by Matt Brown | Nov 30, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Before August this year, fans kept out a casual eye for news of the next Metallica album. It’s been eight years and for a while all we had to go off of was a...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 28, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
It’s not like it was that much of a surprise, but Metallica have jut earned their sixth straight #1 album, with Hardwired… To Self Destruct debuting at #1 and selling nearly 300,000 copies. Billboard reports that the band’s 10th...
by Matt Brown | Nov 23, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. While the metal world (and the music world in general) is recovering from the celebration of Metallica’s new album, Metal By Numbers is here to report on album...
by Matt Brown | Nov 16, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. As I predicted last week, Avenged Sevenfold had a strong enough second week that they remained in the top 10, and so are still the best-selling metal album on the...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 15, 2016 | Metal By Numbers, Updates
When Avenged Sevenfold signed to Capitol Records and decided to go out on a limb by surprise-releasing The Stage, they took a big risk. The album’s title track was released less than two weeks before the album appeared online and in stores at midnight on...
by Matt Brown | Nov 9, 2016 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s the morning after Election Day in the United States and, well, things happened. Relax, I’m not going to go on a big political rant here; you get...