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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

21:16 - no one

I was notified that there was a new shout

Reviews Articles

	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	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
551	Samhain 1983-1987	Death rock Hard rock Horror Punk	USA	1983	1987	21
552	Sammy Hagar & The Circle 2014-	Hard rock Rock	USA	2014	-	3
553	Sandstone 2003-	Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	2003	-	1
554	Sarayasign 2021-	Melodic heavy metal Hard rock	Sweden	2021	-	2
555	Saturday Night Satan 2017-	Heavy metal Hard rock	Greece	2017	-	1
556	Savanth 2013-	Heavy metal Hard rock	Mexico	2013	-	0
557	Scars On Broadway 2005-	Alternative metal Hard rock	USA	2005	-	80
558	Scatterbrain 1989-1995	Thrash metal Funk rock	USA	1989	1995	1
559	Schandmaul 1998-	Medieval folk metal Medieval Folk rock	Germany	1998	-	30
560	Scheitan 1996-	Melodic death metal Death metal Black metal Gothic rock	Sweden	1996	-	5
561	Scorpion Child 2006-	Hard rock	USA	2006	-	14
562	Scorpions 1965-	Progressive rock Hard rock Heavy metal	Germany	1965	-	661
563	Scum Liquor 2013-	Heavy metal Punk rock	Portugal	2013	-	0
564	Seeming Emptiness 2005-	Post rock Post-metal Death doom metal	Germany	2005	-	1
565	Seigmen 1989-	Gothic metal Atmospheric rock	Norway	1989	-	6
566	Self-Inflicted Violence 2007-	Black metal Post rock	United Kingdom	2007	-	3
567	Serenity Broken 2010-	Alternative metal Hard rock	Greece	2010	-	4
568	Serj Tankian 2007-	Alternative metal Hard rock	USA	2007	-	166
569	Serpent (SWE-VG) 2012-2016	Stoner metal Doom metal Hard rock	Sweden	2012	2016	1
570	Serum 1996-2003	Progressive metal Progressive rock	Germany	1996	2003	0
571	Sethian 1998-	Hard rock Suomi metal	Finland	1998	-	6
572	Seven Ravens 2020-	Melodic heavy metal Hard rock	USA	2020	-	0
573	Shades Of Remembrance 2009-	Progressive metal Hard rock	USA	2009	-	0
574	Shadowgarden 1996-	Gothic metal Gothic rock	Sweden	1996	-	8
575	ShadoWhispers 2009-	Symphonic metal Gothic rock	Luxembourg	2009	-	0
576	Shadrane 2001-	Progressive metal Progressive rock	France	2001	-	2
577	Shakra 1997-	Hard rock Heavy metal	Switzerland	1997	-	35
578	Shannon 1998-	Hard rock Heavy metal	France	1998	-	2
579	Sharks 1979-1985	Hard rock	USA	1979	1985	1
580	Shepherd 2011-	Sludge metal Hard rock	India	2011	-	6
581	Shepherds Of Cassini 2012-	Post-metal Progressive rock	New Zealand	2012	-	5
582	Shihad 1988-	Alternative metal Hard rock	New Zealand	1988	-	2
583	Shining Black 2020-	Power metal Hard rock	USA	2020	-	4
584	Silver Lake 2020-	Suomi metal Gothic rock	Finland	2020	-	14
585	Silver P. 2017-	Heavy metal Hard rock	Italy	2017	-	0
586	Simple Lies 2006-2022	Heavy metal Hard rock	Italy	2006	2022	0
587	Sin7sinS 2007-2016	Gothic metal Gothic rock	The Netherlands	2007	2016	5
588	Sinamore 1998-2013	Gothic metal Gothic rock	Finland	1998	2013	27
589	Sir Lord Baltimore 1968-2015	Heavy metal Hard rock	USA	1968	2015	17
590	Six Burning Knives 2012-	Alternative metal Alternative rock	Spain	2012	-	1
591	Six Foot Six 2017-	Heavy metal Hard rock	Sweden	2017	-	0
592	Skid Row 1987-	Hard rock Heavy metal	USA	1987	-	279
593	Skinher 2021-	Hard rock Heavy metal	Greece	2021	-	0
594	Slash 2009-	Hard rock Blues rock	USA	2009	-	105
595	Slash's Snakepit 1995-2001	Hard rock Blues rock	USA	1995	2001	9
596	Sleep Of Monsters 2012-	Gothic metal Doom metal Gothic rock	Finland	2012	-	1
597	Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 1999-	Avantgarde metal Avantgarde rock	USA	1999	-	63
598	Sleestak 2003-	Stoner metal Psychedelic rock	USA	2003	-	16
599	Smith/Kotzen 2020-	Heavy metal Hard rock	International	2020	-	6
600	Smoking Snakes 2022-	Heavy metal Hard rock	Sweden	2022	-	1