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now online is a snapshot of the last five minutes. But yes, right now that number is correct in that every single IP loading the site once counts as one "guest" for the next five minutes.

21:29 - corrupt

Most of that is Amazon's Claude bot coming from like a million different IPs

21:20 - F3ynman2000

huh I never really paid attention to the "now online" thing. There are really 800+ non-members looking at MS right now? crazy

21:16 - no one

I like it

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	Verwoed The Mother
	Frail Body Artificial Bouquet
	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
	Vulcano Epilogue
	Griefgod Deterioration
	Austere Beneath The Threshold
	High On Fire Cometh The Storm
	Ὁπλίτης Παραμαινομένη
	Castle Rat Into The Realm
	Týr Battle Ballads

	Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! March 2024
	Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #3 Awesome New Demos and EPs
	Emperor Glasgow, Scotland, 22nd March 2024
	Wait A Minute! This Isn't Metal! February 2024
	Celestial Darkness Festival 2024
	MS Awards 2023 Staff Picks!!
	Clandestine Cuts Vol. 14 Issue #2 Awesome New Demos and EPs
	Shattering Xpectations Xentrix Live In Reading

Events Now online Today

07.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2024 11

28.06 - Finland
Tuska Festival 2024 6

31.07 - Romania
Rockstadt Extreme Festival 2024 4

20.07 - Germany
Klash Of The Ruhrpott Festival 2024 3

17.05 - Germany
Rock Hard Festival 2024 3

24.05 - Serbia
Rammstein: European Stadium Tour 2024 2

05.06 - Poland
Mystic Festival 2024 2

Staff / Elite: 2

corrupt

Starvynth

Members: 22

Guests: 881

Musicians' birthdays:

45 - Alexandre de Orio
58 - Alfred Koffler
40 - Arif Suhaimi
41 - Artyom Serdyuk
25 - Attila Dudás
36 - Brian Westbrook
61 - Claudio Alberto Castro
69 - Eddie Jobson
39 - Einar Solberg
54 - Fred Sablan
27 - Gabriel Puente
58 - Gary Nagy
46 - Gerit Lamm
68 - Göran Edman
37 - Gregory Massera
55 - Javier Navarro
31 - Jay Plested
59 - Karl Mojaleski
53 - Kræn Meier
52 - Leo Stivala
40 - Luis Fernando "Nando" de Moura Cagnin
59 - Martin Helmantel
51 - Matt Fox
51 - Matthew Ian "Matt" Fox
37 - Micke Hasselqvist
39 - Milan Kovačević
46 - Moisés Lugo
27 - Pablo Marina Real
47 - Pan Vogiatzis
55 - Pascal Cliche
49 - Pia Kristina Stjärnvind
55 - Sammy Pierre Duet
46 - Sergio Daniel Gómez
47 - Stephen "Steve" Maher

RIP:

2020 - Brian "Bob" Fouts
2021 - Frederick John Hinch
2021 - Helge Engelke
2015 - Ian Mason Maggard
1999 - Osvaldo Civile

Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

1.	Týr Battle Ballads
2.	My Dying Bride A Mortal Binding
3.	Ingested The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams
4.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
5.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
6.	Accept Humanoid
7.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
8.	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds
9.	Hamferð Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
10.	Belore Eastern Tales

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

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

	Band - Album	Year	Type	Style	Rating	Votes	Rev.	Lyrics
1231	Castrator - No Victim Demo Death	2014	Demo
1232	Paganizer / Grand Supreme Blood Court - Imperial Anthems No. 15 Split Death	2014	Split
1233	Svartidauði - III.XX.MMX Live Black	2014	Live
1234	Creation's End - Metaphysical Progressive	2014	Studio		7.4 (11)	11
1235	Eden Weint Im Grab - Geysterstunde II Gothic	2014	Studio		9.5 (2)	2	1
1236	Striker - City Of Gold Thrash, Speed, Heavy	2014	Studio		7.9 (45)	45		11
1237	Sólstafir - Ótta Post-rock	2014	Studio	Post-rock	8.5 (340)	340	1	8
1238	Alitor - Eternal Depression Progressive thrash	2014	Studio	Progressive thrash	7 (3)	3
1239	Droid - Promo 2014 Demo Progressive thrash	2014	Demo	Progressive thrash
1240	Hinayana - Endless Demo Melodic death	2014	Demo	Melodic death	7.5 (2)	2
1241	Skyforest - Aftermath Atmospheric black	2014	Studio	Atmospheric black	8.3 (12)	12
1242	Livet Som Insats - Illusioner / Brace For Impact Split Grindcore	2014	Split
1243	Sinmara - Aphotic Womb Black	2014	Studio		7.9 (27)	27
1244	Astral Doors - Notes From The Shadows Heavy	2014	Studio		7.7 (38)	38	1
1245	Internal Nightmare - 2014 Promo Demo Death, Thrash	2014	Demo
1246	Infinitum Obscure - Ascension Through The Luminous Black Death	2014	Studio
1247	The Order Of Israfel - Wisdom Doom	2014	Studio		8.4 (5)	5
1248	Troldhaugen - Obzkure Anekdotez For Maniakal Massez Avantgarde	2014	Studio		8.2 (15)	15
1249	Riot V - Unleash The Fire Heavy, Hard rock	2014	Studio		8.1 (72)	72	1	12
1250	HammerFall - (r)Evolution Power	2014	Studio		7.3 (189)	189	1	11
1251	King Leviathan - Deathmarch Single Thrash	2014	Single
1252	Display Of Decay - Outbreak Of Infection EP Brutal death	2014	EP	Brutal death
1253	Myth Of A Life - Erinyes EP Melodic death	2014	EP	Melodic death
1254	Reaping Asmodeia - Poison Of The Earth Deathcore	2014	Studio
1255	Tyrant (USA-MI) - Purge EP Thrash	2014	EP
1256	Decaying - New Order 2014 EP Death	2014	EP
1257	Helsótt - Woven Folk, Death	2014	Studio
1258	Fornicus - Storming Heaven Black	2014	Studio		7 (3)	3	1
1259	Pelican - Arktika Live Instrumental post-metal	2014	Live	Instrumental post-metal	7.8 (5)	5
1260	Horn Of The Rhino - Summoning Deliverance Sludge	2014	Studio		8 (23)	23	1