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Rock Hard Festival 2024 3

24.05 - Serbia
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Maryland Deathfest XIX 2

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Members: 12

Guests: 528

Musicians' birthdays:

37 - Alyn Hunter
42 - Artem Osipenko
44 - Bart Spackler
53 - Chiyo Nukaga
48 - Christian Gschnell
59 - Chuck Biscuits
20 - Daniel Danyi
24 - Dominik Wojowski
51 - Ernst le Cocq d'Armandville
35 - Fito Martínez Barruz
45 - Hanne Hukkelberg
39 - Hans Jonas Kristofer Thegel
44 - Joel van Gelderen
33 - Johannes Eklund
26 - Karl Anders Isak Olsson
31 - Luca Zironi
48 - Manuel "Ades" Togni
37 - Marcell Fraser
37 - Martin Kadhammar
48 - Mathieu Marcotte
60 - Maynard James Keenan
50 - Mikael Åkerfeldt
40 - Nelson Paschoal Junior
(1994-2023) - Nikita Sila
49 - Pablo Naydón
41 - Philipp Schönle
42 - Piotr "Toper" Torbicz
51 - Ricardo Amorim
36 - Stefano Momo
(1963-2021) - Stephen Colley
59 - Takaya Kuroda
26 - Thiago Franzim
49 - Tomas Stolt
(1980-2015) - Torsten Thassilo Herbert
42 - Turkka Tapio Vuorinen

RIP:

1983 - Felix Pappalardi

Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

1.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
2.	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds
3.	Sgàile Traverse The Bealach
4.	Borknagar Fall
5.	Necrophobic In The Twilight Grey
6.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
7.	Eternal Storm A Giant Bound To Fall
8.	Dödsrit Nocturnal Will

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Battle Beast 2008-	Heavy metal Power metal Pop rock	Finland	2008	-	209
2	Beast In Black 2015-	Heavy metal Power metal Pop rock	Finland	2015	-	182
3	Blackfield 2000-	Progressive rock Pop rock	Israel	2000	-	157
4	Paul Gilbert 1998-	Heavy metal Hard rock Pop rock Blues rock Neoclassical rock Progressive metal	USA	1998	-	62
5	Anette Olzon 2012-	Pop rock Symphonic power metal	Sweden	2012	-	17
6	Ian Gillan 1982-	Hard rock Pop rock Blues rock	United Kingdom	1982	-	8
7	Foghat 1971-	Hard rock Blues rock Pop rock	United Kingdom	1971	-	5
8	Eklipse 2012-	Pop rock	Germany	2012	-	3
9	Mari Hamada 1983-	Heavy metal Hard rock Adult oriented rock Pop rock Heavy metal Symphonic power metal	Japan	1983	-	3
10	Rossometile 1996-	Gothic metal Pop rock Symphonic metal	Italy	1996	-	2
11	Paul Sabu 1977-	Pop rock	USA	1977	-	1
12	Baltimoore 1987-	Pop rock	Sweden	1987	-	0
13	Erika 1990-1998	Adult Oriented rock Pop rock Pop	Sweden	1990	1998	0
14	Falling Silence 1995-	Pop rock	Italy	1995	-	0
15	Main Attraction 2003-	Pop rock	Norway	2003	-	0
16	Michael Sweet 1992-	Pop rock Hard rock Heavy metal	USA	1992	-	0
17	Pamela Moore 1980-	Pop rock Alternative rock Alternative metal	USA	1980	-	0
18	Rallypack 2004-2006	Pop rock	Sweden	2004	2006	0
19	Sonora '68 2006-	Pop rock Reggae	Italy	2006	-	0
20	Urtz 1988-	Heavy metal Hard rock Pop rock	Spain	1988	-	0

