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24.05 - Incineration Festival 2023

21.05 - Roadburn 2023

17.05 - Desertfest London 2023

13.05 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - April 2023

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09.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2023 9

02.08 - Germany
Wacken Open Air 2023 4

08.06 - Spain
Z! Live Rock Fest 2023 4

02.08 - Romania
Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2023 4

20.06 - Norway
Tons Of Rock 2023 3

16.06 - Belgium
Graspop Metal Meeting 2023 3

21.06 - Croatia
Arch Enemy: European Summer Tour 2023 3

Members: 11

Guests: 500

Musicians' birthdays:

51 - Alexander Vasilopoulos
46 - Alexandre Carreiro Diniz
39 - Alexei Olegovich Andrushenko
36 - Andrew Knudsen
(1978-2009) - Brian Terry Redman II
30 - Connor Green
48 - Fábio Gorresen
33 - George Stoupis
45 - Goran Kukulj
34 - Grant Hailey
69 - Greg Ginn
65 - Jakko M. Jakszyk
41 - Jason Peppiatt
52 - Jef Streatfield
57 - Jens Kidman
52 - Joop Wolters
50 - Joshua "Josh" Newton
35 - Julien Koenigsecker
69 - Mark Alan Tornillo
49 - Markus "Mokkai" Nulle
76 - Michael Frederick "Mick" Box
51 - P.J. Farley
42 - Pär Sundström
55 - Per Wiberg
53 - Peter Stålfors
29 - Risa Sakamoto
34 - Shasank Venkat
51 - Steinar Johnsen
36 - Valerio Rigo

RIP:

2019 - André Coelho Matos
2004 - Andrej Verner
2015 - Johan Rönning

Charts Top of 2023 Top 200

1.	Fires In The Distance Air Not Meant For Us
2.	Ne Obliviscaris Exul
3.	Cattle Decapitation Terrasite
4.	Insomnium Anno 1696
5.	Kalmah Kalmah
6.	Cloak Black Flame Eternal
7.	Enslaved Heimdal
8.	Hellripper Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
9.	Overkill Scorched
10.	Riverside ID.Entity

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Ensiferum 1995-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1995	-	2072
2	Finntroll 1997-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1997	-	1068
3	Brymir 2006-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	2006	-	204
4	Nekrogoblikon 2006-	Extreme folk metal Extreme power metal Melodic death metal	USA	2006	-	68
5	Northland 2004-	Melodic death metal Extreme folk metal	Spain	2004	-	58
6	Claim The Throne 2004-	Extreme folk metal	Australia	2004	-	15
7	Tersivel 2004-	Extreme folk metal Symphonic power metal	Argentina, Sweden	2004	-	15
8	VooDoo KungFu 2003-	Extreme folk metal	China	2003	-	8
9	Silent Kingdom 1999-	Melodic death metal Extreme folk metal Progressive metal	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1999	-	7
10	Fimbulthier 2004-	Extreme folk metal Melodic death metal	Germany	2004	-	2

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Ensiferum 1995-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1995	-	2072
2	Amorphis 1990-	Death metal Folk metal Progressive metal Melodic death metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1990	-	2028
3	Eluveitie 2002-	Celtic folk metal Gothenburg metal	Switzerland	2002	-	1506
4	Moonspell 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Gothic black metal Gothic metal Symphonic black metal	Portugal	1989	-	1399
5	Moonsorrow 1995-	Viking folk metal	Finland	1995	-	1145
6	Finntroll 1997-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1997	-	1068
7	Korpiklaani 2003-	Folk metal	Finland	2003	-	932
8	Equilibrium 2001-	Viking folk metal Gothenburg metal	Germany	2001	-	809
9	Orphaned Land 1991-	Death metal Death doom metal Melodic death metal Oriental folk metal Progressive metal Symphonic metal	Israel	1991	-	766
10	Primordial 1987-	Black metal Celtic folk metal	Ireland	1987	-	747
11	Turisas 1997-	Folk metal	Finland	1997	-	710
12	Ulver 1992-	Folk metal Black metal Electronic Avantgarde	Norway	1992	-	695
13	Alestorm 2004-	Folk metal Power metal	United Kingdom	2004	-	679
14	Týr 1998-	Folk metal	Faroe Islands	1998	-	594
15	Empyrium 1994-	Doom metal Folk metal Neofolk	Germany	1994	-	592
16	Arkona 2002-	Pagan folk metal Progressive black metal	Russia	2002	-	522
17	Falkenbach 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Viking folk metal	Germany	1989	-	393
18	Melechesh 1993-	Melodic black metal Oriental folk metal	Israel, The Netherlands	1993	-	385
19	Myrath 2001-	Progressive metal Oriental folk metal	Tunisia, France	2001	-	361
20	Elvenking 1997-	Folk metal Power metal	Italy	1997	-	330
21	Suidakra 1994-	Melodic death metal Folk metal	Germany	1994	-	320
22	Falconer 1999-2020	Folk metal Power metal	Sweden	1999	2020	300
23	Saor 2013-	Atmospheric black metal Folk metal	United Kingdom	2013	-	291
24	Negură Bunget 1995-2017	Black metal Folk metal	Romania	1995	2017	286
25	Vintersorg 1994-	Black metal Folk metal Progressive metal	Sweden	1994	-	285
26	Caladan Brood 2008-	Atmospheric black metal Folk metal	USA	2008	-	264
27	Wilderun 2012-	Progressive metal Symphonic metal Folk metal	USA	2012	-	263
28	Kauan 2005-	Black metal Folk metal Doom metal Post-rock	Russia, Ukraine	2005	-	262
29	Månegarm 1995-	Black metal Viking folk metal	Sweden	1995	-	239
30	Heidevolk 2002-	Folk metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	235
31	Finsterforst 2004-	Pagan folk metal	Germany	2004	-	229
32	Chthonic 1995-	Folk metal Melodic black metal Extreme power metal	Taiwan	1995	-	221
33	Brymir 2006-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	2006	-	204
34	Orden Ogan 1996-	Medieval folk metal Power metal	Germany	1996	-	200
35	Dalriada 2006-	Folk metal	Hungary	2006	-	185
36	Kampfar 1994-	Black metal Folk metal	Norway	1994	-	182
37	Battlelore 1999-	Folk metal Power metal	Finland	1999	-	179
38	Einherjer 1993-	Viking folk metal	Norway	1993	-	176
39	Skyclad 1990-	Folk metal	United Kingdom	1990	-	163
40	In Extremo 1995-	Medieval folk metal	Germany	1995	-	156
41	Wuthering Heights 1989-	Progressive power metal Folk metal	Denmark	1989	-	155
42	Wolfchant 2003-	Pagan folk metal Pagan black metal	Germany	2003	-	153
43	Cruachan 1992-	Celtic folk metal	Ireland	1992	-	144
44	Forefather 1997-	Folk metal Black metal	United Kingdom	1997	-	137
45	Mägo De Oz 1989-	Heavy metal Folk metal	Spain	1989	-	136
46	Svartsot 2005-	Folk metal	Denmark	2005	-	120
47	Metsatöll 1999-	Heavy metal Folk metal	Estonia	1999	-	119
48	Trollfest 2004-	Folk metal	Norway	2004	-	114
49	Skálmöld 2009-	Viking folk metal	Iceland	2009	-	112
50	Aeternam 2007-	Melodic death metal Oriental folk metal Symphonic death metal	Canada	2007	-	110