
	Trastorned Into The Void
	Raum Kingdom Monarch
	Memoriam Rise To Power
	Lord Mountain The Oath
	Riverside ID.Entity
	Twilight Force At The Heart Of Wintervale
	Leper Colony Leper Colony
	Mansion Second Death

29.01 - A Year In Metal - 2022: Highlights Through The Eyes Of The MS Staff And Official Contributors

26.01 - Epica & Apocalyptica - The Epic Apocalypse Tour, Unibet Arena, Tallinn, Estonia, 20.01.2023

16.01 - Splitting Hairs / Hearing Splits (Jul-Dec 2022)

08.01 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - December 2022

04.01 - Abattoir's Concert Hunt - Clutch (Live In Zagreb 22')

31.12 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 12 Issue #12 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

19.12 - Getting Into: Cult Of Luna

15.12 - Radu's Concert Trip To Budapest And Cluj

Events Now online Today

19.05 - Czech Republic
Ozzy Osbourne: Farewell World Tour 2023 - Europe 7

21.04 - Serbia
Soilwork & Kataklysm: European Tour 2023 6

29.03 - Czech Republic
Cult Of Luna & Russian Circles: European Tour 2023 4

02.08 - Romania
Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2023 4

08.02 - Spain
Harakiri For The Sky: European Tour 2023 3

08.04 - Canada
Enslaved & Insomnium: North American Co-Headline Tour 2023 3

06.04 - The Netherlands
Draconian & Swallow The Sun: European Tour 2023 3

Members: 10

Guests: 420

Musicians' birthdays:

31 - Aaron Walton
46 - Alan Aguinaga
30 - Alexander Hernandez-Bent
35 - Alexander Miroshnichenko
52 - Andreas "Neudi" Neuderth
38 - Dan Briggs
38 - Dustie Waring
53 - Francisco Javier "Frank" Gómez
51 - Gianluca Landozzi
44 - Jael Edwards
35 - Jamal Al-Mohrez
41 - Jari Lindholm
(1964-2013) - Jeffrey John "Jeff" Hanneman
65 - Jimi Bell
(1970-2022) - Kimmo Sakari Blom
41 - Mads Bertram Højland Gath
48 - Maria Ilmoniemi
34 - Marija Kovacevic
35 - Mathieu St-Amour
46 - Nikki Jääsalmi
50 - Oleg Zhilakov
70 - Ovidiu Lipan
33 - Rabih Deaibess
29 - Trevor Pason
51 - Ulf Lennart Larsson
35 - Valdirvaner Carelli Junior

RIP:

2017 - John Wetton
2020 - Josh Pappe
2007 - Kirill Babitzin

Charts Top of 2022 Top 200

1.	Obituary Dying Of Everything
2.	Katatonia Sky Void Of Stars
3.	...And Oceans As In Gardens, So In Tombs
4.	Lord Of The Lost Blood & Glitter
5.	Riverside ID.Entity
6.	Atrocity Okkult III
7.	Megadeth The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead!
8.	Ahab The Coral Tombs
9.	Imperium Dekadenz Into Sorrow Evermore
10.	Ὁπλίτης Ψευδομένη

1.	An Abstract Illusion Woe
2.	Disillusion Ayam
3.	Brymir Voices In The Sky
4.	Gaerea Mirage
5.	Allegaeon Damnum
6.	Immolation Acts Of God
7.	Aenaon Mnemosyne
8.	White Ward False Light
9.	The Halo Effect Days Of The Lost
10.	Tómarúm Ash In Realms Of Stone Icons

