Metal By Numbers 4/27: Aces high

Metal By Numbers 4/27: Aces high

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. There are two things about reading the charts that make me depressed: 1. Seeing that people are still buying Kidz Bop, and 2. Seeing a dead musician’s record...
Metal by Numbers: Hey Baby… metal

Metal by Numbers: Hey Baby… metal

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Okay, well technically, the biggest selling rock/metal act of the week is Black Stone Cherry, whose butt-rock debut for Mascot landed them the #15 current album in...
Babymetal already breaking UK records

Babymetal already breaking UK records

This past Friday, Babymetal released their sophomore album, Metal Resistance, the first time one of their albums has come out simultaneously worldwide. And while it remains to be seen how the reception will be in the United States, the act are already breaking records...
Metal By Numbers 3/30: The sales are alive

Metal By Numbers 3/30: The sales are alive

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Every week I check out what albums are scheduled for release in the coming months and it always gets me giddy (the absence of a new Tool album notwithstanding)....