Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Limp BIzkit is back together, Dope had a big debut last week, and Twiztid and Static-X debut inside the top 20 this week. Be it signs of the apocalypse or a nefarious plot schemed up by a company that makes those gigantic jeans, the Nu-Metal revival is in full swing! At FMQB, Lamb of God continues their seemingly endless reign on top as the hipster-approved death metal sounds of Wolves in the Throne Room claim most added.
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Legendary drummer Josh Freese is celebrating his new album release by offering the most unique album packages ever. He has really went above and beyond the traditional special edition packages that have become more popular lately. Read about the packages below and if you decide to pay the 75 k to take shrooms and ride in Danny from Tool’s Lamborghini can you report back to us about it?
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Looks like people still watch the Grammys, or at least give the gift of music along with the flowers and candy. A lot of music, including metal, got a nice increase this week. Who knew that when Robert Plant was a golden god that one day he’d be winning album of the year for a folk/bluegrass album that most people don’t know about. While his album got an amazing 700% sales boost, the effects of the last week registered across the board. Meanwhile at FMQB, Mastodon are the only new entry into the top ten as Lamb of God continue their chokehold on #1 at metal radio – and this is before the full has even landed.
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
After such a dismal few weeks, It looks like there was a decent amount of sales uptick this week on the charts. Possibly it was due to the Grammys, or maybe a lot of Valentines Day gift-buying. Neither of those reasons have anything to do with Cannibal Corpse, whose Evisceration Plague debuted in the top 100 with a bullet, a knife, a pair of pliers and a power drill. Meanwhile at FMQB, 16 aims higher than their band name, finally landing in the top ten.
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Unless you played the halftime of the Super Bowl, you probably didn’t sell too many albums this week. Not many debuts this week. Actually, no metal debuts made it in the top 200. At least there’s some new blood coming soon, with Lamb of God and God Forbid releasing albums that will impact in a few weeks. FMQB stays pretty status quo as well.
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Check after the jump to see more photos of Metallica as well as the openers Machinehead and The Sword.
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Posted by Bram Teitelman on Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:40 am
Metal By Numbers