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Arcturus 1990-	Avantgarde black Avantgarde	Norway	1990	-	691
2	Celtic Frost 1984-2008	First wave of black Avantgarde Thrash	Switzerland	1984	2008	648
3	Ihsahn 2005-	Extreme progressive Avantgarde	Norway	2005	-	584
4	Diablo Swing Orchestra 2003-	Avantgarde Symphonic	Sweden	2003	-	506
5	Deathspell Omega 1998-	Black Avantgarde	France	1998	-	423
6	Gorguts 1989-	Death Technical death Avantgarde	Canada	1989	-	376
7	Sigh 1989-	Death Black Avantgarde Thrash	Japan	1989	-	281
8	Unexpect 1996-2015	Extreme avantgarde	Canada	1996	2015	254
9	In The Woods... 1991-	Black Avantgarde Progressive	Norway	1991	-	178
10	Mr. Bungle 1985-	Avantgarde Thrash	USA	1985	-	138
11	Vulture Industries 1998-	Avantgarde Progressive	Norway	1998	-	136
12	Solefald 1995-	Progressive black Avantgarde	Norway	1995	-	130
13	Terra Tenebrosa 2009-	Avantgarde Ambient	Sweden	2009	-	106
14	Shining (NOR) 1999-	Jazz Experimental Jazz Avantgarde Alternative	Norway	1999	-	102
15	Madder Mortem 1993-	Gothic Avantgarde	Norway	1993	-	98
16	Mirrorthrone 2000-	Avantgarde	Switzerland	2000	-	85
17	Imperial Triumphant 2005-	Black Avantgarde Technical death	USA	2005	-	69
18	Ved Buens Ende 1993-	Avantgarde Black	Norway	1993	-	69
19	Alchemist 1987-2010	Progressive Avantgarde	Australia	1987	2010	66
20	Cadaveria 2001-	Avantgarde Symphonic	Italy	2001	-	63
21	Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 1999-	Avantgarde Avantgarde rock	USA	1999	-	62
22	Stolen Babies 1997-	Extreme avantgarde Dark cabaret	USA	1997	-	61
23	Winds 1998-	Avantgarde Progressive Symphonic	Norway	1998	-	61
24	Dreadnought 2012-	Black Avantgarde Progressive	USA	2012	-	57
25	Todtgelichter 2002-	Black Avantgarde	Germany	2002	-	57
26	Emptiness 1998-	Blackened death Avantgarde Darkwave	Belgium	1998	-	55
27	Ephel Duath 1998-2014	Progressive black Avantgarde	Italy	1998	2014	53
28	Fantômas 1998-	Avantgarde	USA	1998	-	53
29	Lux Occulta 1994-	Atmospheric black Avantgarde black Extreme avantgarde	Poland	1994	-	53
30	Akphaezya 2002-	Avantgarde	France	2002	-	52
31	Transcending Bizarre? 2000-	Avantgarde Symphonic black	Greece	2000	-	52
32	Virus 2000-2018	Avantgarde	Norway	2000	2018	51
33	Pan.thy.monium 1990-1996	Avantgarde Progressive death	Sweden	1990	1996	50
34	Peccatum 1998-2006	Avantgarde	Norway	1998	2006	49
35	Manes 1993-	Black Electro avantgarde	Norway	1993	-	47
36	Waltari 1986-	Progressive thrash Avantgarde Alternative Symphonic death Industrial	Finland	1986	-	45
37	Age Of Silence 2004-	Avantgarde	Norway	2004	-	44
38	Dissona 2005-	Progressive Avantgarde	USA	2005	-	42
39	Estradasphere 1998-	Avantgarde Fusion	USA	1998	-	38
40	Shaolin Death Squad 2001-	Progressive Avantgarde	USA	2001	-	38
41	Kekal 1995-	Black Avantgarde	Indonesia	1995	-	33
42	The Body 1999-	Sludge Industrial Avantgarde	USA	1999	-	32
43	Oceans Of Sadness 1995-2011	Extreme avantgarde Extreme progressive	Belgium	1995	2011	31
44	Ram-Zet 1998-	Extreme avantgarde	Norway	1998	-	31
45	Öxxö Xööx 2005-	Avantgarde Gothic	France	2005	-	26
46	Devilish Impressions 2000-	Avantgarde Black	Poland	2000	-	23
47	Foscor 1997-	Black Avantgarde	Spain	1997	-	22
48	Amogh Symphony 2004-	Progressive death Avantgarde	India, Portugal	2004	-	21
49	Wormfood 2001-	Gothic Avantgarde Industrial thrash	France	2001	-	21
50	Chaos Echœs 2011-2019	Death doom Avantgarde	France	2011	2019	20