Featured bands

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Animals As Leaders 2007-	Progressive metal Djent Instrumental	USA	2007	-	442
2	Joe Satriani 1984-	Hard rock Rock Instrumental	USA	1984	-	292
3	Jeff Loomis 2005-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2005	-	207
4	Pelican 2001-	Instrumental post-metal	USA	2001	-	192
5	Liquid Tension Experiment 1998-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	1998	-	190
6	Blotted Science 2005-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2005	-	158
7	Scale The Summit 2004-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2004	-	123
8	Exivious 1997-2016	Progressive metal Fusion Instrumental	The Netherlands	1997	2016	67
9	Toundra 2007-	Instrumental post-metal	Spain	2007	-	63
10	Cloudkicker 2005-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2005	-	56
11	Powerglove 2005-	Instrumental power metal	USA	2005	-	56
12	Pomegranate Tiger 2008-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Canada	2008	-	47
13	Plini 2012-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Australia	2012	-	45
14	Kahtmayan 1998-	Progressive metal Instrumental Thrash metal	Iran	1998	-	39
15	Spastic Ink 1993-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	1993	-	39
16	Bongripper 2005-	Drone doom metal Sludge metal Instrumental	USA	2005	-	37
17	Master Boot Record 2016-	Instrumental industrial metal	Italy	2016	-	37
18	Michael Angelo Batio 1993-	Neoclassical heavy metal Instrumental hard rock	USA	1993	-	36
19	Chimp Spanner 2004-	Progressive metal Djent Instrumental	United Kingdom	2004	-	35
20	Vinnie Moore 1986-	Hard rock Neoclassical Instrumental	USA	1986	-	34
21	Tony MacAlpine 1985-	Progressive metal Rock Neoclassical heavy metal Hard rock Fusion Jazz Instrumental	USA	1985	-	32
22	Christian Muenzner 2011-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Germany	2011	-	30
23	John 5 2004-	Progressive metal Hard rock Instrumental	USA	2004	-	27
24	Polyphia 2010-	Djent Instrumental	USA	2010	-	24
25	Merrow 2009-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2009	-	23
26	Andy Gillion 2019-	Progressive metal Instrumental Melodic death metal	United Kingdom	2019	-	19
27	Bend The Sky 2010-	Progressive metal Djent Instrumental	Australia	2010	-	19
28	Krimh 2004-	Progressive death metal Djent Instrumental	Austria	2004	-	19
29	Nuclear Power Trio 2017-	Progressive metal Instrumental Jazz fusion	USA	2017	-	17
30	Sithu Aye 2011-	Progressive metal Instrumental	United Kingdom	2011	-	17
31	Tempel 2003-	Extreme progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2003	-	15
32	Step In Fluid 2009-	Progressive metal Fusion Instrumental	France	2009	-	14
33	Anup Sastry 2012-	Progressive metal Djent Instrumental	USA	2012	-	13
34	Mendel 2011-	Instrumental Progressive metal	The Netherlands	2011	-	11
35	A Diadem Of Dead Stars 2014-	Atmospheric black metal Instrumental	Greece	2014	-	10
36	Nita Strauss 2017-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	USA	2017	-	9
37	Jari Lindholm 2020-	Melodic death metal Instrumental	Sweden	2020	-	8
38	Cydemind 2010-	Instrumental progressive metal Progressive rock	Canada	2010	-	7
39	Rusty Cooley 1996-	Heavy metal Power metal Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	USA	1996	-	7
40	T.R.A.M. 2012-	Fusion Instrumental Jazz	USA	2012	-	7
41	Wide Eyes 2009-	Progressive metal Djent Instrumental	USA	2009	-	7
42	Continuo Renacer 1994-	Technical death metal Progressive metal Instrumental	Spain	1994	-	6
43	Distant Dream 2016-	Math metal Instrumental	Poland	2016	-	6
44	Set And Setting 2009-	Post-metal Instrumental	USA	2009	-	6
45	Tiluland 2011-	Instrumental power metal	Finland	2011	-	6
46	Abnormal Thought Patterns 2008-	Technical progressive metal Instrumental Shred	USA	2008	-	5
47	Burden Of Ymir 2019-	Black metal Folk metal Instrumental	Canada	2019	-	5
48	Keygen Church 2018-	Instrumental industrial metal	Italy	2018	-	5
49	Lumnos 2015-	Atmospheric black metal Instrumental	Brazil	2015	-	5
50	Marco Sfogli 2008-	Hard rock Progressive rock Instrumental Progressive metal	Italy	2008	-	5
