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Metal By Numbers 4/12: Mastodon are emperors of sales

by Matt Brown | Apr 12, 2017 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Mastodon have been a cornerstone for modern metal for years now, so to see them take the top spot makes my day. In a time where many metal bands that...

Mastodon sold more albums than anyone else this week

by Bram Teitelman | Apr 10, 2017 | Mastodon Insider, Metal By Numbers

We’ll obviously give you the bigger picture later this week with Metal by Numbers, but it was a great week for Mastodon and their seventh album, Emperor of Sand. The band’s return to conceptual albums after their last two has been a critical success,...

Metal By Numbers 4/5: Steel Panther set the bar

by Matt Brown | Apr 5, 2017 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. One of the things I’ve enjoyed about writing this column for nearly five years (wait, that long?) is seeing sales patterns of bands growing in popularity,...

Northlane’s surprise-release album sells about half of what last album did

by Bram Teitelman | Apr 3, 2017 | Metal By Numbers, News

Back in October, Avenged Sevenfold released The Stage with no advance notice. While the band still sold a respectable 72,000 copies it’s first week, that’s less than half of what their past two albums had sold in their first two weeks. In fact,...

Metal By Numbers 3/29: Obituary have a dead on debut

by Matt Brown | Mar 29, 2017 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Oh, hello. Missed you all last week. But we’re back with MBN where some things have change, some are the same. For example, Metallica are still in the top ten...

Metallica sell another 100,000 copies of ‘Hardwired… To Self Destruct’

by Bram Teitelman | Mar 20, 2017 | Metal By Numbers, Metallica Insider, News

Last week, Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self Destruct had a monster week, selling 81,000 copies. It’s return to the upper echelon of the chart was due to the fact that anyone that bought a ticket for their forthcoming WorldWired tour got a...

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Between the Buried and Me share “Things We Tell Ourselves in the Dark” video; new album arriving in September

Progressive metal giants Between the Buried and Me will release their 11th studio album, The Blue Nowhere, on September 12, marking their debut with InsideOutMusic. The group has unveiled the first taste with the release of the new single and video "Things We Tell...

Cryptopsy unleash “Dead Eyes Replete,” lyric video

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Feuerschwanz share “Das Elfte Gebot” (Epic Edition) video; new album arriving in August

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New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. The week features new releases from Deftones, Kataklysm, Ayreon, Uada, and more! For last week’s new releases you can check out...

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