Tag Archives: Eyes Set to Kill

Metal By Numbers 10/23: Trivium Lay Vengeance On The Charts

Posted by on October 23, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s interesting to look back on how far Trivium has come, at least for me. I started listening to them back in high school right around the time when The Crusade came out (a.k.a. when they were […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/16: The Charts Are Getting Korny

Posted by on October 16, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s that time again: the charts are topped  by a band that many people consider to be A. Past their prime, B. Not actually metal, C. Are just not good, or D. All of […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/9: Rush Remix The Charts

Posted by on October 9, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You may have heard of something called the “loudness war”, a term applied to albums that are mixed in a manner to make it sound…well, louder. This isn’t exactly a new thing, but it’s […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/2: Dream Theater Outdo Metallica In The Top 10

Posted by on October 2, 2013

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. When Metallica puts out anything, there’s usually a very high chance it will top not only metal album sales, but also the Top 200 (unless it’s Lulu). Since they have both a movie and a […]

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New & Noteworthy 9/17: Black Star

Posted by on September 17, 2013

When a seminal bands that created an entire subgenre releases a new album, over a decade after their previous release, you don’t delay for anything! Check out the list, and then go pick up the new Carcass album right away!     Carcass, Surgical Steel (Nuclear Blast)   It’s been 17 years since Carcass’ Swansong, […]

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Metal By Numbers 8/24: Welcome To ‘Hell’

Posted by on August 24, 2011

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.  While Breaking Up Benjamin have the top rock debut (no, we’re not counting Blue October, who debuted in the top ten), the top metal debut belongs to Chimaira, who sold a respectable 7,400 of […]

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Metal By Numbers 8/17: Sales Are Jumping In Waves

Posted by on August 17, 2011

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s top metal debut comes from Florida’s very own Trivium, who have reason to celebrate. Their fifth studio album In Waves sells just under 21,000 copies, cracking the top 20. While it may […]

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New & Noteworthy, August 16th – Reasoning the Impossible

Posted by on August 16, 2011

Very few bands have dealt with half of their lineup leaving in the space of a few months. One member leaving is difficult, but manageable. Dealing with two departures is considerably harder, and most bands would need considerable help from friends and a lot of good luck to come back from that. To recover from […]

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New & Noteworthy, August 9th – Ember to Inferno

Posted by on August 9, 2011

Time has proven that young metal bands that hit their stride in the early to mid-2000s have had the most success since bands reaching similar levels in the early ’80s. More household metal names emerged between 2002 and 2006 than at any other time in the past two decades. The eruption of talent from those […]

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Metal By Numbers 10/20: The Charts Aren’t All That

Posted by on October 20, 2010

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Even though there were a crap load of debuts, only a hand full actually appeared on the charts this week. This week’s highest metal debut comes from All That Remains, whose fifth studio album […]

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