Tag Archives: Thunder

Metal By Numbers 5/18: Halestorm is Back From the Charts

Posted by on May 25, 2022

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the numbers for the May 6th releases.   Notable Debuts: Halestorm, Back From The Dead (Atlantic) Debut #2 14,200 sold The fifth studio album from Lzzy Hale and her brother.       […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/11: Rammstein making time for charts

Posted by on May 25, 2022

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Here are the numbers for the April 29th releases.   Notable Debuts: Rammstein, Zeit (Universal) Debut #4 17,000 sold The always entertaining German unit drop their eighth studio record. Written and recorded during the lockdown in […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/7: Bitter sales to swallow

Posted by on April 7, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Man, it was Papa Roach and Serj Tankian topping the charts last week and now its Evanescence this week. There’s even an Underoath box set on here. Next you’ll tell me Ozzfest is happening […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/1: Trailing behind Lana Del Rey

Posted by on April 1, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. What? No, of course I’m not going to do some half-assed April Fools joke with the charts. Do you really think I would do something like that? I know how annoyed people get when […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/24: Rob Zombie injects the charts with a long album title

Posted by on March 24, 2021

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Long album and song titles are always funny to me. Unless they have a commonly understood abbreviation, fans are forced to say the whole title out loud. In the case of Rob […]

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Download Festival announces over 65 more additional bands to 2018 lineup

Posted by on January 29, 2018

  The UK’s Download Festival has expanded their 2018 line up by adding over 65 more bands to their previously announced headliners. And still even more bands are expected to be announced as well. Download takes place at Donnington Park June 8-10, 2018. Previously Announced Headliners Ozzy Osbourne Guns N’ Roses Avenged Sevenfold Marilyn Manson […]

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Metal By Numbers 5/3: Whatever tomorrow brings, the charts will be there

Posted by on May 3, 2017

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   The last time the name Incubus popped up on the charts I neglected to include them because though they once played some semblance of alternative/funk metal, they’re a long ways away from that […]

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New & Noteworthy, April 21st, 2017: pardon us while we burst into flames

Posted by on April 21, 2017

New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week feature a new releases by Incubus, Night Demon, and a reformed Labyrinth, as well as a few vinyl re-issues, and a whole bunch of Record Store Day exclusives. If you would […]

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earMUSIC partners with eOne Distribution

Posted by on March 26, 2015

In a brand new deal, Europe’s earMusic record company has partnered up with eOne Distribution in an exclusive deal here in the United States. The earMusic label is the home of rock and metal acts like Deep Purple, Dragonforce, Baby Metal, Stratovarius, Gamma Ray, and more, so this move will certainly help bolster earMusic’s roster here in the US. Scott Givens, VP Metal […]

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