Posted by Chris Annunziata on October 20, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Topping the charts was the great effort by Trivium, the Kings of Streaming! Not only did they sell 8,800 physicals this week but they also sold 4,000 digital albums and had roughly 194,000 video […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on October 18, 2021
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Another week, another chart! This week features Judas Priest co-founder and former guitarist KK Downing at the top of our debut list. As for the notables, Metallica unsurprisingly remains on top with their Blacklist. Unfortunately, […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 12, 2014
When God Forbid broke up in 2012, guitarist Doc Coyle still remained a New York fixture, bartending at Brooklyn metal institution Duffs and showing face at concerts, bars and industry events. Then earlier this year, he packed up and moved to Los Angeles. And while we haven’t heard much about his musical output since he moved out […]
Posted by Metal Insider on August 16, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s a slow week for new debuts – in fact, an active rock radio band and a remix album from the second best Halloween director ever are the only two new loud things that […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on August 8, 2012
Nuclear Blast is having one hell of a year. The German label set a record in April when Meshuggah’s Koloss sold over 18,000 copies. Now they’ve broken it just four months later with Testament’s 10th album. Dark Roots of the Earth sold over 8,000 copies more than 2009’s The Formation of Damnation. The Bay Area thrash […]
Posted by Metal Insider on August 1, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. A slow week for new metal releases this week, with the top debut coming in the form of a compilation. However, that particular greatest hits package just so happens to come from Slipknot. Antennas […]
Posted by Metal Insider on July 25, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. While it’s a week jam packed with new releases, all eyes arguably are on Baroness. With all the buzz that has surrounded the group over the past few years, many wondered whether their adventurous […]
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 Metal Insider on August 3, 2011
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. With four out of eight metal/hard rock new releases hitting the top 200 this week, the top debut comes from ex-Escape The Fate singer Ronnie Radke’s new band Falling In Reverse. Though we know […]