51	Soul Cycle 2009-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2009	-	5
52	Vipassi 2011-	Extreme progressive metal Instrumental	Australia	2011	-	5
53	Astrosaur 2015-	Instrumental progressive metal	Norway	2015	-	4
54	Denis Vlachiotis 2006-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Australia	2006	-	4
55	Meniscus 2005-	Post-metal Instrumental	Australia	2005	-	4
56	Metallic Taste Of Blood 2011-	Progressive metal Instrumental	International	2011	-	4
57	Nahtram 2017-	Symphonic metal Instrumental folk metal	Germany	2017	-	4
58	Decimals 2016-	Djent Instrumental	Spain	2016	-	3
59	Gus Drax 2009-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	Greece	2009	-	3
60	Marlugubre 2018-	Instrumental Progressive death metal Post black metal	Italy	2018	-	3
61	Ocean Districts 2011-	Post-metal Instrumental	Estonia	2011	-	3
62	Octopus 2002-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Chile	2002	-	3
63	Ola Englund 2018-	Progressive metal Experimental Instrumental	Sweden	2018	-	3
64	Spaceking 2009-	Progressive metal Progressive rock Stoner rock Stoner metal instrumental	Russia	2009	-	3
65	StarSystems 2014-	Progressive metal Instrumental	United Kingdom	2014	-	3
66	Vitalism 2014-	Progressive metal Math metal Instrumental	Brazil	2014	-	3
67	Arcas 2006-	Instrumental folk metal	France	2006	-	2
68	Asemic 2013-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Romania	2013	-	2
69	Avant Soliloque 2012-	Blackened doom metal Post-rock Instrumental	Romania	2012	-	2
70	Capricorns 2003-2008	Atmospheric sludge metal Doom metal Instrumental	United Kingdom	2003	2008	2
71	Dismal Dawn 2011-	Melodic death metal Instrumental	Belarus	2011	-	2
72	Ephemeral Sun 2002-	Progressive metal Progressive rock Instrumental	USA	2002	-	2
73	Erock 2009-	Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	USA	2009	-	2
74	K3 1995-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Hungary	1995	-	2
75	Lampr3a 2016-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Spain	2016	-	2
76	Mantas 1988-	Heavy metal Instrumental death metal	USA	1988	-	2
77	Myth Of I 2014-	Djent Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2014	-	2
78	Nick Johnston 2011-	Progressive rock Instrumental	Canada	2011	-	2
79	Observers 2018-	Atmospheric doom metal Progressive metal Instrumental	Australia	2018	-	2
80	Oleg Izotov 2003-	Alternative metal Instrumental heavy metal	Russia	2003	-	2
81	Slowrun 2010-	Post-rock Instrumental rock	Finland	2010	-	2
82	Syncatto 2014-	Progressive metal Instrumental Progressive rock Math rock Jazz fusion	USA	2014	-	2
83	Theodore Ziras 2001-	Neoclassical power metal Heavy progressive metal Instrumental	Greece	2001	-	2
84	A Cosmic Trail 2009-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Germany	2009	-	1
85	Andrés Álvarez 2004-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Colombia	2004	-	1
86	Antonello Giliberto 2012-	Neoclassical power metal Instrumental	Italy	2012	-	1
87	Break Of Reality 2003-	Symphonic hard rock Instrumental	USA	2003	-	1
88	Claudio Cordero 2005-	Instrumental Progressive rock Progressive metal	Chile	2005	-	1
89	Contemplator 2011-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Canada	2011	-	1
90	Dark Matter Secret 2015-	Progressive death metal Instrumental	Russia	2015	-	1
91	Drown The Ocean 2018-	Instrumental progressive metal	Canada	2018	-	1
92	Echopraxia 2012-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2012	-	1
93	Francesco Fareri 1995-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	Italy	1995	-	1
94	Glass Mind 2005-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Mexico	2005	-	1
95	Goragorja 2016-	Instrumental post-metal	Slovenia	2016	-	1
96	Hermit's Maze 2016-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Argentina	2016	-	1
97	Hernán Cirigliano 2019-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Argentina	2019	-	1
98	James Byrd 1988-	Neoclassical heavy metal Instrumental	USA	1988	-	1
99	James Norbert Ivanyi 2013-	Post-metal Math metal Instrumental	Australia	2013	-	1
100	Jim T 2019-	Instrumental thrash metal	Greece	2019	-	1
101	Joey Concepcion 2015-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2015	-	1
