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07.08 - Czech Republic
Brutal Assault 2024 11

28.06 - Finland
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31.07 - Romania
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17.05 - Germany
Rock Hard Festival 2024 3

24.05 - Serbia
Rammstein: European Stadium Tour 2024 2

05.06 - Poland
Mystic Festival 2024 2

09.06 - Portugal
NADA Fest 2024 2

Members: 11

Guests: 863

Musicians' birthdays:

34 - Alexander Andersson
57 - Andrés Giménez
40 - Bruno Santos
34 - Bryan Boorsma
41 - Casey J. Hogan
51 - Charles Petter Andreason
25 - Chris Ward
54 - Coby Koch
68 - Douglas Pearce
45 - Francesco Bucci
(1945-2020) - Gordon Haskell
51 - Juuso Jalasmäki
47 - Kálmán Oláh
36 - Kenta Koie
36 - Kevin Grem
45 - Koen Romeijn
53 - Mårten Hagström
53 - Mauro "Tschibu" Casciero
43 - Michiel Van Der Plicht
28 - Mike Douglas Marques Miranda
48 - Mikko Korsbäck
33 - Nicoletta Rosellini
40 - Patrick Martin Stumph
73 - Paul Daniel Frehley
42 - Per Lengstedt
40 - Pierre Garcia
36 - Remi Johannesen
58 - Remo "Brögi" Broggi
(1977-2002) - Robert Charles "Rob" Lumbre
37 - Roman Borshchevsky
54 - Rusty Cooley
46 - Sami Hinkka
(1984-2010) - Sebastian "Sebbo" Gallinat
48 - Simon "Smerte" Petersen
29 - Stefano Viola
42 - Stevie Floyd
34 - Susanna Coltrè
40 - Tara McLeod
37 - Vitalis Kast
(1977-2006) - Yann Pacaud

RIP:

2022 - Erik Lund

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.	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
5.	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
6.	The Vision Bleak Weird Tales
7.	Labyrinthus Stellarum Vortex Of The Worlds
8.	Hamferð Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk
9.	Belore Eastern Tales
10.	Deicide Banished By Sin

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	I 2005-2006	Blackened heavy metal	Norway	2005	2006	155
2	Bewitcher 2013-	Blackened speed metal Blackened heavy metal	USA	2013	-	25
3	Dawnbringer 1995-2016	Blackened heavy metal Heavy metal	USA	1995	2016	23
4	Djerv 2010-	Blackened heavy metal Alternative metal Hard rock	Norway	2010	-	22
5	Satan's Host 1977-	US power metal Blackened death metal Blackened heavy metal	USA	1977	-	17
6	Nite 2018-	Blackened heavy metal	USA	2018	-	14
7	Slægt 2011-	Black metal Blackened heavy metal	Denmark	2011	-	13
8	Agatus 1992-	Blackened heavy metal	Greece	1992	-	11
9	Black Magic 2006-	Blackened thrash metal Blackened heavy metal	Norway	2006	-	5
10	Vulgaris 2017-	Blackened heavy metal Black metal Sludge metal Thrash metal	United Kingdom	2017	-	4
11	Evil Scarecrow 2002-	Blackened heavy metal	United Kingdom	2002	-	3
12	Slegest 2010-	Blackened heavy metal	Norway	2010	-	3
13	Tulsadoom 2007-	Blackened heavy metal Thrash metal	Austria	2007	-	3
14	Wizzard 1995-	Blackened heavy metal	Finland	1995	-	3
15	Hjelvik 2020-	Blackened heavy metal	Norway	2020	-	2
16	Principality Of Hell 2013-	Blackened heavy metal Blackened thrash metal	Greece	2013	-	2
17	Rebel Wizard 2013-	Blackened heavy metal	Australia	2013	-	2
18	The Fals 2016-	Blackened heavy metal	Germany	2016	-	2
19	Astoryas 2002-	Blackened heavy metal	Germany	2002	-	1
20	Faethom 2008-	Blackened heavy metal	Bolivia USA	2008	-	1
21	I Abyssick 2017-	Gothic metal Blackened heavy metal	Greece	2017	-	1
22	NME 1984-2004	Blackened heavy metal Blackened thrash metal Crossover thrash metal	USA	1984	2004	1
23	Shroudead 2017-	Blackened heavy metal Thrash metal	Finland	2017	-	1
24	The Bronx Casket Co. 1998-	Blackened heavy metal Gothic metal	USA	1998	-	1
25	Vaultwraith 2012-	Blackened heavy metal	USA	2012	-	1
26	Ye Goat-Herd Gods 2010-	Blackened heavy metal	Canada	2010	-	1
27	Annúlond 2002-	Blackened heavy metal Blackened folk metal	Australia	2002	-	0
28	Barrow Wight 2006-	Blackened heavy metal Speed metal	Canada	2006	-	0
29	Breakpoint 1994-2007	Blackened heavy metal	France	1994	2007	0
30	DemonTool 2003-	Blackened heavy metal	France	2003	-	0
31	Devil Lee Rot 2001-	Blackened heavy metal	Sweden	2001	-	0
32	Flegias 2011-	Blackened heavy metal	Italy	2011	-	0
33	Majak 2015-	Blackened heavy metal Hard rock	Germany	2015	-	0
34	Sacral Night 2017-	Blackened heavy metal	France	2017	-	0
35	Windwalker 1994-1997	Blackened heavy metal	Sweden	1994	1997	0
36	Wyld Timez 2020-	Blackened heavy metal Speed metal	USA	2020	-	0

