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As far as being a fan of problematic artists, that‘s a very personal demarcation. I find death of the author easier applicable to art that stands on its own.

Reviews Articles

	Madre Embryo
	Suicide Silence Remember... You Must Die
	Enslaved Heimdal
	Downfall Of Gaia Silhouettes Of Disgust
	TDK Nemesta
	Eyes Congratulations
	Transgressive Extreme Transgression
	Gorod The Orb
	Vitriolic Sage 梦路
	Kamelot The Awakening

21.03 - MS Awards 2022 - Staff Picks!!

17.03 - E-an-na - Alveolar Release Party, Bucharest, Romania, 16.03.2023

12.03 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - February 2023

05.03 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #2 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

15.02 - Leprous & Monuments - Aphelion European Tour, O2 Empire Shepherd's Bush, London, UK, 07.02.2023

11.02 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - January 2023

08.02 - Katatonia - Helitehas, Tallinn, Estonia, 22.01.2023

04.02 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #1 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

Events Now online Today

09.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2023 8

21.04 - Serbia
Soilwork & Kataklysm: European Tour 2023 7

02.08 - Romania
Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2023 4

21.04 - Spain
Draconian & Swallow The Sun: European Tour 2023 4

20.04 - The Netherlands
Roadburn Festival 2023 3

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

29.03 - Czech Republic
Cult Of Luna & Russian Circles: European Tour 2023 3

Staff / Elite: 2

Baz Anderson

Yaniv

Members: 23

Guests: 645

Musicians' birthdays:

44 - Aaron North
35 - Alexandra Popova
46 - Bas Rensen
44 - Carl-Gustav Karlsson
29 - Carlos Sanglas
44 - Cédric "Cede" Dupont
44 - Charli Sangar
46 - Christian "Barnes" Barke
31 - Christopher Edward "Chris" Brown
33 - Cornelius Heck
49 - Cyril Mendre
42 - Damien Sisson
44 - Dimitri Keiski
53 - Egidio "Egi" Casati
38 - Gunnar Sigurður Valdímarsson
42 - Harri Pikka
52 - Jason Ventura
44 - Jenni Signorino
33 - Jimmy Bolduc
46 - John Otto
34 - Katy Montgomerie
64 - Leather Leone
37 - Lucas "Surtur Impurus"
52 - Luis Mariutti
47 - Nicke Grabowski
30 - Noah Young
49 - Patrick Bruss
34 - Pavel Mosin
57 - Perry Strickland
(1948-1993) - Randy Jo Hobbs
58 - Tony Kampner
68 - Vladimir "McLazar" Lazerson
(1968-1993) - Øystein Aarseth

RIP:

1979 - Clayborn Pinkins
2011 - Frank "Frankie" Sparcello Jr.
2019 - Jared R. Pullins
2018 - Vincent Lindsay

Charts Top of 2023 Top 200

1.	Insomnium Anno 1696
2.	Enslaved Heimdal
3.	Hellripper Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
4.	Riverside ID.Entity
5.	...And Oceans As In Gardens, So In Tombs

