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Ex-NEVERMORE Guitarist JEFF LOOMIS: ‘Plains Of Oblivion’ First-Week Sales Revealed

“Plains Of Oblivion”, the second solo album from former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis, sold 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 179 on The Billboard 200 chart. The effort landed

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ACCEPT: ‘Stalingrad’ European First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

“Stalingrad”, the new album from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #6 Switzerland: #17 Czech Republic: #25 Austria: #32 France: #50 “Stalingrad” was released on April 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD

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OVERKILL: ‘The Electric Age’ European First-Week Chart Positions

“The Electric Age”, the new album from New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #34 Switzerland: #62 Austria: #73 Commented singer Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth: “Danke, Europa! ‘The Electric Age’ has arrived! More good

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HALESTORM: ‘The Strange Case Of…’ Track By Track

Atlantic recording group HALESTORM recently gave U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine a track-by-track breakdown of the band’s new album, “The Strange Case Of…”. Check out the footage in two parts below. “The Strange Case Of…” arrives on Tuesday (April 10) and

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SHINEDOWN’s ‘Amaryllis’ Cracks U.S. Top 5

SHINEDOWN‘s fourth studio album, titled “Amaryllis”, sold 106,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 4 on The Billboard 200 chart. SHINEDOWN landed the biggest debut of its career in July

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MESHUGGAH’s ‘Koloss’ Cracks U.S. Top 20

“Koloss”, the new album from Swedish experimental extreme metallers MESHUGGAH, sold 18,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 17 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released in March 2008, MESHUGGAH‘s previous

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GOD FORBID: ‘Equilibrium’ First-Week Sales Revealed

“Equilibrium”, the new album from New Brunswick, New Jersey’s melodic, thrash-metal warriors GOD FORBID, sold 3,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 156 on The Billboard 200 chart. The effort

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OSI: ‘Fire Make Thunder’ First-Week Sales Revealed

OSI‘s new album, “Fire Make Thunder”, sold 1,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 18 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by

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SHINEDOWN’s ‘Amaryllis’ Projected To Sell 80K-90K First Week

SHINEDOWN‘s fourth studio album, titled “Amaryllis”, is likely to sell between 80,000 and 90,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales

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SPAWN OF POSSESSION: ‘Incurso’ First-Week Sales Revealed

“Incurso”, the third full-length album from Swedish tech-death assassins SPAWN OF POSSESSION, sold around 700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD debuted at position No. 63 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers)

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