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Opeth 1990-	Extreme progressive metal Progressive metal Progressive rock	Sweden	1990	-	4969
2	Megadeth 1983-	Thrash metal Heavy metal Hard rock Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1983	-	3756
3	Black Sabbath 1968-2017	Doom metal Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1968	2017	2947
4	Judas Priest 1969-	Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1969	-	2759
5	Katatonia 1991-	Blackened doom metal Death doom metal Alternative rock Gothic doom metal	Sweden	1991	-	2163
6	Anathema 1990-	Death doom metal Doom metal Atmospheric rock	United Kingdom	1990	-	1636
7	Porcupine Tree 1987-	Progressive rock Progressive metal	United Kingdom	1987	-	1322
8	Led Zeppelin 1968-1980	Blues rock Progressive hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1968	1980	1289
9	AC/DC 1973-	Hard rock Blues rock	Australia	1973	-	1129
10	Ayreon 1995-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	The Netherlands	1995	-	1070
11	Rush 1968-2018	Progressive rock	Canada	1968	2018	995
12	Deep Purple 1968-	Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1968	-	918
13	Ghost 2008-	Hard rock Heavy metal	Sweden	2008	-	818
14	Pain Of Salvation 1984-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	Sweden	1984	-	734
15	Rainbow 1975-	Hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1975	-	665
16	Scorpions 1965-	Progressive rock Hard rock Heavy metal	Germany	1965	-	661
17	Guns N' Roses 1985-	Hard rock	USA	1985	-	589
18	The Gathering 1989-	Death doom metal Doom metal Atmospheric gothic metal Experimental rock	The Netherlands	1989	-	531
19	Steven Wilson 2000-	Progressive rock	United Kingdom	2000	-	480
20	Queensrÿche 1981-	Heavy metal Progressive heavy metal Progressive rock	USA	1981	-	475
21	KISS 1972-	Hard rock Symphonic rock Glam metal Heavy metal	USA	1972	-	470
22	Alice Cooper 1964-	Hard rock Glam rock New Wave Heavy metal	USA	1964	-	460
23	King Crimson 1969-	Progressive rock	United Kingdom	1969	-	448
24	Nine Inch Nails 1988-	Industrial rock Industrial metal	USA	1988	-	444
25	Bruce Dickinson 1989-	Hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1989	-	415
26	Baroness 2003-	Sludge metal Stoner rock Progressive rock	USA	2003	-	412
27	Marilyn Manson 1989-	Industrial rock Alternative metal Industrial metal Glam rock Industrial metal Alternative rock	USA	1989	-	391
28	Kyuss 1988-1995	Stoner metal Stoner rock	USA	1988	1995	359
29	Danzig 1987-	Hard rock	USA	1987	-	344
30	Van Halen 1972-2020	Hard rock Heavy metal	USA	1972	2020	336
31	Volbeat 2001-	Heavy metal Hard rock	Denmark	2001	-	334
32	Godsmack 1995-	Alternative metal Hard rock	USA	1995	-	329
33	Whitesnake 1978-	Hard rock	United Kingdom	1978	-	310
34	Mötley Crüe 1981-	Glam rock Glam metal	USA	1981	-	298
35	Joe Satriani 1984-	Hard rock Rock Instrumental	USA	1984	-	292
36	Antimatter 1998-	Atmospheric rock	United Kingdom	1998	-	285
37	Def Leppard 1977-	New wave of British heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1977	-	281
38	Skid Row 1987-	Hard rock Heavy metal	USA	1987	-	279
39	Stone Sour 1992-	Hard rock Alternative metal	USA	1992	-	263
40	Alter Bridge 2004-	Hard rock Rock	USA	2004	-	260
41	Clutch 1990-	Hard rock Stoner rock	USA	1990	-	258
42	Queens Of The Stone Age 1997-	Stoner metal Stoner rock	USA	1997	-	258
43	Twisted Sister 1972-	Hard rock Glam metal	USA	1972	-	236
44	Uriah Heep 1969-	Hard rock	United Kingdom	1969	-	227
45	Steve Vai 1982-	Progressive rock	USA	1982	-	220
46	Lordi 1992-	Hard rock Glam metal	Finland	1992	-	215
47	Battle Beast 2008-	Heavy metal Power metal Pop rock	Finland	2008	-	209
48	Lacrimas Profundere 1993-	Gothic metal Gothic doom metal Gothic rock	Germany	1993	-	206
49	Thin Lizzy 1969-	Hard rock Heavy metal	Ireland	1969	-	206
50	White Zombie 1985-1998	Noise rock Thrash metal Alternative metal Industrial metal	USA	1985	1998	203