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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: 1

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Members: 24

Guests: 694

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	Nightwish 1996-	Symphonic power metal Symphonic metal	Finland	1996	-	2519
2	Epica 2002-	Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	1679
3	Cradle Of Filth 1991-	Death metal Symphonic black metal Extreme gothic metal Symphonic metal	United Kingdom	1991	-	1333
4	Therion 1987-	Death metal Symphonic metal	Sweden	1987	-	1324
5	Within Temptation 1996-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	1996	-	1083
6	Haggard 1989-	Experimental death metal Symphonic metal	Germany	1989	-	700
7	Diablo Swing Orchestra 2003-	Avantgarde metal Symphonic metal	Sweden	2003	-	509
8	Delain 2002-	Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	478
9	Xandria 1994-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Germany	1994	-	442
10	Lacrimosa 1990-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Germany	1990	-	364
11	Tarja 2004-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2004	-	345
12	Leaves' Eyes 2003-	Symphonic metal	Germany	2003	-	319
13	Wilderun 2012-	Progressive metal Symphonic metal Folk metal	USA	2012	-	260
14	Edenbridge 1998-	Symphonic metal Power metal Progressive metal	Austria	1998	-	206
15	Virgin Steele 1981-	Heavy metal Symphonic metal	USA	1981	-	177
16	Visions Of Atlantis 2000-	Symphonic metal	Austria	2000	-	166
17	Dark Lunacy 1997-	Melodic death metal Symphonic metal	Italy	1997	-	152
18	ReVamp 2009-2016	Symphonic metal Progressive metal	The Netherlands	2009	2016	147
19	Hollenthon 1994-	Symphonic metal Melodic death metal	Austria	1994	-	128
20	Mechina 2004-	Industrial symphonic metal	USA	2004	-	127
21	Neurotech 2007-	Industrial metal Symphonic metal	Slovenia	2007	-	119
22	Angtoria 2004-2011	Symphonic metal	United Kingdom	2004	2011	100
23	Diabulus In Musica 2006-	Symphonic metal	Spain	2006	-	92
24	Northern Kings 2007-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2007	-	90
25	Throes Of Dawn 1994-	Extreme symphonic metal Gothic metal	Finland	1994	-	88
26	Beyond The Black 2014-	Symphonic metal	Germany	2014	-	82
27	Winds Of Plague 2002-	Deathcore Symphonic metal	USA	2002	-	72
28	Cadaveria 2001-	Avantgarde metal Symphonic metal	Italy	2001	-	63
29	Winds 1998-	Avantgarde metal Progressive metal Symphonic metal	Norway	1998	-	61
30	Soulfallen 2003-	Melodic death metal Symphonic metal	Finland	2003	-	60
31	Timo Tolkki's Avalon 2012-	Power metal Symphonic metal	Finland	2012	-	59
32	Luca Turilli's Dreamquest 2005-2011	Electronic symphonic metal	Italy	2005	2011	58
33	Imperia 2003-	Symphonic metal Gothic metal	The Netherlands, Belgium	2003	-	52
34	Autumn 1995-	Gothic metal Symphonic rock Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	1995	-	50
35	Turilli / Lione Rhapsody 2018-	Symphonic metal Power metal	Italy	2018	-	49
36	Katra 2006-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2006	-	46
37	Demonic Resurrection 2000-	Death metal Symphonic metal Blackened death metal	India	2000	-	44
38	Ad Infinitum 2018-	Symphonic metal	Switzerland	2018	-	42
39	Leah 2010-	Symphonic metal	Canada	2010	-	42
40	Seven Spires 2013-	Symphonic metal	USA	2013	-	40
41	Aesma Daeva 1998-	Symphonic metal	USA	1998	-	39
42	Dreams Of Sanity 1991-2002	Symphonic metal	Austria	1991	2002	38
43	Ignea 2011-	Symphonic metal Progressive metal	Ukraine	2011	-	38
44	Arion 2011-	Symphonic metal Power metal	Finland	2011	-	37
45	Dark Sarah 2012-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Finland	2012	-	36
46	Damnation Angels 2006-	Symphonic metal	United Kingdom	2006	-	35
47	Fjoergyn 2003-	Folk metal Symphonic metal	Germany	2003	-	35
48	Lingua Mortis Orchestra 2013-	Symphonic metal	Germany	2013	-	35
49	Whyzdom 2007-	Symphonic metal	France	2007	-	35
50	Stravaganzza 2003-	Symphonic metal	Spain	2003	-	34