102	JT Bruce 2005-	Instrumental Progressive rock Progressive metal	USA	2005	-	1
103	Kilter 2018-	Avantgarde metal Instrumental	USA	2018	-	1
104	Kult Ikon 2018-	Doom metal Instrumental post-metal	USA	2018	-	1
105	Lechuga 2011-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Chile USA	2011	-	1
106	Lucas De La Rosa 2020-	Progressive metal Instrumental Djent	France	2020	-	1
107	Mastermind 1986-	Progressive rock Symphonic rock Fusion Instrumental Progressive metal	USA	1986	-	1
108	Mestis 2012-	Progressive metal Instrumental Jazz fusion	USA	2012	-	1
109	Mountainscape 2018-	Post-metal Instrumental	United Kingdom	2018	-	1
110	My Universe 2008-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Russia	2008	-	1
111	Najing 2021-	Instrumental post-metal	Italy	2021	-	1
112	Nimbatus 2010-	Melodic doom metal Instrumental	Germany	2010	-	1
113	Nino Helfrich 2016-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	Germany	2016	-	1
114	Oceill 2011-	Instrumental progressive metal	Finland	2011	-	1
115	Ohgod 2013-	Progressive metal Post-rock Instrumental	South Africa	2013	-	1
116	Rabea Massaad 2018-	Progressive metal Instrumental	United Kingdom	2018	-	1
117	Stories From The Lost 2011-	Instrumental post-metal Post-metal	Belgium	2011	-	1
118	The Cilikis 2008-	Progressive metal Jazz fusion Instrumental	Australia	2008	-	1
119	The Mantle 2016-	Instrumental Progressive metal Progressive death metal	USA	2016	-	1
120	Thumos 2020-	Instrumental post-metal Progressive doom metal	USA	2020	-	1
121	Tony C 2013-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2013	-	1
122	A2Z 2012-	Melodic heavy metal Instrumental	Finland	2012	-	0
123	Aaron Cravens 2019-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	USA	2019	-	0
124	Adrian English 2009-2019	Neoclassical heavy metal Instrumental Shred	USA	2009	2019	0
125	Aggros 2017-	Crossover thrash metal Hardcore punk Instrumental	USA	2017	-	0
126	Al Joseph 2013-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	USA	2013	-	0
127	Alex Snape 2015-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Canada	2015	-	0
128	Anabiosis 2007-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2007	-	0
129	Andrey Gadzhibalaev 2014-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Russia	2014	-	0
130	Andy Martongelli 2014-	Neoclassical heavy metal Instrumental	Italy	2014	-	0
131	Archmage 2018-	Power metal Instrumental	USA	2018	-	0
132	Asterism 2014-	Heavy metal Instrumental	Japan	2014	-	0
133	Autumn, Leaves, Scars 2012-	Post black metal Instrumental	Romania	2012	-	0
134	Beyonder 2022-	Stoner metal Progressive rock Instrumental	USA	2022	-	0
135	Blckwvs 2004-	Atmospheric sludge metal Doom metal Instrumental	Germany	2004	-	0
136	Cave Sermon 2021-	Post-metal Instrumental Sludge metal	Australia	2021	-	0
137	Ceild 2014-	Progressive metalcore Progressive metal Post-metal Instrumental	France	2014	-	0
138	Closed Circle 2014-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Italy	2014	-	0
139	Clouds Taste Satanic 2013-	Psychedelic doom metal Stoner rock Instrumental	USA	2013	-	0
140	Concept Project 2006-	Instrumental rock Jazz Fusion	Italy	2006	-	0
141	Constantine 2010-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	Greece	2010	-	0
142	Cult Of The Lost Cause 2010-	Instrumental post-metal	USA	2010	-	0
143	Daniel J 2004-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	USA	2004	-	0
144	Daniele Liverani 1988-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Italy	1988	-	0
145	Dead Empires 2009-	Progressive sludge metal Instrumental	USA	2009	-	0
146	Desiderat 2018-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Germany	2018	-	0
147	Divinex 2012-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2012	-	0
148	DM X Project 2013-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Spain	2013	-	0
149	Ethan Brosh 2006-	Neoclassical Shred Instrumental	USA	2006	-	0
150	Etherius 2017-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2017	-	0
151	Everyn 2010-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2010	-	0
152	Fermentor 2010-	Death metal Instrumental	USA	2010	-	0
