NEILSTEIN SOUNDSCAM: AND THE BEST SELLING METAL DEBUT IS… KOPEK??

Last week’s best selling “Hard Music” album was a Bon Jovi greatest hits package. I make no effort to hide the fact that I enjoy Bon Jovi from time to time, but COME ON FANS OF HEAVY MUSIC WHAT THE FUCK?! Following Bon Jovi, the #2, #3 and #4 charting hard music releases were a 27-week old Linkin Park album, Red State Rock and a GN’R greatist hits album. #5 was Sick Puppies. Sick fucking Puppies! Oy veys mere. Get it together people!

Other than Sick Puppies, the sole new release to chart in its first week out was the new album by Kopek. Who? Exactly. Take solace, fans of heavy music: at least D.R.U.G.S. are selling records.

A day late but never a dollar short, let’s look at last week’s completely irrelevant record sales numbers:

3 RED – UNTIL WE HAVE FACES
Last week: 6,279
Cume:68,623

Nickelback Syndrome is setting in.

5 SICK PUPPIES – POLAR OPPOSITE
Last week: 5,631 (debut)

I really don’t know anything about this band other than that YouTube vid where the guy gives free hugs to strangers on the street. Nothing in life is free, my friends.

11 DEVILDRIVER – BEAST
Last week: 4,034
Cume: 15,559

This record is way more of a beast than I was expecting.

12 DESTROY REBUILD UNTIL GOD SHOWS – D.R.U.G.S.
Last week: 3,900
Cume: 17,968

A 72% drop from its debut week. God must not be showing.

43 EMMURE – SPEAKER OF THE DEAD
Last week: 2,245
Cume: 16,156

Dear Emmure: Thank you for selling lots of records to your label can afford to skin our site with your wares while we continue to shamelessly make fun of you. Sincerely, Vince Neilstein. #srsly

85 DARKEST HOUR – HUMAN ROMANCE
Last week: 1,283
Cume: 4,984

Again, I may be speaking out of my element here, BUT… these numbers strike me as disappointing. At least from new label eone’s perspective; band probably doesn’t give a shit ’cause they’re a touring machine.

97 KOPEK – WHITE COLLAR LIES
Last week: 1,110 (debut)

Uhh…

-VN