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Brutal Assault 2024 11

28.06 - Finland
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31.07 - Romania
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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

Members: 9

Guests: 819

Musicians' birthdays:

34 - Aldaír Mejía
48 - Alexey Solovyov
47 - Andrzej Papież
37 - Anton Hontar
52 - Asmus Thomsen
47 - Batuhan Gezer
41 - Bianca Jamett
58 - Chris Angerer
33 - Chris Millard
57 - Christiano Salles
40 - Cristina Castro Alvarez
36 - Darío Urbistondo
42 - Fabrício Góes
43 - Federico Monti
62 - George Rene Ochoa
(1970-2005) - Glen Pete Jewell
58 - Greg Christian
58 - Harald Heinrich "Harry" Wilkens
70 - Janusz Łakomiec
54 - Jari Kainulainen
41 - Joël St-Amant
51 - Johan Hegg
(1962-2009) - John Patrick Jr. McDonald
42 - Karl Dallara
38 - Karol Mandozzi
34 - Karsten Simon
55 - Kirk Lloyd Fisher
41 - Lauri Pikka
42 - León Tinoco
29 - Lucas Daniel
42 - Mats Halldin
47 - Matthew "Matt" Bachand
34 - Matthew Kerschner
43 - Mel Bulian
48 - Milan "Mikac" Jankovič
44 - Mirco Bennati
42 - Nicolas Bastos
29 - Noah Lopez
(1973-2022) - Oliver Mindner
44 - Péter Schrott
36 - Saška "Miss Jukebox" Janković
60 - Scott Schafer
53 - Siniša Vuco
34 - Szczepan Inglot
51 - Thomas Lejon
42 - Travis Smith
34 - Trevor Deschryver

RIP:

2010 - Ilya Alexandrov
2016 - Kenneth Lee "Kenny" Wagner
2017 - Tom Richardsen
2021 - William Mecum

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1.	Týr Battle Ballads
2.	My Dying Bride A Mortal Binding
3.	Accept Humanoid
4.	Ingested The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams
5.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
6.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
7.	Darkthrone It Beckons Us All......
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.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
3.	Dödsrit Nocturnal Will
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
2551	Minas Tirith 1989-2015	Avantgarde black metal Progressive metal	Norway	1989	2015	1
2552	Moonspell 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Gothic black metal Gothic metal Symphonic black metal	Portugal	1989	-	1416
2553	Necrophobic 1989-	Melodic death metal Melodic black metal	Sweden	1989	-	270
2554	Obtained Enslavement 1989-2000	Death metal Black metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1989	2000	29
2555	Old Man's Child 1989-	Thrash metal Death metal Symphonic black metal	Norway	1989	-	333
2556	Ophthalamia 1989-1998	Black metal	Sweden	1989	1998	28
2557	Ordoxe 1989-2017	Black metal	Canada	1989	2017	2
2558	Sigh 1989-	Death metal Black metal Thrash metal Avantgarde metal	Japan	1989	-	296
2559	Thorns 1989-	Black metal Industrial black metal	Norway	1989	-	90
2560	Ancient Rites 1988-	Viking black metal	Belgium	1988	-	89
2561	Inquisition 1988-	Thrash metal Black metal	Colombia USA	1988	-	257
2562	Opera IX 1988-	Symphonic black metal Black metal Folk metal	Italy	1988	-	93
2563	Unanimated 1988-	Melodic death metal Melodic black metal	Sweden	1988	-	71
2564	Varathron 1988-	Black metal	Greece	1988	-	100
2565	Master's Hammer 1987-	Experimental black metal	Czech Republic	1987	-	66
2566	Mortem (NOR) 1987-	Death metal Black metal	Norway	1987	-	8
2567	Primordial 1987-	Black metal Celtic folk metal	Ireland	1987	-	764
2568	Root 1987-	Black metal	Czech Republic	1987	-	45
2569	Rotting Christ 1987-	Black metal Gothic metal	Greece	1987	-	1096
2570	Samael 1987-	Black metal Electro industrial metal	Switzerland	1987	-	483
2571	Valhall 1987-	Black metal Doom metal	Norway	1987	-	7
2572	VON 1987-	Black metal	USA	1987	-	21
2573	Darkthrone 1986-	Death metal Black metal Crust punk Heavy metal	Norway	1986	-	1006
2574	Third Storm 1986-	Black metal	Sweden	1986	-	1
2575	Traumatic Voyage 1986-	Avantgarde metal Progressive death metal Progressive black metal	Germany	1986	-	0
2576	Holocausto 1985-	Black metal Thrash metal Technical thrash metal	Brazil	1985	-	7
2577	Salem 1985-	Black metal Doom metal Death metal	Israel	1985	-	33
2578	Sarcófago 1985-2000	Black metal Thrash metal Death metal	Brazil	1985	2000	109
2579	Satanic Slaughter 1985-	Black metal Death metal Thrash metal	Sweden	1985	-	8
2580	Blasphemy 1984-	Black metal	Canada	1984	-	50
2581	Celtic Frost 1984-2008	First wave of black metal Thrash metal Avantgarde metal	Switzerland	1984	2008	664
2582	Mayhem 1984-	Death metal Black metal	Norway	1984	-	1031
2583	Mefisto 1984-	Black metal Death metal Thrash metal	Sweden	1984	-	8
2584	Bathory 1983-2004	First wave of black metal Viking black metal	Sweden	1983	2004	1258
2585	Hellhammer 1982-1984	First wave of black metal	Switzerland	1982	1984	151
2586	Mercyful Fate 1981-	Heavy metal First wave of black metal	Denmark USA	1981	-	744
2587	Venom 1979-	First wave of black metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1979	-	610
2588	Genfærd	Black metal	Denmark	-	-	1
2589	Narzissus	Black metal	Austria	-	-	2