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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...

Metal By Numbers 3/15: Look at yourself, now back to me, now at the charts, now back to me

by Matt Brown | Mar 15, 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. What better way to follow up the release of a controversial Suicide Silence album than with a new release from another band that seems universally reviled. Not that...

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Bask share “Dig My Heels” video; new album arriving in August

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Alestorm embrace “The Storm” with new lyric video

Scottish pirate metal crew Alestorm have dropped a lyric video for their latest single, "The Storm." The track is taken from the group's upcoming album, The Thunderfist Chronicles, out Friday (20th) via Napalm Records. Christopher Bowes comments: "Oh wow! Our new song...

Revocation announce new album New Gods, New Masters, fall tour, and single “Cronenberged”

Technical death metal giants Revocation will release their new full-length, New Gods, New Masters, on September 26 via Metal Blade Records. To celebrate the announcement, the group dropped a video for their new single, "Cronenberged," which includes guest vocals from...

New & Noteworthy: September 18th, 2020 – Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of New Releases

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 Fit for a King, Ace Frehley, Derek Sherinian, Napalm Death, and more! For last week’s new...

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