I honestly don’t know why everyone hates on Nickelback so much. Well, actually I do: the hate bandwagon. But really, they’re a harmless radio-friendly rock band, and while for some people, that’s more than enough reason to make them out to be terrible, Nickelback is on a whole other plane of ridicule. People rip the band apart and make them out to be the worst band to stain the universe. And this isn’t just a case of metalheads declaring a band to suck like Avenged Sevenfold or something: hating on Nickelback is universal. People make jokes like “He’s horrible. How horrible is he? He listens to Nickelback!” And you know what? It’s not funny. That’s really my main point here: making fun of Nickelback is not funny anymore, if it ever was. And I don’t mean that in a “You shouldn’t make fun of other people” kind of way, I really just mean it’s not funny and making such jokes nowadays is some bottom of the barrel shit. You’re not a comedy genius because you cracked off a Nickelback joke amongst your friends while listening to the new Fleet Foxes album (no offense to Fleet Foxes, love ’em). You probably don’t mind them, hell maybe you have a copy of Dark Horse in your car somewhere, but you’re so desperate for social acceptance that you go for the most unoriginal music-related joke of the modern era. Seriously, the only time I’ve laughed at something Nickelback related is this stupid video. If you are an outspoken Nickelback fan (at least 43,000 still have to exist), I applaud you for putting up with this endless stream of inane mockery for the past ten years or so. Go ahead and love ’em or hate ’em, but the next time you’re thinking of making a sign that reads “[INSERT NAME] LIKES NICKELBACK” with the intent to be insulting or funny, maybe just don’t.

 

 

 

Nickelback, Feed the Machine (BMG)

Debut #4

42,525 sold

 

Nickelback debut in the top five, though sales are down compared to their last album.

 

 

 

 

 

Debut #25

8,900 sold

 

CHON’s second LP makes an impressive debut, outstripping the band’s debut album that peaked at #122 on the Billboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debut #42

5,675 sold

 

Iced Earth’s twelfth album didn’t sell as much as its predecessor, but it did chart slightly higher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debut #77

2,700 sold

 

The only thing more certain than Warped Tour happening every summer is the arrival of a Warped Tour compilation on the charts, and this year is no different.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CKY return with their first album in eight years and their first as a trio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debut #100

2,125 sold

 

The band’s fourth album marks their best debut yet. They must be super happy that their album is #100, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

980 sold

 

This is the fifth album from this symphonic black metal band.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

730 sold

 

This is the debut album from the group featuring Brann Dailor (Mastodon) and Raheem Amlani (Withered).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

370 sold

 

This is the band’s fourth LP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

340 sold

 

This is the Swedish band’s fifth album.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rise Against, Wolves (Virgin)
#51 (from 3)

3,925 sold

 

This takes a second week drop of 86%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This went from 700 sold to plus 3,000 more. It’s just under 75,000 sld.

 

 

A 69% drop.

 

 

A 76% drop in week two.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A 23% drop.

 

 

A tiny boost of 3%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad Seed Rising, Awake In Color (Roadrunner)
340 sold

This pops up again.

 

 

A 24% drop.

 

 

A 77% drop in week two.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A 40% drop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A 32% drop.