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Iron Maiden 1975-	New wave of British heavy metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1975	-	5271
2	Metallica 1981-	Bay Area thrash metal Heavy metal	USA	1981	-	4495
3	Megadeth 1983-	Thrash metal Heavy metal Hard rock Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1983	-	3760
4	Black Sabbath 1968-2017	Doom metal Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1968	2017	2948
5	Judas Priest 1969-	Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1969	-	2763
6	Pantera 1981-2003	Heavy metal Groove thrash metal Groove metal	USA	1981	2003	2276
7	Iced Earth 1985-	Heavy metal US power metal	USA	1985	-	1620
8	Dio 1982-2010	Heavy metal	USA	1982	2010	1293
9	Led Zeppelin 1968-1980	Blues rock Progressive hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1968	1980	1290
10	Nevermore 1991-2011	Heavy metal Progressive metal Thrash metal	USA	1991	2011	1243
11	Stratovarius 1982-	Heavy metal Power metal	Finland	1982	-	1226
12	Anthrax 1981-	Thrash metal Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1981	-	1223
13	Motörhead 1975-2015	Heavy metal	United Kingdom USA	1975	2015	1145
14	Manowar 1980-	Heavy metal US power metal	USA	1980	-	1057
15	Darkthrone 1986-	Death metal Black metal Crust punk Heavy metal	Norway	1986	-	1007
16	Ozzy Osbourne 1979-	Heavy metal	United Kingdom USA	1979	-	963
17	Deep Purple 1968-	Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1968	-	918
18	King Diamond 1985-	Heavy metal	Denmark USA	1985	-	851
19	Alice In Chains 1985-	Grunge Heavy metal	USA	1985	-	821
20	Ghost 2008-	Hard rock Heavy metal	Sweden	2008	-	820
21	Accept 1968-	Heavy metal	Germany	1968	-	786
22	Mercyful Fate 1981-	Heavy metal First wave of black metal	Denmark USA	1981	-	744
23	Apocalyptica 1993-	Symphonic heavy metal	Finland	1993	-	707
24	Rainbow 1975-	Hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1975	-	666
25	Scorpions 1965-	Progressive rock Hard rock Heavy metal	Germany	1965	-	661
26	Savatage 1978-	Progressive heavy metal	USA	1978	-	635
27	Avenged Sevenfold 1999-	Metalcore Alternative metal Heavy metal Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	USA	1999	-	617
28	Venom 1979-	First wave of black metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1979	-	610
29	Sentenced 1988-2005	Death metal Melodic death metal Suomi metal Depressive heavy metal	Finland	1988	2005	593
30	W.A.S.P. 1982-	Heavy metal	USA	1982	-	566
31	Saxon 1976-	New wave of British heavy metal Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1976	-	536
32	Black Label Society 1998-	Heavy metal	USA	1998	-	493
33	Queensrÿche 1981-	Heavy metal Progressive heavy metal Progressive rock	USA	1981	-	475
34	KISS 1972-	Hard rock Symphonic rock Glam metal Heavy metal	USA	1972	-	468
35	Alice Cooper 1964-	Hard rock Glam rock New Wave Heavy metal	USA	1964	-	461
36	Running Wild 1976-	Heavy metal Speed metal	Germany	1976	-	452
37	Firewind 1998-	Power metal Heavy metal	Greece	1998	-	431
38	Grave Digger 1980-	Heavy metal	Germany	1980	-	430
39	Bruce Dickinson 1989-	Hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1989	-	415
40	Down 1991-	Heavy metal Sludge metal Stoner metal	USA	1991	-	402
41	Demons & Wizards 1999-	Heavy metal Power metal	USA	1999	-	395
42	Myrath 2001-	Progressive metal Oriental folk metal Heavy metal	Tunisia France	2001	-	370
43	Rage 1986-	Heavy metal	Germany	1986	-	365
44	Metal Church 1980-	Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1980	-	353
45	Amaranthe 2008-	Heavy metal Alternative metal	Sweden	2008	-	336
46	Van Halen 1972-2020	Hard rock Heavy metal	USA	1972	2020	336
47	Volbeat 2001-	Heavy metal Hard rock	Denmark	2001	-	334
48	Mercenary 1991-	Melodic death metal Thrash metal Gothenburg metal Heavy metal	Denmark	1991	-	289
49	Dream Evil 1999-	Heavy metal Power metal	Sweden	1999	-	284
50	Def Leppard 1977-	New wave of British heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1977	-	281