153	Fractured Planet 2019-	Instrumental progressive metal	United Kingdom	2019	-	0
154	Frank Caruso 2006-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	Italy	2006	-	0
155	Freakeys 2006-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Brazil	2006	-	0
156	Geoffe Hein & Frozen Ghost 1999-	Progressive heavy metal Instrumental	USA	1999	-	0
157	Gianluca Ferro 2004-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Italy	2004	-	0
158	Giordano Boncompagni 2014-	Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	Italy	2014	-	0
159	Gonzalo Sanhueza 2004-	Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	Chile	2004	-	0
160	Gravity 2004-2015	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2004	2015	0
161	Hans Platz 2013-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Germany	2013	-	0
162	Harry Loisios 2010-	Neoclassical heavy metal Instrumental Shred	Greece	2010	-	0
163	Hedras Ramos 2008-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Guatemala	2008	-	0
164	Hidalgo 2005-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Chile	2005	-	0
165	Hittar Cuesta 2000-2018	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	Ecuador	2000	2018	0
166	Illunis 2008-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Germany	2008	-	0
167	Ioannis Anastassakis 2000-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Greece	2000	-	0
168	Jacky Vincent 2013-	Neoclassical heavy metal Shred Instrumental	USA	2013	-	0
169	Jason Kui 2017-	Progressive metal Progressive rock Instrumental	Hong Kong	2017	-	0
170	João Miguel 2015-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Portugal	2015	-	0
171	John McRis 2021-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Greece	2021	-	0
172	José Del Río 2006-	Neoclassical power metal Instrumental	Chile	2006	-	0
173	Juneau 2019-	Post-metal Instrumental	Belgium	2019	-	0
174	Keyboard Prince 2024-	Instrumental symphonic metal Progressive rock	Japan	2024	-	0
175	Kislember 2015-	Doom metal Instrumental	Israel	2015	-	0
176	Knapp / Johansson 2014-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	USA	2014	-	0
177	Kyle Morrison 2015-	Symphonic progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2015	-	0
178	Laurent Fleury 1998-	Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	France	1998	-	0
179	Levi / Werstler 2010-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2010	-	0
180	Luís Kalil 2013-	Neoclassical heavy metal Instrumental	Brazil	2013	-	0
181	Marco Ferrigno 2001-	Progressive metal Neoclassical heavy metal Instrumental	Mexico	2001	-	0
182	Masaki Project 1999-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	Japan	1999	-	0
183	Medda 2013-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2013	-	0
184	Meridian (USA) 2010-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2010	-	0
185	Metafora 2011-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Russia	2011	-	0
186	Michael Knight 1988-	Heavy metal Instrumental Shred	USA	1988	-	0
187	Monovoth 2021-	Drone doom metal Instrumental	Argentina	2021	-	0
188	Murdock 13 2017-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2017	-	0
189	Naoki Morioka 2015-	Progressive power metal Instrumental	Japan	2015	-	0
190	Nathan Frost 2012-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2012	-	0
191	Neo 2014-	Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	France	2014	-	0
192	Neon Black Audio 2019-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Germany	2019	-	0
193	Nevain 2012-	Atmospheric doom metal Instrumental	Israel	2012	-	0
194	Nicolas Waldo 2001-	Neoclassical heavy metal Shred Instrumental	Colombia	2001	-	0
195	Noumeno 2007-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Italy	2007	-	0
196	Nuvo 2006-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Latvia	2006	-	0
197	Ofer Holan 2020-	Heavy metal Shred Instrumental	Israel	2020	-	0
198	Oh. 2013-	Progressive metal Progressive rock Instrumental	Greece	2013	-	0
199	Omnibeing 2017-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Belarus Turkey	2017	-	0
200	Orbital Extrema 2018-	Technical death metal Instrumental	USA	2018	-	0