1.	Death Symbolic
2.	Megadeth Rust In Peace
3.	Judas Priest Painkiller
4.	Metallica Master Of Puppets
5.	Metallica Ride The Lightning
6.	Opeth Blackwater Park
7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
8.	Iron Maiden Powerslave
9.	Death The Sound Of Perseverance
10.	Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Killswitch Engage 1999-	Melodic metalcore	USA	1999	-	592
2	As I Lay Dying 2001-	Melodic metalcore	USA	2001	-	503
3	Bullet For My Valentine 1998-	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	1998	-	420
4	All That Remains 1998-	Melodic metalcore	USA	1998	-	321
5	In This Moment 2005-	Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	USA	2005	-	155
6	Bring Me The Horizon 2004-	Deathcore Melodic metalcore Post-hardcore Alternative rock Electronic	United Kingdom	2004	-	151
7	Atreyu 1998-	Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	USA	1998	-	137
8	Deadlock 1997-	Melodic death metal Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	Germany	1997	-	103
9	Asking Alexandria 2008-	Metalcore Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	2008	-	73
10	36 Crazyfists 1994-	Alternative metal Metalcore Melodic metalcore	USA	1994	-	47
11	Times Of Grace 2007-	Melodic metalcore	USA	2007	-	46
12	Motionless In White 2005-	Melodic metalcore	USA	2005	-	44
13	Bury Tomorrow 2006-	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	2006	-	40
14	While She Sleeps 2006-	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	2006	-	35
15	The Blinded 2000-	Gothenburg metal Melodic metalcore	Sweden	2000	-	17
16	Polaris 2012-	Melodic metalcore	Australia	2012	-	13
17	Of Mice & Men 2009-	Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	USA	2009	-	11
18	Attila 2005-	Deathcore Melodic metalcore Nu metal	USA	2005	-	10
19	Beneath The Sky 2004-2014	Melodic metalcore	USA	2004	2014	10
20	Malevolence 2010-	Melodic metalcore Groove thrash metal	United Kingdom	2010	-	9
21	Phinehas 2001-	Melodic metalcore	USA	2001	-	9
22	The Amity Affliction 2003-	Melodic metalcore Post-hardcore	Australia	2003	-	9
23	Buried In Verona 2006-	Melodic metalcore	Australia	2006	-	8
24	Counterparts 2007-	Melodic metalcore	USA	2007	-	7
25	颠覆M 2000-	Melodic metalcore Folk metal	China	2000	-	7
26	The Soulless 2010-	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	2010	-	6
27	King 810 2007-	Alternative metal Nu metal Melodic metalcore	USA	2007	-	5
28	LANDMVRKS 2014-	Melodic metalcore	France	2014	-	5
29	Windrunner 2015-	Djent Melodic metalcore	Vietnam	2015	-	5
30	Abandon All Ships 2006-2016	Melodic metalcore Trancecore	Canada	2006	2016	4
31	Goodbye To Gravity 2011-2015	Melodic metalcore	Romania	2011	2015	4
32	I Prevail 2013-	Alternative metal Melodic metalcore	USA	2013	-	4
33	Burned In Effigy 2016-	Melodic metalcore Melodic death metal	USA	2016	-	3
34	Cyanide Serenity 2008-	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	2008	-	3
35	Eyes Wide Open 2011-	Melodic metalcore Melodic death metal	Sweden	2011	-	3
36	Our Hollow, Our Home 2013-	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	2013	-	3
37	Inclination 2017-	Melodic metalcore Metallic hardcore	USA	2017	-	2
38	Phobia (TUN) 2008-	Melodic metalcore Deathcore	Tunisia	2008	-	2
39	SeeYouSpaceCowboy 2016-	Melodic metalcore Mathcore	USA	2016	-	2
40	As Everything Unfolds 2013-	Melodic metalcore Post hardcore	United Kingdom	2013	-	1
41	dEMOTIONAL 2009-	Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	Sweden	2009	-	1
42	Bed And Breakdown 2017-	Melodic metalcore Nu metal	Germany	2017	-	0
43	Chaos In Paradise 2008-	Melodic metalcore	Portugal	2008	-	0
44	Eleventh Apparition 2007-2010	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	2007	2010	0
45	Figure Four 1996-	Alternative metal Melodic metalcore	Canada	1996	-	0
46	When All Light Dies 2008-2012	Melodic metalcore	The Netherlands	2008	2012	0

