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ARIA nominations for hard rock/metal album Amity Affliction, Parkway Drive and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, who also have a rock album nomination

08:25 - Bad English

France send Namibia to the school bank [link]

07:04 - Lord Slothrop

I'm currently reading book 7 of the Wheel of Time series. I don't read fantasy much anymore, but I've been enjoying them. Obviously.

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	Tideless Eye Of Water
	Taine Chaos & Contemplation
	Torpor Abscission
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	Baroness Stone
	Cannibal Corpse Chaos Horrific
	Sylosis A Sign Of Things To Come
	Shining Shining

15.09 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - August 2023

03.09 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 13 Issue #8 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

30.08 - ArcTanGent 2023

28.08 - Abattoir's Concert Hunt - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Live In Vienna); Måneskin (Live In Trieste)

23.08 - Bloodstock 2023

17.08 - Rockstadt Extreme Festival 2023

13.08 - Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! - July 2023

10.08 - ArtMania Festival 2023

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15.10 - The Netherlands
Ultima Ratio Fest 2023 5

13.10 - The Netherlands
Soulcrusher Festival 2023 3

25.09 - Czech Republic
The Ocean & This Will Destroy You: European Tour 2023 3

29.09 - Greece
God Is An Astronaut: The Beginning Of The End Euro Tour 2023 2

06.10 - The Netherlands
ProgPower Europe 2023 2

09.10 - The Netherlands
The Ocean & This Will Destroy You: European Tour 2023 2

06.10 - Czech Republic
Ultima Ratio Fest 2023 2

Musicians' birthdays:

28 - Adrian Lenhart
41 - Alex Gindu
34 - Aliya Latypova
43 - Ben Sotto
(1958-2009) - Clarence Jenkins
49 - Cristian Giurgiu
72 - David Coverdale
37 - Dean Sykes
53 - Fabien Cortiana
39 - Francesco Paoli
52 - Freeway Migliore
38 - Fursy Teyssier
(1952-1985) - Gary Holton
42 - Giorgio "Giorgioni" Cifuni
46 - Jeremiah Riley
(1950-2007) - Kirill Babitzin
29 - Luke D. Couto
38 - Mark Kwint
45 - Moti "Butchered" Daniel
31 - Nathan Harvey
66 - Nick Cave
53 - Ole-Petter Andreassen
30 - Portia Valis Volkova
(1956-1994) - Rhett Forrester
23 - Thijs Van Der Sluijs
40 - Tim Joyce
21 - Tuure Suomalainen

RIP:

2012 - Ernani Henrique
2022 - Gord Kirchin
2019 - Nate Winger

Charts Top of 2023 Top 200

1.	Fires In The Distance Air Not Meant For Us
2.	Sworn A Journey Told Through Fire
3.	Cattle Decapitation Terrasite
4.	Ne Obliviscaris Exul
5.	Insomnium Anno 1696
6.	Thy Catafalque Alföld
7.	Hellripper Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
8.	Blackbraid Blackbraid II
9.	Saturnus The Storm Within
10.	Dying Fetus Make Them Beg For Death

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Blind Guardian 1984-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1984	-	2376
2	Helloween 1978-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1978	-	1817
3	Running Wild 1976-	Heavy metal Speed metal	Germany	1976	-	444
4	Enforcer 2005-	Heavy metal Speed metal	Sweden	2005	-	135
5	Agent Steel 1984-	Speed metal Thrash metal US power metal	USA	1984	-	114
6	Stormwarrior 1998-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1998	-	106
7	Helstar 1982-	US power metal Speed metal Thrash metal	USA	1982	-	92
8	Exciter 1978-	Speed metal Thrash metal	Canada	1978	-	89
9	Rigor Mortis 1983-2013	Speed metal Thrash metal	USA	1983	2013	68
10	Nifelheim 1990-	Black metal Speed metal	Sweden	1990	-	67
11	Skull Fist 2006-	Heavy metal Speed metal	Canada	2006	-	67
12	Striker 2007-	Thrash metal Speed metal Heavy metal	Canada	2007	-	59
13	Hellripper 2014-	Blackened speed metal	United Kingdom	2014	-	57
14	Kat 1979-	Heavy metal Speed metal Thrash metal Hard rock	Poland	1979	-	56
15	Evil Invaders 2007-	Speed metal Thrash metal Heavy metal	Belgium	2007	-	41
16	Holy Terror 1985-2008	Speed metal Thrash metal	USA	1985	2008	39
17	Turbo 1980-	Hard rock Heavy metal Thrash metal Speed metal Heavy metal	Poland	1980	-	37
18	Stone 1985-	Speed metal Thrash metal	Finland	1985	-	35
19	Convulse 1988-	Speed metal Death metal Progressive metal Psychedelic rock	Finland	1988	-	34
20	Zimmers Hole 1991-	Speed metal Thrash metal	Canada	1991	-	32
21	Blazon Stone 2008-	Speed metal Heavy metal	Sweden	2008	-	30
22	Riot City 2011-	Heavy metal Speed metal	Canada	2011	-	29
23	Iron Angel 1980-	Power metal Speed metal Thrash metal Heavy metal	Germany	1980	-	25
24	Venom Inc. 2015-	Heavy metal Speed metal	United Kingdom	2015	-	25
25	Viper 1985-	Melodic power metal Speed metal Thrash metal	Brazil	1985	-	25
26	Vulture 2015-	Speed metal Thrash metal	Germany	2015	-	25
27	Bewitcher 2013-	Blackened speed metal Blackened heavy metal	USA	2013	-	22
28	Hallows Eve 1983-2013	Speed metal Thrash metal	USA	1983	2013	22
29	Malokarpatan 2014-	Black metal Speed metal	Slovak Republic	2014	-	20
30	Sex Machineguns 1989-	Power metal Speed metal	Japan	1989	-	20
31	Bewitched (SWE) 1995-	Heavy metal Power metal Speed metal Thrash metal	Sweden	1995	-	18
32	Bütcher 2002-	Speed metal Heavy metal Black metal	Belgium	2002	-	17
33	Deliverance 1985-	Thrash metal Speed metal Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	16
34	Eidolon 1993-	Power metal Speed metal	Canada	1993	-	16
35	Salamandra 1998-	Power metal Speed metal	Czech Republic	1998	-	15
36	Hellbringer 2010-	Thrash metal Speed metal	Australia	2010	-	14
37	Risk 1986-1994	Power metal Thrash metal Speed metal	Germany	1986	1994	14
38	The Great Kat 1986-	Neoclassical heavy metal Speed metal Thrash metal	USA	1986	-	14
39	Abattoir 1982-	Speed metal	USA	1982	-	13
40	Coven 1985-	Thrash metal Speed metal	USA	1985	-	13
41	Sanatorium 1987-	Speed metal Thrash metal	Macedonia	1987	-	13
42	ADX 1982-	Speed metal	France	1982	-	11
43	Flames 1984-	Speed metal	Greece	1984	-	11
44	Kalapács 1996-	Heavy metal Speed metal	Hungary	1996	-	11
45	S.D.I. 1986-	Speed metal	Germany	1986	-	11
46	Invocator 1986-	Speed metal Technical thrash metal	Denmark	1986	-	10
47	Kylähullut 2004-2012	Speed metal Punk	Finland	2004	2012	10
48	Lancer 2009-	Speed metal Power metal	Sweden	2009	-	10
49	Détente 1984-	Speed metal Thrash metal	USA	1984	-	9
50	Omen (HUN) 1990-	Thrash metal Speed metal	Hungary	1990	-	9