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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

Staff / Elite: 4

Members: 21

Guests: 847

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
201	Whyzdom 2007-	Symphonic metal	France	2007	-	36
202	Damnation Angels 2006-	Symphonic metal	United Kingdom	2006	-	34
203	Diabulus In Musica 2006-	Symphonic metal	Spain	2006	-	91
204	Enthring 2006-2020	Melodic death metal Symphonic metal	Finland	2006	2020	20
205	Evenoire 2006-2016	Symphonic metal Folk metal	Italy	2006	2016	17
206	Hammerforce 2006-	Symphonic metal Power metal Progressive metal	Russia	2006	-	27
207	HDK 2006-	Thrash metal Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2006	-	17
208	Heonia 2006-	Progressive metal Symphonic metal	France	2006	-	1
209	Katra 2006-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2006	-	46
210	Mena Brinno 2006-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	USA	2006	-	3
211	Solisia 2006-	Progressive power metal Symphonic metal	Italy	2006	-	1
212	Thy Despair 2006-	Symphonic metal	Ukraine	2006	-	2
213	Deep Sun 2005-	Symphonic metal	Switzerland	2005	-	2
214	Lapis Lazuli 2005-	Symphonic metal	Sweden	2005	-	7
215	Luca Turilli's Dreamquest 2005-2011	Electronic symphonic metal	Italy	2005	2011	60
216	November-7 2005-	Heavy metal Symphonic metal Industrial metal	Switzerland	2005	-	20
217	Shield Of Wings 2005-	Symphonic metal	USA	2005	-	1
218	Adastreia 2004-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	United Kingdom	2004	-	8
219	Akoma 2004-	Symphonic metal Gothic metal	Denmark	2004	-	5
220	Angtoria 2004-2011	Symphonic metal	United Kingdom	2004	2011	99
221	Crysalys 2004-	Symphonic metal Melodic death metal Gothic metal	Italy	2004	-	12
222	Ex Libris 2004-	Symphonic metal Gothic metal	The Netherlands	2004	-	31
223	Mechina 2004-	Industrial symphonic metal	USA	2004	-	126
224	Sirenade 2004-	Symphonic metal	Slovak Republic	2004	-	2
225	Tarja 2004-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2004	-	358
226	Van Helsing's Curse 2004-	Heavy metal Power metal Progressive metal Symphonic metal	USA	2004	-	1
227	Voices Of Destiny 2004-	Symphonic metal Heavy metal	Germany	2004	-	12
228	Aberrant Vascular 2003-	Avantgarde metal Symphonic metal	Finland	2003	-	8
229	Diablo Swing Orchestra 2003-	Avantgarde metal Symphonic metal	Sweden	2003	-	509
230	Fjoergyn 2003-	Folk metal Symphonic metal	Germany	2003	-	35
231	Imperia 2003-	Symphonic metal Gothic metal	The Netherlands Belgium	2003	-	51
232	Leaves' Eyes 2003-	Symphonic metal	Germany	2003	-	326
233	Soulfallen 2003-	Melodic death metal Symphonic metal	Finland	2003	-	61
234	Stravaganzza 2003-	Symphonic metal	Spain	2003	-	34
235	Ani Lo. Projekt 2002-	Symphonic metal Progressive metal	Bulgaria Germany	2002	-	2
236	Delain 2002-	Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	487
237	Epica 2002-	Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	1707
238	Winds Of Plague 2002-	Deathcore Symphonic metal	USA	2002	-	73
239	Cadaveria 2001-	Avantgarde metal Symphonic metal	Italy	2001	-	64
240	Crimson Sun 2001-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2001	-	7
241	The Aerium 2001-	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Russia	2001	-	0
242	Unshine 2001-	Symphonic metal	Finland	2001	-	14
243	Beto Vázquez Infinity 2000-	Symphonic metal	Argentina	2000	-	21
244	Demonic Resurrection 2000-	Death metal Symphonic metal Blackened death metal	India	2000	-	44
245	Dol Ammad 2000-	Electronic symphonic metal	Greece	2000	-	26
246	Stillborn (MLT) 2000-	Symphonic metal	Malta	2000	-	5
247	Visions Of Atlantis 2000-	Symphonic metal	Austria	2000	-	173
248	Aeternitas 1999-2022	Gothic metal Symphonic metal	Germany	1999	2022	8
249	Beyond The Bridge 1999-	Progressive metal Progressive rock Symphonic metal	Germany	1999	-	34
250	Aesma Daeva 1998-	Symphonic metal	USA	1998	-	39