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07.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2024 11

28.06 - Finland
Tuska Festival 2024 6

31.07 - Romania
Rockstadt Extreme Festival 2024 4

17.05 - Germany
Rock Hard Festival 2024 3

11.05 - Serbia
Wolfheart: King Of The North Over Balkans / Eastern Europe Tour 2024 2

24.05 - Serbia
Rammstein: European Stadium Tour 2024 2

05.06 - Poland
Mystic Festival 2024 2

Members: 4

Guests: 892

Musicians' birthdays:

35 - Alessandro Chenetti
27 - Andreas Truelsen
42 - Anis Jouini
39 - Artyom
40 - Brian Holmes
46 - Brian Wood
40 - Dani Wang
36 - Davidavi "Vidi" Dolev
34 - Emil "Lemmel" Skelvig
34 - Eric Rhodes
54 - Eugene Simone
54 - Gregory Michael Minier
42 - Jacqueline Govaert
37 - Jamie Smith
44 - Jasmin Wagner
29 - Jeremy Lambert
35 - Joaquín Gomez
33 - Keith Wampler
45 - Kenneth Kapstad
29 - Kiss Szabolcs
41 - Kristofer von Wachenfeldt
(1954-2020) - Louie "L.A." Kouvaris
45 - Luke Cook
42 - Maciej Surowiec
29 - Mateja ''Dekapitator'' Cvetičanin
56 - Matt Fillmore
37 - Michael Joseph "Mike" Leon
57 - Michael Stephen "Mike" Portnoy
41 - Miguel Trapezaris
32 - Mitchell Scheerder
32 - Patrick Grønbæch Christensen
37 - Ralph Salati
26 - Raphael Dantas (I)
47 - Richard "Ricardo" Chuat
34 - Robert Morey
30 - Ruslan Kharchevnikov
(1968-2004) - Stacey Horne
48 - Sven Varkel
29 - Valentin "Valle" Papp
39 - Víctor Manuel De La Chica Cañas

RIP:

2017 - Bill Tolley
2010 - Eric Duvall Cargile
2017 - Martin Funderud
2011 - Matt LaPorte
2023 - Robert "Dr. Fe" Krčmář

Charts Top of 2024 Top 200

1.	Hamferð Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
2.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
3.	Dödsrit Nocturnal Will
4.	Týr Battle Ballads
5.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
6.	Hideous Divinity Unextinct
7.	Ingested The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams
8.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
9.	Benighted Ekbom
10.	Brodequin Harbinger Of Woe

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Nightwish 1996-	Symphonic power metal Symphonic metal	Finland	1996	-	2559
2	Children Of Bodom 1993-2019	Extreme power metal	Finland	1993	2019	2494
3	Ensiferum 1995-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1995	-	2089
4	Insomnium 1997-	Melodic death metal	Finland	1997	-	2076
5	Amorphis 1990-	Death metal Folk metal Progressive metal Melodic death metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1990	-	2074
6	Wintersun 2004-	Extreme power metal	Finland	2004	-	1944
7	Sonata Arctica 1996-	Power metal	Finland	1996	-	1361
8	Stratovarius 1982-	Heavy metal Power metal	Finland	1982	-	1226
9	Swallow The Sun 2000-	Melodic death metal Melodic doom metal	Finland	2000	-	1211
10	Kalmah 1991-	Extreme power metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1991	-	1202
11	Moonsorrow 1995-	Viking folk metal	Finland	1995	-	1165
12	Finntroll 1997-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1997	-	1072
13	Korpiklaani 2003-	Folk metal	Finland	2003	-	933
14	Omnium Gatherum 1996-	Melodic death metal	Finland	1996	-	760
15	Turisas 1997-	Folk metal	Finland	1997	-	717
16	Apocalyptica 1993-	Symphonic heavy metal	Finland	1993	-	707
17	Eternal Tears Of Sorrow 1991-	Melodic death metal Extreme power metal	Finland	1991	-	631
18	Sentenced 1988-2005	Death metal Melodic death metal Suomi metal Depressive heavy metal	Finland	1988	2005	593
19	Mors Principium Est 1999-	Gothenburg metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1999	-	565
20	Norther 1996-2012	Extreme power metal	Finland	1996	2012	517
21	Ghost Brigade 2005-2020	Post-metal Alternative metal	Finland	2005	2020	447
22	Before The Dawn 1999-	Melodic death metal Gothic metal	Finland	1999	-	422
23	Shape Of Despair 1995-	Funeral doom metal	Finland	1995	-	400
24	Tarja 2004-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2004	-	358
25	HIM 1991-2017	Suomi metal	Finland	1991	2017	354
26	Wolfheart 2013-	Melodic death metal	Finland	2013	-	328
27	Barren Earth 2007-	Melodic death metal Progressive metal	Finland	2007	-	311
28	Shade Empire 1999-	Symphonic black metal	Finland	1999	-	294
29	Catamenia 1995-	Melodic black metal Melodic death metal Heavy metal	Finland	1995	-	234
30	Oranssi Pazuzu 2007-	Psychedelic black metal	Finland	2007	-	216
31	Lordi 1992-	Hard rock Glam metal	Finland	1992	-	215
32	Rapture 1998-	Melodic death metal Doom metal	Finland	1998	-	211
33	Battle Beast 2008-	Heavy metal Power metal Pop rock	Finland	2008	-	210
34	Brymir 2006-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	2006	-	210
35	Trees Of Eternity 2008-2016	Gothic doom metal	Finland	2008	2016	202
36	Poisonblack 2000-	Suomi metal Depressive heavy metal	Finland	2000	-	200
37	Cain's Offering 2005-	Power metal	Finland	2005	-	198
38	The 69 Eyes 1990-	Glam rock Punk rock Gothic metal Gothic rock	Finland	1990	-	194
39	Charon 1992-2011	Death metal Suomi metal	Finland	1992	2011	187
40	Whispered 2001-	Extreme power metal	Finland	2001	-	184
41	Beast In Black 2015-	Heavy metal Power metal Pop rock	Finland	2015	-	183
42	Noumena 1998-	Melodic death metal	Finland	1998	-	182
43	Battlelore 1999-	Folk metal Power metal	Finland	1999	-	181
44	Black Sun Aeon 2008-2013	Melodic death metal Doom metal	Finland	2008	2013	180
45	Amberian Dawn 2006-	Symphonic power metal	Finland	2006	-	172
46	Tarot 1985-	Power metal Heavy metal	Finland	1985	-	168
47	Sinergy 1997-2004	Heavy metal Power metal	Sweden Finland	1997	2004	154
48	Skepticism 1991-	Funeral doom metal	Finland	1991	-	151
49	Impaled Nazarene 1990-	Black metal Grindcore Crust punk	Finland	1990	-	146
50	Beherit 1989-	Black metal Ambient	Finland	1989	-	128