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Members: 18

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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.	Benighted Ekbom

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	Slayer 1981-	Thrash metal	USA	1981	-	3551
2	Death 1983-2001	Death metal Progressive death metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	1983	2001	3519
3	Amon Amarth 1988-	Melodic death metal	Sweden	1988	-	3507
4	Black Sabbath 1968-2017	Doom metal Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1968	2017	2948
5	Dream Theater 1985-	Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	2800
6	Judas Priest 1969-	Heavy metal Hard rock	United Kingdom	1969	-	2763
7	Nightwish 1996-	Symphonic power metal Symphonic metal	Finland	1996	-	2561
8	Blind Guardian 1984-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1984	-	2409
9	Dark Tranquillity 1989-	Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1989	-	2329
10	In Flames 1990-	Gothenburg metal Alternative metal	Sweden	1990	-	2274
11	Ensiferum 1995-	Extreme folk metal	Finland	1995	-	2089
12	Insomnium 1997-	Melodic death metal	Finland	1997	-	2077
13	Amorphis 1990-	Death metal Folk metal Progressive metal Melodic death metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1990	-	2076
14	Wintersun 2004-	Extreme power metal	Finland	2004	-	1945
15	Testament 1983-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1983	-	1893
16	Helloween 1978-	Power metal Speed metal	Germany	1978	-	1843
17	Epica 2002-	Symphonic metal	The Netherlands	2002	-	1706
18	Lamb Of God 1999-	Groove thrash metal	USA	1999	-	1698
19	Iced Earth 1985-	Heavy metal US power metal	USA	1985	-	1620
20	Mastodon 1999-	Progressive sludge metal Progressive stoner metal	USA	1999	-	1601
21	Rammstein 1994-	Industrial metal	Germany	1994	-	1594
22	Symphony X 1994-	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	USA	1994	-	1552
23	Sepultura 1984-	Death metal Thrash metal Groove thrash metal Alternative metal	Brazil	1984	-	1531
24	Enslaved 1991-	Viking black metal Progressive black metal	Norway	1991	-	1490
25	Paradise Lost 1988-	Death doom metal Gothic metal Doom metal Death doom metal	United Kingdom	1988	-	1475
26	Cannibal Corpse 1988-	Death metal	USA	1988	-	1425
27	Moonspell 1989-	Black metal Folk metal Gothic black metal Gothic metal Symphonic black metal	Portugal	1989	-	1416
28	Sonata Arctica 1996-	Power metal	Finland	1996	-	1361
29	Septicflesh 1990-	Atmospheric death metal Symphonic death metal	Greece	1990	-	1344
30	Led Zeppelin 1968-1980	Blues rock Progressive hard rock Heavy metal	United Kingdom	1968	1980	1290
31	Carcass 1985-	Grindcore Melodic death metal	United Kingdom	1985	-	1286
32	Stratovarius 1982-	Heavy metal Power metal	Finland	1982	-	1226
33	System Of A Down 1995-	Alternative metal	USA	1995	-	1221
34	Slipknot 1995-	Alternative metal Nu metal	USA	1995	-	1220
35	Meshuggah 1987-	Technical thrash metal Progressive metal Math metal	Sweden	1987	-	1217
36	Swallow The Sun 2000-	Melodic death metal Melodic doom metal	Finland	2000	-	1210
37	Kalmah 1991-	Extreme power metal Melodic death metal	Finland	1991	-	1202
38	Draconian 1994-	Gothic doom metal	Sweden	1994	-	1196
39	Exodus 1980-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1980	-	1172
40	Moonsorrow 1995-	Viking folk metal	Finland	1995	-	1166
41	Motörhead 1975-2015	Heavy metal	United Kingdom USA	1975	2015	1145
42	Rotting Christ 1987-	Black metal Gothic metal	Greece	1987	-	1096
43	Hypocrisy 1990-	Death metal Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1990	-	1078
44	At The Gates 1990-	Melodic death metal Gothenburg metal	Sweden	1990	-	1066
45	Dissection 1989-2006	Melodic black metal Melodic death metal	Sweden	1989	2006	1035
46	Alcest 2000-	Atmospheric black metal Shoegaze	France	2000	-	1025
47	Sodom 1980-	Teutonic thrash metal	Germany	1980	-	1020
48	Sabaton 1999-	Power metal	Sweden	1999	-	1010
49	Summoning 1993-	Atmospheric black metal	Austria	1993	-	1009
50	Rush 1968-2018	Progressive rock	Canada	1968	2018	996