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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

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	Rating	Votes	Rev.	Lyrics
3901	Shakra - What You See (And What You Don't) Single Hard rock, Heavy	2023	Single
3902	Shakra - Angels Landing Single Hard rock, Heavy	2023	Single
3903	Goddess Of Desire - Awaken Pagan Gods Heavy	2005	Studio	8 (2)	2	1
3904	Goddess Of Desire - Conquerors Divine Heavy	2002	Studio	7 (2)	2
3905	Goddess Of Desire - Symbol Of Triumph Heavy	1998	Studio	7 (3)	3
3906	Goddess Of Desire - Awake At Wacken DVD Heavy	1998	DVD
3907	Goddess Of Desire - Let Us Win This War Heavy	1996	Studio	8 (1)	1
3908	Epizod - Saint Patriarch Evtimij DVD Heavy	2005	DVD			1
3909	Epizod - Pray Heavy	1992	Studio
3910	Epizod - Dead Among Dead Men Heavy	1993	Studio
3911	Epizod - Respect Heavy	1999	Studio	4 (1)	1
3912	Epizod - Levski Single Heavy	2001	Single
3913	Epizod - The Bulgarian God Heavy	2002	Studio	9 (3)	3
3914	Epizod - The Time Is Ripe Heavy	2003	Studio	8 (1)	1
3915	Epizod - A Men Songs Heavy	2004	Studio	8 (1)	1
3916	Epizod - St. Patriarch Evtimii Heavy	2004	Studio	7.5 (2)	2
3917	Epizod - Our Roots Heavy	2006	Studio	7 (1)	1
3918	Epizod - The Old Soldier Heavy	2008	Studio	7 (1)	1
3919	Epizod - Epizod DVD Heavy	2004	DVD
3920	Epizod - Demo Demo Heavy	1995	Demo
3921	Epizod - Narodat Na Dulo Heavy	2010	Studio	6.5 (2)	2
3922	Messiah's Kiss - Dragonheart Heavy	2007	Studio	7.4 (10)	10	1
3923	Messiah's Kiss - Prayer For The Dying Heavy	2002	Studio	7.3 (7)	7		12
3924	Messiah's Kiss - Metal Heavy	2004	Studio	7 (3)	3		14
3925	Messiah's Kiss - Get Your Bulls Out! Heavy	2014	Studio
3926	Sebastian Bach - Angel Down Heavy	2007	Studio	7.8 (51)	51		6
3927	Sebastian Bach - Bring 'Em Bach Alive Live Heavy	1999	Live	6.4 (14)	14
3928	Sebastian Bach - Bach 2: Basics Compilation Heavy	2001	Comp	7 (8)	8
3929	Sebastian Bach - Kicking & Screaming Heavy	2011	Studio	7.2 (33)	33
3930	Sebastian Bach - ABachalypse Now Live Heavy	2013	Live	7.2 (5)	5