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	Nocturna Of Sorcery And Darkness
	Dvne Voidkind
	La Torture Des Ténèbres V
	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
	Attic Return Of The Witchfinder
	Acid Mammoth Supersonic Megafauna Collision
	Iron Monkey Spleen & Goad
	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
	Darkestrah Nomad

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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

Staff / Elite: 4

Members: 21

Guests: 973

Musicians' birthdays:

49 - Adam Buszko
(1977-2017) - Alan Michael Slayton
33 - Albert Reguena
30 - Alexander Nagel
49 - Alvaro Donoso
33 - Artyom Prishchepov
(1958-2008) - Ben Munkirs
34 - Carles Soler Gozalbo
34 - Carlos Andrés
42 - Dann Hoyos
34 - Diana Selnicean
48 - Errapel Kepa
49 - Ferry Guns
36 - Gerardo "Jerry" De Feo
52 - Guido Holstein
(1976-2014) - Jason McCash
38 - Jón Aldará
54 - Jon Dette
45 - Jonathan Rushforth
53 - Junichi Satoh
(1968-1995) - Ken Springer
35 - Lefteris Moros
31 - Leon Roškar
42 - Leonardo Camacho
46 - Markus Eurén
37 - Michael Kolar
58 - Mike Kaufmann
(1992-2016) - Nathaniel Jordan "Nate" Dickinson
67 - Pamela Ann Barlow
68 - Paul Mario Day
31 - Phil Glenn
33 - Rhys King
32 - Ricky Fregosi
70 - Robert "Bob" Rock (I)
48 - Rudolf "Ruud" Adrianus Jolie
34 - Stephen "Steve" Poff
24 - Thalia Bellazecca
53 - Thomas Hansen
39 - Tina Stabel
67 - Tony Martin Harford
42 - Ulf "Uffe" Nylin
36 - Vinicius Sosa
41 - Vittorio
49 - Yorick Dolfing
61 - Youichi Hirose
36 - Yuriy Garnaev

RIP:

2005 - Bryan Ottoson
1997 - Dan Van den Plas
1992 - Rob Clayton

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.	In Vain Solemn
4.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
5.	Borknagar Fall
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
51	Necrodeath 1984-	Blackened thrash metal	Italy	1984	-	38
52	Krampus 2009-	Folk metal Melodic death metal	Italy	2009	-	37
53	Place Vendome 2004-	Melodic hard rock Power metal	Italy	2004	-	37
54	Bulldozer 1980-	Thrash metal	Italy	1980	-	35
55	SpellBlast 1999-	Folk metal Power metal	Italy	1999	-	35
56	Master Boot Record 2016-	Instrumental industrial metal	Italy	2016	-	34
57	Hideous Divinity 2007-	Brutal death metal Technical death metal	Italy	2007	-	32
58	Temperance 2013-	Symphonic metal	Italy	2013	-	30
59	Ade 2007-	Death metal	Italy	2007	-	29
60	Folkstone 2004-	Folk metal	Italy	2004	-	29
61	Arcana Coelestia 2005-	Funeral doom metal Atmospheric black metal	Italy	2005	-	28
62	Shores Of Null 2013-	Gothic doom metal Blackened doom metal	Italy	2013	-	27
63	(EchO) 2007-	Melodic death doom metal Psychedelic doom metal	Italy	2007	-	25
64	Canaan 1996-	Darkwave	Italy	1996	-	25
65	Death SS 1977-	Heavy metal Doom metal Industrial metal	Italy	1977	-	25
66	Sunpocrisy 2007-	Progressive death metal Atmospheric sludge metal Post-metal	Italy	2007	-	25
67	Ravenscry 2008-	Alternative metal Gothic metal	Italy	2008	-	24
68	Furor Gallico 2007-	Folk metal	Italy	2007	-	23
69	Illogicist 1997-	Technical death metal	Italy	1997	-	23
70	Eldritch 1991-	Power metal Thrash metal	Italy	1991	-	22
71	Empyrios 2001-	Progressive thrash metal	Italy	2001	-	22
72	Kaledon 1998-	Power metal	Italy	1998	-	22
73	Nero Di Marte 2007-	Progressive death metal Extreme progressive metal Alternative metal	Italy	2007	-	22
74	How Like A Winter 1999-	Gothic doom metal	Italy	1999	-	21
75	Nocturna 2021-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Italy	2021	-	21
76	Skylark 1994-	Power metal	Italy	1994	-	21
77	Vomit The Soul 1999-	Brutal death metal	Italy	1999	-	21
78	Selvans 2014-	Atmospheric black metal Folk metal	Italy	2014	-	20
79	Ad Nauseam 2011-	Technical death metal	Italy	2011	-	19
80	Highlord 1996-	Power metal	Italy	1996	-	19
81	Urna 2004-	Black metal Funeral doom metal	Italy	2004	-	18
82	Cripple Bastards 1988-	Grindcore	Italy	1988	-	17
83	Earth And Pillars 2014-	Atmospheric black metal	Italy	2014	-	17
84	Evenoire 2006-2016	Symphonic metal Folk metal	Italy	2006	2016	17
85	Kalidia 2010-2023	Symphonic power metal	Italy	2010	2023	17
86	Nazgûl 1996-	Black metal Folk metal	Italy	1996	-	17
87	Tystnaden 1998-	Gothic metal Gothenburg metal	Italy	1998	-	17
88	Eternal Idol 2016-	Power metal Symphonic metal Heavy metal Progressive metal	Italy	2016	-	16
89	Holy Knights 1998-	Power metal Symphonic metal	Italy	1998	-	16
90	Holy Martyr 1994-	Heavy metal	Italy	1994	-	16
91	Abysmal Grief 1995-	Gothic doom metal	Italy	1995	-	15
92	Consummatum Est 2003-	Black metal Funeral doom metal	Italy	2003	-	15
93	Hollow Haze 2003-	Progressive heavy metal	Italy	2003	-	15
94	Lord Vampyr 2004-	Black metal Gothic metal	Italy	2004	-	15
95	Soul Secret 2004-	Progressive metal	Italy	2004	-	15
96	Tryglav 2018-	Melodic black metal	Italy Norway	2018	-	15
97	Fear Of Eternity 2000-	Atmospheric black metal	Italy	2000	-	14
98	Fogalord 2007-	Power metal Symphonic metal	Italy	2007	-	14
99	Genus Ordinis Dei 2009-	Symphonic death metal	Italy	2009	-	14
100	Pathosray 2000-	Progressive metal	Italy	2000	-	14