METALLICA IS LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 4:14pm by Vince Neilstein
Lord knows we are completely sick of talking about Metallica here at the MS Mansion despite the fact that a Metallica post is automatically good for 50-100 comments and we love watching you all duke it out. But damn, the fact that Metallica’s Death Magnetic sits atop the Soundscan charts for the 3rd week in a row, having moved over 130,000 units this week and 500,000 units in its abridged first week (due to a Friday release date), is certainly worth breaking our self-imposed Metallica hiatus for. In other weeks this year 131,000 wouldn’t be enough to tally a #1, but that’s part of the game; this week’s #2 Demi Lovato (who???) shifted only 88,000 copies. And any way you slice it, 131,000 is a damn respectable number.
Apparently Metallica is still relevant. And apparently nearly 1 million people think Death Magnetic is good enough to pay for it. Shitty mixing job be damned.
Elsewhere on the charts, Kid Rock continues his monolithic dominance; next week will mark one full year since Rock N’ Roll Jesus was released, and it’s still sitting pretty at #7 with 60,000+ copies moved this past week. This record is going to go 3x Platinum before it’s done.
Slipknot is hangin’ tough at #17, and though the record has dropped a few spots each week since its debut 5 weeks ago, the Iowa Nine are looking to break Gold sometime in the next 2 to 4 weeks.
All That Remains’ latest Overcome dropped 60% in sales volume down to #44, but with 40,000+ cumultive units sold two weeks in, the Massachusetts metalcore outfit are lookin’ good on what, by most accounts, is a pretty generic album. It’s gotta be the girls buying these records.
Otherwise it was a pretty ho-hum week, with your usual radio-rock suspects selling way too many records: Nickelback, Daughtry, Disturbed, Staind, etc.
All Shall Perish’s Awaken the Dreamers moved 2,184 to bring their total close to 8,000 in 2 weeks of release; pretty cool for such a heavy band.
-VN
Gotta agree with ya on the new ATR, so generic, so boring, and really just effortless. New Metallica, however, belongs on the number one spot. Great album.
I thought All Hope is Gone was already gold?
Hmm, it’ll be sad when this is Slipknot’s first album not to go platinum
Cause really…who the fuck is going to support Roadrunner with Nickelsack(MAN THEIR NEW SONG SUCKS) leaving.
this is awesome news. metallica hit the ball out of the park with this album, and it’s good to see so many people enjoying it.
I read all of the hate posted about Death Magnetic BEFORE I shelled out my hard earned money, and it’s worth every penny. A very good album, although the mixing is REALLY BAD. If the songs weren’t so strong it would have ruined it.
the new all that remains is fucking sweet . but i know what your talking about the new nickelback song blows . i got banned from commenting on roadrunners site because i posted how bad the song was every where possible hahaha .
Why is any human surprised that he new Nickleback sucks?…. EVERY Nickleback song sucks shit.
As a Canadian, I would like to sincerely apologize for the existence of Nickleback.
The first few listens of Death Magnetic enthralled me. It was good to hear a little of the old Metallica again. But subsequent listens have made it less interesting. Once the initial effect wears off the songs seem pieced together awkwardly featuring riffs that collide with other riffs clumsily instead of seeming streamlined. The more I listen to it the less interesting it becomes. The kids are digging it for now but I doubt the album has much of a shelf life.
Whatever metallica had in the past…it’s long gone.
Move along, nothing to see here.
1st: heheh thanks for the apology pluto. I appreciate it.
2nd: Yes new ATR is average– but I’m a solid fan of them, so I’m inclined to like it… Chiron isn’t all that bad tho IMO.
3rd: Death Magnetic was a very good album in my opinion. Now a B grade (B like school grade, not like B-move) album multiplied by Metallica hype and publicity = billions of sales as seen here. But yes, I enjoy my copy of it, and it was honestly worth the 10 bucks on iTunes.
more laughing to the bank
Guitar Hero: Metallica is an upcoming rhythm game being developed by Neversoft and distributed by Activision. The game is expected to be released in Europe, North America, and Australia on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii in the first quarter of 2009. Guitar Hero: Metallica will be the second game of the Guitar Hero series to focus on the career and songs of one band, similar to the previous Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
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Guitar Hero: Metallica was revealed to be in production when an analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities discovered mention of the game in Activition’s 2008 SEC filings, slated to be released in “fiscal 2009″, which ends on March 31, 2009 for Activision.[2] Two posts made to Metallica’s website in June 2008 also referred to the “not so top secret GH thing”, and that Guitar Hero players could expect “a pile of ‘Tallica songs”.[3][4] Lars Ulrich, when asked about the game during an interview with MTV, stated that “the people at ‘Guitar Hero’ and Activision are rapidly becoming our best new friends in the world. You can put the rest of it together yourself.”[5]
The game was officially announced at the 2008 E3 conference during Microsoft’ presentation, along with the announcement that Metallica’s newest album, Death Magnetic, will be made as content for download for both Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero World Tour.[6]
What’s with the All That Remains sideswipe at female metal fans?
I’m sure there’s plenty of male metal fans over in your country who are meatheaded enough to still want metalcore-by-numbers.
apparently, there are plenty of metal fans in US (aotw 1 mil) who are meatheaded enough to still want lame-ass senile “thrash” metal.
Hell yeah, the new All Shall Perish is pushing the ever dreaded “deathcore” genre to new limits. Even though the album fails at times, I’m glad they didn’t settle with the tried and true sound of “The Price of Existence.” Great effort, just a good-at-best album. I can’t wait to hear their next.
Sounds like vinnie is eating his shoe…
people are fuckin idiots. it sucks seeing a bunch of zillionares release shitty music and throw more money on the pile while bands that are 100x more talented struggle to get noticed. c’est la vie.
MetallicA Rules you stupid bunch of inbred cunts and mutha fukkas. Go get a fuckin life dudes
case in point ^
Carter, what exactly do you have against MetallicA?
pluto Says:
“As a Canadian, I would like to sincerely apologize for the existence of Nickleback.”
Its ok podge. Protest the Hero more than makes up for the shit that is Nickleback.
#1 Metallica
#2 Demi Lovato
That pretty much sums up the worth of Billboard album charts these days.
Sales do not equal quality.
BTW, Beverly Hills Chihuahua is the #1 movie in theaters this weekend. Never underestimate the Sarah Palinness of Americans.
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Metallica rules! Death Magnetic is a great album! Fuck all the haters! Read my letter from Revolver (the Halloween issue with Maria Brink) to see what I said.
METALLICA FOREVER!