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22.03 - Angus McSix - 'Sixcalibur' Song Launched

22.03 - Asphyx - 2023 Festival Appearances Announced

22.03 - Fatal Embrace - Upcoming Record Streaming In Full

22.03 - Dolmen Gate - Join Forces With No Remorse Records

22.03 - Saxon - Share Cover Of Nazareth's Song 'Razamanaz'

22.03 - Olkoth - Debut Album Announced And Detailed

22.03 - Argion - Stream New Track

22.03 - Mike Tramp - UK Headlining Tour Announced

21.03 - Marianas Rest - Unveil 'Light Reveals Our Wounds' Track

21.03 - Eremit - Working On New Material

21.03 - Ne Obliviscaris - Visualizer For New Single Premieres

21.03 - White Ward - Cancel Planned Tours

Shoutbox

16:06 - Boxcar Willy

This is where the difference between a real nazi and someone who likes Ted Nugent makes a difference. Those are not even close to the same thing.

16:04 - ThomasBryant

To be fare BE I haven't requested as much industrial bands as I used to. I did with some Hardcore bands as well but I'm also trying not to do those very much either.

15:57 - Bad English

well ultras hates enemy team fans as well ....

15:56 - corrupt

This is not a matter of opinion, this is basic human decency. If your way to approach life is to hate other people to the point of wishing them death, you have no place in society and you have no place in this community. period.

15:55 - corrupt

The shoutbox is also publicly visible on the web. And I very much reject the „staff don‘t agree with him politically“ statement. We are talking about a hateful ideology that is an actual threat to people in this world.

15:54 - Boxcar Willy

Something like that is a lot more detrimental than a shout about Andrew Tate or how covid was a hoax IMO.

15:54 - Bad English

I also am happy we found yaniv ...

Reviews Articles

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	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

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 Ride The Lightning
5.	Metallica Master Of Puppets
6.	Opeth Blackwater Park
7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
8.	Iron Maiden Powerslave
9.	Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast
10.	Death The Sound Of Perseverance

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Metallica 1981-	Bay Area thrash metal Heavy metal	USA	1981	-	4410
2	Testament 1983-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1983	-	1849
3	Exodus 1980-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1980	-	1142
4	Death Angel 1982-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1982	-	584
5	Dark Angel 1981-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1981	-	239
6	Forbidden 1985-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1985	-	218
7	Heathen 1984-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1984	-	212
8	Vio-lence 1985-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1985	-	144
9	Lääz Rockit 1982-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1982	-	35
10	Hatchet 2006-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	2006	-	31

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Metallica 1981-	Bay Area thrash metal Heavy metal	USA	1981	-	4410
2	Megadeth 1983-	Thrash metal Heavy metal Hard rock	USA	1983	-	3680
3	Slayer 1981-2019	Thrash metal	USA	1981	2019	3472
4	Death 1983-2001	Death metal Progressive death metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	1983	2001	3415
5	Pantera 1981-2003	Heavy metal Groove thrash metal Groove metal	USA	1981	2003	2239
6	Kreator 1982-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	2063
7	Testament 1983-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1983	-	1849
8	Lamb Of God 1999-	Groove thrash metal	USA	1999	-	1680
9	Sepultura 1984-	Death metal Thrash metal Groove thrash metal Alternative metal	Brazil	1984	-	1484
10	Nevermore 1991-2011	Heavy metal Progressive metal Thrash metal	USA	1991	2011	1215
11	Anthrax 1981-	Thrash metal Heavy metal	USA	1981	-	1187
12	Meshuggah 1987-	Technical thrash metal Progressive metal Math metal	Sweden	1987	-	1185
13	Exodus 1980-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1980	-	1142
14	Machine Head 1992-	Groove thrash metal Alternative metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	1992	-	1126
15	Sodom 1980-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1980	-	997
16	Overkill 1980-	Thrash metal	USA	1980	-	970
17	Trivium 2000-	Metalcore Thrash metal Alternative metal	USA	2000	-	885
18	Annihilator 1984-	Thrash metal	Canada	1984	-	690
19	Celtic Frost 1984-2008	First wave of black metal Thrash metal Avantgarde metal	Switzerland	1984	2008	651
20	Destruction 1983-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1983	-	587
21	Death Angel 1982-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1982	-	584
22	Vektor 2002-	Technical thrash metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	2002	-	559
23	Soulfly 1997-	Groove thrash metal Nu metal	USA	1997	-	511
24	Strapping Young Lad 1995-2007	Industrial metal Thrash metal	Canada	1995	2007	495
25	DevilDriver 2002-	Groove thrash metal Nu metal Melodic death metal	USA	2002	-	474
26	Coroner 1985-	Technical thrash metal	Switzerland	1985	-	413
27	Skeletonwitch 2003-	Blackened thrash metal	USA	2003	-	399
28	Havok 2004-	Thrash metal	USA	2004	-	390
29	Warbringer 2004-	Thrash metal	USA	2004	-	369
30	Sylosis 2000-	Melodic death metal Progressive thrash metal	United Kingdom	2000	-	348
31	Voivod 1982-	Thrash metal Progressive metal	Canada	1982	-	346
32	Metal Church 1980-	Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1980	-	344
33	Pestilence 1986-	Thrash metal Death metal Progressive death metal Technical death metal	The Netherlands	1986	-	338
34	Old Man's Child 1989-	Thrash metal Death metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1989	-	330
35	The Haunted 1996-	Thrash metal Melodic death metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1996	-	324
36	Evile 2004-	Thrash metal	United Kingdom	2004	-	323
37	Municipal Waste 2000-	Crossover thrash metal	USA	2000	-	320
38	Possessed 1983-	Death metal Thrash metal	USA	1983	-	320
39	Chimaira 1998-2014	Groove thrash metal	USA	1998	2014	314
40	Revocation 2006-	Technical death metal Thrash metal	USA	2006	-	308
41	Tankard 1982-	Thrash metal	Germany	1982	-	298
42	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007-	Thrash metal	USA	2007	-	297
43	Artillery 1982-	Thrash metal	Denmark	1982	-	296
44	Sigh 1989-	Death metal Black metal Thrash metal Avantgarde metal	Japan	1989	-	283
45	Mercenary 1991-	Melodic death metal Thrash metal Gothenburg metal Heavy metal	Denmark	1991	-	281
46	Toxic Holocaust 1999-	Blackened thrash metal Crossover thrash metal	USA	1999	-	272
47	Suicidal Tendencies 1981-	Crossover thrash metal Hardcore Punk	USA	1981	-	259
48	Tribulation 2001-	Thrash metal Death metal Black metal Gothic metal	Sweden	2001	-	255
49	Inquisition 1988-	Thrash metal Black metal	Colombia, USA	1988	-	240
50	Dark Angel 1981-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1981	-	239