Who ever said metal would never be big was a complete fool. Both Trivium and Amon Amarth have landed in the top 50 of the Billboard 200. Look at it this way. These metal bands are all in the top 100. There may be more.

Metallica – Death Magnetic
Slipknot – All Hope Is Gone
All That Remains – Overcome
Disturbed – Indestructible
Underoath – Lost In Separation
All Shall Perish – Awaken The Dreamers

So metal is pretty much kickin ass on the billboard charts as far as album sales go. Both Twilight Of The Thunder God and Shogun are great albums, so it …read more

Here are a few figures to show how ass-backwards things are.
All That Remains’ Overcome lands on the Billboard 200 at #16 with just under 29,000 CD’s sold. Although that’s cool and everything…
Buckcherry’s Black Butterfly sold almost 47,000 and laded at #8. BUCK-FRIGGIN-CHERRY?!? What the hell is wrong in this world?
Taproot’s Our Long Road Home sold almost 7,700 copies and landed at #65. I’m not a long time fan of Taproot, but this is a pretty cool Rock album.
All Shall Perish sold slightly under 5000 copies of Awaken The Dreamers and landed at #126
Does this mean that Buck Cherry …read more