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Metal By Numbers 2/10: Some astonishing debuts

Posted by on February 10, 2016

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. With eleven debuts, this week is the biggest week yet for metal in 2016, spearheaded by the always dependable Dream Theater. And just looking ahead in February, it doesn’t look like we’ll be slowing […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/3: Megadeth have mega sales

Posted by on February 3, 2016

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. So Megadeth’s Dystopia is the big star this week and the first major release of 2016. It’s in the top five and it’s the second highest debut of the band’s (or Mustaine’s, I should say) […]

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Metal By Numbers 1/27: The charts have gone nucleus

Posted by on January 27, 2016

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Like last week, the final week of MBN for January involves five new debuts and continues what looks to be a steady stream of albums for the early part of 2016. The really heavy […]

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Metal By Numbers 1/20: 2016 sales have been ignited

Posted by on January 20, 2016

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You might not be surprised to know that the late David Bowie has at least seventeen albums on the Billboard 200. What you may be surprised to know is that *gasp* we have five […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/22: Halestorm go wild

Posted by on April 22, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s the post Record Store Day edition of Metal By Numbers, so you know what that means! Showing you numbers for random releases that you won’t be able to easily acquire, mostly because they’re […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/17: Swear on the charts

Posted by on April 17, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. People often talk about how bad thing come in threes, but this week it seems good things come in twos: two newer bands putting out their respective sophomore albums, two bands with decade long […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/8: Say goodbye to Hollywood

Posted by on April 8, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I really thought we were going to see Nightwish take the top spot this week but apparently Hollywood Undead made an album too. I attribute my lack of foresight to not thinking about Hollywood […]

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Metal By Numbers 4/1: These charts are no joke

Posted by on April 1, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I debated doing some April Fool’s prank for the charts today like making metal bands take over the top 10 or featuring One Direction as the top debut for the week. But I didn’t. […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/25: This is madness

Posted by on March 25, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. About two weeks ago I mentioned how inclusive we are on this column. I bring this up again because I went to listen to a sample of Sleeping With Sirens’s new album out of curiosity […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/18: Keeping in time

Posted by on March 18, 2015

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I don’t know about you, but it makes me happy to see bands with long praiseworthy careers making more of an impact in terms of sales. Sure, record sales aren’t the key to a […]

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