Posted by Chris Annunziata on May 10, 2022
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the numbers for the March 25th releases. Notable Debuts: Animals As Leaders, Parrhesia (Sumerian) Debut #17 4,025 sold 5th studio album from the instrumental progressive metal unit. Dream […]
Posted by Matt Brown on June 7, 2019
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Earth is also on its way to burning up for real, but we’re not talking about that right now. It’s June now, meaning we’re heading into a slew of summer releases. As always, […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on December 16, 2016
Well, friends, this is the end of an era. This will be the final New & Noteworthy of what has been an absolutely mind-blowing 2016. However, there is additional significance to today’s column, because this will be the final New & Noteworthy that I am writing for Metal Insider. More on that later. Because it […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on July 9, 2015
Germany is a weird country and everybody knows that. Aside from keeping the crown for their über-the-top dirty porn and whatever other weird stuff you have heard from them (which I’m sure it’s probably true) the country has decided to prove us once again that there is enough confusion to be brought to the world, specifically […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 19, 2012
Ah, 2001. It was a simpler time. People still cared about rap-metal, and San Diego’s Payable On Death released their fourth album, Satellite – on September 11th. In the wake of what else happened on that day, the album’s first single, “Alive” became somewhat of an inspirational anthem. After that album, they slowly lost relevance, yet […]
Posted by Metal Insider on July 11, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Anyone that thinks the djent movement was just a fad is probably eating their palm-muted words right now. Periphery’s sophomore album has a debut that many more established bands would kill for. For a […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on July 3, 2012
Young bands need to make their mark early to withstand the pressures of the challenging music industry today, and as time goes on, fewer and fewer bands are making the cut. Only the best have survived the tumult of the past few years. Maintaining that quality of music is not easy, especially under the pressure […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on January 25, 2011
Last week’s album sales totals were bad. REALLY bad. How bad, you ask? Well, they were SO bad, Zach was forced to use a Marilyn Manson reference in the headline for Metal by Numbers just to fit Sodom into it (it could have been Bram, but I’m pinning my bet on Zach). No raining fire […]
