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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

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
251	A Day Of No Sun 2022-	Melodic black metal	Poland	2022	-	1
252	A Devil's Daydream 2011-	Melodic black metal Melodic death metal	USA	2011	-	0
253	A Diadem Of Dead Stars 2014-	Atmospheric black metal Instrumental	Greece	2014	-	10
254	A Feast For Lampreys 2022-	Melodic black metal	USA	2022	-	0
255	A Flock Named Murder 2018-	Post-metal Sludge metal Black metal	Canada	2018	-	2
256	A Forest Of Stars 2007-	Atmospheric black metal	United Kingdom	2007	-	234
257	A Light In The Dark 2012-	Post black metal Shoegaze	Russia	2012	-	8
258	A Pale December 2013-	Atmospheric black metal	Italy	2013	-	3
259	A Pregnant Light 2009-	Black metal Post-metal Hardcore	USA	2009	-	4
260	A.M.S.G. 2007-	Black metal	Canada	2007	-	6
261	A/Oratos 2016-	Melodic black metal	France	2016	-	0
262	Aabsynthum 2004-	Black metal Funeral doom metal	Romania	2004	-	2
263	Aara 2008-	Atmospheric black metal	Switzerland	2008	-	21
264	Aaskereia 1997-	Pagan black metal	Germany	1997	-	27
265	Abaton 2009-	Doom metal Black metal	Italy	2009	-	2
266	Abbas Taeter 2007-	Atmospheric black metal	Italy	2007	-	0
267	Abbath 2015-	Black metal	Norway	2015	-	201
268	Abduction 2006-	Atmospheric black metal	France	2006	-	5
269	Abduction (UK) 2016-	Black metal	United Kingdom	2016	-	0
270	Abdunor 1996-	Black metal	Denmark	1996	-	2
271	Aberration 2020-	Atmospheric black metal Death metal	USA	2020	-	1
272	Abgott 1997-	Black metal	Italy United Kingdom	1997	-	11
273	Abhomine 2015-	Black metal Death metal	USA	2015	-	1
274	Abhor 1995-	Black metal	Italy	1995	-	3
275	Abhoria 2017-	Black metal	USA	2017	-	1
276	Abidetherein 2010-	Black metal Folk	Syria	2010	-	9
277	Abigail Williams 2005-	Metalcore Symphonic black metal Atmospheric black metal	USA	2005	-	143
278	Abigor 1993-	Black metal	Austria	1993	-	112
279	Aborym 1991-	Industrial black metal	Italy	1991	-	41
280	Above Aurora 2015-	Black metal	Poland Iceland	2015	-	4
281	Abruptum 1990-	Black metal Ambient Noise	Sweden	1990	-	32
282	Absconditus 2010-	Black metal	France	2010	-	2
283	Absence Of Life 2018-	Depressive black metal	Belarus	2018	-	0
284	Abstrakt 2008-	Symphonic black metal	Finland	2008	-	0
285	Abstrusa Unde 2007-	Symphonic black metal Avantgarde black metal Gothic metal	France	2007	-	1
286	Abused Majesty 1998-	Symphonic black metal Death metal	Poland	1998	-	8
287	Abysmal Lord 2012-	Black metal Death metal	USA	2012	-	2
288	Abyss Of Sheowl 2012-	Depressive black metal	Latvia	2012	-	1
289	Acârash 2016-	Black metal Doom metal	Norway	2016	-	2
290	Acathexis 2016-	Black metal	International	2016	-	6
291	Acedia Mundi 2013-	Black metal	France	2013	-	1
292	Acheronian Scar 2010-	Symphonic black metal Symphonic death metal	Switzerland	2010	-	1
293	Acherontas 2007-	Black metal	Greece	2007	-	46
294	Acid Cross 2014-	Black metal Thrash metal	Canada	2014	-	0
295	ACOD 2006-	Melodic black metal Melodic death metal	France	2006	-	7
296	Acolyte (UK) 2008-	Progressive black metal	United Kingdom	2008	-	0
297	Acrosome 2009-	Depressive black metal Dark ambient	Turkey	2009	-	1
298	Ad Finem Omnia 2020-	Black metal	Chile	2020	-	1
299	Ad Inferna 2000-	Symphonic black metal Gothic metal Electro industrial metal	France	2000	-	4
300	Addaura 2008-	Atmospheric black metal	USA	2008	-	16