Posted by Matt Brown on May 26, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week presents quite the variety of debuts. Myles Kennedy was always going to be the top debut, but then you have everything from a Michael Sweet/Tracii Guns supergroup, a Charlie Benante covers album, […]
Posted by Matt Brown 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 […]
Posted by Matt Brown 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, […]
Posted by Matt Brown 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 […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 21, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s another week with a shorter debut list and a couple of other noteworthy albums have dropped off. However, next week will see a round of heavy hitters, including Cannibal Corpse, Liquid Tension Experiment’s […]
Posted by Matt Brown on May 1, 2019
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Last week, we saw a lot of new albums pop up thanks to Record Store Day. Most of those albums usually drop off the week after since they’re RSD exclusives. This week, there’s […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 24, 2019
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s an interesting mishmash on the charts today. Record Store Day always brings a slew of random sales from exclusive vinyl releases and such, but it also brings boosts to albums that have […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 17, 2019
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. In previous years of writing this column, I’ve refrained from sharing personal thoughts on some of the albums that show up on here, mainly because I’m here to talk about sales numbers, not […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 10, 2019
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Most reactions to the charts nowadays involves lots of tut-tutting and head shaking. Many championed bands are debuting with less than stellar sales, and that understandably bums a lot of people out. Whitechapel’s […]
Posted by Matt Brown on April 3, 2019
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Honestly? Never got into Mötley Crüe. I don’t think they’re bad or anything, I just wasn’t exposed to them as much as other metal bands that were killing it in the 80’s. So […]