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Trivium 2000-	Metalcore Thrash metal Alternative metal	USA	2000	-	885
2	Killswitch Engage 1999-	Melodic metalcore	USA	1999	-	592
3	Avenged Sevenfold 1999-	Metalcore Heavy metal Alternative metal	USA	1999	-	579
4	Between The Buried And Me 2000-	Progressive metalcore	USA	2000	-	566
5	As I Lay Dying 2001-	Melodic metalcore	USA	2001	-	503
6	The Black Dahlia Murder 2001-	Melodic death metal Metalcore	USA	2001	-	421
7	Bullet For My Valentine 1998-	Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	1998	-	420
8	Heaven Shall Burn 1996-	Melodic death metal Metalcore	Germany	1996	-	337
9	All That Remains 1998-	Melodic metalcore	USA	1998	-	321
10	Protest The Hero 2001-	Metalcore Progressive metalcore	Canada	2001	-	299
11	Hatebreed 1994-	Hardcore Metalcore	USA	1994	-	275
12	The Agonist 2004-	Metalcore Melodic death metal	Canada	2004	-	275
13	Parkway Drive 2002-	Metalcore	Australia	2002	-	269
14	The Dillinger Escape Plan 1997-2017	Math metal Metalcore	USA	1997	2017	236
15	Converge 1990-	Metalcore Post-hardcore Mathcore	USA	1990	-	226
16	August Burns Red 2003-	Technical metalcore	USA	2003	-	199
17	Unearth 1998-	Metalcore	USA	1998	-	173
18	In This Moment 2005-	Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	USA	2005	-	155
19	Bring Me The Horizon 2004-	Deathcore Melodic metalcore Post-hardcore Alternative rock Electronic	United Kingdom	2004	-	151
20	Jinjer 2009-	Progressive metalcore	Ukraine	2009	-	145
21	Darkest Hour 1995-	Melodic death metal Metalcore	USA	1995	-	140
22	Atreyu 1998-	Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	USA	1998	-	137
23	Sonic Syndicate 2002-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	Sweden	2002	-	136
24	Abigail Williams 2005-	Metalcore Symphonic black metal Atmospheric black metal	USA	2005	-	134
25	Architects 2004-	Metalcore Math metal Hardcore	United Kingdom	2004	-	122
26	Caliban 1997-	Metalcore	Germany	1997	-	122
27	Demon Hunter 2000-	Metalcore	USA	2000	-	120
28	Deadlock 1997-	Melodic death metal Melodic metalcore Alternative metal	Germany	1997	-	103
29	Lorna Shore 2010-	Metalcore Deathcore	USA	2010	-	95
30	After The Burial 2004-	Progressive deathcore Metalcore	USA	2004	-	89
31	SikTh 2001-	Math metal Progressive metalcore	United Kingdom	2001	-	88
32	God Forbid 1996-2013	Melodic thrash metal Metalcore	USA	1996	2013	86
33	The Contortionist 2007-	Progressive deathcore Progressive metalcore Atmospheric progressive metal	USA	2007	-	85
34	Asking Alexandria 2008-	Metalcore Melodic metalcore	United Kingdom	2008	-	73
35	Hypno5e 2003-	Experimental progressive metal Math metal Metalcore	France	2003	-	72
36	The Human Abstract 2004-	Progressive metalcore	USA	2004	-	69
37	Neaera 2003-	Melodic death metal Metalcore	Germany	2003	-	68
38	Bleeding Through 1999-	Metalcore	USA	1999	-	66
39	Dark Age 1994-	Gothenburg metal Metalcore	Germany	1994	-	66
40	Lost Society 2010-	Thrash metal Metalcore Groove thrash metal	Finland	2010	-	62
41	Miss May I 2007-	Metalcore	USA	2007	-	57
42	Austrian Death Machine 2008-	Crossover thrash metal Metalcore	USA	2008	-	54
43	Becoming The Archetype 1999-	Progressive metalcore Melodic death metal	USA	1999	-	53
44	Mutiny Within 2002-	Progressive metalcore Extreme power metal	USA	2002	-	48
45	36 Crazyfists 1994-	Alternative metal Metalcore Melodic metalcore	USA	1994	-	47
46	Spiritbox 2016-	Progressive metal Djent Metalcore	Canada	2016	-	47
47	Times Of Grace 2007-	Melodic metalcore	USA	2007	-	46
48	Within The Ruins 2002-	Melodic death metal Progressive metalcore	USA	2002	-	46
49	Anterior 2003-2012	Metalcore	United Kingdom	2003	2012	45
50	Cancer Bats 2004-	Hardcore Metalcore Punk	Canada	2004	-	45