Tag Archives: Taylor Swift

Metal by Numbers: All hail the pale emperor

Posted by on January 28, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. The last time Marilyn Manson released an album, 2012’s Born Villain, it solid about 39,000 copies. He’s got the #6 album in the country right now, which sold more than 10,000 than that, putting it […]

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Cover helping I Prevail sell Swift

Posted by on January 16, 2015

[youtube]http://youtu.be/czb_CZfWko8[/youtube] Does the world really need a metalcore cover of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space?” Apparently yes, as I Prevail is reaping some serious benefits from their take of the song. As you might have seen in this week’s “Metal by Numbers,” the Michigan band have the #39 album in the country with their EP, selling […]

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Metal Power Rankings: Rise of the Machine

Posted by on November 7, 2014

Welcome to our second week of Metal Power Rankings, a weekly look at the movers and shakers in the metal world. Our weekly rankings take a number of factors into account: newsworthiness, record sales, internet buzz, word of mouth and overall importance in the genre. Ultimately, it’s subjective, but if a band generates enough buzz, they’ll […]

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Headbanger’s Brawl: Should anyone still be holding out on Spotify?

Posted by on November 7, 2014

It’s been a while since we’ve debated the merits and/or downfall of Spotify. Then Taylor Swift pulled her catalogue from the streaming service, and sold more copies of her new album 1989, in one week than any other record had sold this year. THIS YEAR. Granted, Taylor Swift is a legitimate phenomenon, but her campaign […]

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No artist album has sold one million copies this year (but vinyl is way up)

Posted by on October 17, 2014

It’s no surprise that we’re in the middle of a transition from buying music to streaming it, but in a Billboard report last week, it was revealed just how grim music sales have gotten. In the first three quarters of the year, not a single artist album has gone platinum, or sold one million copies. Sales have […]

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We Came As Romans continue covering pop songs, this time Taylor Swift

Posted by on October 14, 2014

On their last tour, metalcore band We Came As Romans covered UK boy band The Wanted’s “Glad You Came,” with their live rendition of the song winding up on their DVD. We defended their choice of covering the song based on the fact that The Wanted’s backing band includes members of Thursday, Primitive Weapons and From […]

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Iron Maiden Beats Justin Bieber On Tour

Posted by on July 30, 2013

There’s a long list of people that would like to beat teen superstar and professional dbag Justin Bieber. Thankfully, Iron Maiden did just that, and Taylor Swift as well. Billboard reports that for last week’s box scores for touring, Iron Maiden had the #1 Hot Tours ranking for their European tour that ran from May […]

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