201	Parallaxe 2000-	Progressive metal Instrumental	France	2000	-	0
202	Plastic Mind Frequencies 2011-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Italy	2011	-	0
203	Progtronic 2002-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2002	-	0
204	Project Steiger 2003-	Heavy metal Instrumental Shred	USA	2003	-	0
205	Project: Wormhole 2010-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2010	-	0
206	Prospectors 2015-	Avantgarde metal Experimental Instrumental	The Netherlands	2015	-	0
207	Raimund Burke 2005-	Instrumental hard rock	Germany	2005	-	0
208	Relocator 2004-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Germany	2004	-	0
209	Scott Kroeker Project 2006-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Canada	2006	-	0
210	Scott Reed's String Theory 2018-	Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	Australia	2018	-	0
211	Searching For Reason 2011-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2011	-	0
212	Simone Dionisi 2015-	Progressive metal Symphonic rock Instrumental	Italy	2015	-	0
213	Snarled 2021-	Progressive heavy metal Instrumental	The Netherlands	2021	-	0
214	Sometime In February 2020-	Progressive rock Instrumental Progressive metal	USA	2020	-	0
215	Sound The Sirens 2021-	Progressive metal Progressive rock Instrumental	USA	2021	-	0
216	Stefan Petanovski 2018-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	North Macedonia	2018	-	0
217	Steve Bello 2003-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2003	-	0
218	Stömb 2012-	Progressive metal Djent Instrumental	France	2012	-	0
219	Stone Merrick 2018-	Symphonic progressive metal Instrumental Shred	USA	2018	-	0
220	Strings 24 2007-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Italy	2007	-	0
221	Sultan Of String 2004-	Progressive metal Experimental Instrumental	Switzerland	2004	-	0
222	Super String Theory 2002-	Progressive metal Progressive rock Instrumental	USA	2002	-	0
223	Suzukiton 1996-2015	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	1996	2015	0
224	Tales Of A Liquid Dawn 2022-	Progressive metal Instrumental	United Kingdom	2022	-	0
225	Ted Kirkpatrick 2010-	Stoner metal Instrumental	USA	2010	-	0
226	Teo Ross 2010-	Progressive metal Shred Instrumental	Greece	2010	-	0
227	Teramobil 2010-	Technical death metal Progressive metal Instrumental	Canada	2010	-	0
228	The Esseness Project 1993-	Progressive metal Jazz fusion Instrumental	USA	1993	-	0
229	The Sean Baker Orchestra 2004-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2004	-	0
230	Thor Sejersen Riis 2009-	Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	Denmark	2009	-	0
231	Thoren 2013-	Progressive death metal Instrumental	USA	2013	-	0
232	Thousand Limbs 2017-	Instrumental post-metal	New Zealand	2017	-	0
233	Tom Kopyto 2013-	Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	USA	2013	-	0
234	Tony Fredianelli 1993-	Progressive metal Avantgarde metal Instrumental	USA	1993	-	0
235	Tony Kåreid's Intensutopia 2000-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Norway	2000	-	0
236	Torben Enevoldsen 1995-	Heavy metal Instrumental Shred	Denmark	1995	-	0
237	Travis Rinker 2015-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2015	-	0
238	Tuliterä 2006-	Progressive metal Instrumental	Finland	2006	-	0
239	Victor Gann 2006-	Instrumental hard rock	USA	2006	-	0
240	Wayne Calford 2014-	Progressive metal Instrumental Shred	United Kingdom	2014	-	0
241	Worming Nightfall 2019-	Progressive death metal Instrumental	Italy	2019	-	0
242	Zombie Frogs 2012-	Progressive metal Instrumental	USA	2012	-	0

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	Besna Krásno
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	Wardruna Birna
	Ex Deo Year Of The Four Emperors [EP]
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1.	The Halo Effect March Of The Unheard
2.	The Great Old Ones Kadath
3.	Grave Digger Bone Collector
4.	Iotunn Kinship
5.	Harakiri For The Sky Scorched Earth
6.	Patriarkh Пpopoк Илия
7.	Yoth Iria Blazing Inferno
8.	Besna Krásno
9.	Wardruna Birna
10.	Hazzerd The 3rd Dimension

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