Featured bands

	Megaton Leviathan Magick Helmet
	Midnight Odyssey Biolume Part 3 - A Fullmoon Madness
	Venus Obscured Until Observed
	Cruciamentum Obsidian Refractions
	Helmet Left
	Gama Bomb Bats
	Bjørkø Heartrot
	Varathron The Crimson Temple
	DGM Life
	Hellix Montage

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

01.11 - Thy Article Is Murder: Thy Art Is Murder - 22.10.2023, London, UK

Events Now online Today

29.03 - Czech Republic
Judas Priest: European Tour 2024 5

18.04 - The Netherlands
Roadburn Festival 2024 3

24.07 - Slovenia
Tolminator 2024 3

17.05 - Germany
Rock Hard Festival 2024 3

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

13.01 - Germany
Glory And The Beast European Tour 2024 2

24.01 - Poland
Glory And The Beast European Tour 2024 2

Staff / Elite: 3

Abattoir

Starvynth

Nejde

Members: 13

Guests: 517

Musicians' birthdays:

36 - Aleksandar Djordjic
35 - Alessia Scolletti
59 - Anders Bentell
37 - Andrzej "Lancz" Lewandowski
25 - Cai Beschorner
50 - Corey Todd Taylor
40 - Éva Szilágyi
26 - Frank Travagli
55 - Helmuth "Hel" Lehner
32 - Isa Nielsen
(1943-1971) - James Douglas "Jim" Morrison
39 - Jennifer Michelle Greenberg
32 - Jessica Naomi Williams
53 - Jill Lisson
37 - Jim Grey
49 - Johan Larsson
58 - Magnus Sjölin
38 - Marc Doblinger
61 - Martin Adam "Marty" Friedman
39 - Mattia Rubino
35 - Michael Phillip Barber
42 - Petros Miliadis
66 - Philip Kenneth Collen
(1970-2018) - Ralph Santolla
46 - Stefan "Roeck" Schwenger
30 - Sven Dirkschneider

RIP:

2004 - Darrell Lance Abbott
1975 - Gary Thain
2004 - Stacey Horne

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.	Moonlight Sorcery Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
7.	Hellripper Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
8.	Insomnium Anno 1696
9.	Blackbraid Blackbraid II
10.	Thy Catafalque Alföld

		Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1		Hail Spirit Noir 2010-	Blackened progressive metal Psychedelic rock	Greece	2010	-	180
2		Ibaraki 2020-	Blackened progressive metal	USA	2020	-	20

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Opeth 1990-	Extreme progressive metal Progressive metal Progressive rock	Sweden	1990	-	4938
2	Dream Theater 1985-	Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	2778
3	Amorphis 1990-	Death metal Folk metal Progressive metal Melodic death metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1990	-	2052
4	Tool 1988-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	USA	1988	-	1931
5	Symphony X 1994-	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	USA	1994	-	1539
6	Porcupine Tree 1987-	Progressive rock Progressive metal	United Kingdom	1987	-	1309
7	Nevermore 1991-2011	Heavy metal Progressive metal Thrash metal	USA	1991	2011	1226
8	Meshuggah 1987-	Technical thrash metal Progressive metal Math metal	Sweden	1987	-	1204
9	Ayreon 1995-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	The Netherlands	1995	-	1064
10	Devin Townsend 1996-	Industrial progressive metal Progressive metal	Canada	1996	-	966
11	Riverside 2001-	Progressive metal	Poland	2001	-	886
12	Ne Obliviscaris 2003-	Extreme progressive metal	Australia	2003	-	794
13	Orphaned Land 1991-	Death metal Death doom metal Melodic death metal Oriental folk metal Progressive metal Symphonic metal	Israel	1991	-	772
14	Pain Of Salvation 1984-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	Sweden	1984	-	724
15	Leprous 2001-	Progressive metal	Norway	2001	-	687
16	In Mourning 2000-	Gothic metal Melodic death metal Progressive metal	Sweden	2000	-	682
17	Cynic 1987-	Progressive death metal Progressive metal	USA	1987	-	663
18	Evergrey 1996-	Progressive metal Power metal	Sweden	1996	-	662
19	Avenged Sevenfold 1999-	Metalcore Alternative metal Heavy metal Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	USA	1999	-	602
20	Ihsahn 2005-	Extreme progressive metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	2005	-	596
21	After Forever 1995-2009	Symphonic gothic metal Symphonic progressive metal	The Netherlands	1995	2009	535
22	Soen 2004-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	Sweden	2004	-	532
23	Haken 2007-	Progressive metal	United Kingdom	2007	-	462
24	Persefone 2001-	Melodic death metal Progressive metal	Andorra	2001	-	447
25	The Ocean 2000-	Post-metal Atmospheric sludge metal Hardcore Progressive metal	Germany	2000	-	433
26	Animals As Leaders 2007-	Progressive metal Djent Instrumental	USA	2007	-	432
27	Green Carnation 1990-	Death metal Gothic metal Progressive metal	Norway	1990	-	368
28	Myrath 2001-	Progressive metal Oriental folk metal	Tunisia, France	2001	-	368
29	Voivod 1982-	Thrash metal Progressive metal	Canada	1982	-	355
30	Fates Warning 1982-	US power metal Progressive metal	USA	1982	-	330
31	Novembre 1990-	Death doom metal Extreme progressive metal	Italy	1990	-	319
32	Barren Earth 2007-	Melodic death metal Progressive metal	Finland	2007	-	312
33	Vintersorg 1994-	Black metal Folk metal Progressive metal	Sweden	1994	-	288
34	Circus Maximus 2000-	Progressive metal	Norway	2000	-	286
35	Threshold 1988-	Progressive metal	United Kingdom	1988	-	284
36	Seventh Wonder 2000-	Progressive metal	Sweden	2000	-	280
37	Control Denied 1995-2001	Progressive metal	USA	1995	2001	275
38	Pagan's Mind 2000-	Progressive metal Power metal	Norway	2000	-	270
39	Wilderun 2012-	Progressive metal Symphonic metal Folk metal	USA	2012	-	265
40	Adagio 2000-2018	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	France	2000	2018	216
41	Witherscape 2013-	Atmospheric death metal Extreme progressive metal	Sweden	2013	-	212
42	Disillusion 1994-	Extreme progressive metal Progressive metal	Germany	1994	-	210
43	Edenbridge 1998-	Symphonic metal Power metal Progressive metal	Austria	1998	-	205
44	Jeff Loomis 2005-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2005	-	202
45	Star One 2002-	Progressive metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	201
46	Into Eternity 1997-	Melodic death metal Progressive metal	Canada	1997	-	186
47	Liquid Tension Experiment 1998-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	1998	-	186
48	In The Woods... 1991-	Black metal Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	Norway	1991	-	184
49	Stream Of Passion 2005-	Symphonic progressive metal	The Netherlands	2005	-	184
50	Hail Spirit Noir 2010-	Blackened progressive metal Psychedelic rock	Greece	2010	-	180