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my experience with them has been somewhat poisoned, much as I love IE, much as I love Schaffer as a musician. Seems like he might have his conviction thrown out pretty soon, but the damage has already been done.

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	Nocturna Of Sorcery And Darkness
	Dvne Voidkind
	La Torture Des Ténèbres V
	Judas Priest Invincible Shield
	Attic Return Of The Witchfinder
	Acid Mammoth Supersonic Megafauna Collision
	Iron Monkey Spleen & Goad
	Cistvaen At Light's Demise
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	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

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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

Staff / Elite: 3

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Members: 13

Guests: 928

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

	Band	Style	Country	Formed	Split	Fans
1	Metallica 1981-	Bay Area thrash metal Heavy metal	USA	1981	-	4494
2	Megadeth 1983-	Thrash metal Heavy metal Hard rock Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1983	-	3756
3	Slayer 1981-	Thrash metal	USA	1981	-	3550
4	Death 1983-2001	Death metal Progressive death metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	1983	2001	3517
5	Dream Theater 1985-	Progressive metal	USA	1985	-	2800
6	Agalloch 1995-2016	Atmospheric black metal Neofolk	USA	1995	2016	2331
7	Pantera 1981-2003	Heavy metal Groove thrash metal Groove metal	USA	1981	2003	2276
8	Tool 1988-	Progressive metal Alternative metal	USA	1988	-	1949
9	Testament 1983-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1983	-	1892
10	Kamelot 1991-	Symphonic power metal	USA	1991	-	1724
11	Lamb Of God 1999-	Groove thrash metal	USA	1999	-	1699
12	Iced Earth 1985-	Heavy metal US power metal	USA	1985	-	1619
13	Mastodon 1999-	Progressive sludge metal Progressive stoner metal	USA	1999	-	1600
14	Symphony X 1994-	Progressive metal Symphonic power metal	USA	1994	-	1552
15	Cannibal Corpse 1988-	Death metal	USA	1988	-	1423
16	Nile 1993-	Brutal death metal Technical death metal	USA	1993	-	1369
17	Dio 1982-2010	Heavy metal	USA	1982	2010	1292
18	Nevermore 1991-2011	Heavy metal Progressive metal Thrash metal	USA	1991	2011	1243
19	Anthrax 1981-	Thrash metal Heavy metal Thrash metal	USA	1981	-	1223
20	System Of A Down 1995-	Alternative metal	USA	1995	-	1221
21	Slipknot 1995-	Alternative metal Nu metal	USA	1995	-	1219
22	Morbid Angel 1984-	Death metal	USA	1984	-	1205
23	Exodus 1980-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1980	-	1172
24	Machine Head 1992-	Groove thrash metal Alternative metal Progressive thrash metal Alternative metal	USA	1992	-	1147
25	Motörhead 1975-2015	Heavy metal	United Kingdom USA	1975	2015	1144
26	Manowar 1980-	Heavy metal US power metal	USA	1980	-	1057
27	Overkill 1980-	Thrash metal	USA	1980	-	1010
28	Ozzy Osbourne 1979-	Heavy metal	United Kingdom USA	1979	-	963
29	Trivium 2000-	Metalcore Thrash metal Alternative metal	USA	2000	-	910
30	King Diamond 1985-	Heavy metal	Denmark USA	1985	-	851
31	Obituary 1984-	Death metal	USA	1984	-	831
32	Alice In Chains 1985-	Grunge Heavy metal	USA	1985	-	822
33	Deicide 1987-	Death metal	USA	1987	-	761
34	Mercyful Fate 1981-	Heavy metal First wave of black metal	Denmark USA	1981	-	744
35	Fear Factory 1989-	Death metal Industrial metal	USA	1989	-	720
36	Disturbed 1996-	Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	1996	-	715
37	Type O Negative 1989-2010	Gothic metal Doom metal	USA	1989	2010	713
38	Korn 1993-	Nu metal Alternative metal	USA	1993	-	697
39	Cynic 1987-	Progressive death metal Progressive metal	USA	1987	-	670
40	Dying Fetus 1991-	Brutal death metal Deathgrind Technical death metal	USA	1991	-	656
41	Suffocation 1990-	Brutal death metal	USA	1990	-	638
42	Savatage 1978-	Progressive heavy metal	USA	1978	-	635
43	Avenged Sevenfold 1999-	Metalcore Alternative metal Heavy metal Progressive metal Avantgarde metal	USA	1999	-	616
44	Killswitch Engage 1999-	Melodic metalcore	USA	1999	-	608
45	Death Angel 1982-	Bay Area thrash metal	USA	1982	-	603
46	Immolation 1986-	Death metal	USA	1986	-	591
47	Guns N' Roses 1985-	Hard rock	USA	1985	-	589
48	Between The Buried And Me 2000-	Progressive metalcore	USA	2000	-	581
49	Vektor 2002-	Technical thrash metal Progressive thrash metal	USA	2002	-	575
50	W.A.S.P. 1982-	Heavy metal	USA	1982	-	566