Tag Archives: Hail The Sun

Metal By Numbers : Make them beg for charts – 9/20/2023

Posted by on September 20, 2023

    Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Metal By Numbers is back (again)! We’ve been busy following Metallica in select cities on the North American portion of their M72 World Tour, preparing for an upcoming feature at the end of the […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/19: Sumo time and the livin’ is easy

Posted by on May 19, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Well, it’s not technically summertime quite yet but where I’m living it broke 80 degrees the other day and now I gotta get the window AC units installed. And I needed a good pun […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/12: Gojira grab the number one spot

Posted by on May 12, 2021

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Gojira is one of the biggest acts in metal today and their new album was highly anticipated. That said, I’m not sure people expected the band to chart at number one based on […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/5: The reality of dreams (and sales)

Posted by on May 5, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I gotta say, wasn’t expecting a box set from The Mars Volta to top our debuts for the week but here we are. The Mars Volta are one of those bands that I, unfortunately, […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/28: Greta Van Fleet battle it out on the charts

Posted by on April 28, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s a big one. Greta Van Fleet, Cannibal Corpse, and Liquid Tension Experiment lead the way on a chart chock full of debuts from acts both old and new. And it’s only gonna […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/31: Greta Van Fleet have a scary good debut

Posted by on October 31, 2018

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Let’s talk Greta Van Fleet a minute. They sound just like Zeppelin. Some people (over 80,000 in fact) love them because of this. Others hate them because of this. Others hate them because of […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/24: Polyphia reach a new level in sales

Posted by on October 24, 2018

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Sometimes I like to listen to one of the debut albums while I’m writing the charts, so I went with Polyphia. And damn, I’ve seen their name floating around the past couple years but […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/17: Sales are at their darkest

Posted by on October 17, 2018

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I’ve been looking forward to this particular edition of MBN for weeks now, namely because of new albums from Behemoth and High On Fire. I’ve had a hard time getting into new music lately […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/10: Beartooth take a bite out of the charts

Posted by on October 10, 2018

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Good morning (or afternoon depending on your timezone). I have been knocking back mug of tea after mug of tea while writing this but that hasn’t prevented me from typing out “Voidbod” instead of […]

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Metal By Numbers 11/22: Sensing the presence of Evanescence

Posted by on November 22, 2017

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I cannot hear Evanescence without thinking about Daredevil. I don’t mean the awesome newer Netflix series, I mean the 2003 film starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, which heavily featured Evanescence’s two biggest hits […]

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